Dissertation for a D Phil, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2006, entitled "'From the mouths of our countrymen': the careers and communities of Tswana evangelists in the nineteenth century.".
Copy of the PhD Thesis submitted by S.G. Byala to Harvard University, 2006, entitled "Thinking in three dimensions: John Gubbins, Museum Africa and the making of modern Johannesburg 1902-2004".
The Ruth First collection relates predominantly to the years 1946-1982, and includes personal material, papers relating to her work as a journalist in South Africa, as university lecturer, anti-apartheid activist, and author and editor of books and articles.
MA Thesis about the Swiss Mission in South Africa - Lemana Training Institution, by Inge Neugebauer, Master of Arts in African Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland, 2010, in German.
Title: "Ein Jahrzehnt der Ungewissheit: Von der Segregation zur Apartheid in einer Suedafrikanischen Schule. Lemana Training Institution 1948-1958."
The collection contains record books originating from the former gold mines Robinson Deep Gold Mining Company, Luipaardsvlei Estate and Gold Mining Company, Rietfontein Consolidated Mines and few unidentified. They cover the years 1904-1972 of gold mining operations in Johannesburg.
Small banner depicting General Josiah Tongogara (1938-1979), with the wording: "Gamba Guru ReZimbabwe General Josiah Tongogara" - Zimbabwean War Hero General Josiah Tongogara.
Book of cartoons entitled "Political Cartoons", by Frank Holland, which appeared in the Johannesburg "Star" from January to June 1907, reprinted by The Star thereafter. The book also contains a complete Portrait Gallery of the Transvaal Parliament in 1907.
Typescript for a publication entitled "Cold Storage Chronicle: The History of the Imperial Cold Storage". The typescript contains the history of cold storage in South Africa, no year. It was kept in the library of Dr. Vivian Solomon, former staff member of Wits University, at the Department of History, and was later donated to Historical Papers by his widow.
"The Third Day of September: an eye-witness account of the Sebokeng Rebellion of 1984", by Johannes Rantele. Published as part of the Storyteller Series No.1, by Ravan Press. The author was a witness to the events which unfolded in Sebokeng and other townships in the Vaal Triangle. He took photographs on which the artist Goodman Mabote based the illustrations in the publication.
