The Guardian and the Observer Digital Archive
- MR-RT-158
- Collection
- 1791 - 2003
Part of Rivonia Trial
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The Guardian and the Observer Digital Archive
Part of Rivonia Trial
Guardian
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
Trades Union Congress : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Trades Union Congress : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Miners' International Federation
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Rivonia Trial
Wall, Patrick
Swedish Labour Movement Archives and Library [Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Landsorganisasjonens Internasjonale Avdeling
Part of Rivonia Trial
Coventry Borough Labour Party : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Coventry Borough Labour Party : [Part 3]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Coventry Borough Labour Party : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
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 Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
Huddleston, Trevor
International Labour Organisation
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
African National Congress Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
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 Mandela Materials
First, Ruth
Nelson Mandela's Release Rally
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
International Institute for Social History [Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Dutch Communist Party [Communistische Partij Nederland]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Norwegian People’s Aid [Norsk Folkehjelp]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
Sampson, Anthony
General Dutch Youth Alliance [Algemeen Nederlands Jeugd Verbond]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
General Students Association Amsterdam [Algemene Studenten Vereniging Amsterdam]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Norwegian Church Aid [Kirkens Nødhjelp]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
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 Rivonia Trial
Benson, Mary
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs - World Council of Churches
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Women’s Union of the Dutch Labour Party [Vrouwenbond Partij van de Arbeid] : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Women’s Union of the Dutch Labour Party [Vrouwenbond Partij van de Arbeid] : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Church of Sweden Aid : Swedish National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation [Lutherhjälpen]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Council on Ecumenical and International Relations, Church of Norway [Mellomkirkelig råd] : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Council on Ecumenical and International Relations, Church of Norway [Mellomkirkelig råd] : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Rivonia Trial
Mainly correspondence between Benson and fellow South African activists and large amounts of newspaper cuttings collected by Benson relating to South Africa and the struggle against Apartheid.
Records related to the Rivonia Trial:
-Nelson Mandela’s statement from the dock at the Rivonia Trial (ICS6/5/3)
-Elias Motsoaledi's statement (ICS6/5/7)
- Correspondence, reports and statements about the treatment of political prisoners in South Africa, including reports by the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and Amnesty International
- Papers related to Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment, collected by Benson when writing her biography of Mandela, "Nelson Mandela: the Man and the Movement."
- Correspondence between Mandela and Mary Benson. There is also correspondence between Benson and others, mainly related to Mandela and campaigns for his release from prison. Correspondents include Helen Suzman, Elinor Birley, Hilda Bernstein, Oliver Tambo, Winnie Mandela, Denis Healey and Ismail Ayob.
- Typed notes on Mandela and other prisoner
-News clippings concerning Mandela, mainly from British newspapers. Subjects covered in particular detail include the Rivonia Trial and campaigns for Mandela's release (ICS6/8)
Benson, Mary
Part of Rivonia Trial
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Papers of Justice ( British Section of the International Commission of Jurists)
Part of Mandela Materials
Sargant, Tom
Part of Mandela Materials
Grant, Bernie
Norwegian Labour Movement: Press Clippings Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library: Press Clippings Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
Norwegian Labour Movement Archives and Library
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
Archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) and predecessor material including the Boycott Movement. Material directly related to the Rivonia Trial includes:
O.7 Political Prisoners Campaigns, 1956-95:
-O.7.1.b Correspondence, 1962-70: Correspondence concerning the Rivonia trialists and other condemned South African leaders, 1964 (MSS AAM 1791)
-O.7.5.e General files, 1961-95: Information on the Rivonia trial and trialists, 1963-90 (MSS AAM 1953)
W.2 African National Congress (ANC) posters, 1978-95:
'We salute our leaders. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Rivonia 1963. Mandela, Sisulu, Mbeki, Mhlaba, Motsoaledi, Mlangeni, Kathrada, Goldberg.' 1980s? Mainly black and white; photographs (MSS AAM 2512/2/4), 1 poster
Rivonia Trial references might also appear in other parts of this collection for example, the campaigns the AAM took relating to the Trial might appear in the minutes of the Executive Committee and in annual reports.
British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
Part of Mandela Materials
Anti-Apartheid Beweging Nederland
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
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
Criminal Court Case No. 253/1963 (State Versus N Mandela and Others)
Part of Mandela Materials
National Archives and Record Service of South Africa (NARSSA)
Anti-Apartheid Movement : [Part 3]
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
Anti-Apartheid Movement : [Part 4]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Collectie Komitee Zuidelijk Afrika
Part of Rivonia Trial
Komitee Zuidelijk Afrika
Committee on South Africa [Comité Zuid-Afrika] : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Committee on South Africa [Comité Zuid-Afrika] : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
Comite Zuid-Afrika
Part of Mandela Materials
Archives Committee South Africa ( Comite Zuid-Afrika- CZA)
Part of Mandela Materials
Commonwealth Pressure Groups, Trade Unions and Political Parties Materials
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Swedish South Africa Committee [Svenska Sydafrikakommittén]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Mandela First Television Interview
Part of Mandela Materials
Naidoo, Neville
Amnesty International : International Secretariat : [Part 1]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement Netherlands [Anti-Apartheids Beweging Nederland] : [Part 1]
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
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla [use]
Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Amnesty International : International Secretariat : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Anti-Apartheid Movement Netherlands [Anti-Apartheids Beweging Nederland] : [Part 2]
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
Rand Daily Mail
Part of Mandela Materials
Joffe, Joel
Michael Peto Collection, 1962, London; [Set of 19 Still Images]
Part of 1.1.3 Nelson Mandela > Historical photos > Mandela with others
Peto, Michael
Arrivals for the Mandela Trial
Part of Mandela Materials
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 Rivonia Trial
Joffe, Joel
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
British Embassy, Pretoria
Part of Mandela Materials
Benson, Mary
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
Astor, David
National Archives United Kingdom
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Rivonia Trial
Mendelson, John