A catalogue of the material deposited by the Ruth First Memorial ...

Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London 140
117/3/14 Ruth First Scholarship Appeal: Who was Ruth First? [c.1986]
Publicity leaflet produced by the University of Durham and
including a short biography of First and a description of the fund.
2 pages
117/3/15 Spare Rib, issue 123 Oct 1982
55 pages
117/3/16 Black Gold: the Mozambican Miner, Proletarian and Peasant 1981-1982
Background material for the above book. 20 items
117/3/16/1 Photographs 1982
Includes Mozambican miners, a public meeting, a school classroom
and a mine compound on the Witwatersrand.
18 items
117/3/16/2 Invoice for one black and white photograph 24 Apr 1981
Sent to Ros Ainslie. Photograph entitled 'Gild Mining in South
Africa'.
1 page
117/3/16/3 Notes [1982]
Includes unidentified handwritten comments on the book, some
written on photocopied sections.
9 pages
117/3/17 'Some key concepts of the South African struggle': Ruth First
Memorial Lecture
Given by Joe Slovo at the University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo.
Organised by AMASP (Associacao dos Municipios da Micro-regiao
do Alto Sapucai), and the ANC.
24 Aug 1984
10 pages
117/3/18 Ruth First - a Socialist and a Scholar [c.1982]
Incomplete draft by an unidentified author. 26 pages
117/3/19 Review of the reissue of 117 Days [1982]
Written by Ros de Lanerolle. 2 pages
117/3/20 Bibliographies [1982-1983]
Preliminary lists compiled by Gavin Williams, including details of
editorships held by First, books authored and edited, magazine
articles etc.
3 items
117/3/21 Interview with Gillian Slovo [1989]
Titled 'Born to Struggle' and taken from an unidentified newspaper
supplement.
2 sheets
117/3/22 Draft speech notes [20 Jan 1987?]
Author unknown. 5 pages
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