I have had the following request for help regarding a South African asbestos
mine. There is the possibility that someone on the list may be able to help
with access to relevant documents.
Peter
********** original query **********
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000
From: Dlamini Nhlanhla
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I am a postgraduate student of the University of Swaziland
pursuing a Master's programme in history. I wish to access
records of the Havelock asbestos mine but have some difficulty.
The present mine management at Havelock claims that records got
destroyed in a riot in 1992. Does anyone know where I could find
information on the mine?
I would also appreciate oral information from Whites who worked in
this mine up to the 1960s. I have attempted to fix an interview
with the mine's management, but have been turned away at the
door on two occassions. I am, however, bent on producing a
sterling thesis at the end. Any sort of help would be highly
appreciated. The Swaziland National Archives has been of help
but, again there is limited information.
I also wish to know if anything has been written on asbestos
mining in South Africa, especially where Havelock operated
before coming to Swaziland. Thank you in advance for your
contributions!
Dlamini Nhlanhla
From: Mel Page <[log in to unmask]>
{** The following message has been passed on to H-Albion from H-Africa with
the hope that someone may be able to help. -- rbg **]
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000
From: " Chris Lowe, _Oregon Humanities_ magazine" <[log in to unmask]>
crossposted from H-Africa
I've replied to Nhlanhla Dlamini privately, but have a related
query that perhaps someone else can help out with.
Jonathan Crush, in his article "The Construction of Compound
Authority: Drinking at Havelock, 1938-1944," in _Liquor and
Labor in Southern Africa_, ed. Jonathan Crush and Charles Ambler
(Ohio University Press), 367-94, says that when the Havelock
mine was opened in 1939 it was owned by the British company
Turner and Newall. It occurs to me that corporate papers from
Turner and Newall might survive in Britain, either in a
corporate archive of the company or some successor company, or
in a business history archive.
Does anyone on this list who has worked with imperial business
history know of any such papers or have suggestions as to where
to begin looking?
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