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Description
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This collection comprises a comprehensive record of the intellectual and administrative output of Dr. Derek Scott Henderson during his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University (1975–1996). As the first Rhodes-educated man to lead the institution, Dr. Henderson’s papers document a pivotal era of institutional growth, financial stabilization, and the navigation of the university through the height and eventual dismantling of the apartheid era.
Thematic Focus:
Financial Stewardship: Documentation of the strategies used to transform Rhodes into a financially viable and research-intensive institution.
Academic Freedom and Ethics: Speeches defending the university as a "congenial environment for learning" amidst political turmoil.
Technological Advancement: Insights into the early development of computer science and computing infrastructure in South African higher education.
Community and Heritage: Materials relating to his work with the 1820 National Settlers Monument and the Grahamstown (Makhanda) community.
"Ian Scott Henderson: a tribute" 
"Pension funds should be into commodities" 
"Prejudice and fear in South African education" 
"Should a Vice-Chancellor be a computer scientist?" 
"The black man's place in the technology explosion" 
"The nature of a University in a changing society" 
"The role of the school and University in SA - future of education" 
1975 SAU Baseball Tournament 
23rd Annual Congress of the New Testament Society of South Africa dinner 23rd Annual Congress of the New Testament Society of South Africa, Rhodes University, 23 April 1987.
75th anniversary: Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators 
A Vice-Chancellor looks back 
A.I.E.S.E.C. National Committee Meeting dinner 
Academic excellence, community colleges and administrative efficiency 
Address at luncheon for N.P.U and U.S. Ambassador 
Address at opening of Grahamstown and district kennel club 8th Annual Championship Dog show 
Address by Vice-Chancellor to Convocation: 1976 
Address for farmer's day luncheon 
Address for the opening of the experimental fish culture system 
Address of welcome by VC at the 1985 Annual Conference of Teachers of African Government and Development Administration Annual Conference of Teachers of African Government and Development Administration, 1985
Address of welcome to Arts and Sciences Week 
Address on: Promotion of State Security Act, 25 August 1976 
Address to Convocation 1978 
Address to Convocation 1979 
Address to Convocation 1985 
Address to Convocation, 1984