Identity area
Reference code
ZA MR-RT-059
Title
South African Newspaper Collection
Date(s)
- 1800 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Extensive collection of South African newspapers ; Microfilm
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection of South African newspapers. Focus is newspapers from Johannesburg, Pretoria and surrounds. Collection includes coverage of the transfer of Mandela to Pretoria before the Trail, the arrests, Rivonia Trial, sentencing etc. Request relevant dates or publications. Newspapers which covered the trial extensively include Sunday Times, Pretoria News, Rand Daily Mail, Die Vaderland etc.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
List of South African Newspapers, 1800-1982 published by State Library (Pretoria, 1986) available at repository National Library has most of these on microfilm
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria