Acronyms and Names Used to Identify
Archival Repositories (Depots) and Contact Details.

KAB

Cape Town Archives Repository
 Postal address: Private Bag X9025, CAPE TOWN 8000
Street address: 72 Roeland Street, CAPE TOWN
Tel: (021) 466 8100. Fax: (021) 465 2960.
Email: Archives@pgwc.gov.za   (for General Correspondence)
Records@pgwc.gov.za    (for Records Management enquiries)
Readroom@pgwc.gov.za  (Reading Room Enquiries) 
Outreach@pgwc.gov.za   (Outreach Activities)

NAB

Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository
 Postal Address: Private Bag X9012, PIETERMARITZBURG 3200
Street address: 231 Pietermaritz Street, PIETERMARITZBURG
Tel: (033) 342 4712. Fax: (033) 394 4353
Email: pmbarchives@dact.kzntl.gov.za

NFA

National Film, Video and Sound Archives
 Postal address: Private Bag X236, PRETORIA 0001
Street address: 239 Vermeulen Street (at intersection with Andries Street), PRETORIA
Tel: (012) 441 3150. Fax: (012) 441 3199
Fax to e-mail: 086 529 6415
Email: film.enquiries@dac.gov.za

SAB:

National Archives Repository (Public Records of Central Government since 1910)
 Postal address: Private Bag X236, PRETORIA 0001
Street address: 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA.
Tel: (012) 441 3200. Fax: (012) 323 5287.
Email: enquiries@dac.gov.za
TAB National Archives Repository (Records of the former Transvaal Province and its predecessors as well as of magistrates and local authorities)
 Postal address: Private Bag X236, PRETORIA 0001.
Street address: 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA.
Tel: (012) 441 3200. Fax: (012) 323 5287
Email: enquiries@dac.gov.za

TBD

Durban Archives Repository
 Postal address: Private Bag X22, GREYVILLE 4023
Street address: Nashua House, 14 De Mazenod Street, GREYVILLE
Tel: (031) 309 5682. Fax: (031) 309 5685
Email: dbnarchives@dact.kzntl.gov.za

TBE

Port Elizabeth Archives Repository
 Postal address: Private Bag X3932, PORT ELIZABETH 6056
Street address: 1 De Villiers Street, PORT ELIZABETH
Tel: (041) 484 6467. Fax: (041) 484 6451
Email: johan.vanzyl@srac.ecprov.gov.za

VAB Free State Archives Repository
 Postal address: Private Bag X20504, BLOEMFONTEIN 9300
Street address: 29 Badenhost Street, BLOEMFONTEIN
Tel: (051) 522 6762. Fax: (051) 522 6765
Email: fsarch@sacr.fs.gov.za

Alan Paton Centre and Archives, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg

The Librarian
Alan Paton Centre and Archives
Private Bag X014
Scottsville
PIETERMARITZBURG
3209

Tel:  (033) 260 5926
Fax: (033) 260 5599
Email: koopmanj@library.ukzn.ac.za /
liebbe@ukzn.ac.za

Website: http://www.library.unp.ac.za/paton

Albany Museum (1820)

The Director
Albany Museum
Somerset Street
GRAHAMSTOWN
6139

Tel: (046) 622 2312
Fax: (046) 622 2398
Email: l.webley@ru.ac.za

f.way-jones@ru.ac.za

Barlow Rand

The Group Archivist
Barlow Rand Limited
PO Box 782248
SANDTON
2146

Tel: (011) 801 9111/2185
Fax: (011) 444 8206/3643
Email: matthewt@barloworld.com

Website: www.barloworld.com

Brenthurst Library, Johannesburg

The Librarian
Brenthurst Library
PO Box 87184
HOUGHTON
2041

Tel:  (011) 646 6024-6
Fax: (011) 486 1651
Email: marcelle.graham@Brenthurst.co.za

Website: www.brenthurst.org.za

Cory Library for Historical Research

The Cory Librarian
Cory Library for Historical Research
Rhodes University Library
PO Box 184
GRAHAMSTOWN
6140

Cory Secretary/General Enquiries: (046) 603 8438
Fax: (046) 603 8493
Email: cory@ru.ac.za

Website: http://www.ru.ac.za/corylibrary

CP Nel-museum

The Curator
CP Nel Museum
PO Box 453
OUDTSHOORN
6620

Drostdy-museum

The Curator
Drostdy Museum
18 Swellengrebel Street
SWELLENDAM
6740

Tel: (028) 514 1138
Fax: (028) 514 2675

E-mail: drostdymuseum@sdm.dorea.co.za

Howick Museum

The Curator
Howick Museum
PO Box 5
HOWICK
3290

Tel: (033) 230 6124
Fax: (033) 230 4183

Hugenote-Gedenkmuseum, Franschhoek

The Curator
Huguenot Memorial Museum
P.O. Box 37
FRANSCHHOEK
7690

Tel: (021) 876 2532 or 876 2673
Fax: (021) 876 3649
E-mail: hugenoot@museum.co.za

Website: http://www.museum.co.za

INEG or INCH Bloemfontein

The Director
Archive for Contemporary Affairs
PO Box 2320
BLOEMFONTEIN
9300

Tel: (051) 401 2418
Fax: (051) 401 2418
Email: JonesE.BIB@mail.uovs.ac.za

Website: http://www.uovs.ac.za/support/library/E_library_arca:php

Johannesburg Public Library

The Director
Library and Museum Services
Harold Strange Library of African Studies
Johannesburg Public Library
Market Square
JOHANNESBURG
2001

Tel: (011) 836 3787 x216
Fax: (011) 836 6607
Email: Strange@mj.org.za

JS Gericke-biblioteek, US

The University Librarian
JS Gericke Library
University of Stellenbosch
Private Bag 5036
STELLENBOSCH
7599

Tel: (021) 808 4398/4881
Fax: (021) 808 4336
Email: jfb@bib.sun.ac.za

Kimberley Africana Library

The Head
Kimberley Africana Library
P.O. Box 627
KIMBERLEY
8300

Tel: (053) 830 6247
Fax: (053) 830 6247

E-mail: africana@solplaatje.org.za 

Klerksdorpse Museum

The Curator
Klerksdorp Museum
PO Box 99
KLERKSDORP
2570

Tel: (018) 462 3546
Fax: (018) 462 3981

E-mail: mancom@klerksdorpcity.co.za

McGregor Museum, Kimberley

The Historian
McGregor Museum
PO Box 316
KLERKSDORP
8300

Tel: (053) 839 2700
Fax (053) 842 1433
Email: vida@museumsnc.co.za

NALN

The Curator
NALN
Private Bag X20543
BLOEMFONTEIN
9300

Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika

The Director
Nederduitsch Hervormde Church of Africa Archives Depot
PO Box 2368
PRETORIA
0001

Tel: (012) 322 8885
Tel: (012) 322 7909
Email: hervormd@pixie.co.za

NELM Grahamstown

The Director
National English Literary Museum
Private Bag 1019
GRAHAMSTOWN
6140

Tel: (046) 622 7042
Fax: (046) 622 2582
Email: A.Torlesse@ru.ac.za

Website: http://www.ru.ac.za/nelm

Oorlogsmuseum van die Boererepublieke

The Director
War Museum of the Boer Republics
PO Box 34061
Faunasig
BLOEMFONTEIN
9325

Tel: (051) 447 3447 or 447 0079
Fax: (051) 447 1322
 E-mail: museum@anglo-boer.co.za

Website: http://www.anglo-boer.co.za

RAU (now University of Johannesburg)

The Head
Rare Book Collection
University of Johannesburg Library and Information Centre
P.O. Box 524
AUCKLAND PARK
2006

Tel: (011) 489 2630 or 489 2171
Fax: (011) 726 7723
Email: hwl@bib.rau.ac.za or pmh@bib.rau.ac.za or info@bib.rau.ac.za

Website: http://www.uj.ac.za/library

SA Library, Cape Town (now the Cape Town campus of the National Library of South Africa)

The Director
National Library
PO Box 496
CAPE TOWN
8000

Tel: (021) 424 6320
Fax: (021) 423 3359
Website: http://www.nlsa.ac.za

South African National Gallery

The Librarian
SA National Gallery
PO Box 2420
CAPE TOWN
8000

Tel: (021) 461 7296
Fax: (021) 461 0045
Email: joey@gem.co.za

Website: http://www.gem.co.za/sang/

South African National Museum of Military History

The Director
South African National Museum of Military History
PO Box 52090
SAXONWOLD
2132

Tel: (011) 646 5513
Fax: (011) 646 5256
Email: milmus@icon.co.za

The Star Archives, Johannesburg

The Archivist
The Star (Barnett Collection)
PO Box 1014
JOHANNESBURG
2001

Unisa

The University Librarian
Unisa Library
Unisa
PO Box 392
PRETORIA
0003

Tel: (012) 429 2560
Fax: (012) 429 2925
Email: Coetzma@unisa.ac.za

Website: http://www.unisa.ac.za/library

Universiteit van Pretoria

The Archivist
University of Pretoria Archives
Department of Historical and Heritage Studies

University of Pretoria
Lynnwood Road
 Hillcrest
PRETORIA
0083

Tel: (012) 420 2123
Fax: (012) 420 2656
 E-mail: argief@postino.up.ac.za

Website: http://www.up.ac.za

UCT Libraries

The University Librarian
University of Cape Town Libraries
Private Bag
RONDEBOSCH
7701

Tel: (021) 650 3123
Fax: (021) 686 1505
E-mail: mss@uctlib.uct.ac.za

Website: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/

Wits University Library

The Curator of Manuscripts
William Cullen Library
University of the Witwatersrand
Private Bag X1
PO WITS
2050

Tel: (011) 717 1940
Fax: (011) 339 4137
Email: Pickover.m@library.wits.ac.za
Archibald.c@library.wits.ac.za
Abbott.k@library.wits.ac.za (photographic enquiries)

Website: http://www.wits.ac.za/histp

Worcester-Museum

The Professional Official
Worcester Museum
PO Box 557
WORCESTER
6850

Tel: (023) 342 2225
Fax: (023) 347 4134
 E-mail: kleinplasie@mweb.co.za

Website: http://www.kleinplasie.co.za

 

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