ARCHIVE

The Heritage Foundation’s Archive has existed since 2002 and is in the Heritage Centre on the site of the Voortrekker Monument. It is accessible to researchers and offers valuable resources on various facets of South African history and cultural history. The theme of the collection focuses on the preservation of the history of the Great Trek, Blood River, Anglo-Boer War, the Voortrekker Monument and the cultural history of Afrikaners during the 20th and 21st centuries.

The archive consists of a unique collection of documents and serves primarily as the corporate memory of the Voortrekker Monument, Heritage Foundation and FAK (Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Associations). It is the official repository of these organisations’ historically important records created and received in their daily tasks and includes correspondence, reports, meetings, financial, property and legal documents. A photo and audiovisual collection, and architectural plans of the Voortrekker Monument and site also form part of this.

The Heritage Foundation’s Archive also contains archives of Afrikaans cultural organisations, such as the Afrikaner Broederbond and Mynwerkersunie (Mine Worker Union), as well as personal collections of people or organisations that have contributed to the cultural and historical aspects of Afrikaans-speaking society.

The archive is open from Monday to Friday between 8:00 and 15:00.

Contact the archivist on 012 326 6770 or zabeth@kultuurtuiste.org.za for more information or to schedule a visit.

THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION’S ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS

Click the links for more information on each collection or the complete inventory.

· Afrikaans-Dutch Work Community

· Afrikaner Broederbond (AB)

· Save Church Square movement

· Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Associations (FAK) (From 2000)

· Land Service Movement

· Miners’ Union/Solidarity (SOL)

· Paardekraal Vow Festival Committee

· South African Institute for Agricultural Culture

· South African-Dutch Development Foundation (Pretoria branch)

· South African Association for Cultural History (SAAC)

· Transvaal Provincial Administration (TPA)/Gauteng Museum Service

    • • PV 1 Preller, J.F.
      • PV 2 Raubenheimer, Ben (Afrikanervolkswag)
      • PV 3 Latzky, Ann
      • PV 4 Hiemstra, H.J.
      • PV 5 Heunis, Vicky
      • PV 6 Joubert, P.J.
      • PV 7 Joubert Familie, genealogy research
      • PV 8 Burgers of Middelburg
      • PV 9 Grobler, Tienie
      • PV 10 Botha, S.P. (Fanie) (Min.)
      • PV 11 Mills, J.H.T.
      • PV 12 Coetzee, N.A.
      • PV 13 De Ridder, Cecile (Volkspele)
      • PV 14 De Ridder, Johan
      • PV 15 Cruywagen, W.A (Min.)
      • PV 16 Steenkamp, A.T.
      • PV 17 Miller, Sydney (Schoemansdal)
      • PV 19 Paardekraal Vow Festival Committee
      • PV 18 Daniel Hugo
      • PV 20 Nel, P.G. (Prof.)
      • PV 21 Vrydag-groep (R.A.U.)
      • PV 22 Swart, Marius (Prof.)
      • PV 23 YSKOR
      • Duvenage, G.J.D. (Dr.)
      • Grobler, Jackie (Prof) (Black resistance movement in SA)
      • Stockenström
      • Panagos, David

The collection contains manuscripts, diaries, memoirs, genealogy, commemorative envelopes and stamps, letters, speeches, commemoration issues, events during the Pioneer period, Anglo-Boer War, Treks to German East Africa, the 1914 Rebellion and other historical events of Afrikaners in the 20th century.

• Bible collection
• Tickets, commemorative envelopes, postcards and philately collection
• Clipping and Scrapbook Collection Topic files

• Board games
• Notice
• Posters
• Cartoons

• Architect’s drawings
• Historical maps
• Plans

• Films and discs (transferred to DVD)
• Photos
• Photo albums
• Framed photos and portraits

• CD/DVD/VIDEO
• Cassette tapes
• LPs

Company documentation of the Heritage Foundation:
• Minutes and Agendas of Board Meetings; Annual General Meetings; Committees. 2002- 2017.
• Correspondence files; Legal documents; Reports, etc. 2002-2017

Company documentation of the Voortrekker Monument:
• Minutes and Agendas of Meetings, Annual Meetings and Committees
• Correspondence files; Legal documents; Reports
• Central People’s Monuments Committee, 1931-
• Voortrekker Monument Inauguration Committee, 1949
• VTM Governing Board, 1954-
• VTM Board of Directors, 1994-
• Commemorative books/Attendance registers of the Oxwagon Trek, Belfast/Wonderfontein, 1938
• Commemorative books of Centenary celebrations, Dewetsdorp, 1938
• Rapportryer greeting messages, 1949
• Greetings, 1988
• Visitors’ books, 1950-2000, 2011

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