REPOSITORIES
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Contact
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Postal
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P.O. Box 398
Bloemfontein 9300,
South Africa
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Location:
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147 St. Andrew Street
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Director:
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Mr. P.J.B. Coetzer
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Telephone:
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051 4489546
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Fax:
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051 4472145
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Email:
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Access
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Access
Conditions:
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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. |
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Access
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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. |
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Photocopier
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Finding
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inventories |
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Collections |
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Holdings:
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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 |
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Types
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archival records; ecclessiastical records; photographs |
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Languages:
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Afrikaans |
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Size
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860 M |
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Receiving
new material?
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Year
founded:
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1864 |
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Repository
publications:
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Research Central © 1998-2006 Susan
Tschabrun and Kathryn Green. All rights reserved. |
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