- ZA MR-MM-449
- Collection
- 1953-2014
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Rivonia Trial
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Liliesleaf Farm/Rivonia Trial Research Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
Contains:
-Books and other published material related to Rivonia Trial including "Rivonia Unmasked" by Lauritz Strydom (Voortrekker Pers, Johannesburg). Published in January 1965 immediately after the Rivonia Trial, this book puts across the State's view of the trial. It has a Foreword by B J Vorster and an Introduction by Percy Yutar.
-Archival documents, maps and photographs from other institutions used as research and/or for displays
-Documents re Liliesleaf Farm development.
These records do not necessarily form a collection discrete from other Liliesleaf Farm collections but have been listed as such for ease of reference. Also see entries for Harold and Annemarie Wolpe Papers, Liliesleaf Farm Audio-Visual Collection, Liliesleaf Farm Artefact Collection, James Kantor Papers, Percy Yutar Papers.
Untitled
Part of Rivonia Trial
Sunday Times
African National Congress Oral History Interviews
Part of Rivonia Trial
African National Congress (ANC) Archives Oral History Project
Bernstein Hilda and Rusty Papers 1931-2006
Part of Mandela Materials
Rusty Bernstein's Papers includes personal correspondence to family and comrades, professional documentation relating to his career as an architect and inventor, and a large collection of writing, including drafts and material for his political biography Memory Against Forgetting as well as articles, essays and literature relating to prominent events in the liberation struggle (The 1946 Mine Workers Strike, The Freedom Charter and the Rivonia Trial). The collection also includes written material relating to his political career in the Communist Party and involvement with the ANC and as editor/contributor to journals like Fighting Talk and The African Communist and a lecture series given in Moscow to young militants of the ANC.
Hilda Bernstein's papers include a series of journals dating from 1967 to 2001 and personal diaries written whilst in prison, and on travels throughout South Africa and Europe. A large part of the collection marks her involvement with women's rights and work for the ANC Women's League. There is also a considerable collection of art records documenting her career in London and Europe. The bulk of the collection is comprised of records relating to Hilda's extensive writings - books, articles and political literature. Of particular prominence is material collected for her most recent book The Rift, which captures the experiences of South African exiles. There is also a large collection of correspondence both personal and professional and political brochures relating to her position as City Councillor for the Communist Party in Johannesburg from 1943 to 1946.
The records kept by Hilda (viewed as 'evidence' of Hilda's activities) far outnumber those kept by Rusty. It would be misleading to presume that this is in any way a complete archive of the Bernstein's activities.
On the contrary, there are large gaps. For example, there is very little in the collection relating directly to the Freedom Charter, in which Rusty played a major part in the organizing committee and was responsible for drafting the country-wide submissions that would become the Charter. Consideration should also be made for the possibility that Hilda is a more conscientious record keeper than Rusty was, or that due to persistent banning and arrest Rusty was forced to destroy evidence of his activities or resist the documentation of these activities. In truth, the reasons for the shape of this collection are too numerous and extensive to state. As it stands, the researcher can at best make this deduction - that Hilda's work and influence in the liberation struggle, particularly in the role assigned to woman, is vast and unique, and deserves attention beyond the shadow cast by Rusty's political career. In Hilda's case it is a matter of the biography that has yet to be written.
Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers
African National Congress Oral History Interviews
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) Archives Oral History Project
Part of Rivonia Trial
SAFM documentary in two parts for The Inner Ear Programme. Details the role played by Nelson Mandela and the ANC in the struggle for freedom in South Africa. Compiled by Joe Richardson and Sue Johnson and presented by Will Bernard. Dated 9 May 2004.
Part 1 deals with the call for armed struggle, the creation of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the arrests at Rivonia. Mandela as the first witness in the Trial, four hour statement from the dock made at the Trial, sentencing to life imprisonment, meaning of Rivonia Trial.
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
ABC
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
ABC
Part of Mandela Materials
Everatt, David
World Conference on Religion and Peace
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Rivonia Trial
This collection is in two accessions. The first accession contains mainly prison correspondence, study materials from jail, other manuscripts and documents from Kathrada’s prison years, a large number of ANC and other documents from the years following his release, as well as a number of books and artefacts. There are microfilm copies of the prison letters. The only material related directly to the Rivonia Trial in this section is 11. 5, a copy of part of the Rivonia Trial record signed by Mandela, Sisulu, Kathrada and Motsoaledi given to them after their move to Pollsmoor Prison.
The second accession consists of prison artefacts, correspondence, documents and study materials from imprisonment (1964- 1989), as well as records from his release reflecting a number of the positions he held in public office and his various interests (1989-2002). There are only a few items from the period prior to his imprisonment. Records related to the Rivonia Trial are: A2.8: part of Rivonia Trial record (unsigned and unbound) with Robben Island Prison stamp on it (Judgement); A1.6.3.10: Letter to The Head of Prisons Pollsmoor Maximum Prison requesting permission to spend his 60th birthday with Rivonia Trial colleagues (4 August 1989) and follow-up letter (20 August 1989); and B3.6.3: Information re documentary called "Rivonia" from 1990s.
Kathrada, Ahmed Mohamed (Kathy)
Part of Mandela Materials
Kathrada, Ahmed Mohamed (Kathy)
Cape Argus/Cape Times Clippings Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
Newspaper clippings in subject files were created by Cape Times and Cape Argus newspapers and transferred to the National Library.
Subject entries under 53138 Treason Trials 1961-1970 for Cape Argus and Treason 1963 may have items relating to the Rivonia Trial.
Cape Times
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
O'Malley, Padraig
African National Congress (ANC) Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Court records and other documents relating to trials in which Kuny (an advocate) was involved, including the Rivonia Trial where Denis Kuny was junior counsel. One box of Rivonia Trial material contains: A1.1 Indictments 1963 ; A1.2 Motion to quash the indictment 1963 ; A1.3 Defence requests for further particulars and the State's reply thereto; A1.4 Documents relating to Accused no 8 (James Kantor) including affidavit, request for particulars, petition, notes and a press cutting.
Records still in process.
Kuny, Denis
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
ABC
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Rivonia Trial
Gay and Lesbian Archive (GALA)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
Records of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS)
National Public Broadcasting Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
National Public Radio
Institute of Contextual Theology
Part of Mandela Materials
President Nelson Mandela Photographs
Part of Mandela Materials
Various
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress Audio-Visual Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Reminiscences of Helen Suzman: Oral History, 1984
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Nelson Mandela Presidential Gifts
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Government Presidency
Part of Rivonia Trial
The records of the Office of the ANC President were initially listed so that they could be used to complete the writing of Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom. They were sent to his house in Houghton, and were returned to the ANC in 2004. The records cover the period from the time Nelson Mandela was ANC Deputy President (1990), ANC President (1991) to the time when he stepped down as ANC President (1997). It also however includes the few 1998-1999 records that were generated. The Nelson Mandela collection is divided into the following main series: Correspondence, Discussion Documents, Minutes of meeting, Reports, Statements, ANC departments, ANC Mission offices, ANC structures, Embassies, Negotiation/Elections, Organizations, Notebooks, Publications, Manuscripts, Memorabilia, and Braille material.
Although this collection does not relate to the Rivonia Trial, it has been included as it speaks to the post-prison involvement of the Trial's main accused.
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
African National Congress Video Unit
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) Video Unit
Part of Mandela Materials
Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso
Mandela Nelson - African National Congress Presidents' Office Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) President's Office
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Archbishops of Cape Town Part iii
Part of Mandela Materials
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo
Part of Rivonia Trial
Suzman, Helen
Part of Rivonia Trial
Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate
South African Council of Churches
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Council of Churches (SACC)
Speeches by President Mandela on the Adoption of the New Constitution
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Black Sash Movement
Part of Rivonia Trial
Include his songs and music from Robben Island, artefacts such as his beloved guitar with its Island-built case. The collection holds his correspondence, manuscripts of his books, some of which was written on toilet paper and smuggled out of prisons, and a record of his life on the Island and after his release. 'Oom Gov' also gave to the University his own library in a ceremony at his house weeks before he died. Many of the books are those given to him by the authors.
Although most the material does not relate to the Rivonia Trial, this collection has been included as it speaks to the character of one of the Trial's main accused. Rivonia Trial material is: Part One of the State’s Concluding Address at the Rivonia Trial.
Mbeki, Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
Mbeki, Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
Poltera, Gion
Part of Mandela Materials
University of the Witwatersrand
Part of Rivonia Trial
The files reflect Denis Goldberg's activities and interaction with VIPs in the country and abroad on uplifting the educational and socio-economic status of previously disadvantaged South Africans. Includes files on a wide range of issues from 1983-1995.
Although there is no material related to Rivonia Trial in this collection, it has been included as it speaks to the subsequent activities of one of the main protagonist in the Trial.
Goldberg, Denis Theodore
Part of Mandela Materials
Cameron, Edwin
African National Congress Zimbabwe
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) Zimbabwe Mission
Part of Mandela Materials
PC 86/1/1/2/1-34
Peter Brown Correspondence
PC 86/7/1/2/6
Mandela's arrest- Letter to Randolph Vigne from Stephen Ellis ( 24th September 1992) who sent a photocopy of a newspaper cutting from the Atlanta Journal (10 June 1990) claiming that a CIA tip led to the arrest of Nelson Mandela.
PC 86/9/1/8/1
Lists of names of former activists to invite to Veteran party, London, 1994- List sent by Randolph to Manny -5 July 1995
PC86/9/1/8/3
Programme for President's birthday party- Durban City Hall 15/06/1996
PC86/9/1/11/1
The men on Robben Island an article by Mary Benson in the Guardian,10 August 1964
PC86/9/1/11/2
"I speak of Freedom" review of No easy way to Freedom on The Times Literary Supplement -29 July 1965
PC86/19/2/19
" Once it witnessed Apartheid slaughter: Yesterday Sharpeville saw a spirit if peace". The independent,11 December 1996. Report on the speech by President Mandela at the signing of the constitution in Sharpeville.
PC 86/9/1/8/3
Progammme for the President's birthday party, Durban City Hall 15/06/1996.
PC86/9/1/11/1
The men on Robben Island by Mary Benson, Guardian 10 August 1964
Vigne, Randolph
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Oral History and Sound Archive
Part of Rivonia Trial
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Film Archive
Part of Rivonia Trial
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Robben Island Reunion of ex political prisoners
Part of Mandela Materials
Robben Island General Recreational Committee
Part of Mandela Materials
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo
Digital Innovation South Africa (DISA)
Part of Rivonia Trial
DISA is a freely accessible online scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly the struggle for freedom during the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994.
A search for 'The State versus Nelson Mandela' yields the following scanned documents:
Bruno Mtolo's extract of evidence (vol. 15 and vol. 16), Walter Sisulu's extract of evidence (vol. 20), Ahmed Kathrada's extract of evidence (vol. 24), Raymond Mhlaba's extract of evidence (vol. 25), Lionel Bernstein's extract of evidence (vol. 26), Govan Mbeki's extract of evidence (vol. 28), judgement, judge's remarks when passing sentence. These documents were selected and scanned from the collection at Historical Papers, University of Witwatersrand (AD1844).
A search for 'Rivonia Trial' yields a poster (linked from SAHA Poster Collection entry) and an extract from the Rivonia Trial Statement made by Nelson Mandela which appeared in the journal Dawn (Volume 7 Number 6 June 1983 page 20). There are other articles too which make mention of the significance of the Trial in passing, mostly from the African Communist magazine.
Digital Innovation South Africa (DISA)
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Drum Magazine Photographic Archive
Part of Mandela Materials
Drum Magazine
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Amandla
Part of Mandela Materials
Ecumenical monitoring
Part of Mandela Materials
Waldmeir, Patti
African National Congress Lusaka/ Zambia Mission
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Part of Mandela Materials
Jurgen Schadeberg Photographic Archive
Part of Mandela Materials
Schadeberg, Jürgen
Elections 1994 Poster Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) Western Cape Region
African National Congress UK/Ireland Mission
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
African National Congress Women Section
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
African National Congress Netherlands Mission Records
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) Netherlands Mission
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
Schadeberg, Jürgen
African National Congress (ANC) Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Part of Mandela Materials
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Maisels, Israel
African National Congress Uganda Mission
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
African National Congress London Mission
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) London Mission
South African Institute of Race Relations Press Clippings
Part of Rivonia Trial
Institute of Race Relations (IRR)
Part of Mandela Materials
SABC Sound Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
Anti-Apartheid Beweging Nederland
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Association of Western European Parliamentarians Against Apartheid (AWEPAA)
Part of Mandela Materials
Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action against Apartheid (AWEPAA)
Part of Mandela Materials
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo