Identity area
Reference code
ZA MR-RT-095
Title
Benjamin Pogrund Papers
Date(s)
- 1931 - 1985 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Approximately 22 boxes. Rivonia Trial material is 2 files ; Publications, Text-based documents
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Benjamin Pogrund was a journalist. The collection includes correspondence, telexes, memoranda, press cuttings, printed items re the Rand Daily Mail, black rights and attitudes, riots, political prisoners, apartheid, the homelands, labour legislation, race relations, the Schlebusch Commission, treason trials, detentions, bannings, forced removals, labour, education and trade unions. See I3.1 for 2 files related to the Rivonia Trial: Index to witnesses and The State vs. Abram Fischer and Others.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted
Conditions governing reproduction
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Script of material
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Finding aids
Inventory available online - http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/inventory.php?iid=6068