A Guide to the A.B. Xuma Papers

Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries

Summary Information

Repository:
Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries
Creator - Author:
Xuma, Alfred B. (Alfred Bitini), 1893-1962
Title:
A Guide to the A. B. Xuma papers
ID:
2000.0143
Date [inclusive]:
undated, 1918-1960
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet 7 reels microform.
Language of the Material:
English
Abstract:
The collection consists of microfilm set of the papers held at the University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa ( http://www.wits.ac.za/).

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], A. B. Xuma Papers, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Cullen Library. Materials accessed at Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

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Biography

Alfred Bitini Xuma (1893–1962), politician and physician in South Africa. Xuma studied at the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama (1914–16), University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, (1920) and Northwestern University in Evanston, IL (1926), as well as Marquette University (1921–1923) and the Lewis Institute, Chicago. He gained experience in obstetrics and gynaecology and surgery with residencies at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and at Pecs University and New St John's Hospital, Budapest, before travelling to Edinburgh; receiving his license to practice medicine in 1927. Xuma then returned to South Africa and opened a medical practice.

A significant figure in the political history of South Africa, Xuma was active with the African National Congress and served in a leadership capacity for many years before his death in 1962.

A full biography, from which the above informed is based, is available in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (accessed 8/29/2012).

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Scope and Content Note

The collection contains the personal papers of South African physician and politician on microfilm. The following is a corresponding list of microfilm reel to box listed in the inventory: Reel 1= Box A (File number A.D. 843) - Box C (Public 1939) Reel 2 = Box C (Public 1940) - Box E (Public Dec 1942) Reel 3 = Box G (Public January 1943) - J (Public September 1945) Reel 4 = Box J (Public October 1945) - Box L (Public December 1948) Reel 5 = Box M (Public 1949) - Box O (File 23 YMCA) Reel 6 = Box P (File number 24 Antobiography) - Box S (File number 39 Relations News) Reel 7 = Box T (File number 40 Printed Pamphlet) - Box U (Presscuttings)

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries undated

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Provenance and Acquisition

The microfilm was purchased from the University of Witswatersrand in 2000 as part of the UConn-ANC Partnership.

Location of Originals

The original materials comprising this collection are located at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Cullen Library, A. B. Xuma papers.

Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

Access

The collection is open and available for research.

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Controlled Access Headings

  • Xuma, Alfred B. (Alfred Bitini), 1893-1962
  • Microfilms

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Collection Inventory

Calendar of Papers held at the University of Witswatersrand, undated

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