BC 1165 JO MACROBERT PAPERS
Manuscripts & Archives
University of Cape Town Libraries
donated
to
The University of Cape Town Libraries
by
Jo Macrobert
A List
compiled
by
Yasmin
Mohamed
2000
CONTENTS
A
ADMINISTRATION
B
MONITORING
C
INFORMATION
FILES
D
NEWSPAPER
CLIPPINGS
NAREM
DATA FORM
DEPOT
University
of Cape Town
TYPE
Manuscript
REFERENCE
BC
1165
TITLE
JO
MACROBERT PAPERS
STARTING
DATE
1955
ENDING
DATE
1992
REMARKS
Donated
by Jo MacRobert
ca.
800 + items
List
SUMMARY
This
collection consists of the research papers pertaining to the Black Sash,
which were gleaned by Jo MacRobert in order to produce a Masters Thesis
titled: Ungadinwa Nangomso…. Don’t
get tired tomorrow”: a history of the Black Sash advice office in Cape
Town 1968 to 1980.
The
collection contains: the historical background of the Black Sash,
1955-1960; a rich newspaper clipping section; conference papers, minutes,
and reports; legal and political documents.
SUBJECT
ENTRIES:
Black
Sash
Coloured
People
Forced
Removals
Haron,
Abdullah
Hoffenberg,
Raymond
Imam
Haron
MacRobert,
Jo
Robb,
Noel
Sinclair,
Jean
Squatters
Women
BC
1165
JO
MACROBERT PAPERS
BLACK
SASH
(research
material for thesis)
A
ADMINISTRATION
A1
CAPE
WESTERN REGION, 1960 -1979
2f
Membership,
1960
Minutes
and Reports from Branches, 1969
National
Conferences, 1969; 1972
Regional
Conferences, 1962 -1979
Regional
Constitution, 1978
Regional
Council Minutes, 1961 -1971
Reports
and Minutes,1961 -1971
Women:
Charter, n.d.
Women:
Role of, 1975
A2
CAPE
WESTERN REGION, 1977-1990
1f
Conferences:
National, 1982-1987
Conferences:
Regional, 1977-1986; 1990
JM’s
notes, 1988
Morning
Market Notes, 1983 -1985
Newsletters,
1978 –1988
A3
CAPE
WESTERN REGION, 1984 -1989
1f
Advice
Office Reports
Minutes
and Reports
Regional
Council Minutes
A4
CLAREMONT
BRANCH, 1986 -1988
1f
Branch
Minutes, 1987-1988
General
Minutes, 1988
Regional
Council Minutes, 1988
A5
CLAREMONT
BRANCH, 1988 -1989
1f
Agendas
Minutes
Newsletters
A6
OTHER
REGIONS, 1963 -1973
1f
Durban
Eastern
Cape
Transvaal
A7
NATIONAL
CONFERENCE, 1968
1f
A8
NATIONAL
CONFERENCE, 1986
1f
A9
SASH
MAGAZINE, 1986 -1990
1f
B
MONITORING
B1
LEGAL MATTERS AND POLITICAL ISSUES, 1964 -1968
(arranged
chronologically)
2f
Talk:
N.Robb on Bantu Law Amendment Bill, 1964
Newspaper
Clippings, 1964
Letter
by Jean Sinclair to Noel Robb, 04 January, 1965
Report
by Sinclair, 16-21 February, 1965
Sinclair
letter re influx control, 08 May, 1967
Sinclair
address to National Conference, 17 October, 1967
Bantu
Education, 1967
Hoffenberg:
protests against bannings, 1967-1970
Resettlement
and Migrant Labour, 1967-1968
B2
SPECIAL
PROJECTS, 1971-1979
3f
1971:
Black
Consciousness
Pensions
Pre-school
children
Violence
1972:
Health
Housing
for Coloured People
Migratory
Labour
Morning
Market
Resettlement
1973:
Civil
Rights league
Coloured
Population Group
Farm
Labour
Migrant
Labour
Universities:
enquiry into
Women
1974:
Bannings
Domestic
Workers
Human
Rights Day
Political
Prisoners
Poverty
Riotous
Assembly Act
Suppression
of Communism Act
1976:
Rickards
Memo on Somerset West
Sinclair:
Woman of the Year
Squatters
1977:
Bannings
Detentions
Housing
Mary
Burton’s Letter re Detentions
1978:
Crossroads
1979:
Human
Rights Conference
Pass
Laws
Squatters
C
INFORMATION
FILES
C1
GENERAL,
1955 -1956
1f
Historical
Background, 1955 -1956
Leaflets,
1955
Newspaper
Clippings, 1955
Women’s
Defence of the Constitution League, 1956
C2
LEGAL
MATTERS AND POLITICAL ISSUES, 1957-1962
3f
Farm
Labour Report, 1959
Historical
Background, 1958
Legal
Opinions, 1962
Letter
from Chief Luthuli to the Prime Minister J.G.Strijdom, 1957
Letters
to Verwoerd, 1959 -1960
Pass
cases, 1959
Passes:
motion by Ballinger, 1960
Poverty,
1959
Resistance
of Women to Passes, 1957
Talk
by Noel Robb:”Endorsed Out”, 1962
C3
SPECIAL
PROJECTS, 1968 -1989
3f
1968-1970:
Coloured
People, 1968 -1969
Imam
Haron, 1970
Statements,
1970
1975
-1986:
Crossroads,
1984 -1986
Housing
and squatters, 1975 -1979
1983
-1989:
Capital
Punishment
Conscription
Detentions
Forced
Removals
Group
Areas/Open City
Human
Rights
Violence/Non-Violence
C4
BANTU
ADMINISTRATION & DEVELOPMENT, 1962-1963
1f
C5
TOWNSHIP
DEVELOPMENT, 1967-1992
1f
C6
CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT & DEATH PENALTY, 1970 –1989
1f
C7
CHILDREN:
FREE THE CHILDREN, 1985
1f
D
NEWSPAPER
CLIPPINGS, 1967-1992
5f
E
SURVEYS
AND INTERVIEWS
E1
ORAL
INTERVIEWS, 1987-1993
1f
E2
FACTS
AND FIGURES, 1958 -1984
1f
E3
PROGRESS
REPORTS & DISCUSSIONS, 1989 -1993
1f
E4
SOURCES:
notes taken from sources,1960’s -1990’s
2f
E5
BIBLIOGRAPHY,
1991
1f