- ZA SAHA AL3273
- collection
- 1964
Materials comprising the John Harris collection consist of Harris's police docket, trial records, prison and media files donated by his son David Wolfe; his Security Legislation Directorate (SLD) file obtained through a Promotion to Access of Information Act (PAIA) request, and a collection of letters donated by Jane Harris. Materials in each series have been described on item level.
The materials contained in the police docket kept on John Harris (series A), the John Harris trial records (series B), his court exhibit file (series C), prison files (series D and D1) and media file (series E) form the bulk of the collection. Copies of the police investigation file and the court transcripts were obtained from the SAPS Museum in Pretoria. The prison files and court exhibit file were obtained from the Department of Correctional Services Archive at Pretoria Central Prison. Most of the documents are photocopies of the original documentation. Materials in the court exhibit file and the two prison files have been digitised by Specialised Archival Solution in 2009 and are only available in digital format.
Materials obtained from the SAPS Museum and the archive of the Department of Correctional Services were secured by SAHA on behalf of John Harris's family, and donated to SAHA by his son, David Wolfe in 2009.
A copy of John Harris's Security Legislation Directorate (SLD) file was released to SAHA by the National Archives in respect of PAIA request number 0064/NAR/2008, and is archived in the Freedom of Information Programme (FOIP) collection as AL2878_B1.3.6.9, and cross-referenced and described in series F of the John Harris collection.
Letters written by John Harris to his sister Jane whilst in prison (1964-1965) were donated by Jane Harris to SAHA. In 2014 Jane Harris requested the return of the original letters to the family. To replace the original letters she donated ring-bound photocopies of the letters. The photocopied letters are contained in series G.
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