Reference code
ZA UCT BC880
Title
Monica and Godfrey Wilson Papers
Date(s)
- 1881-1982 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
circa 320 boxes
Name of creator
(1908-1982)
Biographical history
Monica Wilson, née Hunter was a South African anthropologist, professor of social anthropology at the University of Cape Town.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donors: Professor Francis Wilson and Dr Tim Wilson
Scope and content
The papers of anthropologists Monica and Godfrey Wilson. Papers relating to their field work among the Nyakyusa people of Tanganyika, and subsequent publication of that research. Papers relating to Godfrey Wilson's fieldwork among the miners in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia. Papers relating to Monica Wilson's research into Langa and her academic career, particularly at UCT. These include: administrative papers, papers recording her involvement in the Academic Freedom Committee and Open Universities.
Collection also includes the papers of Monica Wilson's parents, David and Jessie Hunter, missionaries at Lovedale.
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Conditions governing access
The collection is housed on site at the Jagger Reading Room; no pre-booking necessary.
Some parts of the collection are restricted.
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Publication note
The Fires Beneath: The Life Of Monica Wilson, South African Anthropologist, by Seán Morrow
Inside African Anthropology: Monica Wilson and her interpreters, Andrew Bank and Leslie J Bank (eds)
Inside African Anthropology: Monica Wilson and her interpreters, Andrew Bank and Leslie J Bank (eds)