The photographic archive in Special Collections has material that spans a period from the inception of photography to the present day, from fragile prints to digital format.
Ms Ingrid Thomson, Branch Librarian of Hiddingh Library was announced as a joint winner of the 2023 LIASA-Sabinet Influential Library Leader Award at the gala dinner of the Annual LIASA Conference held from 10-13 October 2023.
The Hiddingh Hall Library serves the Centre for Theatre, Dance & Performing Studies and the Michaelis School of Fine Art. Located in the heart of the Hiddingh Campus, we help you make the best use of our library resources and collections.
Our archival holdings consist of original research material and personal papers on the political, social, cultural and economic history of Southern Africa, with a strong focus on the Western Cape.