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Werkgroep Kairos
Physical Archives

Werkgroep Kairos Physical Archives

Organizational Archive

Title: Werkgroep Kairos (Working Group Kairos)

Time Span: 1969 – 2002 (includes a little earlier dating back to 1963 and later material dating to 2004)

Media: 19 meters

Description: Archive of Werkgroep Kairos which was based in Utrecht. The archive includes a vast collection of documentation, magazines and books. All these items combined provide an opportunity for exploring the anti-apartheid struggle in the Netherlands. This collection also features a wealth of primary material about campaigns in South Africa.

Housed at: International Institute of Social History

Location: Address for visitors: Cruquiusweg 31, 1019 AT Amsterdam Correspondence address: P.O. Box 2169, 1000 CD Amsterdam , Netherlands

Catalog/Finding Aid: http://hdl.handle.net/10622/ARCH02466

Phone: +31-20-6685866

Reference Email: info@iisg.nl

Related Website: http://www.iisg.nl/

Organizational Archive

Title: Kairos Collection (Werkgroep Kairos)

Time Span: 1970 - 2002

Media: 36 linear meters

Description: This collection relates to Werkgroep Kairos (Working Group Kairos), whose main archives are located at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. The organization was renamed Stichting Kairos (Kairos Foundation), date unknown. Much of the material consists of copies with some exceptions. In co-operation with a large number of...
Description: This collection relates to Werkgroep Kairos (Working Group Kairos), whose main archives are located at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. The organization was renamed Stichting Kairos (Kairos Foundation), date unknown. Much of the material consists of copies with some exceptions. In co-operation with a large number of non-governmental organizations involved in human rights issues an extensive collection of reports, publications, pamphlets, telegrams and telexes, newsletters and letters was collected. There are a few letters from and to Kairos, but the bulk of the collection is Kairos' research and resource material. Kairos also developed a database and researched reports on detention, torture and deaths in detention for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Some ephemera have been separated including audio-visual material, photos, posters and campaign buttons, stickers and postcards. In 2002, the Kairos Foundation closed its doors. Its resource and research material was then donated to the University of the Witwatersrand.
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Housed at: University of the Witwatersrand, William Cullen Library, Historical Papers

Location: Private Bag X1, P.O. Wits 2050, Johannesburg , South Africa

Catalog/Finding Aid: http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/index.php?inventory/U/collections&c=AG2918/R/8159

Restrictions: Affidavits that have not been published have associated restrictions. Affidavits in the Namibia sub-inventory are embargoed until 2010. The Kairos database compiled for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is subject to restricted access conditions.

Phone: +27 (0) 11 717 1940

Related Website: http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/HistoricalPapers.htm

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