Alan Stuart Paton (1903-1988), famed author of Cry, the beloved country (1948), was also a founding member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (1953). Paton continued to write novels and poetry throughout his life, but he also wrote extensively on matters of a political nature. The Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archives therefore holds not only Alan Paton's literary works and related documents and manuscripts, but also papers pertaining to the Liberal Party and other institutions and organisations who contributed to the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa.
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