Unisa Library archives and special collections go digital
Unisa Library is proud to announce their digitalised archives of the DC Marivate Papers.
Unisa library has announced the completion of digitising archives of the DC Marivate papers, including the Valdezia bulletin, published by Marivate in the early 1930s, as part of its overall digitisation project currently underway.
A number of accessions were selected, digitised and loaded onto the Unisa institutional repository. The Marivate papers could be of great historical interest to the Xitsonga speaking peoples as some articles were written in this language.
Unisa library is the largest academic library on the African continent with almost three million items. It embarked on a project to digitise and make freely available resources from its archives for easy and continuous access to researchers and communities locally and internationally. The project is also in support of Unisa’s mandate to facilitate open distance learning in a digital age.
The report of the commission appointed to investigate the occurrences in the districts of Vereeniging (Sharpeville and Evaton Locations) and Vanderbijlpark province of the Transvaal, on 21st March 1960, were also included.
The contents, reports, minutes and evidence given by individuals to the Natives Land Commission of 1916 have also been digitised. Renowned political activist and educationist ZK Matthews also gave evidence before this commission.
“The Unisa library archives and special collections contain a wide variety of collections of valuable and unique materials that are often consulted by researchers worldwide. These include handwritten manuscripts, minute books, pamphlets, photographs, South African government publications from the 19th and 20th centuries, videos, and artefacts,” director information resources content management at the Unisa Library, Dudu Nkosi, said.
She added: “Placing these collections on the Web will enable access to the collections 24/7 and will also aid in the preservation of the original copies, which are fragile because of their age.”
Full texts resources are available at https://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4176
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