BC506 Abdurahman Family Papers University of Cape Town Libraries: Special Collections (Manuscripts and Archives)

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2016-01-18 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.4.1 2026-10-08 06:41 UTC English Jagger 59b Abdurahman Family Papers BC506 1882-1954 287 items University of Cape Town Libraries: Special Collections (Manuscripts and Archives)

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Richard van der Ross: "The founding of the African People's Organization in Cape Town in 1933 and the role of Dr Abdurahman", Munger Africana Library Notes (No. 28, February 1975). BA 960.05 MUNhttp://www.sahistory.org.za/people/dr-abdullah-abdurahmanhttp://www.sahistory.org.za/people/zainunnisa-cissie-gool

Abdurahman

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Includes family letters and documents concerning the National Liberation League of SA, the National Anti-CAD Committee and Conference, and Cissy Gool's Cape Town City Council election papers. Photographs and newspaper clippings.

Gool, Zainnunisa "Cissie", 1897-1963 Abdurahman, Nellie National Liberation League of South Africa African People's Organization Anti-Coloured Affairs Department Movement (Anti-CAD) Apartheid

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Letters and Politics BC506_A

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Letters to Mrs Nellie Abdurahman; and photographs BC506_A_A1 1907 - 1948

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Includes 16 letters, 8 photographs, and a card indicating that Mrs Abdurahman won 2nd prize for a hand knitted silk jumper at the Western Province Agricultural show, in Rosebank in 1924.

Letters received by Cissie Gool (nee Abdurahman) BC506_A_A2 1942 - 1945

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The National Liberation League of South Africa BC506_A_A3 1935 - 1941

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National Anti-CAD Committee and Conference BC506_A_A4

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Also includes two handbills for Mass Meetings in the 1940s; one document concerning the Charity Organisation; and five miscellaneous papers.

Municipal Council elections handbills and other documents BC506_A_A5 1931 - 1951

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The material concerns municipal elections in which Dr Abdullah (Ismail?) Abdurahman and his daughter Mrs Zainunissa (Cissie) Gool were candidates, 1931-1951.

Cissie Gool's Cape Town City Council papers BC506_A_A6 1942 - 1945

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Newspaper Clippings BC506_B

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Mainly recipes and designs for small houses. BC506_B_B1

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Mainly undated

Mainly political BC506_B_B2 1915 - 1939

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Also some undated

Copies of "The Sun" and the "Cape Standard" BC506_B_B3 1945 - 1947

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"Cape Times" billboard poster BC506_B_B4 1954-10-26

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Annual scrapbooks BC506_B_B5

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Covering the years 1882, 1907, 1909 and 1911

Photograph albums, including Anglo-Boer War and family BC506_C

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