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# Reference code Title Dates Access restrictions
1 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A1-A1.2-A1.2.1 Call for a General Strike on the 15th of August 1946, issued by the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Union Strike Committee, in support of the Mine Workers strike, which had started on the 12 August 1946 None
2 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A1-A1.2-A1.2.2 List of Accused, who were charged with sedition None
3 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A1-A1.2-A1.2.3 Typed page of a memorandum None
4 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A1-A1.2-A1.2.4 Newspaper clip of a comment by Alex Hepple (M.P.C.) Acting General Secretary of the S.A. Labour Party None
5 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A1-A1.3-A1.3.1 Urgent Problems of the Labour Movement in South Africa. Memorandum by E. S. Sachs None
6 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A1-A1.3-A1.3.2 The South African Trades and Labour Council and the Strike of the 60 000 African Mine Workers on the Witwatersrand Gold Mines None
7 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A1-A1.3-A1.3.3 The 1946 African Mine Workers' Strike and the Political Economy of South Africa None
8 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A1-A1.3-A1.3.4 A distant clap of thunder: Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike. A salute by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine Workers 1986 None
9 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A2-A2.1 Flyers None
10 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A2-A2.2 Letter of appreciation of valuable services rendered, issued by the office of the City of Johannesburg 27 July 1948 None
11 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A2-A2.3 Newspaper clips None
12 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.1-A4.1.1 Items relating to detention None
13 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.1-A4.1.2 Programme of 'Ceremony of the white male detainees Pretoria Gaol', 'The Detonnaires present' None
14 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.1-A4.1.3 Correspondence from prison, to Toni, Frances, Patrick and Keith; two letters from children to Rusty None
15 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.2-A4.2.1 Items relating to detention None
16 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.2-A4.2.2 Correspondence from prison None
17 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.2-A4.2.3-A4.2.3.1 Notes made in jail, The Fort 1960 None
18 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.2-A4.2.3-A4.2.3.2 Typed version of a more detailed diary dated 8 April-27 June 1960 None
19 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.2-A4.2.4 Sketches None
20 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.2-A4.2.5 Poems None
21 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.2-A4.2.6-A4.2.6.1 Compilations of prison accounts None
22 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.2-A4.2.6-A4.2.6.2 Various items None
23 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.2-A4.2.6-A4.2.6.3 Notes and newspaper clip from the magazine 'Contact' with an eyewitness report from the Modder B prison near Johannesburg dated 13 August 1960 None
24 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.3-A4.3.1 First page from 'The Star' reporting about the coming into effect of the Emergency Regulations dated 31 March 1960 None
25 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.3-A4.3.2 Second page from 'The Star' publishing the full provisions of the Emergency Regulations dated 31 March 1960 None
26 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.3-A4.3.3 Article about 52 white prisoners going on a hunger strike, amongst them 21 women who had sent a Petition from the Johannesburg Fort to the Minister of Justice dated 10 May 1960 None
27 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.3-A4.3.4 From Sunday Times about detainees warning about unhygienic conditions at the Fort, Johannesburg, and other articles relating to detentions during the State of Emergency 5 September 1960 None
28 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.3-A4.3.5 Article related to State of Emergency in The Star 22 March 1960 None
29 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A4-A4.3-A4.3.6 Article related to State of Emergency in Sunday Times 27 March 1960 None
30 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A5-A5.1-A5.1.1-A5.1.1.1 Copies of State department records 1950-1964 None
31 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A5-A5.1-A5.1.1-A5.1.1.2 Other items None
32 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A5-A5.1-A5.1.2 Hilda Bernstein None
33 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A5-A5.2 Receipts of items seized 1954-1964 None
34 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A5-A5.3-A5.3.1 From Saturday Star, reporting about the actor Cecil Williams being banned for five years, as well as the Bernstein's house arrest 10 November 1962 None
35 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A5-A5.3-A5.3.2 Full cover page of the Sunday Times 11 November 1962 None
36 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A5-A5.3-A5.3.3 Report about the effects of the house arrest on Spencer, the child of Rica and Jack Hodgson undated None
37 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A5-A5.3-A5.3.4 Report from New York None
38 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.1-A6.1.1 South African Quiz booklet, (some pages are torn) undated None
39 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.1-A6.1.2 Other items None
40 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.3-A6.3.4-A6.3.4.1 Transcriptions None
41 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.3-A6.3.4-A6.3.4.2 Cloth pieces numbered 1-8 None
42 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.3-A6.3.4-A6.3.4.3 Cloth pieces numbered 1a-5a None
43 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.3-A6.3.4-A6.3.4.4 Cloth pieces None
44 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.4-A6.4.1 Rusty Bernstein can't attend his daughter Toni's wedding March 1964 None
45 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.4-A6.4.2 Newspaper clips announcing the wedding of Toni Bernstein to Ivan Strasburg, with their father's blessings from jail April 1964 None
46 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.4-A6.4.3 From 'The Star' about the arrest of 17 people at the Rivonia home of Arthur Goldreich 11 July dated 12 July 1963 None
47 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.4-A6.4.4 From the English newspaper The Observer, printing the abridged version of Nelson Mandela's historic speech from the dock 26 April 1964 None
48 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.4-A6.4.5 Judge says it was treason undated None
49 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.4-A6.4.6 From The Star announcing Mandela and Sisulu guilty on all charges, with Bernstein freed and rearrested dated 11 June 1964 None
50 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.4-A6.4.7 From The Star about the Life sentences passed for Rivonia accused, and Bernstein freed and rearrested dated 12 June 1964 None
51 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.4-A6.4.8 Reporting Bernstein goes home to family, and Rivonia Q.C.'s wife killed (Bram Fischer's wife was killed in a car accident), Sunday Chronicle 14 June 1964 None
52 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A6-A6.4-A6.4.9 From the Sunday Times reporting about the Rivonia inside story None
53 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A7-A7.1 Diary of Escape by Hilda Bernstein None
54 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A7-A7.2 Copy of a letter by the Department of Justice None
55 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A7-A7.3 Correspondence to Toni Strasburg during their escape, written by Hilda from Lobatsi/Bechuanaland Protectorate, Lusaka/Northern Rhodesia and Dar-es-Salaam/Tanganyika August 1964 None
56 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A7-A7.4 Newspaper clips, from the Sunday Chronicle and Sunday Times None
57 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A7-A7.5 Notice to person entering the Bechuanaland Protectorate None
58 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A7-A7.6 Notice to person entering the Bechuanaland Protectorate None
59 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.1 Articles in 1952 None
60 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.2 Articles in 1953 None
61 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.3 Articles in 1954 None
62 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.4 Articles in 1955 None
63 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.5 Articles in 1956 None
64 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.6 Articles in 1957 None
65 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.7 Articles in 1958 None
66 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.8 Articles in 1959 None
67 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.9 Articles in 1960 None
68 ZA HPRA A3299-A-A8-A8.3-A8.3.10 Articles in 1961/62 None