Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1898 - 1982 (Production)
Niveau de description
collection
Étendue matérielle et support
7 boxes and 106 photographs
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Dr. Ellen Hellmann (1908-1982) was a social anthropologist and obtained her D.Phil degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1940. The findings of her MA thesis in 1935, ground breaking research into the appalling conditions under which urban black Africans lived in slums such as Rooiyard in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, were published in the book entitled "Rooiyard: A Sociological Survey Of An Urban Native Slum Yard" in 1948.
She worked for the 'Joint Council of Europeans and Bantu' and later became an Executive member of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR). She submitted evidence to various Government commissions at the time, including the Commission for Socio-economic Development of the Native Areas of South Africa (1955), known as the Tomlinson Commission, and the Commission of Inquiry into the Riots at Soweto and Elsewhere, 1976-1977, known as the Cillie Commission.
Ellen Hellmann was a member of the Progressive Party from 1959 to 1971.
(South African History Online)
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The collection consist of articles, reports and talks by Ellen Hellman, as well as letters, booklets and press clippings. Also included are photographs, which were taken by Ellen Hellmann, and which often accompanied her research and reports.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
The papers are arranged according to topic, regardless of dates.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Conditions de reproduction
Permission must be obtained from Ellen Hellmann's daughter, Ruth Runciman, and the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR).
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Instrument de recherche téléversé
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
Zone des notes
Note
Alternate title: Hellmann, Dr. Ellen