ALCOCK, Neil L (1919-1983) papers
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0101 ICS 3 |
Held at | : Institute of Commonwealth Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/resources/library › |
Full title | : ALCOCK, Neil L (1919-1983) papers |
Date(s) | : 1974-1985 |
Level of description | : Collection (Fonds) |
Extent | : 1 folder |
Name of creator(s) | : Alcock | Neil L | 1919-1983 | farmer and teacher |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Neil Alcock was born in 1919 at Underberg, Natal. After war service, he became a farmer in Natal. In 1962, he founded Kupugani, a national welfare organisation whose object was to increase the amount of South African food available to the country's African population. From 1967 until his death he devoted his life to helping Africans with rural agricultural schemes, developing agricultural training and encouraging African ownership, home industry and literacy. In 1967 he established a Church Agricultural Project among Zulu farm people at the Maria Ratschitz Mission farm in northern Natal. In 1975 he moved to another farm, Mdukutshani, in the Msinga district near Weenen in the Kwa Zulu `bantustan'. Work at the farm, which included innovations to combat drought and pests, was described in regular newsletters from Alcock and his wife, Creina (Bond), a well-known writer on South African wild life and conservation. Alcock also acted as a representative of Africans in their dealings with white farmers and as a peace maker in local feuds. He died in an ambush on 28 September 1983 when returning with elders from a meeting he had organised to end fighting between factions.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Neil Alcock on agricultural training in South Africa, 1974-1985, comprising newsletters from Alcock's farm, 'Mdukutshani', near Weenen, Kwazulu, on the training of Bantu farmers, 1975-1985; typescript article 'An experiment in agricultural training' by Neil Alcock, Mar 1974; press cuttings on Alcock's death in an ambush, Sep 1983; order of service for Alcock's memorial servive, Emmanuel Cathedral, Durban, Oct 1983.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As above
Conditions governing access:
Open although advance notice should be given.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Usual conditions apply
Finding aids:
See link to repository catalogue. Desciptive list also available in the Library.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were collected by Baruch Hirson, and deposited at ICS in 1986.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Relevant publications available in the ICS Library.
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Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Alan Kucia 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:
Created 3/09/2001 AIM25, modified 6/09/2001
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