http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2829 2013-05-25T06:56:05Z 2013-05-25T06:56:05Z Coetzee, Marié A http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8830 2013-03-30T22:00:41Z 2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

UNITED PARTY DIVISION OF INFORMATION: 1905-1990 Coetzee, Marié A A year after losing the 1948 election against the National Party, the United Party established the Division of Information and Research in Johannesburg. Party officials were sent on official study tours to the United States and the United Kingdom to research marketing, fundraising and campaigning techniques and strategies abroad. On their return, the Division actively launched marketing campaigns, created publicity materials and conducted surveys on behalf of the UP. The marketing campaigns carried slogans such as Election Victory, UP Symbol, Car Sticker and Freedom Cavalcades. New marketing materials were created including United Party ties, tie pins, cuff links, brooches, earrings, table cloths and wall hangings. Fundraising fêtes were organised countrywide to fund elections campaigns. The Division also created, designed and distributed many publications, pamphlets, posters, newspapers and newsletters such as Die Volkstem, Politics Today and Speakers’ Notes to keep party members informed about the political issues of the day. At the same time the Division of Information created an Archive of records, biographical information, materials on other political parties and information resources on issues and persons who played a role in South African politics and society. These files contain valuable reports, pamphlets, press cuttings and photographs. They include interesting information on subjects such as apartheid, banned persons and detentions, church and politics, university education, evidence and photos from commissions of enquiries such as the Snyman Commission on the POQO PAC Paarl riots, Sharpeville, commonwealth issues, race relations and race classification, trade unions, the Freedom Charter, terrorism and sabotage, Springbok Legion and the War Veterans Torch Commando to name but a few. To date about 375 files of the Division’s files on subjects and individuals have been processed. The available files listed, include materials on UP Party leaders General JC Smuts, General Louis Botha, JGN Strauss, Sir De Villiers Graaff and Vause Raw; prime ministers Dr DF Malan, Dr HF Verwoerd, BJ Vorster and PW Botha; politicians Helen Suzman, Cathy Taylor, Anna Scheepers, Dr Moroka, Kaiser Matanzima and Nelson Mandela; religious leaders such as the Rev Beyers Naudé and Bishop Lekganyane and many others. Inventory in the Unisa Archives, United Party (Division of Information, Official Papers) 422 Boxes.

2013-03-28T00:00:00Z Van der Walt, Marietjie Coetzee, Marié A http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8541 2013-01-26T22:00:24Z 2013-01-21T00:00:00Z

Dirk Ziervogel (1917-1977) (Mss Acc 16) Van der Walt, Marietjie; Coetzee, Marié A DIRK ZIERVOGEL PAPERS (3,6 linear metres) Manuscripts Collection MSS 16 (36 boxes) Prof Dirk Ziervogel was born on 12 November 1917 in Ermelo. He studied at the University of Pretoria where he obtained a BA degree majoring in Zulu, German, Northern Sotho and Anthropology. In 1941 he received an MA degree on aspects of the Swazi language. After Prof Ziervogel’s death in 1977, the family donated his valuable African languages library and archives to the Unisa Library Archives. The Collection includes Prof Ziervogel’s card catalogue which he used for the Comprehensive Northern Sotho Dictionary, copies of his African languages textbooks, Northern Sotho dictionary as well as a selection from his published research articles on aspects of Northern Sotho, Venda, Shona, Ndonga, Ndebele, Swazi, Zulu and the Eastern Transvaal Bushman language. In 1939 Dirk Ziervogel was appointed as a lecturer in Bantu languages at the University of Pretoria. Five years later, he joined the municipality of Pretoria as location superintendent. From 1946 to 1954 he was employed as a senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria. For a brief period in 1954, Dirk Ziervogel was employed as a researcher by the Department of Bantu Administration before joining the University of South Africa as the first professor of Bantu languages. He championed the creation of a university text book series. Prof Ziervogel served on many university committees. He was a council member of the University of the North and served for many years as a member of the Unisa Senate and Joint Matriculation Board. In addition Prof Ziervogel was moderator for Bantu languages and a member of the Bantu Language Boards of South Africa and South West Africa. He is remembered for his amazing knowledge of African languages and dialects of South Africa. Inventory in the Unisa Archives, Manuscripts Collection (Mss Acc 16) 36 Boxes

2013-01-21T00:00:00Z Coetzee, Marié A http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8508 2013-01-19T22:00:05Z 2013-01-15T00:00:00Z

Slotow Africana Collection (1810-1975) (Mss Acc 76) Coetzee, Marié A Slotow Africana Collection The Unisa Library bought the Slotow Africana Collection from Mrs SL Slotow of Slotow Africana Dealers in April 1992. The Pretoria shop closed after her husband’s death. The bulk of the material is in English, Afrikaans and Dutch. The items are arranged alphabetically and chronologically in three categories. One hundred and fourteen files were created and then divided into Subjects files, Files on people and Magazines and periodicals. The Subjects files consist of forty-nine files on diverse subjects such as the Voortrekkers, the Cape Colony and Boer Republics, the Anglo-Boer War, the 1914 Rebellion and Jopie Fourie, the First and Second World Wars, the British Royal family, churches and religion, the development of the Afrikaans language, music events and compositions, Netherlands-South African relations and special historical celebrations of South African cities and towns e.g. Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Barberton and Hopetown to name a few. The file on churches and religion includes archival material on the Genadendal mission, the Methodist and Presbyterian churches, the Evangelical Lutheran and Anglican churches (also Cape Town’s St George’s Cathedral) as well as the Dutch Reformed, Reformed and Hervormde churches. The thirty-six Files on people include interesting information on persons such as Frans Oerder, Rev GWA van der Lingen, Sir NF de Waal, Pres Kruger, Prof J Lion-Cachet, SJ de Toit, Dr DF Malan, C Louis Leipoldt and his father Rev CF Leipoldt. Of special interest is Dr. F W R Silke’s diaries (6 volumes) about his medical studies, his life and career covering the period 1878 to 1923. The section on Magazines and periodicals consists of twenty-nine rare titles which include The Bluestocking (published by the SA Association of University Women), nineteenth century religious journals such as De Honigby, De Kindervriend and De Gereformeerde Kerkbode in SA (1860-1892), Cape Monthly Magazine (1858-1880), Goue Mnora, The Veld / The African Pictorial, South African Illustrated News (1885) and J B Smithers’ manuscript Strand Street Magazine (1862-1864). The Slotow Africana Collection (1810-1975) contains valuable and rare archival materials and information for researchers interested in South African historical and social events, theology, biography and literature. Inventory in the Unisa Archives, Manuscripts Collection (Mss Acc 76) 23 Boxes

2013-01-15T00:00:00Z CAMP Ryke, Ammi http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8506 2013-01-05T22:00:26Z 2013-01-04T00:00:00Z

ALBERT JOHN LUTHULI PAPERS (1942-1967) (DCAS Acc 135) CAMP; Ryke, Ammi ALBERT LUTHULI PAPERS 1942 – 1967 The Albert Luthuli collection consists of 2 microfilms, a product of the Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) and was bought from the Centre for Research Libraries, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Chief Albert John Luthuli was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia around 1898. In 1908, after his father’s death, his mother took him to Groutville, Natal, to attend a mission school. After finishing his school career, he studied to become a teacher, and became a lay preacher as well. In 1944 he joined the ANC, moved up through the ranks, and was elected President- General in 1952. He died in 1967 when he was hit by a train. The documents cover the period 1942 to 1967. Although it has not been logically arranged, it gives an overview of the political developments in South Africa from the late 1940’s to the late 1960’s. The documents are described in the inventory in the same order as it was recorded on the microfilm. Inventory in the Unisa Archives, Documentation Centre for African (DCAS Acc 135). 2 reels of microfilm.

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