Friedmann, Marion Valerie (1918- c. 1975)

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): ICS 20

Title: Friedmann, Marion Valerie (1918- c. 1975)

Date(s): 1957 - 1963

Level of description: Fond

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 1 box

CONTEXT AREA

Name of creator(s): Friedmann, Marion Valerie, b 1918, political activist in South Africa

Administrative/Biographical history: Marion Friedmann was born in 1918, and was a founder member of the Liberal Party of South Africa. The multiracial Liberal Party of South Africa was founded in 1954, and was forced to disband under the Prohibition of Political Interference Act of 1968.

Archival history: The immediate source of acquisition by ICS is not known.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer:

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

Scope and content: Papers of Marion Valerie Friedmann on South African politics, 1957-1962, comprising: papers on the Liberal Party of South Africa, 1954-1963 including membership forms and badges, election posters and statements; writings by Marion Friedmann, including life of Stephen Nkadimeng, fragment of typescript on police intimidation of Africans, potted biography of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, and article on African barrister Duma Nokwe; correspondence, 1961-1963, mainly on Liberal Party affairs, also including correspondence with Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth MP on conditions in South Africa; photographs of Walter Sisulu and others; Court Records, including papers on case of Percy J Hodgson v Minister of Justice, on the house arrest of Hodgson, 1962, notice to Walter Sisulu under the terms of the Suppression of Communism Act, text of judgement in case Siwele H M Ganyile v Minister of Justice about banning notice, 1961, and judgement in the case of The State v Duma Nokwe and others, 1962; periodicals: copies of 'Assagai', 1963, 'Contact', 1960-1963, 'Fighting Talk', 1961-1962, 'Liberal News', 1963, Liberal Opinion, 1963, and New African, 1963; miscellaneous material on the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Chief Albert Luthuli, 1960, the African National Congress (ANC), the Capricorn Africa Society, 1953, and the Civil Rights League; press cuttings on South Africa.

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System of arrangement: Divided into 8 series as described above.

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA

Conditions governing access:

Conditions governing reproduction: Most items may be copied, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from, original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.

Language/scripts of material: English

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids: Descriptive list available in the ICS Library.

ALLIED MATERIALS AREA

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Related units of description: The ICS holds a large number of collections relating to South African politics, including African National Congress (ICS 1), Mary Benson (ICS 6), Ruth First (ICS 117), Ruth Hayman (ICS 30)Baruch Hirson (ICS 32), Mandela Trials papers (ICS 52), Josie Palmer (ICS 57), Edward Roux (ICS 67), South African Institute of Race Relations (ICS 95), University of Cape Town (ICS 81-82), University of Transkei (ICS 19).

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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

Recorder's note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002

Interest: Black

Specific group:

Subjects

Anti-apartheid movements

Racial discrimination

Racial prejudice

Ethnic groups

Black peoples

Interethnic relations

Racial segregation

Apartheid

Personal/Corporate names

ANC

African National Congress

South African Native National Congress

Anti-Apartheid Movement

Capricorn Africa Society

Civil Rights League

Liberal Party of South Africa

Friedmann, Marion Valerie, b 1918, political activist in South Africa

Ganyile, Siwele H M, fl 1961, political activist in South Africa

Luthuli, Albert John, [1898]-1967, South African politician

Nokwe, Duma, 1927-1978, political activist in South Africa

Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate, b 1912, South African politician

Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso, 1924-1977, political activist in South Africa

Tooth, Sir, Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Munro-Lucas-, 1903-1985, 1st Baronet, politician

Munro-Lucas-Tooth, Sir, Hugh Vere Huntly Duff

Places

Southern Africa

South Africa