Metadata: Hayman, Ruth (d 1981)
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Senate House Library, University of London
- Holding institution (official language):
- Senate House Library, University of London
- Postal address:
- Senate House Library,University of London,Malet StreetLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1E 7HU
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 7862 8500
- Web address:
- https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library
- Reference number:
- ICS 30
- Title:
- Hayman, Ruth (d 1981)
- Title (official language):
- Hayman, Ruth (d 1981)
- Creator/accumulator:
- Hayman, Ruth, d 1981, civil rights lawyer and teacher
- Date(s):
- 1950/1986
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 1 box
- Scope and content:
- Papers of Ruth Hayman on politics and human rights in South Africa, c1950-c1968; comprising file of press cuttings on law cases in Eastern Districts, mainly under the Suppression of Communism Act, or for membership of the African National Congress and the Pan African Congress; file of judgements in cases of Roly Israel Arenstein, Helen Beatrice Mary Joseph, Dennis Vincent Brutus, Terence Vigors Rait Beard, Lancelot Makgothi, Isaac Heyman, Phillip Sello and Violet May Weinberg under the Suppression of Communism Act, 1963-1966; legal papers mainly counsel's opinions on the Suppression of Communism Act, 1965-1966; papers on Johannesburg City Council Election campaign, in which Hayman stood unsuccessfully as an Independent Candidate in Berea; file of legal opinions and judgements, mainly relating to individuals served with Banning Notices under the Suppression of Communism Act, 1962-1965; paper by D V Cowan 'Parliamentary sovereignty and the entrenched sections of the South Africa Act', 1957; file of papers on case of Walter Vannet Hain, Adeline Florence Hain, and Fatima Meer, who had been served with Banning Notices under the Suppression of Communism Act 1963, 1976.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Ruth Hayman was a lawyer in South Africa, and a campaigner for racial equality and justice. After she was banned for her work in South Africa, she settled in North London, and in 1969 set up the pioneering organisation, Neighbourhood English Classes, to help newly arrived immigrants settle into the UK. In 1977 she was a founding member, and honorary secretary of the National Association for the Teaching of English as a Second Language to Adults. After her death in 1981 the Ruth Hayman Trust was established in her memory.
- Access points: locations:
- South Africa
- Access points: persons/families:
- Hayman, Ruth
- Subject terms:
- Communism
- Newspaper clippings
- Access, restrictions:
- Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://archives.libraries.london.ac.uk/Details/archive/110020239
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
