Mary Benson papers
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- Benson, Dorothy Mary (1919-2000) anti-apartheid campaigner
TitleMary Benson papers
Reference codeICS6
Date1948-2000
Scope and ContentMainly correspondence between Benson and fellow South African activists, and large amounts of newspaper cuttings collected by Benson, relating to South Africa and the struggle against apartheid. Also includes photographs of Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, papers relating to Mary Benson's biography of Nelson Mandela.
Conditions governing accessAccess may be granted for scholarly research to non-embargoed materials. Users of the papers are required to sign for access. Personal correspondence is embargoed for a period of 15 years from the date of the correspondence. This embargo may be waived in writing by the authors of individual items or the Information Resources Manager at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in consultation with the Director. Readers wishing to consult ICS6/20-28 require the permission of the Information Resources Manager of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in conjunction with the Chairman of the Ruth First Memorial Trust, since this part of the collection is owned by the Trust rather than by the Institute. Some files might be closed under Freedom of Informaton legislation. Ask Archivist for details.
Extent9 boxes
System of ArrangementThe filing system used by Benson has been retained as far as possible, although items have often been placed into date order within particular files.
Finding aidsHandlist produced by Matti Watton in Feb-March 2001. An earlier list for series 1-6 (then referenced as series A-F) was in use from before 1989. Details of accruals since added to online lists and to the archives catalogue database. A pdf version of the handlist is attached to this description.
Related files
Published items donated by Mary Benson previously have been added to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies library in the normal way. There are other Mary Benson archive holdings at Rhodes House (Tshekedi Khama and Africa Bureau papers), the Munger Library, Boston University (personal papers) and UCLA (ANC material).
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