| Collection No: |
AL3273 |
| Title: |
The John Harris Collection |
| Creator: |
Inventory prepared by Esmerelda Dirks, August 2009. Updated by Debora Matthews, February 2013. |
| Origination: |
SAHA secured the materials from the SAPS Museum and the archive of the Department of Correctional Services on behalf of John Harris's family; the collection of letters was donated by Jane Harris |
| Inclusive Dates: |
1964-1974 |
| Bulk Dates: |
1964 |
| Extent: |
4 outsized archival boxes |
| Language: |
English and Afrikaans |
| Acquisition: |
Accession Numbers: 09/007; 12/064 |
| Access Restrictions: |
This collection is open for research |
| Use Restrictions: |
Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for Use Restrictions. |
| Created: |
13 April 2010 |
| Abstract: |
The collection consists of John Harris's trial records, police docket and prison files, and his Security Legislation Directorate (SLD) file kept by the Department of Justice, as well a media file, and a collection of letters written by John Harris to his sister whilst in prison. John Harris, a member of the African Resistance Movement (ARM), was sentenced to death and was hanged in 1965 after detonating a bomb at the Johannesburg station on 24 July 1964 as an act of defiance against the apartheid regime in South Africa. |
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