International Campaign: Copies of Amandla (HART, New Zealand) July-Sept., Oct.-Dec., Dec. 1979; Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement letter of 31 October 1979, to Abraham Ordia, SCSA (with original SCSA stamp) dated 7/11/79, with clippings from Irish Times 16 Oct. 1979 re: Lions rugby tour of South Africa; Original signed letter of Robert Archer to R. Lapchick, 9 Nov. 1979 re: book on sport in South Africa, and ACCESS activities; Original handwritten letter of Tom Strong St. Paul, MN 11/15/79 re: Twin Cities Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa; Telegram from Trevor Richards, New Zealand to R. Lapchick, 3/9/80; Telegram from Antoine Bouillon, Paris to R. Lapchick, 17 March 1980; Trevor Richards, HART New Zealand release re: establishment of a center to coordinate international campaign against apartheid in sports, n.d.; The International Coordinating Centre against Apartheid in Sports, n.d., 2 leaves; Statement by Abraham Ordia, President, Supreme Council for Sport in Africa, (UN Centre against Apartheid, 31 March 1980), 1 leaf; Copy of telegram 18 Feb. 1978, from Trevor [Richards], Bryony and Mike [HART New Zealand] to R. Lapchick re: attacks on Lapchick; Copies of letters re: sport/apartheid to Trevor Richards, HART New Zealand--: Trevor Richards, HART New Zealand to World Council of Churches, n.d.; Trevor Richards, HART New Zealand to Richard [Lapchick] re: International Coordinating Centre against Apartheid in Sports, 6 May 1980; Letters and flyers 1979/80, re: British Lions rugby tour of South Africa: includes copy of letter from Hector Munro, UK Dept. of the Environment to Sam Ramsamy, 14 Sept. 1979; releases and flyers on same by Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 5 March 1980; Kader Asmal to Trevor Richards, HART New Zealand, 3 Dec. 1979; V.E.S. Mkodo, National Sports Council of Tanzania to Trevor Richards, HART New Zealand 8 Dec. 1979; Norwegian Council for Southern Africa to HART 7 Dec 1979; P. Baker TCLSAC to Trevor Richards, HART New Zealand, 11 Dec. 1979; George Houser, American Committee on Africa to T. Richards 15 Jan. 1980; E.G. Dimka, Acting High Commissioner of Nigeria, Canberra to Trevor Richards, HART New Zealand 28 Nov. 1979, 17 Jan. 1980; Telegram Richard for George [Houser] to Trevor Richards, HART 28 Feb. 1980; Telegram Caspar Hakili, Dar es Salaam to Trevor Richards, HART 21 Mar. 1980; Samba, (CSPA) to Trevor [Richards] 9 Dec. 1979; Letter of John Dommisse ACCESS to President Houphouet-Boigny 27 Feb. 1980 (copy); Letter of Trevor Richards, HART to R. Lapchick, 4 Feb., 12 March 1980; Sport in South Africa: The Case in Favour of Isolation, (Stop all Racist Tours (UK) and MAA CAO (France) January 1980), 14 leaves, 2 copies; Le sport sud-africaine: pourquoi I'isolement? (MAA (CAO) and SART, Jan. 1980) 18 pp. [French printed version of above draft] Letters of R. Lapchick to: R. Archer, 5 Dec. 1979; T. Richards, 8 Jan. 1980; A. Bouillon, 10 Jan. 1980 (carbon copies); R. Archer for A. Bouillon (Mouvement Anti-Apartheid) to Lapchick 9 Nov. 1979; HART flyer, n.d. Trevor Richard, HART proposal, 21 Nov. 1979; John [Minto?], HART to R. Lapchick, n. d. International Karate Organization Administrative Regulations and other materials on karate, Japan, and flyers of Japan Anti-Apartheid Committee 9 April 1980 re: protest vs. International Karate Organization; R. Lapchick to Japan Anti-Apartheid Committee 3 June 1980 (carbon copy); International NGO Action Conference for Sanctions against South Africa ILO, 30 June to 3 July 1980, flyers and letter 14 Feb. 1980; HART flyer re: merger to form HART: The N.Z. Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 August 1980; R. Lapchick ACCESS to Minister of Sport, Nigeria re: apartheid and support for Nigeria's stance, 16 June 1980; R. Lapchick, ACCESS to Mouvement Anti-Apartheid re: Oct.-Nov. French-SA rugby tour, 20 August 1980; R. Archer (MAA) release letter re: French-SA rugby tour, 24 July 1980; Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto to Lapchick re conference, 20 Mar. 1980; Robert [Archer] to Sam [Ramsamy], Some Questions Relating to the Creation of the Coordination Centre, 22 Jan. 1981, 4 leaves. Letter of V.E.S. Mkodo, National Sports Council of Tanzania to R. Lapchick, ACCESS, re: continuous campaign vs. apartheid in sports and society, 8 Oct. 1980, and reply of R. Lapchick 25 Nov. 1980, 1979-1981, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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: 1979-1981, undated
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