SAN-ROC [South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee] correspondence Handwritten note from Dennis Brutus, SAN-ROC to Rich [Lapchick] n.d.; Frank Dobson, MP, House of Commons to R Lapchick 5 April 1980 re visit; Sam [Ramsamy] SAN-ROC note, n.d. Abraham Ordia, "Proposed Co-ordinating Centre against Apartheid in Sport" 14 May 1980; Action against Apartheid in Sports n.d. [SAN-ROC newsletter, consisting of press clippings from ca. January-May 1980]; Sam Ramsamy, Chairman SAN-ROC (London) to Teurai Nhongo, Zimbabwe Minister for Youth, Sport and Recreation, 3 May 1980 re British rugby tour; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to "Your Excellency" n.d., re: British rugby tour; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC and Peter Hain, Stop All Racist Tours, to Four Union Rugby Committee 28 August 1979, re: South African rugby tour; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to UK Minister of Sport 28 August 1979 re: South African rugby tour; National Party of South Africa policy on sport (1976/79); Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to Abraham Ordia, President, Supreme Council for Sport in Africa 8 January 1980, re: British rugby tour of South Africa; Sam Ramsamy and Chris de Broglio, SAN-ROC to PM Margaret Thatcher 7 January 1980, re: British rugby tour of South Africa; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to PM Malcolm Fraser 7 January 1980, re: British rugby tour of South Africa; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to S. Ramphal, Commonwealth Secretary-General, 7 January 1980, re: British rugby tour of South Africa; Sam Ramsamy to OAU, 6 January 1980, re: British rugby tour of South Africa; [SAN-ROC newsletter?/press clippings from ca. November 1979]; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to Le Monde, Paris, article or letter, 16 January 1980; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to UN Special Committee against Apartheid, 8 February 1980; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to President Houphouet-Boigny, Ivory Coast 18 February 1980 re: Gary Player in Ivory Coast; [SAN-ROC press clippings]; Sam [Ramsamy], SAN-ROC to Rich [Lapchick] 22 February 1980; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to President Carter, 11 March 1980 re: Olympics; Sam Ramsamy, SAN-ROC to Kadar Asmal, Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement 9 September 1980 re Trevor Richards and proposed Co-ordinating Centre against Apartheid in Sport; UN Special Committee against Apartheid, Information Note 18/80: Statement by Abraham Ordia; Trevor Richards, International Affairs Officer, HART: The New Zealand Anti-Apartheid Movement to S Ramsamy 26 August 1980 re: proposed Co-ordinating Centre against Apartheid in Sport; Gro Holm, Norwegian Council for Southern Africa to HART 17 March 1980; Kier Schuringa, Anti Apartheids Beweging Nederland to Friends 29 May 1980; Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto to A. Ordia 27 May 1980; International University Exchange Fund to HART 9 June 1980; Jamaica Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Development to HART 4 July 1980; MOLISV (Rome) to International Co-ordinating Centre against Apartheid in Sport; 10 July 1980; Amadou Lamine, Secretary General Supreme Council for Sport in Africa to HART 23 June 1980, 1976-1980
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence and papers of organizations boycotting international sports in South Africa, original diaries of Richard Lipchick and is complemented by Papers of Richard Lapchick at Northeastern University. Aspects of the history of ACCESS are covered in three books by Lapchick: Broken promises: racism in American sports (New York: St. Martin's, 1984); Five minutes to midnight: race and sport in the 1990s (Lanham: Madison Books, 1991); and Smashing barriers: race and sport in the new millennium (Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 2001, revised edition).
Dates
- Creation: 1976-1980
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.6 Linear Feet (3 boxes (124 folders)) ; Box 1: 25.5 x 33 x 39 cm Boxes 2-3: 26 x 13 x 32 cm
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository