Biggs collection.

Submitted by atom on Thu, 09/07/2020 - 23:28
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MAN #_#_PC87_#
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National Registers of Manuscripts and Photographs (NAREM and NAREF) National Archives' cartographic and library material, microfilms and copies
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National Registers of Manuscripts and Photographs (NAREM and NAREF) National Archives' cartographic and library material, microfilms and copies
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1 file group. Unrestricted.
Pietermaritzburg Trained as a social worker in England, and a Quaker, "Bunty" Biggs worked with the Quaker Relief Service before coming to South Africa in 1953. A member of the Black Sash, and founder member of Kupugani, she worked with the Pietermaritzburg Child Welfare in Edenvale. She opposed "Black Spot" removals in KwaZulu-Natal, and was a member of the Pietermaritzburg Dependent Conference.
-- Forced removals from Meran to Limehill: report by Bunty Biggs on Limehill 27.02.68 and 13.05.68, signed TSS; report on a meeting with Chief Bantu Affairs Commissioner and others, signed TSS.; article on social welfare and the State, September 1960; biographical material, cutting.

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Manuscript