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 The [[National Documentation Centre for Music]] (curator initially [[P.J. Nienaber]], later [[J.P. Malan]], the author of the ''SA Music Encyclopaedia'', in his turn followed by [[C.G. Henning]], author of ''Graaff Reinet: a Cultural History''),  It was later renamed the [[Centre for South African Music Research]].
-The [[National Documentation Centre for Art]] (curator  [[Murray Schoonraad]], followed by [[Lilliana Daneel]] then [[Gerhard-Mark van der Waal]]) and
+The [[National Documentation Centre for Art]] (curator  [[Murray Schoonraad]], followed by [[Liliana Daneel]] then [[Gerhard-Mark van der Waal]]) and
 The [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]]  (curator initially [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], former director of [[NTO]] and [[PACT]], followed by [[Rinie Stead]] journalist and editor, and later [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], with [[Astrid Schwenke]] as archivist).

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 The [[National Documentation Centre for Music]] (curator initially [[P.J. Nienaber]], later [[J.P. Malan]], the author of the ''SA Music Encyclopaedia'', in his turn followed by [[C.G. Henning]], author of ''Graaff Reinet: a Cultural History''),  It was later renamed the [[Centre for South African Music Research]].
-The [[National Documentation Centre for Art]] (curator  [[Murray Schoonraad]], followed by [[Liliana Daneel]] then [[Gerhard-Mark van der Waal]]) and
+The [[National Documentation Centre for Art]] (curator  [[Murray Schoonraad]], followed by [[Lilliana Daneel]] then [[Gerhard-Mark van der Waal]]) and
 The [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]]  (curator initially [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], former director of [[NTO]] and [[PACT]], followed by [[Rinie Stead]] journalist and editor, and later [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], with [[Astrid Schwenke]] as archivist).

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 Three more Documentation Centres were gradually developed, namely:
-The [[National Documentation Centre for Music]] (curator initially [[P.J. Nienaber]], later [[J.P. Malan]], the author of the ''SA Music Encyclopaedia'', in his turn followed by [[Cosmo Henning]], author of ''Graaff Reinet: a Cultural History''),  It was later renamed the [[Centre for South African Music Research]].
+The [[National Documentation Centre for Music]] (curator initially [[P.J. Nienaber]], later [[J.P. Malan]], the author of the ''SA Music Encyclopaedia'', in his turn followed by [[C.G. Henning]], author of ''Graaff Reinet: a Cultural History''),  It was later renamed the [[Centre for South African Music Research]].
 The [[National Documentation Centre for Art]] (curator  [[Murray Schoonraad]], followed by [[Liliana Daneel]] then [[Gerhard-Mark van der Waal]]) and

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 Three more Documentation Centres were gradually developed, namely:
-The [[National Documentation Centre for Music]] (curator initially [[P.J. Nienaber]], later [[J.P. Malan]], the author of the ''SA Music Encyclopaedia'', in his turn followed by [[Cosmo Hattingh]], author of ''Graaff Reinet: a Cultural History''),  It was later renamed the [[Centre for South African Music Research]].
+The [[National Documentation Centre for Music]] (curator initially [[P.J. Nienaber]], later [[J.P. Malan]], the author of the ''SA Music Encyclopaedia'', in his turn followed by [[Cosmo Henning]], author of ''Graaff Reinet: a Cultural History''),  It was later renamed the [[Centre for South African Music Research]].
 The [[National Documentation Centre for Art]] (curator  [[Murray Schoonraad]], followed by [[Liliana Daneel]] then [[Gerhard-Mark van der Waal]]) and

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 The playwright and academic [[P.G. du Plessis]] was appointed the first Director of the Institute, with Nienaber as the first  Curator of the [[National Documentation Centre for Afrikaans Literature]] (He was later followed by [[Pirow Bekker]], then [[Charles Malan]]).
-Three more Documentation Centres were gradually developed, namely the [[National Documentation Centre for Music]] (curator initially [[P.J. Nienaber]], later [[J.P. Malan]], the author of the ''SA Music Encyclopaedia'', in his turn followed by [[Cosmo Hattingh]], author of ''Graaff Reinet: a Cultural History''),  the [[National Documentation Centre for Art]] (curator  Murray Schoonraad, followed by Liliana Daneel then Gerhard-Mark van der Waal) and [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]]  (curator initially [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], former director of [[NTO]] and [[PACT]], followed by [[Rinie Stead]] and later [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], with [[Astrid Schwenke]] as archivist).  There was also a  research programme on sociolinguistics (headed by [[K.P. Prinsloo]]) and a National Centre for Onomastics (headed by Peter Raper).
+Three more Documentation Centres were gradually developed, namely:
 == Research in the arts ==

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−	The playwright and academic [[P.G. du Plessis]] was ~~apponted~~ the first Director of the Institute, with Nienaber as the first Curator of the [[National Documentation Centre for Afrikaans Literature]] (He was later followed by [[Pirow Bekker]], then [[Charles Malan]]). Three more Documentation Centres were gradually developed, namely the [[National Documentation Centre for Music]] (curator initially [[P.J. Nienaber]], later [[J.P. Malan]], the author of the ''SA Music Encyclopaedia'', in his turn followed by [[Cosmo Hattingh]], author of ''Graaff Reinet: a Cultural History''), the [[National Documentation Centre for Art]] (curator Murray Schoonraad, followed by Liliana Daneel then Gerhard-Mark van der Waal) and [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]] (curator initially [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], former director of [[NTO]] and [[PACT]], followed by [[Rinie Stead]] and later [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], with [[Astrid Schwenke]] as archivist). There was also a research programme on sociolinguistics (headed by [[K.P. Prinsloo]]) and a National Centre for Onomastics (headed by Peter Raper).	+	The playwright and academic [[P.G. du Plessis]] was appointed the first Director of the Institute, with Nienaber as the first Curator of the [[National Documentation Centre for Afrikaans Literature]] (He was later followed by [[Pirow Bekker]], then [[Charles Malan]]).
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		+	Three more Documentation Centres were gradually developed, namely the [[National Documentation Centre for Music]] (curator initially [[P.J. Nienaber]], later [[J.P. Malan]], the author of the ''SA Music Encyclopaedia'', in his turn followed by [[Cosmo Hattingh]], author of ''Graaff Reinet: a Cultural History''), the [[National Documentation Centre for Art]] (curator Murray Schoonraad, followed by Liliana Daneel then Gerhard-Mark van der Waal) and [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]] (curator initially [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]], former director of [[NTO]] and [[PACT]], followed by [[Rinie Stead]] and later [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], with [[Astrid Schwenke]] as archivist). There was also a research programme on sociolinguistics (headed by [[K.P. Prinsloo]]) and a National Centre for Onomastics (headed by Peter Raper).

	== Research in the arts ==		== Research in the arts ==

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	This was one of the original institutes of the [[Human Sciences Research Council]], a autonimous institution founded by the South African government in 1969 to undertake research in the humanities in South Africa.		This was one of the original institutes of the [[Human Sciences Research Council]], a autonimous institution founded by the South African government in 1969 to undertake research in the humanities in South Africa.
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		+	==Origins and history==

	The Institute was the brainchild of [[P.J. Nienaber]], a strong advocate of [[Afrikaans]] literature and a compulsive collector of Africana. As a chairman of the [[SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] ("SA Academy of Arts and Sciences") and a member of the [[HSRC]] board, he agitated to have an institute founded to collect material on the languages and arts of South Africa and to undertake research in these fields.		The Institute was the brainchild of [[P.J. Nienaber]], a strong advocate of [[Afrikaans]] literature and a compulsive collector of Africana. As a chairman of the [[SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] ("SA Academy of Arts and Sciences") and a member of the [[HSRC]] board, he agitated to have an institute founded to collect material on the languages and arts of South Africa and to undertake research in these fields.

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−	As the HSRC moved to a differently structured and more flexible organisation in the late 1980’s under the leadership of Johan Garbers, the Institute was broken up into a variety of ~~focussed~~ interdisciplinary projects, and its documentation centres disbanded and the materials moved to the [[State Archives]] in Pretoria.	+	As the [[HSRC]] moved to a differently structured and more flexible organisation in the late 1980’s under the leadership of Johan Garbers, the Institute was broken up into a variety of focused interdisciplinary projects, and its documentation centres disbanded and the materials moved to the [[State Archives]] in Pretoria.
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-[[Karel Prinsloo]] later followed Du Plessis as Director and shifted the Documentation Centres away from pure collection and archival work, to more active research. Thus the [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]]  became the [[Centre for South African Theatre Research]] (CESAT) (directed by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]),  the [[National Documentation Centre for Afrikaans Literature]] became the [[Centre for South African Literatures]] (CENSAL) (directed by [[Charles Malan]]).
+[[K.P. Prinsloo]] later followed Du Plessis as Director and shifted the Documentation Centres away from pure collection and archival work, to more active research. Thus the [[National Documentation Centre for the Performing Arts]]  became the [[Centre for South African Theatre Research]] (CESAT) (directed by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]),  the [[National Documentation Centre for Afrikaans Literature]] became the [[Centre for South African Literatures]] (CENSAL) (directed by [[Charles Malan]]).
 == Disbandment ==