Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      South African History Archive

    • Postal Address:

      P.O. Box 31719, Binmfontein
      2017 Bramfontein
      South Africa

    • Location:

      Room 2, William Cullen Library, East Campus, University of Witwatersrand

    • Telephone:

      +27 (0) 11-7171941

    • Facsimile:

      +27 (0) 11-3394137

    • E-mail:

      Sahau@library.wits.ac.za

    • URL:

      http://www.wits.ac.za/saha.html

    • Director:

      Verne Harris

    • Year founded:

      1988

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Archive

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Ecclesiastical records
      Government records
      Grey literature
      Manuscripts
      Maps
      Music
      Oral histories
      Personal papers
      Photographs

    • Size:

      approximately 160 sq. meters

    • Holdings:

      Our collections focus on documentary the struggles against Apartheid and combining struggles for justice. Most of the materials are concentrated in the 1980s and 1990s

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      English, Afrikaans

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      The archives are open to any members of the public. They can either phone or write to us before visiting so that we can facilitate access on to the university premise. Only in term of donation agreements

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Electronic catalogs
      Guides
      Inventories

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications:

    • Guide to the Archives and Papers. Historical Papers Department