Fonds AG2738 - Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) records

Listing of all interviews for this project Transcripts of interviews Listing of all interviews for this project Transcripts of interviews Listing of all interviews for this project Transcripts of interviews Other interviews List of items 1-524, relating to the Kas Maine Project Listing of all photographs originating from the various projects Maps

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ZA HPRA AG2738

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Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) records

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  • circa 1980-1990 (Creation)

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The Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) was based at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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The collection contains interviews, which were conducted over a period of about 15 years by staff of the IASR. People interviewed were mainly rural people in the Transvaal, labour tenants, sharecroppers, women who had worked on the land or had done domestic work for farmers. There are also some interviews with urban and township dwellers.

The material provides an insight into South Africa's social history from the beginning of the 20th century, and include research material for Charles van Onselen's book 'The Seed is Mine'.

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The photographic section includes a large number of photographs which has been arranged under topics of modern South African history, followed by 3 groups of photographs which resulted from the projects 'Kas Maine', 'Share cropping and labour tenancy'; and 'Women'.

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Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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