Identity area
Reference code
ZA MR-RT-058
Title
Rivonia Trial Records
Date(s)
- 1962 - 1964 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box ; Text-based documents
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Repository
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Contains papers relating to Rivonia Trial made available by Joel Joffe. Copies housed in the Bram Fischer Library. Originals at Historical Papers, University of Witwatersrand, A2519 Nelson Mandela Papers: Handwritten speeches and papers by Nelson Mandela for the Pretoria Regional Court Trial (1962) and the Rivonia Trial (1963-1964). The collection includes further notes by Nelson Mandela for his defence; the application for the remand of the trial; an application challenging the right of the court to try him and his preparatory notes. Rivonia Trial records are a typed copy of Mandela's statement from the dock (signed); final clause of statement from the dock (manuscript); notes that Mandela intended to use if he were sentenced to death when asked if he had anything to say (manuscript).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access to copies in the Library.