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Jean Sinclair Papers (President of the Black Sash)

Jean Sinclair (Donor)

Repository: Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand
Reference code: AD1457
Extent: 19 boxes. Extent of Black Sash materials is 18 boxes
City: Johannesburg
Dated: 1956-1980. Black Sash materials traverse these dates
Scope:Part of Papers on the Black Sash 1948-1980. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, press clippings, photos and printed items on the organisation of the Black Sash, including conferences, committees, advice offices, protests and demonstrations. Other subjects are legislation, influx control, labour, agriculture, pass laws and resettlements. Includes lectures, speeches and articles by J Sinclair and items on the Citizens Hostel Action Committee and the Programme for Social Change. Forms part of the archives of the South African Institute of Race Relations.

Media: Text documents; Publications; Still images; Ephemera; Speeches

Themes:Advice Offices (pre or post 1995); Conferences; History; Labour; Land; Legal issues; National administration (pre 1995); Protests, demonstrations, campaigns; Regional administration (pre 1995)

Administrative / biographical history:Ranking might be incorrect as guide didn't provide enough information to assess. Themes may be incomplete for same reason.

Condition of access / use: Unrestricted
Percentage of collection relevant to Black Sash: 1 - 19%

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Location contact details

Organisation: Historical Papers, William Cullen Library, University of the Witwatersrand
Telephone: 27 (0)11 717 1940
Fax: 27 (0)11 717 1940
Email: michele.pickover@wits.ac.za, zofia.sulej@wits.ac.za, gabriele.mohale@wits.ac.za
Website: http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za
Street address: Room 2, Ground Floor, William Cullen Library, East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein
Postal address: Private Bag X1 PO Wits
Area: Braamfontein
City: Johannesburg
Postal code: 2050
Province / State: Gauteng
Country: South Africa