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Patti Waldmeir

  • ZA HPRA A2508
  • Fonds
  • 1994 - 1995

Transcripts of interviews conducted by journalist Patti Waldmeir for her book Anatomy of a Miracle. The interviews were mainly conducted in 1994 and 1995.

Gail Gerhart

  • ZA HPRA A3049
  • Fonds
  • 1960 - 1980

Records consist of reels of recording tape and of tape cassettes. The recordings were made during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

There are no transcripts.

Sir Robert Harland

  • ZA HPRA A30
  • Fonds
  • 1771 - 1775

British Admiral

'Letters to Captains etc. 30th January 1771 to 6th May 1775'. Letter-book containing copies of letters signed by R.H. (Sir Robert Harland) who was Commander-in-Chief of H.M. Ships and Vessels in the East Indies. The letters are written from Fort St. George, Bombay and the Cape of Good Hope, being addressed to the Navy Board, Board of Ordnance, Philip Stephens (Admiralty), Josiah du Pre (President of Fort St. George), W. Hastings (Governor of Bengal), W. Hornby (President of Bombay), P.A. van der Para (President and Governor of the Dutch settlement in the East Indies), A. Wynch (President of Fort St George) and others. Subjects are provisions, appointments, treatment of the sick and deserters and disposition of ships in the squadron.

Includes a diary kept from 13 Oct-14 Nov.1774 at the Cape when his ship, the Northumberland, stopped for refreshment and repairs.

Rev. Colin Collins

  • ZA HPRA A3105
  • Fonds
  • 2004

The collection contains mainly publications by Rev. Colin Collins, which include poetry and stories about the author's personal life as well as religious issues in South Africa.

Included is also an earlier submission, being "A Watcher's View", an autobiographical article by Colin Collins, in which mention is made of his anti-Apartheid activities.

David Coplan

  • ZA HPRA A3171
  • Fonds
  • 1983 - 1994

COPLAN, David, Basotho sung poetry, migrant workers, audio cassettes, transcripts 1983-1994.

The collection consists of audio cassettes and transcripts.

The collection consists of recordings of Basotho sung poetry. This oral project was undertaken to record and document the sung poetry of Basotho migrant workers in South Africa. The poetry and interviews with some of the singers were recorded on tape-cassettes and there are transcripts in Sotho and English.

Soweto Uprising records

  • ZA HPRA A2953
  • Fonds
  • 1976 - 1977

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.

History Workshop, Multimedia collection

  • ZA HPRA A2986
  • Fonds
  • 1980 - 1989

Sets of slides with taped commentaries, received from the Multi-media library in July 2003.

These shows were made for the History Workshop in the late 1970s and 1980, some in association with the American Social History Project.

There is a detailed description of each show in the History Workshop Media Centre catalogue (hard copy only), stored in Room 2.

History Workshop

Joe Slovo

  • ZA HPRA A2439
  • Fonds
  • 1990

Radio 702 interview with Joe Slovo. Relates mainly to the South African Communist Party and the African National Congress.

Mafeking Mail

  • ZA HPRA A2706
  • Fonds
  • 1 November 1899 - 31 May 1900

Originals of a newspaper brought out during the Siege of Mafeking, numbers 1-152, from the 1 November 1899 to the 31 May 1900.

Also included is a preface page, issued by the publisher after the siege, relating the events in the publishing house during the siege whilst having to produce the Special Siege Slip.

See also Sol Plaatje's diary of the Siege of Mafeking, collection no. A2550.

Townshend & Son Publishers

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