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Aracelly Santana t-shirt and button collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 372 large
Scope and Contents
The second half of the 20th century was a tumultous time for the Southern African region. The instability was mostly due to racial segregation and the marginalization of ethnic groups. It was a time of military coups and political assassinations. Many outsiders were outraged over the injustices being committed and groups were formed in the United States. This personal collection of Ms. Santana's T-shirts and buttons represents one way that people voiced their opinions about the current...
Dates:
approximately 1982-1986
Association of Concerned Africa Scholars records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 284 large
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1977-2001 (with future archives to come). The papers include those of Immanuel Wallerstein and Willard Johnson (co-chairs 1977-1991), David Wiley and Jean Sindab (co-chairs 1991-93). and William G. Martin (co-chair 1993-2001). Includes correspondence, minutes, flyers, handwritten notes, petitions, programs, publications (notably ACAS Bulletin) and associated correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, brochures. Campaigns include: Angola, Nigeria, Saro-Wiwa, Congo/Zaire,...
Dates:
1977-2001
Aubrey McCutcheon papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 642
Scope and Contents
The Aubrey McCutcheon papers contain reports, articles, news clippings, correspondence, and other materials relating to South Africa Apartheid, divestment, nuclear arms, exports, human rights violations, and other topics.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1972 - 1986; 1972 - 1994
Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 282 large
Scope and Contents
Records of the Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa (BCLSA) and similar Massachusetts organizations. The collection includes flyers, posters, newsletters, pamphlets, research papers, internal strategy reports, correspondence, press clippings, slide-cassette kits (on Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Women Under Apartheid, First National Bank of Boston and Massachusetts South Africa Connection), a cloth banner (U.S. Out of El Salvador and South Africa) and tablecloth/hanging...
Dates:
approximately 1970-1990
Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid legal documents and newspaper clippings
Collection
Identifier: MSS 445 XX small
Scope and Contents
The Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid legal documents and newspaper clippings consists of newspaper clippings and legal documents about the Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid. The clippings conern the protests of the tour of the South African Springboks rugby team. Most of the clippings originate from Albany and New York City and focus on the U.S. tour with the remaining clippings describing earlier protests to the Springboks playing in New Zealand. The team was...
Dates:
1981
Carl Eicher papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.358
Scope and Content
Some of the materials are in French.
Dates:
1961 - 2013
Carol B. Thompson and Bud Day papers on Southern Africa
Collection
Identifier: MSS 329 large
Scope and Contents
The Carol Thompson and Bud Day papers document the struggle for the liberation of Southern Africa. A significant portion of the collection is background materials used for researching and organizing the liberation support network across the US and the world. The files also demonstrate some of the tactics used, including picketing, demonstrating, speaking, boycotting, and appearing on the media. The collection includes material on the Southern Africa Support Coalition (SASC), founded in...
Dates:
approximately 1970-1999
Certificate appointing William Wright as Justice of the Peace for five districts in South Africa, signed by the Colonial Secretary, March 1, 1869
Item
Identifier: MSS 23 small
Dates:
1869
Charles William Cathcart papers
Collection
Identifier: 00006
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the political interests of various members of the Cathcart family during the years 1821-1889, and is divided as such into the affairs of two generations: that of James Leander Cathcart and that of his sons, James, Charles, John and Henry, with the greatest amount of material pertaining to Charles Cathcart.Letters of the senior Cathcart comprise the first part of the collection. There are several letters, which expound upon his grudge against the...
Dates:
1821 - 1889