GB 0102 PP MS 54 - Stanton, Hannah

8 boxes

GB 0102 PP MS 54 Created 1938-1993 Collection (fonds) 8 boxes Stanton , Hannah , 1913-1993 , missionary and anti-apartheid activist
Hannah Stanton was born on 30 November 1913. She was educated privately at Summerleigh, Teddington, and went on to read English at London University, and to take a diploma in Social Science at the School of Economics. She worked for some time as a Hospital Almoner in Liverpool and London. From 1947 to 1948 she worked with the Friends Relief Service with refugees in post war Europe. In 1954, she began a Theology degree at Oxford.

Following the completion of her degree in August 1956, she visited her brother Tom who worked for the Community of the Resurrection in South Africa. She became involved in the Tumelong Mission in Lady Selborne, a black township near Pretoria, and in December 1956 took over as Warden. Whilst working at the Mission, she endeavoured to undertake her spiritual and material work for the people of Lady Selbourne despite the forces of apartheid. However, following the increased violence and activities of the police culminating in the Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March 1960, she found herself under surveillance. On 30 March 1960 she was arrested and held without charge, and without access to a lawyer until 21 May 1960, when she was deported. During this time she was held at Pretoria Central Gaol. She shared a cell with Helen Joseph. In 1962 she worked as Warden for the Mary Stuart Women's Hall at Makere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Following her return to England she wrote Go Well, Stay Well: South Africa, August 1956 to May 1960, describing her experiences in South Africa. Once she had returned home to Hampton Hill, she became involved in various campaigns including support for the Anti-Apartheid Movement. She also served as Secretary and Assistant Treasurer of the United Kingdom and Ireland Group of the World Conference on Religions and Peace. Hannah Stanton died on 9 December 1993.

Donated in August 1994.

Correspondence, diaries, photographs and papers relating to South Africa, 1938-1993, collected by Hannah Stanton. They include a large amount of correspondence concerning her campaign work on issues such as apartheid; journals covering her trips abroad and appointment diaries; speeches and sermons; material concerning Helen Joseph; and a large number of photographs of friends of Hannah Stanton.

The material has been arranged into the following sections: correspondence; diaries, journals etc.; scripts for speeches and sermons; papers related to charities that Hannah Stanton was involved in; files related to a particular subjects of interest; miscellaneous papers and notebooks; photographs.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist.

A manuscript by Hannah Stanton, relating to women in Uganda and her visit to Makerere, is held at Rhodes House Library, Oxford.

16 May 2000 Apartheid Associations Charitable organisations Charities Christians Diaries Disadvantaged groups Documents East Africa Europe Friends Relief Service Gauteng Information sources Interethnic relations Internal politics Joseph , Helen , 1905-1992 , anti-apartheid activist Literary forms and genres Literature Migrants Missionaries Missionary work Nonfiction Oppression Organizations Photographs Political behaviour Political leadership Political movements Political participation Political sociology Politicians Pretoria Primary documents Prisoners Prose Protestant nonconformists Protestants Quakers Racial discrimination Racial segregation Refugees Religious activities Religious doctrines Religious groups Religious texts Resistance to oppression Scotland Sermons South Africa Southern Africa Stanton , Hannah , 1913-1993 , missionary and anti-apartheid activist Theology Travel Travel abroad Uganda UK Visual materials Western Europe Women in politics Women missionaries Womens missionary work World Conference on Religions and Peace , United Kingdom and Ireland Group London England Nonprofit organizations

Donated in August 1994.

Correspondence, diaries, photographs and papers relating to South Africa, 1938-1993, collected by Hannah Stanton. They include a large amount of correspondence concerning her campaign work on issues such as apartheid; journals covering her trips abroad and appointment diaries; speeches and sermons; material concerning Helen Joseph; and a large number of photographs of friends of Hannah Stanton.

The material has been arranged into the following sections: correspondence; diaries, journals etc.; scripts for speeches and sermons; papers related to charities that Hannah Stanton was involved in; files related to a particular subjects of interest; miscellaneous papers and notebooks; photographs.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

Unpublished handlist.

A manuscript by Hannah Stanton, relating to women in Uganda and her visit to Makerere, is held at Rhodes House Library, Oxford.

• English