International Oil Working Group
- US MR-AAO-203
- Collection
- 1979-01-01 - 1987-12-31
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
International Oil Working Group
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law (Southern Africa Project) : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Madison Anti-Apartheid Coalition
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
New York Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Oberlin Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
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Southern Africa Liberation Committee
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Southern Africa Support Project
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Soviet Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee : [Part 5]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Sterling Memorial Library Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
United Nations Centre against Apartheid : [Part 3]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
United Nations Centre against Apartheid : [Part 4]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
United Nations Trust Fund for Publicity against Apartheid : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
United Nations Trust Fund for Publicity against Apartheid : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
World Campaign against Military and Nuclear Collaboration with South Africa
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
United Nations Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid
Part of Mandela Materials
AABN
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, Kurt Waldheim
Part of Mandela Materials
Waldheim, Kurt
United Nations Photographic Library
Part of Mandela Materials
United Nations
Part of Mandela Materials
Washington Office on Africa
National Security Archive Declassified Document Set
Part of Mandela Materials
US State Department
South Africa: The Making of US Policy: 1962-1989
Part of Rivonia Trial
This collection provides primary source documents describing U.S. relationships to apartheid including implementation, enforcement, and violations of the U.N-sponsored sanctions against South Africa. Including the following that relate to the Rivonia Trial:
-United States Embassy (South Africa) reports that the African National Congress (ANC) was created to carry out sabotage, stating that the arrest of Nelson Mandela occurred after he planned subversive activities (1962).
-A memorandum issued by the Summit Conference of Independent African States held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1963), agreeing to provide funding to help South African liberation movements and calling for the release from prison of Nelson Mandela, Robert Sobukwe and all other political prisoners.
-A memorandum on the Rivonia Trial providing biographical information on the Rivonia Trialists, and in which Nelson Mandela argues that opposition groups resorted to armed struggle only after avenues for peaceful change were blocked (1964).
-A report in which ANC and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) leaders, including Nelson Mandela, Michael Harmel and Walter Sisulu are described as Communists, and documents presented during the Rivonia Trial are cited as evidence of the contacts between the ANC, PAC, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China (1964).
-A memorandum of conversation in which Cecil Eprile characterises black leaders like Nelson Mandela as careless and prone to bad judgment (1965).
-A cable relating to Resolution 473 of the United Nations Security Council urging South Africa to release all political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela (1980).
-Biographic sketch information on Nelson Mandela provided by the US Department of State (1983).
-A cable on the awarding of the international Simon Bolivar prize to Nelson Mandela by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) (1983).
-Correspondence to the South African Ambassador to the United States, calling for the release of Nelson Mandela (1984).
- A cable about the Johannesburg Star Newspaper reports that the arrest of Nelson Mandela 25 years ago occurred after he was betrayed by a US Central Intelligence Agency agent posing as a diplomat of the United States Consulate General in Durban (1986).
- A statement in which Chester A. Crocker calls for the release of Nelson Mandela (1986).
- A report in which the US Department of State Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on South Africa asserts that the first steps taken by South Africa must be the release of Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and all other political prisoners (1987).
The National Security Archive is a non-profit research institute and library providing public access to declassified government documents obtained through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). These are then published as declassified document sets (as this one on South Africa), are produced in microfiche, and digitised to become part of the Digital National Security Archive database which some universities subscribe to (Monash University in South Africa).
US State Department
Records of Secretary-General U Thant
Part of Rivonia Trial
U Thant
Records of Secretary-General U Thant
Part of Rivonia Trial
U Thant
Records of Secretary-General U Thant
Part of Rivonia Trial
U Thant
Records of Secretary-General U Thant
Part of Rivonia Trial
U Thant
Records of Secretary-General U Thant
Part of Rivonia Trial
U Thant
Records of Secretary-General U Thant
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U Thant
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Presented to Lloyd Cutler by South Africa’s Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson in 1997. Lloyd Cutler was founding partner of the WilmerHale Law Firm and a civil rights activist in the US. They were to recognise the firm's role in the fight to end Apartheid.
Papers include transcripts of his speech at the 1963-64 Rivonia Trial, notes that Mandela made in his own handwriting both during his trial and as he sat in prison on the night before he heard the sentence on his life. These are copies of originals donated by President Mandela to Bram Fischer Library (now held at Historical Papers, University of Witwatersrand).
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The Library collection of roughly 200,000 books, pamphlets, maps and microform units covers all areas and disciplines. There is an emphasis on the socio-economic development and history of sub-Saharan Africa, with special emphases (reflecting faculty interests) on Ethiopia/Eritrea, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Sahel region of West Africa, and Nigeria (especially the Eastern Region).
Materials related to the Rivonia Trial include:
- A number of video recordings relating to the life story of Nelson Mandela and thus mentioning the Rivonia Trial in the Audio-Visual Materials on Africa
-Microform and photocopies of Kathrada Collection (originals at UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Centre) in Special Collections. Over 100 fiche in 13 boxes. DT1949.K38A4 1996; also on film: SPEC COLL RARE BOOKS XX 27823 Microfilm. Guide (1995) available at DT1949.K38S35 1995
-The Voice of Nelson Mandela (SABC, 1999), which includes extracts from the Statement from the Dock. In general library holdings (MSU DIGITAL/MEDIA AUDIODISC, 4 WEST - PT1974 .M36 1999 Audio disc)
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Records of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA)
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Documents the pioneering anti-apartheid group in the US from its establishment in the 1950s. Documents related to Rivonia Trial are:
-Campaign against South African Apartheid: Memos, draft letters to and lists of sponsors, resolutions and declarations, flyers, clippings and notes 1963 (1960-1964). Major topics: Appeal for action against Apartheid, Rivonia arrests and trials, international boycott of South African goods etc.
-African National Congress Pamphlets. Includes: South African on Trial: Behind the Rivonia Case (no date).
-Mandela, Nelson (ca. 1964). Major topic: Rivonia trial.
-World Campaign for the Release of South African Political Prisoners: Rivonia Trial: Newsletters, statements, press releases, brochure (1963-1964).
-Writings: Chief Albert Luthuli (1957 and 1964). Major topics: Racial situation, Rivonia trial, ANC.
-Writings: Nelson Mandela (1961 and 1964). Major topics: 1961 Stay-at-home demonstration, Rivonia trial.
Microfilm versions available at Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town.
American Committee on Africa
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Reddy, Enuga S.
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The documents related to the Rivonia Trial described below are from Record Group 59 which reflects the diplomatic work of the Department of State and embassies in southern Africa, particularly in South Africa. References to these records were identified, inventoried and made searchable as part of the South African Research and Archival Project (SARAP) at Howard University in Washington, D.C. designed to identify, locate, inventory and disseminate information pertaining to the involvement of Americans in the liberation struggle of South Africans, especially during the anti-apartheid movement. The records themselves can only be accessed at the National Archives repository listed below. These may not be a comprehensive listing of all State Department records related to the Rivonia Trial.
Box 2637: Political 30-2 S AFR: Documents pertaining to various individuals and organizations, including ANC, UNIAS, OAU, African Liberation Committee [ALC], PAFMECA, ANC, SWAPO, SWANU, and PAC. A report on ANC's statement on the Rivonia Trial and a PAC representative in Ghana, Matthew Nkoana. Airgram memoranda with the following subjects, "First Issue of Pan Africanist Congress Information Bulletin," "ANC Statement on Rivonia Trial Verdict," "Report on Political Exiles from South and South-West Africa," and "Representative of Pan Africanist Congress Begins Writing for Ghanaian Newspaper" (1964-1966). Discussed or referenced: James Hadebe, Jacob, Nyoase, E.L. Ntloedibe, Raymond Kunene, Robert Resha, Tennyson Makewane, Jacob Nyoase, Colin Legum, Jariretundu Kozunguizi, Sam Nujoma, and John Eldridge of the African-American Institute.
Box 2636: POL 29 S AFR 8/1/64: Documents pertaining to the Rivonia Trial, including a memorandum of conversation with Abraham Fischer, Attorney General for convicted saboteurs; kidnapping of Rosemary Wentzel from Swaziland to South Africa; Eastern Cape communism trial of 74 Africans; and sentencing of Pascal Ngcane, Chief Albert Luthuli's Son-in-Law.
Box 2636:POL 29 S AFR 6/1/64: Documents pertaining mostly to the Rivonia Trial; reactions from around the world on the trial, including protests from the US National Council of Churches and ANC statement from Tanzania on the trial; criticism from Jomo Kenyatta of Britain and US support for South Africa.
Box 2636: POL 29 Arrests, Detention S AFR 5/1/64: Documents pertaining to trials and detentions in South Africa including the Rivonia trial and detention of Chief Albert Luthuli; mentioned in the reports include Raymond Mhlaba, Ahmed Kathrada, Walter Sisulu and Lionel Bernstein; a report on a Nigerian government official regarding problems that would erupt if Mandela and others were given death sentences; a letter to the President of the UN Special Committee on Apartheid regarding trials in South Africa and memorandum on the reply from the President. A confidential memorandum and report on "The Apartheid Trials in South Africa," including a discussion of the Rivonia Trial. Several telegrams concerning the Rivonia trial. Discussed or referenced: Govan Mbeki, Albert Luthuli, Nelson Mandela, Lionel Bernstein, Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, Walter Sisulu, African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, and the Communist Party of South Africa. A telegram with abridged statistics on black and white land use, salaries, malnutrition, and morbidity in South Africa. (1963).
US State Department
The National Security File: Country File: Africa, Union of South Africa
Part of Rivonia Trial
The National Security File was the working file of President Johnson's special assistants for national security affairs, McGeorge Bundy and Walt W Rostow.
Vol. 1, 11/63 - 10/64; vol. 2, 11/64 - 9/66; vol. 3, 10/66 - 9/68 contain scattered references to the Rivonia Trial.
This repository may include other references to the Rivonia Trial in Presidential correspondence, National Security Memoranda, White House Central Files, Office Files of White House Aides. These were not confirmed in this audit.
Johnson, Lyndon B.
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South African Documents and Press Clippings Collection
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National Public Broadcasting Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
National Public Radio
National Public Broadcasting Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
National Public Radio
National Public Broadcasting Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
National Public Radio
National Public Broadcasting Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
National Public Radio
Episcopal Church People for Southern Africa
Part of Mandela Materials
Episcopal Church People for Southern Africa
National Public Broadcasting Archives
Part of Rivonia Trial
National Public Radio
Part of Mandela Materials
Brutus, Dennis
South Africa Black Consciousness Movement Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Photographs and Prints Division)
MALP Nelson and Winnie Mandela Tribute Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Photographs and Prints Division)
Part of Mandela Materials
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Photographs and Prints Division)
Part of Mandela Materials
Brutus, Dennis
Jesse Jackson Portrait Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
Higgins, Chester
Part of Mandela Materials
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Photographs and Prints Division)
Joel Carlson South African legal files
Part of Mandela Materials
Nelson Mandela Portrait Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Photographs and Prints Division)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Rutgers Grass Roots - Progressive Activist Files, Rutgers University
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
Tambo, Oliver Reginald
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Rivonia Trial
Wall, Patrick
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CBS
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