Identity area
Reference code
ZA COM NMAP-2009/1
Title
Maniben Sita Collection
Date(s)
- 1957-1964 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
1 cm of textual material
1 file and 1 box
1 file and 1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Maniben Sita, Laudium, Pretoria
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Sita’s 1963 diary, with additional entries from 1962. Also includes leaflets: “The Group Areas Act & Mr. Nana Sita” (1964?), SA Indian Congress, London; and pamphlets: “I Accuse!” Speeches to court by Nelson Mandela, 1962-1963 trial (origin unknown); “South Africa’s Treason Trial” (1957), “Afrika!” Publications, Johannesburg.
Sita had concealed these documents in a cushion to avoid them being confiscate during raids by the security police at her family home. In 2008, Sita gifted the cushion to Mandela for his 90th birthday stating on an accompanying note that he will find the contents of the cushion interesting. When the gift was received, the cushioned was unstitched revealing the documents.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Permission of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory is required
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Nelson Mandela centre of Memory archive
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
NMAP-2009/1
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Description control area
Description identifier
NMAP-2009/1
Institution identifier
ZA NMCOM
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English