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

13 Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
117/1/4/1/8 15th year, issue no.1 22 Feb 1951
12 pages
117/1/4/1/9 Loose cuttings 1946-1947, 1951
Subjects covered include mineworkers protests, trade unions, pass
laws and other apartheid legislation. Some cuttings are undated.
30 items approx.
117/1/4/1/10 Background material [1950s]
Typescript copies of pieces probably written by First to assist with
work for the Guardian. Includes drafts of a report on labour
recruiting, general information about South Africa and the history of
the pass laws.
3 items
117/1/4/2 Clarion
10 Jul 1952–07 Aug 1952
Publication which replaced the Guardian when that paper was
banned, but was itself outlawed after two months. It was published
weekly in Cape Town and First was the Johannesburg editor.
10 items
117/1/4/2/1 Loose cuttings 10 Jul 1952-07 Aug 1952
Subjects covered include a call for a national strike by Cecil
Williams, reaction to the Suppression of Communism Act, the
acquittal of Michael Harmel, and raids carried out by the South
African CID. Much of the material was probably written by First.
10 items
117/1/4/3 People's World
23 Oct 1952-30 Oct 1952
The successor to the Guardian and Clarion after each paper had, in
turn, been banned by the South African government. The newspaper
was itself banned after two months. It was published weekly in Cape
Town and First was the Johannesburg editor.
5 items
117/1/4/3/1 Loose cuttings 23 Oct 1952-30 Oct 1952
Subjects covered include protests in Port Elizabeth and the
Transvaal, and government reaction to the defiance campaign. Much
of the material was probably written by First.
5 items
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