HJUL, Peter (fl 1954-1968)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0101 ICS 33
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	: HJUL, Peter (fl 1954-1968)
Date(s)	: 1954-1968
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 22 items
Name of creator(s)	: Hjul | Peter | fl 1954-1968 | South African political activist
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

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.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Peter Hjul on the Liberal Party of South Africa and civil rights, 1954-1968; comprising papers of the Civil Rights Defence Committee, 1962; papers of the Defence and Aid Fund, 1961-1965, including report on prison conditions relating to, and medical treatment of detainees in the Transvaal; papers of the Liberal Party of South Africa, 1954-1962, including election posters and leaflets, papers on Cape Provincial Congress, 1962, undated open letter to Alan Paton and copies of publications Liberal News and Contact.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The papers are arranged in four series, as described above.

Conditions governing access:

Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or to quote from, original material should be submitted to the Information Rsources Manager.

Finding aids:

Catalogued to item level (see link to repository catalogue).

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The source of acquisition of the papers by the ICS is not known.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The ICS holds the papers of Marion Valerie Friedmann (ICS 20), which also contain a substantial amount of material relating to the Liberal Party of South Africa.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), 2nd Edition, 2000. National Council on Archive Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Created 7/09/2001 AIM25, modified 7/09/2001