IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 HAWS
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies
Title: African Writers Series
Date(s): 1964-1986
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 59 files
Name of creator(s): Heinemann | publishers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Heinemann African Writers Series was begun in 1962 and is ongoing.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
A collection of 59 works, 1964-1986, including poetry, drama, and nonfiction, published in the Heinemann African Writers Series, comprising manuscripts, typescripts with authorial corrections, proof and revised copies, chiefly original but including some photocopies, by over 40 authors including Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi, Syl Cheyney-Coker, T Obinkaram Echewa, Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Mandela, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Martin Owusu, Mwangi Ruheni, and Stanlake Samkange.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Varying restrictions. Various manuscript numbers.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist and database.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Heinemann publishers.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
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: Apr 2002