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Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

D. Michael Cheers papers and photographs

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 205
Scope and Contents:

This collection contains photographic prints, slides and negatives by photojournalist D. Michael Cheers. The bulk of the photographs contain images used for articles in Ebony South Africa, of which Cheers was managing editor from 1995-2000. Other material includes Cheers' photojournalism work, including his coverage of Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns, the Rainbow Coalition, Jackson's meetings with Nelson Mandela, and photographs of Hugh Masekela.

Dates: 1975-2004

South Africa collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1559
Abstract:

The collection consists of printed material, audio recordings, and memorabilia relating to current political, economic, and social conditions in South Africa. The majority of the material pertains to the African National Congress and the first democratic election of April 27, 1994.

Dates: 1990-2014, bulk 1992-1996

South Africa Now collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1818
Abstract: The collection consists of videotapes and a small number of transcripts, log books, and publicity files relating to the television program South Africa Now, produced by Globalvision from 1988 to 1991. It includes a nearly complete run of tapes of the approximately 150 newscasts produced during the three year run of the program as well as approximately 2000 tapes of interviews, short reports, documentaries, stock footage, and other footage used in the program's...
Dates: Circa 1978-1994, bulk 1988-1991

South African Apartheid Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1500
Abstract: The collection documents the apartheid system in South Africa and the different stages of the liberation struggle which was instrumental in bringing about the decline of the system. The collection consists of printed materials such as newsclippings, publications, reports, press releases, newsletters, pamphlets and newspapers of the South African government, parliamentary parties, non-parliamentary groups such as the African National Congress, and American and other foreign groups. Also...
Dates: 1952-1991, bulk 1985-1988