Reference code
ZA UCT BC1124
Title
MW (Bill) Swanson Papers
Date(s)
- 1890-1990 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Name of creator
(1929-1995)
Biographical history
Academic. Noted Africanist who pioneered research into how science was used to bolster the claims of apartheid's advocates.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Material collected by Maynard Swanson, Professor of African History at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA for a biography of Allison Wessels George Champion.
The collection includes photocopies of primary sources, interview transcripts, and a wide collection of articles on the political situation in Natal from approximately 1900 to 1950.
Professor Swanson died before he could write the biography.
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions apply
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Name access points
- Champion, Allison Wessels George (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2013
Language(s)
- English