Cory Library and Historical Archives

Black Sash - Untitled letter to Rosemary Smith

Item

Douglas-Jones, Isobel and Black Sash (Society), “Black Sash - Untitled letter to Rosemary Smith”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7277

Title

Black Sash - Untitled letter to Rosemary Smith

Description

Letter written by Isobel (presumed Isobel Douglas-Jones) of the Cape Eastern Region (office in Port Elizabeth) of the Black Sash, to Rosemary Smith. Letter dated 26 September 1987.

Subject

Apartheid -- South Africa

South Africa -- Politics and government

Government Resistance to – South Africa

Black Sash (Society) -- Letters and correspondence

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57726

Date Issued

1987-09-26

Creator

Douglas-Jones, Isobel

Black Sash (Society)

Rights Holder

Black Sash (Society)

Type

text

letter

Extent

1 page

Format

pdf

Language

English

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.

useGuidelines

In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za

Provenance

Materials donated by Rosemary Smith

Item sets

Rosemary Smith Collection

Anti-Apartheid Movement and Acts of Defiance

Media

vital_26985+SOURCE1+SOURCE1.0.pdf

Hierarchies

Apartheid, the Struggle and the People

• Anti-Apartheid Movement and Acts of Defiance (7 items)
• Apartheid - Legal Frameworks (2 items)
• Forced Removals and Evictions (104 items)
  • Klipfontein & Glenmore, Cape Province - Forced Removals Collection (1979) (84 items)
  • Oxton and Zweledinga, Cape Province - Forced Removals Collection (1980) (20 items)
• The People versus the State (12 items)

Douglas-Jones, Isobel and Black Sash (Society), “Black Sash - Untitled letter to Rosemary Smith”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7277