Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1976 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 CDs (29a+b) containing digitised images
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
The CDs were donated to Historical Papers by Helena Pohlandt-McCormick in May 2006.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The photographs were taken by the police during the June 1976 Uprising.Helena Pohlandt-McCormick, who compiled this collection later published these images and documents in a book with the title "'I Saw a Nightmare...' Doing Violence to memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976", published by Columbia University Press, and electronically available under www.gutenberg-e.org/pohlandt-mccormick/index.html. (Please note that Historical Papers cannot guarantee this link).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
CD29b contains the detailed inventories of the 8 folders, including number, description and place for each image, as well as dates.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The original photographs are kept in the National Archive of South Africa (Reference no. K345).