- GB MR-RT-049
- Collection
- 1963 - 1977
Part of Rivonia Trial
Mendelson, John
Part of Rivonia Trial
Mendelson, John
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
Part of Rivonia Trial
Benson, Mary
Papers of Stephen Clingman Relating to Bram Fischer
Part of Rivonia Trial
The papers were collected by Stephen Clingman while researching his biography entitled "Bram Fischer: Afrikaner Revolutionary" (1998). They are mainly photocopies of correspondence and newspaper cuttings.
The Rivonia Trial material appears in section relating to legal and political cases in which Bram Fischer was involved (boxes 20-21), Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. S. 2444 / 21, 1 box (285 folios):
fols. 1-157) the Rivonia Trial (1963-6). Includes newspaper cuttings and typescripts entitled:
-Operation Mayibuye'
-'The Voice of the African National Congress'
-'A Call To The Youth' (issued by the Johannesburg District of the South African Communist Party)
Clingman, Stephen
Part of Rivonia Trial
The collection includes personal material of First and her immediate family such as correspondence and financial records, papers relating to First's work as a journalist in South Africa, as a university lecturer, an anti-apartheid activist, and as an author and editor of numerous books and articles on Africa and other political topics. Also included are research papers and printed material relating to First and her family, collected both during her lifetime and after her death.
Material related to the Rivonia Trial:
-Background material, correspondence and reviews concerning "No Easy Walk to Freedom," edited by Ruth First. Includes printed copies of Nelson Mandela’s speech at the Rivonia Trial, drafts of sections of the book, and a typescript of Mary Benson’s statement before the UN Special Committee on Apartheid in 1964, with handwritten alterations. Also includes correspondence, mainly between Ruth First and Heinemann Publishers, as well as clippings of newspaper reviews (RF/1/6/2)
-ANC publications includes introductory pamphlets on the ANC and the Rivonia trial, copies of magazines: Sechaba and Mayibuye.(RF/1/17/2/3)
-Materials on political detentions between 1963 and 1970, including a copy of the 1963 Detention Act, a radio script by Mary Benson entitled "Nelson Mandela and the Rivonia Trial," and notes produced by First (RF/1/18/2)
- Transcripts of interviews with Robben Island political prisoners (RF/1/18/1).
-Newspaper cuttings from both British and South African newspapers, mainly covering issues relating to politics in South Africa including the Rivonia Trial (RF/1/19)
-Correspondence (Feb 1964-Aug 1965) covering subjects such as the Rivonia Trial and First's exile to Britain. Correspondents include Govan Mbeki, Molly Bernstein and Julius Lewin (RF/2/1/2).
The collection is on indefinite loan to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and remains the property of the Ruth First Memorial Trust.
First, Ruth
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement : [Part 3]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement, London (London Anti-Apartheid Committee) branch : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Committee on South African War Resistance : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Committee on South African War Resistance : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Coventry Borough Labour Party : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Edinburgh Anti-Apartheid Group
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
International Transport Workers’ Federation : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Merseyside Communist Party : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Edinburg: Commonwealth leaders meeting/ Lockerbie trial
Part of Mandela Materials
Nelson Mandela Parliament Speech
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Mandela First Television Interview
Part of Mandela Materials
Naidoo, Neville
Part of Mandela Materials
Western Province Cricket Board
Part of Mandela Materials
Sampson, Anthony
African National Congress Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Part of Mandela Materials
Joffe, Joel
Part of Mandela Materials
RSN Class actuality- concept report by Freek Robinson on the Mandela tribute concert at Wembley in London with the actuality of Mr Nelson Mandela who attacks the Thatcher government's stand on sanctions.
RECORDBC 19900416
SABC Sound Archives
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
SASO
South Africa: Forming the Government
Part of Mandela Materials
Nelson Mandela's Release Rally
Part of Mandela Materials
Arrivals for the Mandela Trial
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Mendelson, John
Papers of Justice ( British Section of the International Commission of Jurists)
Part of Mandela Materials
Sargant, Tom
Part of Mandela Materials
Grant, Bernie
Amnesty International : International Secretariat : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement, London (London Anti-Apartheid Committee) branch : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement, Wolverhampton and District
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Birmingham Anti-Apartheid Movement
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
British Defence and Aid Fund Southern Africa : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
British Defence and Aid Fund Southern Africa : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Christian Concern for Southern Africa
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
City of London Anti-Apartheid Group (City Group) : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Commonwealth Pressure Groups, Trade Unions and Political Parties Materials
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Ethical Investment Research Service
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Merseyside Communist Party : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
National Archives (United Kingdom)
Life Under Apartheid Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
The programmes and documents in this collection illustrate what life was like for ordinary South Africans under Apartheid, as well as documenting key political moments.
Items related directly to the Rivonia Trial:
-BBC Television programme: Panorama: Race Problems Around the World. The documentary deals with the growth of racial tension in the Britain and the USA as Mandela is imprisoned for life. This programme was first broadcast on 15 June 1964. 50 minutes, 25 seconds in length. Contains a report by Robin Day from Pretoria where Mandela and others have been sentenced in the Rivonia Trial. Includes interviews with those who condemn the trial and sentencing: Helen Suzman, Alan Paton, Winnie Mandela.
-Letter from a cameraman about "Panorama" programme (28 June 19964). This letter was sent by Ernest Christie to the series producer David Wheeler on South African press reaction to Robin Day's segment in the "Panorama: Race Problems Around the World" which he had filmed.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
British Library Newspaper Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
Collections includes all UK national daily and Sunday newspapers from 1801 to the present, most UK and Irish regional and local newspapers, selected newspapers from around the world in European languages, a range of UK and Irish popular periodicals, mostly published weekly and fortnightly.
These would include coverage of the Rivonia Trial.
British Library
Oldham Anti-Apartheid Group : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Trades Union Congress : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Oldham Anti-Apartheid Group : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Stratford-upon-Avon Anti-Apartheid Group
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Amnesty International : International Secretariat : [Part 3]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Amnesty International : International Secretariat : [Part 4]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement : [Part 4]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement, London (London Anti-Apartheid Committee) branch : [Part 3]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies, University of Oxford (Rhodes House Library)
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
City of London Anti-Apartheid Group (City Group) : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Coventry Borough Labour Party : [Part 3]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
International Transport Workers’ Federation : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
South African Political Papers of His Honour Judge Kellock
Part of Rivonia Trial
The material includes fragments of the Rivonia Trial Transcript concerning the details of the charges; news sheets and press releases about the Rivonia Trial; a statement by Kellock on the Trial; information sheets on South African legislation; minutes and circulars from the World Campaign for the Release of South African Political Prisoners. Other material includes Anti-Apartheid Movement correspondence, and national and executive committee meeting minutes for 1965 - 1966; correspondence relating to the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee and its officials; and papers relating to the Nyasaland emergency of 1959.
Judge Kellock, (formerly Mr. Thomas Oslaf Kellock, Q.C.) was Chairman of the National Committee of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain from 1963-65. This group of papers is mostly concerned with the period when Mr. Kellock was sent to South Africa by Christian Action to act as an observer for the Defence and Aid Fund at the Rivonia Trial in 1964.
Kellock, Thomas Oslaf
Part of Rivonia Trial
Joffe, Joel
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
On Trial For Their Lives: The Accused at Rivonia
Part of Rivonia Trial
Benson, Mary
Foreign Office: Cultural Relations Department
Part of Mandela Materials
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
British Embassy, Pretoria
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
Press Articles
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
Rand Daily Mail
Part of Mandela Materials
BBC Press Office
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
South Africa: Internations Mediation Fails
Part of Mandela Materials
Tribute to Nelson Mandela on the 20th Anniversary ofhis release from prison
Part of Mandela Materials
Former president -Nelson Mandela celebrates his birthday with children
Part of Mandela Materials
Queen attends Parliament : Meets Mandela
Part of Mandela Materials
African Writers' Club: BBC Africa Services Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)