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Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 340 large

Scope and Contents

The Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa collection documents many educational and fundraising campaigns for liberation movements in Southern Africa, including divestment by the University of Wisconsin. There are 28 issues of the MACSA newsletter and one folder from the Committee on Southern Africa of the First Congregational Church in Madison from 1971 to 1973. The documents cover 1969-1973 and 1975-1978. (MACSA continued throughout this entire period, but the donor did not live in Madison during the entire period and thus did not have a complete collection of materials.) Approximately 50 documents from this collection have been digitized and appear in the African Activist Archive website - http://africanactivist.msu.edu.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1969-1978

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.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.

Biographical / Historical

The Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa (MACSA) was an organization comprised of faculty members, students, and citizens in Madison, Wisconsin. MACSA was established in 1968 "to lobby and educate the university and community about Southern Africa, to support sanctions on minority regimes in Southern Africa, and to provide assistance to liberation movements" (African Activist Archive).

Extent

.8 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Professor David Wiley.

Processing Information

Processed by Jillian C. Coy in July 2013.

Title
Finding Aid for the Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa collection
Status
4 Published And Cataloged
Author
Finding aid prepared by Jillian C. Coy.
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository

Contact:
MSU Libraries
366 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing MI 48823 USA