United Nations Centre Against Apartheid audio collection

id
11875
origination
Reddy, E. S.
date statement
1970s-1984
key date
1970
identifier (local_mss)
188285
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
call number
Sc MIRS Reddy 1986-09
b-number
(missing)
total components
7
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2025-07-11 20:39:17 UTC
updated
2026-01-20 21:06:30 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
{"value"=>"188285", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MIRS Reddy 1986-09", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1970s-1984", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1970/1984"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"United Nations Centre Against Apartheid audio collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 audio_recordings", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Headed by E.S. (Enuga Sreenivasulu) Reddy, the United Nations (UN) Centre Against Apartheid was a unit within the UN Secretariat responsible for promoting awareness and action against the apartheid regime in South Africa. The collection consists of seven commercially released vinyl records related to apartheid in South Africa, some of which were produced in cooperation with the UN Centre Against Apartheid."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Multiple languages"}
{"value"=>"English, German, Xhosa, and Zulu."}
origination
{"value"=>"Reddy, E. S.", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The United Nations (UN) Centre Against Apartheid was a unit within the UN Secretariat responsible for promoting awareness and action against the apartheid regime in South Africa. The unit was founded in 1963 as the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa. Subsequent forms of the name include the Special Committee Against Apartheid, and the Unit on Apartheid. In 1976, it became the UN Centre Against Apartheid. During its existence, it initiated or assisted public campaigns against apartheid, and organized conferences, seminars, hearings, and other events around the world. It also published hundreds of posters, audio materials, and documentary films.</p> <p>Indian national and UN civil servant E.S. (Enuga Sreenivasulu) Reddy (July 1, 1924 - November 1, 2020) served as principal secretary of the Special Committee Against Apartheid from 1963 to 1965, and later as director of the Centre Against Apartheid from 1976 to 1984.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of seven commercially released vinyl records related to apartheid in South Africa, some of which were produced in cooperation with the UN Centre Against Apartheid. They are arranged alphabetically by album title. The music is performed in English, German, Xhosa, and Zulu languages.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>E.S. Reddy, 1986.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid collection, Sc MG 358.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>See the Art and Artifacts Division for the separated artworks.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Collection inventoried by <span class=\"name\">Nathan Evans</span>. Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Ornella U. Baganizi</span>, archivist. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
sponsor
{"value"=>"An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a research library-wide grant for the digitization, and funded the Schomburg for the description and production of the finding aid as part of The Next Century of Black Studies Project."}
date_start
1970
keydate
1970
date_end
1984
date_inclusive_start
1970
date_inclusive_end
1984
extent_statement
7 audio_recordings
prefercite
{"value"=>"United Nations Centre Against Apartheid audio collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}

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