Papers of Thomas Kellock

South African political papers. The material includes
* fragments of the Rivonia Trial Transcript concerning the details of the charges;
* news sheets and press releases about the Rivonia Trial;
* a statement by Kellock on the Trial;
* information sheets on South African legislation;
* minutes and circulars from the World Campaign for the Release of South African Political Prisoners.
Other material includes
* Anti-Apartheid Movement correspondence, and national and executive committee meeting minutes for 1965-1966;
* correspondence relating to the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee and its officials; and
* papers relating to the Nyasaland emergency of 1959.
Box I: contains mainly Anti-Apartheid papers.
Box II: contains mainly World Campaign papers.
Box III: contains mainly Rivonia Trial papers.

Thomas Oslaf Kellock, QC, practised in several countries including Zimbabwe (then Northern Rhodesia) and Nigeria. He was one of the lawyers who took part in the Devlin Commission of Enquiry into Nyasaland political affairs. A Liberal Party politician and a leading figure in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, he was Chairman of the National Committee of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain from 1963-1965.

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Thomas Oslaf Kellock, QC, practised in several countries including Zimbabwe (then Northern Rhodesia) and Nigeria. He was one of the lawyers who took part in the Devlin Commission of Enquiry into Nyasaland political affairs. A Liberal Party politician and a leading figure in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, he was Chairman of the National Committee of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain from 1963-1965.

The Rivonia Trial took place between 1963 and 1964, when 12 members of the African National Congress (ANC) were accused under the 1962 Sabotage Act, with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the South African government – crimes that carried the death penalty. The trial led to the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela and others among the accused who were convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life at the Palace of Justice, Pretoria.

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