Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA AB388
Title
Bishop Ambrose Reeves Papers
Date(s)
- 1949 - 1962 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
17 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
(1899-1980)
Biographical history
The Right Reverend Bishop of the Anglican Church was born in the United Kingdom. He served as the Bishop of Johannesburg from 1949-1961, when he became active and outspoken in the struggle against Apartheid. He was deported by the South African Government, not long after the Sharpeville massacre on the 21 March 1960, and resigned as Bishop of Johannesburg in 1961.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Personal and official correspondence and memoranda on diocesan affairs such as church schools and orphanages, retreats, ordination candidates and the Bishop's matrimonial court, and on contemporary questions such as Bantu education and housing, marriage guidance, juvenile delinquency, mental health and church unity.