BUNCHE, Ralph Johnson (1904-1971)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0101 ICS 136 |
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 | : BUNCHE, Ralph Johnson (1904-1971) |
Date(s) | : 1937 |
Level of description | : Collection (Fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume |
Name of creator(s) | : Bunche | Ralph Johnson | 1904-1971 | political scientist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Ralph Johnson Bunche b 1904; educated at University of California, Los Angeles (AB), Harvard University (AM, PhD); Chairman, Dept of Political Science, Howard University, Washington DC, 1928-1950; Director, Trusteeship Department, Unted Nations, 1946-1954; acting UN Mediator on Palestine, 1948-1949; awarded Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the Middle East, 1950; Professor of Government, Harvard, 1950-1952; UN Under Secretary for Special Political Affairs, 1954-1967; UN Special Representative in the Congo, 1960; UN Under Secretary-General, 1968-1971.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Photocopy of typescript diary of a visit to South Africa by Ralph Johnson Bunche, 1 October - 31 December 1937, recording the impressions of an African American on South Africa; subjects include race relations; black living conditions in the reserves, mines and townships; black political and labour leaders and organisations, education, health care and the legal system. There is an account of the Silver Anniversary meeting of the African National Congress in Bloemfontein in December 1937.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Open although advance notice should be given.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available at the discretion of ICS Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from, original documents should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.
Finding aids:
None
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Dr Robert Edgar, via Baruch Hirson, 1986
Allied Materials
Related material:
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), Marion Friedmann (ICS 20), Ruth Hayman (ICS 30)Baruch Hirson (ICS 32), Mandela Trials papers (ICS 52), Josie Palmer (ICS 57), South African Institute of Race Relations (ICS 95), Edward Roux (ICS 67), University of Cape Town (ICS 81-82), University of Transkei (ICS 19).
Publication note:
The diary has been published as An African American in South Africa: the travel notes of Ralph J Bunche, 28 September 1937 - 1 January 1938 edited by Robert Edgar (Ohio University Press, 1992).
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:
Nov 2001
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