Archive Title:

Historical Papers Research Archive – University of the Witwatersrand

Link to Archive or Database:

http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/

About:

The Historical Papers research archive, situated in the William Cullen Library, was established in 1966. We are a friendly, vastly used, valued and popular service as well as unique and accessible hub for human rights research serving civil society, scholars and researchers.

Historical Papers is one of the largest and most comprehensive independent archives in Southern Africa. We house over 3300 collections of historical, political and cultural importance, encompass the mid 17th Century to the Present.

Our primary aim is to serve the broader community as well as the university and to transform archives into accessible centres for research. Included are the records of many human rights NGOs, trade unions, labour federations, political parties, women’s organisations, churches and church bodies, and the papers of human rights activists. We are also home to a huge volume of political trials, photographs, press clippings, oral interviews, and material collected by several research institutions and individual researchers.

– taken from the Historical Papers Research Archive – University of the Witwatersrand website

Time Period:

1600-present

Content Type(s):

Photos, prints and drawings; Film; Interviews; Audio recordings; Periodicals, Manuscripts; Government and official documents; Personal correspondence