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History of Wits

Wits University 1938

History of Wits
History of the School of Law
A Century of the Wits History Department: 1917–2017
History of Braamfontein
History of the Wits Choir
Radar at Wits
History of the School of Physics
History of the School of Chemistry
The Poster Age: 1968 - 1972 
Johannesburg Station Bombing
Wits as an Open University 1939 - 1959, Black admissions

East Campus

The Nunnery_

Central Block (Robert Sobukwe Block)
John Moffat Building heritage
University Corner heritage
Lawson's Corner
The Nunnery at Wits 
Origins of the William Cullen Library
Willian Cullen Library history
Hillman Building
Yale telescope heritage


West Campus

Tower of Light, West Campus, Image: Brett Eloff

West Campus heritage part 1
West Campus heritage part 2
Art on West Campus
The Story Behind the Tower of Light 

Heritage Buildings

University Corner

Wits University Building Design (1920)
Sculptures at Wits
Sunnyside residence heritage
Parktown Village
Wits Junction
Professional Development Hub
Bernard Stanley Cooke (architect)
Places and spaces in and around campus 
The first homes at Wits

Wits Medical School

Old Medical School

Wits Medical School heritage
Wits Medical School heritage 2
Wits Medical Library
Historic medical links between St John's College and Wits University
Epidemiological profile of graduates of the Wits Dental Faculty 1927-1995
Our Graduates_1924_2012.pdf

Other

Robert F Kennedy

The Unknown Miner project
King Kong – The Wits Connection
Wits as an ‘open’ university 1939–1959 
RF Kennedy’s Speech at Wits (1966)
120 years of mining engineering
Wits Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy 1979 - 1983
1976 Student Protest
UMPA war cry

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