REPOSITORIES
Archives of the Dutch Reformed Church, Orange Free State  
Contact Information  
 
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 398
Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
 
Location:
147 St. Andrew Street
Director:
Mr. P.J.B. Coetzer
Telephone:
051 4489546
Fax:
051 4472145
Email:
Access Information  
 
Access Conditions:
All researchers should book telephonically in advance for the date and time research will be done. Cost for the use of the reading room amounts to a minimum of R10.00 per day. Prior permission for use should be obtained from the Director: Administration and Finance or the Chairman of the Committee for the Archives in respect of restricted and confidential material.
Access restricted:
Baptismal, members, and marriage registers for the period 1814-1945 are available on film only. No photocopies are available. The reader cannot produce hard copies.
Photocopier available?:
Finding tools:
inventories
 
  Collections  
Holdings:
Archives: Congregations of the Free State (1842-present) Congregational Assemblies (1864-present) Synodical Commissions Church Associations Personal Donations Other holdings: Books (with a theological or church theme) 2602 Dissertations 244 Theses of Theological students of the UOFS (1982-1998) 342 Magazines Theological/Church Agenda and minutes General Synod 1964-1999 (4-annually), OFS Synod 1862-1999 (4-annually)
Maps/drawings of church buildings and dwellings 297 Photo Collection 1110 Biographical information (clergy)(1970-1999) 665
Types of materials:
archival records; ecclessiastical records; photographs
Languages:
Afrikaans
Size of collections:
860 M
Receiving new material?
Year founded:
1864
Repository publications:
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