Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      ABSA Group Archives

    • Postal Address:

      P.O. Box 7735
      2000 Johannesburg
      South Africa

    • Location:

      187 Fox Street

    • Telephone:

      (011) 350-4167

    • Facsimile:

      (011) 350-4964

    • E-mail:

      paulbay@absa.co.za

    • Director:

      Dr. Paul Bayliss

    • Year founded:

      1998

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Archive

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Artifacts
      Business records
      Manuscripts
      Personal papers
      Photographs
      Posters

    • Holdings:

      Records of ABSA Group and ABSA Bank Ltd. (1991-). Former Volkskas Group and its subsidiaries (1934- ). Former UBS Holdings Ltd. And its forerunners such as United Building Society (1889-). Former Allied Group Ltd. And its predecessors (1888-). Former Bankorp Holdings Ltd. And its forerunners and subsidiaries (including Sanlam Bank, SAS Bank, Trust Bank, and Bankfin) (1918-). Records include minute books, financial records, correspondence, circulars, annual reports, staff magazines and photographs of persons, buildings and events.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      English

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Closed. Policy still to be determined. Requests by bona fide students/researchers would be considered, however.

    • Finding tools:

      Guides

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: