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- 1970 - 1980 (Creation)
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The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, previously known as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, is the province of the Anglican Communion in Southern Africa. Its primate is the Archbishop of Cape Town. The church includes dioceses in present day South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Lesotho, Swaziland and St. Helena.
An agreement was signed in 1937 between the Church of the Province of South Africa (CPSA) - now known as the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) - and the University of the Witwatersrand, whereby the church's central record library was places on loan with the University. The library consisted of books, pamphlets, periodicals and manuscripts. The richness of the Anglican Church's manuscript collection is due to the efforts of the provincial archivists appointed by the church to collect material and transfer it to the university. The first, 1937-1957, was Father Osmund Victor, followed by Canon Cecil Thomas Wood from 1958-1979. Mrs AR Kotze then took over from 1979-2000, until Carol Archibald was appointed as Provincial Archivist in 2001.
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These papers are mainly about Christian Education, welfare projects in Zululand and projects for overcoming racial prejudice in church people.
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Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Alternate title: Kraft, Rev. Richard Austin
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Biographical and administrative history: Canon Richard Austin Kraft was educated in the USA and came to Pietermaritzburg in 1961. He was Director of Christian Education in Zululand from 1968-1974 and Provincial Director of Education from 1977-1979 after which he became Dean of St Alban's Cathedral, Pretoria. In 1982 he was consecrated Bishop of Pretoria