UNAM Archives

Collection PA 1 - Katjavivi collection

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Identity area

Reference code

PA 1

Title

Katjavivi collection

Date(s)

  • 1965 - 1988 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

ExtentThe collection consists of 81 boxes or 20 cubic feet of paper documents.

Context area

Name of creator

(1941 -)

Biographical history

PROF PETER HITJITEVI KATJAVIVI: 1941 -
Professor Peter Katjavivi was born on 12 May 1941 in Okahandja, Namibia. He travelled into exile in 1966 and was part of the Dar es Salaam exiles that helped transform SWAPO into an international force in the ... »

Repository

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by Prof. Katjavivi in 1999.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The collection, covering the period 1965 to 1988 (but also holding some documents from as far back as 1915) consists mainly of SWAPO documents on activities in and outside Namibia during the time for the struggle for the liberation of Namibia (See ... »

System of arrangement

Most of the documents in this collection were filed according to subjects, and an attempt has been made during the formulation of this catalogue to try to classify them. Also, the classes given reflect the majority of items contained in a single file, ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Can duplicate a maximum of a third of a file. The material duplicated may not be published without permission of copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Finding aids

Finding aid available on digital objects here.

Description control area

Rules and/or conventions used

Fonds and series level descriptions based on Rules for Archival Description (Fonds)

Language(s)

  • English

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