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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Early days in the History Society of Zimbabwe |
Author: | Kimberley, Michael J. |
Year: | 2009 |
Periodical: | Heritage of Zimbabwe (ISSN 0556-9605) |
Issue: | 28 |
Pages: | 1-19 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | ills. |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | professional associations history Zimbabwean studies History, Archaeology History Society of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe--History |
Abstract: | This is the text of a talk on the early days of the History Society of Zimbabwe given by the author to members at the Society's national dinner in Harare on 16 October 2009. On 12 June 1953, the Rhodesia Africana Society was formally established to further the interests of collectors of Rhodesiana and to assist in the preservation of books and documents relating to the Rhodesias and Nyasaland. In 1958, the Society's name was changed to the Rhodesiana Society, in 1980 to the National History Society, and in 1981 to the History Society of Zimbabwe. Likewise, the Society's objectives were widened in 1969 and its emphasis changed from book collecting to history, with the main thrust being the publication of a journal and historical talks. Attention is paid to early office bearers and functions, roughly covering the period up to 1980. Numerous photographs illustrate the paper. [ASC Leiden abstract] |