Reference code
ZA UCT BC581
Title
Forman Papers
Date(s)
- 1912-1944 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
10 archive boxes; 1859 items
Name of creator
(1927-1959)
Biographical history
journalist, author, barrister and member of the COD and SACP
Born in 1927 in Rosettenville Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed the South African Student delegation to international conferences. He was also an editor of Advance and New Age and a co-author of 'The South African Treason Trial ' and a member of the South African Congress of Democrats, as well as a member of the Communist Party of South Africa. He was an accused in the 1956 Treason Trial. His indictment was quashed in 1959. Lionel Forman died in October 1959.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donor: Sadie Forman
Scope and content
Personal papers (1912-1944); extensive material in connection with the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union and with societies and petitions (1925-1944).
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Finding aids
Only a high level record of this collection is currently maintained in AtoM. For a detailed list, see http://atom.lib.uct.ac.za/pdfs/BC581.pdf