Welcome to the Oppelt Photographic Collection
The Oppelt Photographic Collection is housed at the Special Collections section of the Main LIbrary at the University of the Western Cape. The collection spans decades of activity at the University. Topics covered range from graduation events, political protests, structural fires, community outreach and pictures of past staff and students. The collection was digitised to provide online access to the collection to facilitate our goal of gathering as much information as possible around these events including names, dates and locations. We aim to highlight the history captured in these images and the stories of the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, and the nation. Your help in this project is vital to deepening our understanding of these valuable photographs.
We need your help
We kindly request you review the images and share any insights you might have regarding their content and context. This could be information about the people, places, or dates shown in the photos. Any details you can provide are greatly appreciated.
Even though we have limited information about the photos and the people in them, we have started sorting them into general categories. Your input is crucial for improving our understanding and refining these categories. We have grouped the images into collections that include protests, marches, political events, and photos of our staff, students, and alumni. Your insights can make these collections better. If you know anything about these images, please tag them with the relevant information. After we review your contributions, we will add them to the appropriate collection. In your response please include the number of the photograph you are referrring to.
Should you wish to contribute any images to the library's photographic collections, please feel free to contact us.