Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- circa 1980-1990 (Production)
Niveau de description
collection
Étendue matérielle et support
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Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
The Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) was based at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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'.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
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'.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa