South African Subject Collection, 1941-1997

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South African Subject Collection, 1941-1997

Pamphlets, serial issues, reports, leaflets, election campaign literature, flyers,newsletters, other printed matter, letters, sound recordings and video tapes, relating topolitical, social and economic conditions, apartheid and race relations, and elections inSouth Africa; revolutionary movements in South Africa, especially the African NationalCongress; international support groups, especially in the United States, for suchmovements; and campus movements in the United States protesting investment in SouthAfrica.

68 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 9 phonorecords, 10 phonotape cassettes, 1 phonotape reel, 18 videotape cassettes.; (31 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6665808

Hoover Institution Archives

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