Research papers on the arms trade, defence force, crime and crime statistics, crime prevention, policing, drugs, gangs, farm attacks, transformation of the army and police force, peacekeeping and related topics.

Correspondence, minutes, reports, press clippings, scrap-books pictorial material and publications issued by the Society, including the Newsletter and the Journal. subjects cover the formation and administration of the Foundation, historic tours, the preservation of historic buildings in Johannesburg and research into the Rand pioneers.

This collection consists of approximately 368 tape recordings of interviews, conducted in the course of oral research projects, undertaken by the History workshop in the Department of History at the University of the Witwatersrand. They were donated to Historical Papers in 2005.

No background information for most of the projects is available and no audit sheets have been received. A list of interviewees is available with the hardcopy inventory and notes about the collection.

Research materials and press cuttings on the Soweto uprisings 1976-1977, compiled and donated by Pat Hopkins.

Statements by students and individuals involved in the Soweto demonstrations.

Personal papers relating to Ruth Muller's work as librarian, archivist, researcher, and as an activist and a former member of the African National Congress (ANC).

Annual reports, circulars, membership cards; minutes of General Meetings 1909-1931, Executive Committee 1912-1931, Speakers Circle 1914 and Election Sub-Committee 1915; correspondence with institutions and individuals on women's suffrage; press clippings and printed items including odd issues of Flashlight and Woman's Outlook; reviews of Way stations [a collection of speeches, lectures and articles dealing with the Female Suffrage Movement] by Elizabeth Robins, London, 1913.

The collection contains the working and research papers of Iain Edwards.

The collection contains the personal and working papers of Michael (Mike) Muller, to a large extent from his time in Mozambique and South Africa, and in various capacities and portfolios, both at organisational and Government levels.

The following sections are included:
A PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
B THE BABY KILLER, 1974
C TOBACCO AND THE THIRD WORLD, 1978
D THE HEALTH OF NATIONS, 1982
E NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, 2010-2015
F MOZAMBIQUE, 1979-1988
G DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1988-1994
H DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY, 1994-2005
I CONSULTING, 2005-2020
J WRITING
K REPORTS
L SHULAMITH MULLER PAPERS

The material contained on the DVD relates to the years of conflict between the Basotholand Congress Party (BCP) and the Basotho National Party (BNP) in Lesotho during the years of the BNP led regime of Chief Leabua Jonathan from 1970-1986.

The collection also gives an account of the history of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), particularly the role of Potlako Leballo.