Reference code
ZA UCT BC1574
Title
1972 UCT Student Protests Letters
Date(s)
- 1972 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
One folder
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Mrs Elizabeth Hallett via Prof Christopher Saunders, 2016.
Scope and content
Mainly messages of support (such as telegrams and letters) sent to the University of Cape Town Student Representative Council and its President Geoff Budlender during the student protests against racial inequality in education in June 1972, which had met with violence and arrests by the police.