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AFRICA (GENERAL)

  1. Acquaviva, Mike. A Guide to Africa, Special Studies, 1980-1985, Supplement, edited by Michael Davis. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1986. 34p. Accompanies Africa: Special Studies, 1980-1985, Supplement, 1978-1985. <11 reels of microfilm> A collection of reports, memoranda, and papers analyzing political, economic, and social issues in Africa MINNESOTA, YALE See also: Gallagher, Eric; Kesaris, Paul; and Lester, Robert, below.

  2. Amistad Research Center. Manuscript Holdings [Africa] New Orleans: 1991? 37p. For general guides, see the Center's Author and Added Entry Catalog of the American Missionary Association Archives/Amistad Research Center (Westport, CT: Greenwood Pub. Corp. [1970?] 3 v. on <27 microfiche>) Detailed information on the Center's holdings is in GOSEBRINK, pp. 24-28. COLUMBIA, CRL, ILL-UC has 1984 ed. (15, xxxvi leaves). See also LIBERIA and SIERRA LEONE (below).

  3. Bartlett, Robert E. African Political Ephemera, 1958-1966. [S.l.: s.n., s.d.] <1 reel of microfilm (negative)> Contains about 69 pieces, consisting of pamphlets, newspapers, typescripts, etc. on the Congo (Kinshasa), especially Katanga Province; also Rhodesia, Algeria, Ivory Coast. Inventory available. CRL

  4. Bennett, Elizabeth. Methodist Missionary Society Archives, London, on Microfiche. Guide. Leiden: IDC, 1991. 42 leaves. CRL, IOWA, MICHIGAN Accompanies Methodist Missionary Society Archives, 1791-1948. Zug, Switzerland: IDC, 1981-1983. Partial contents: Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society: Home and general.--West Africa.-- South Africa.--Foreign reports.--Quarterly reports.--Correspondence. CRL cites ca. 1192 boxes with microform holdings incomplete. YALE-DIVINITY has <24,281 microfiche> BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY has <8,700+ microfiche>

  5. Boehm, Randolph. H. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the American Committee on Africa. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1991- Pt. 1. ACOA Executive Committee Minutes and National Office Memoranda, 1952-1975 (xi, 22p.) ILL-UC Accompanies <6 reels of microfilm> "From its inception through the 1960s, ACOA was the major, and practically the only permanent American organization devoted to publicizing African issues in a largely indifferent country, ...[and] publishing the monthly Africa Today." BROWN and TEMPLE have pt. 1; see item 558 for information on South Africa.

  6. British Documents on Foreign Affairs--Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Part 1. From the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War. Part 2. From the First to the Second World War. Series G. Africa, editor, Peter Woodward Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1986- However, to date, this latter publication is not yet indexed. For additional citations to Colonial ffice, Foreign Office and other British government records, see the Current Guide: 1992 edition (London: Public Record Office, 1992. 1 v. (24p.) and 19 microfiche) under names of countries in its Part 3. COLUMBIA, CORNELL, ILL-UC, LC, VIRGINIA

  7. Church Missionary Society. [Records] 1803?-1914. [London] Kodak, Recordak Division, 1960. <1 reel of microfilm (negative)> Photocopy of Index lists of, and typewritten notes about, C.M.S. Archives is also available. Accompanies Church Missionary Society. [Records 1803?-1914] London: Kodak, Recordak Division, 1960. <276 reels of microfilm (negative)> Includes papers of missions in Sierra Leone, Yoruba areas, Niger, Nyanza area, South Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Nigeria, Egypt, and Sudan. CRL; ILL-UC has West Africa on <7 reels of microfilm> (East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England: E P Micoform Ltd., 1975).

  8. Church Missionary Society. Africa (Group 3) Committee. Catalogue of the Papers of the Missions of the Africa (Group 3) Committee, catalogued by Rosemary A. Keen. 2nd ed. London: Church Missionary Society, 1981. 8 v. "Deposited in the Library of the University of Birmingham." Only vols. 1-5 include records on Africa. Contents: v. 1. West Africa (Sierra Leone) Mission, 1803-1934.--v. 2 Nigeria Missions, 1844-1934.--v. 3. South and East Africa Missions (South Africa, Kenya, and Tanzania), 1836-1934.--v. 4. East Africa Missions (Nyanza, Uganda, and Ruanda), 1875-1934.--v. 5. Egypt and Sudanese Missions (including Upper Nile), 1889-1934. LC, NORTHWESTERN, YALE

  9. Cooperative Africana Microform Project (U.S.). CAMP Catalog. 1985 cumulative ed. Chicago: Cooperative Africana Microform Project and the Center for Research Libraries. 1985. 642p. This is the largest depository of microforms on Africa in the U.S. CAMP is a cooperative project of 34 research libraries in the U.S., Africa, Europe, and Australia to microfilm important archival materials, to purchase microforms of African newspapers, government publications, political and historical materials. Information on the holdings of individual titles is found in the CRL online catalog. CRL, ILL-UC, IOWA; widely held.

  10. Gallagher, Eric. Africa, Special Studies, 1985-1988: Supplement/Guide. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1989. 40p. MINNESOTA Accompanies Proceedings of a Workshop Organized by the National Science Foundation and the Agency for International Development, Apr. 9-10, 1984: Communications Technology and Economic Development: A Case Study of Africa. <10 reels of microfilm> FLORIDA, MINNESOTA See also items 21, 28-29, below.

  11. Gosebrink, Jean E. Meeh. African Studies Information Resources Directory. Oxford; New York: H. Zell, 1986. 572p. Covers the countries of sub-Saharan Africa in 437 U.S. collections. Includes sections on "Manuscript/archival materials" and finding aids where found. Compliments the Aloha South guides cited below. This is one of the most comprehensive guides to African archival records in the United States. ILL-UC, IOWA; widely held.

  12. Great Britain. Foreign Office. Confidential Print: Africa, F.O. 403/1-403/465. London: 1843-1941. 465 v. Microfilmed as: Great Britain, Public Record Office, Confidential Print: Africa F.O. 403/1-403/465 <58 reels of microfilm> NORTHWESTERN also has: Finding List to F.O. 403. London: [1960?]

  13. Great Britain. Foreign Office. Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1912. <57 reels of microfilm> The printed records consist of 437 volumes (1-437 of 477 volumes) of confidential print relating to all the countries of Africa including Madagascar. The records constitute part of Public Record Office group Foreign Office class 403 (PRO FO 403). NORTHWESTERN, YALE See also item 16.

  14. Great Britain. Foreign Office. General Correspondence, Africa, 1825-1905, F.O.2. <41 reels of microfilm> PRINCETON

  15. Great Britain. Foreign Office. Slave Trade Africa: FO 84, General Correspondence before 1906: Slave Trade, 1816-1892. Nendeln: Kraus-Thomson Organization, 1972-1976. Public Records of Great Britain, series 1-5. Reference guide is on reels 1-4, 291-294, 538-540, 733, 818-821, 1025-1027. FLORIDA has <1,024 reels of microfilm> MICHIGAN STATE has <1,169 reels of microfilm> NYPL has <1,223 reels of microfilm>

  16. Great Britain. Public Record Office. Africa: Confidential Print: Africa, 1870-1915. HOOVER Accompanies Great Britain. Public Record Office. Africa: Confidential Prints, [F.O.403 and others, 1900?-] <141 reels of microfilm> STANFORD

  17. Guide to the Microfilm Edition of The Slave Trade, 1858-1892: British Foreign Office Collection 541: confidential print series. Wilmington, DE: M. Glazier, 1977? 16p. CRL, MINNESOTA Includes correspondence with British commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, Loanda, and New York; and Reports from British Vice-Admiralty Courts, and from British Naval Officers, Relating to the Slave Trade; and Correspondence with British Representatives and Agents Abroad, and Reports from Naval Officers Relating to the Slave Trade. Originally issued 1859-1886 in 50 v. by Harrison and Sons, London. Accompanies Great Britain. Foreign Office. Confidential Print: Slave Trade. F.O.541. <10 reels of microfilm> CRL

  18. Hijma, Bouwe. Gids van Afrika-collecties in Nederlandse bibliotheken en documentatiecentra. Leiden: Afrika-Studiecentrum, 1986. 253p. ILL-UC, IOWA

  19. Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Guide to the Hoover Institution Archives, by Charles G. Palm. Stanford, CA: 1980. 418p. ILL-UC, IOWA

  20. Hopkins, Anthony G. "Imperial Business in Africa." Part I: Sources. Journal of African History 17 (1976): 29-48. ILL-UC, IOWA, widely held.

  21. Hydrick, Blair D. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Africa. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1993. 55p. Accompanies Africa: Special Studies, 1989-1991, Supplement, 1987-1991 (inclusive). <10 reels of microfilm> LC, MINNESOTA, YALE See also items no. 10, 28-29.

  22. Hydrick, Blair D. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the John F. Kennedy National Security Files: Africa: National Security Files, 1961-1963. Project Coordinator: Robert E. Lester. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1993. xxix, 355p. COLUMBIA, LC, YALE Accompanies The John F. Kennedy National Security Files. Africa: National Security Files, 1961-1963 (inclusive). <12 reels of microfilm> "The papers consist of memoranda, cables, intelligence reports, correspondence, and special studies. The State Department, Defense Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, and Agency for International Development (previously the International Cooperation Administration) are the agencies most frequently represented." COLUMBIA, FLORIDA, LC, MINNESOTA, YALE

  23. Hydrick, Blair D. A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files: Africa: National Security Files, 1963-1969. Project Coordinator: Robert E. Lester. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1993. xxxi, 363p. COLUMBIA, CORNELL, LC, MINNESOTA Accompanies Lyndon B. Johnson Security Files. Africa: National Security Files, 1963-1969. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1987. <11 reels of microfilm> "Microfilmed from the holdings of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas." The records consist of memoranda, cables, intelligence reports, correspondence, and special studies which constituted the working files of President Lyndon B. Johnson's special assistant for national Security Affairs, Walt Rostow. Documents in this file originated in the offices of Rostow and his assistants, in the various executive departments and agencies, and in diplomatic and military posts around the world." LC, MINNESOTA, YALE

  24. Indiana University, Bloomington. Archives of Traditional Music. The Duerden Collection of African Oral Data in the Indiana University Archives of Traditional Music. Bloomington, IN: The Archives, 197- ? 58p. ILL-UC, INDIANA, IOWA

  25. International Council on Archives. Guides des sources de l'histoire des nations. B. Afrique. Guide des sources de l'histoire de l'Afrique. Zug, Switzerland, 1970-1983. 8 v. Vol. 1: Quellen zur Geschichte Afrikas südlich der Sahara in den Archiven der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. 1970. 126p. Vol. 2: Espana; Guía de fuentas parce la historia de Africa subsahariana. 1971. 210p. Vols. 3-4: Sources de l'histoire de l'Afrique au sud du Sahara dans les archives et bibliothèques françaises. 1976. 2 v. and Index. 178p. Vol. 5-6: Guida della fonti per la storia dell'Africa a Sud del Sahara esistenti in Italia. 1973. 2 v. Vol. 7: Guida delle fonti per la storia dell'Africa a sud del Sahara negli archivi della Santa Sede enegli archivi ecclesiastici d'Italia; Collectanea Archivi Vaticani. 1983. 537p. Vol. 8: Scandinavia: Sources in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. 1971. 101p. ILL-UC See also items 41, 48, and 100.

  26. The Joint IMC/CBMS Missionary Archives: Africa & India, 1910-1945: Inventory. Zug: Inter Documentation Company, 1979. 404p. or <8 microfiche> (1977). ILL-UC Accompanies The Joint International Missionary Council and Conference of British Missionary Societies (IMC/CBMS). Archives. <2,336 microfiche> Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation, 1977. Inventory of manuscripts in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. "Original copy provided by Conference of Missionary Societies in Great Britain and Ireland." Manuscript inventory: A-745:1-8. CRL

  27. Keen, Rosemary A. A Survey of the Archives of Selected Missionary Societies. London: Historical Manuscripts Commission, distributed by the Church Missionary Society (Archives Department), 1968. 144 leaves. ILL-UC, IOWA (photocopy)

  28. Kesaris, Paul. Africa: Special Studies, 1962-1980. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America [1981?] 21p. FLORIDA, ILL-UC, MINNESOTA, YALE Accompanies <7 reels of microfilm> with the same title. BERKELEY, COLUMBIA, CRL, ILL-UC, LC, MINNESOTA,

  29. Kesaris, Paul. Africa: Special Studies. 1980-1985; Supplement, 1978-1985. <11 reels of microfilm> A collection of reports, memoranda, and papers analyzing political, economic, and social issues in Africa. YALE See also item 10 for 1985-1988, and item 21 for 1989-1991.

  30. Legum, Colin. Documents, Papers & Memoranda on the Growth of the Pan-African Movement since 1952: A Guide and Finding List to the Microfiche Edition. Todmarden, England: Altair Publishing; New York: [distributed by] Norman Ross Publishing Company Inc., 1993. vii, 27p. Accompanies <44 microfiche> with the title: Documents, Papers & Memoranda on the Growth of the Pan-African Movement since 1952. "From the personal library of Colin Legum." Includes: Pan-Africanism: general (5 microfiche); Pan-African leaders: personalities and themes (8 microfiche); Pan-Africanism: politics and economics (3 microfiche); Conferences and summits (9 microfiche); Third All-African Peoples' Conference, Cairo, 1961 (3 microfiche); Addis Ababa Conference of Heads of State and Government, 1963 (16 microfiche) CRL

  31. Legum, Colin. Resolutions of the Annual Summits of the Organisation of African Unity, and other Documents, since 1963. Todmarden, England: Altair Publishing, 1993. Accompanies <35 microfiche> with the same title. "From the personal library of Colin Legum." Includes: Conferences & summits <20 microfiche> O.A.U. general: basic documents, 1963-1974 <2 microfiche> O.A.U. 1969-1974 <4 microfiche> O.A.U. recommendations & decisions <3 microfiche> O.A.U. general: committee minutes and reports <2 microfiche> O.A.U. general: selected resolutions, 1968/9-1987/8 <4 microfiche> CRL

  32. Lester, Robert. Africa, 1946-1976: Guide, edited by Paul Kesaris. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c1983. 13p. COLUMBIA, CRL, LC Also issued as CIA Research Reports Reel Index, v. 7. Africa, 1946-1976. Accompanies <3 reels of microfilm> with the title: CIA Research Reports: Africa, 1946- 1976. BROWN, COLUMBIA, CRL, ILL-UC, LC

  33. Lewicki, Tadeusz. Arabic External Sources for the History of Africa to the South of the Sahara. London: Curzon Press, 1974. 102p. (Polska Akademia Nauk. Komisja Orientalistyczna. Prace, no. 9) ILL-UC, IOWA

  34. M'baye, Saliou. Sources de l'histoire démographique des pays du Sahel conservée dans les archives: 1816-1960, répertoire établi par Saliou M'baye. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: CILSS: Institut du Sahel, 1986. 328p. Covers countries in both West and Eastern Africa. BERKELEY, MICHIGAN, NORTHWESTERN

  35. Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies. Africana Archives in Microform at Northwestern University Library. Comp. by Gregory Allan Finnegan. Evanston, IL: 1982. 26p. ILL-UC, NORTHWESTERN

  36. O.S.S./State Department Intelligence and Research Reports. Pt. 13. Africa, 1941-1961. Washington, D.C.: University Publications of America, 1977- <11 reels of microfilm> Covers 242 titles on 10,600 pages. The focus is on economic and geographic activities near the war zone, i.e. especially North Africa, including information on transportation, mineral resources, and arms trafffic. CRL, ILL-UC, MINNESOTA, PRINCETON

  37. Papers of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions: [Guide] Unit 2, Letters from Missionaries to Africa, 1834-1919. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, 1983. Accompanies <75 reels of microfilm> with the same title. ILL-UC and IOWA have <75 reels of microfilm> + Guide.

  38. Parry, Clive. Foreign Office Confidential Print to 1910, Africa (including Abyssinia, Egypt, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Tunis and Zanzibar). Dobbs Ferry, NY: Trans-Media, 1980. 2 v. (131 leaves). Accompanies <71 reels of microfilm> with the same title. IOWA-LAW has reels 1-7 + 2 v. guide.

  39. Passé de l'Afrique par l'oralité, ouvrage realisé e sous la direction de Claude H. Hélène Perrot ... et al.; traduit par Marc Smith, avec le concours de Gérard Prunier = African History from Oral Sources, under the direction of Claude Hélène Perrot . Paris: Ministère de la coopération et du développement: La Documentation française, 1993. 304p., il. Bibliography of African oral history and ethnography prior to 1884. BERKELEY, COLUMBIA, ILL-UC, NORTHWESTERN, YALE

  40. Pearson, J. D. (James Douglas). A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles Relating to Africa. London: Mansell, 1993-1994. 2 v. v. 1. London.--v. 2. British Isles Excluding London. Comprehensive listing of U.K. holdings. ILL-UC, IOWA; widely held.

  41. Rhodes House Library. Manuscript Collections of Africana in Rhodes House Library, Oxford; compiled by Louis B. Frewer, Superintendent of the Library. Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1968. 100p. In addition to the inventories cited, the Rhodes House Library has compiled lists on specific individuals and organizations. Some of these lists are available from the Library of Congress. ILL-UC, IOWA (photocopy), LC, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, NYPL, PENN STATE

  42. Rhodes House Library. Manuscript Collections of Africana in Rhodes House Library, Oxford. Supplement, compiled by Louis B. Frewer. Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1971. 53p. ILL-UC, IOWA (photocopy), MINNESOTA, NYPL, PENN STATE

  43. Rieuford-Fenet, Monique. "Des sources anciennes à Marseille: santé et anthropologie au coeur de l'histoire africaine.:" Journal des africanistes 56 (1986): 158-161. ILL-UC, IOWA

  44. Roessingh, M. P. H. Guide to the Sources of the History of Africa South of the Sahara in the Netherlands. New York: K.G. Saur, 1978. 241p. (Guides to the Sources for the History of the Nations, 2nd series, Africa South of the Sahara, v. 9) At head of title: Netherlands State Archives Service. ILL-UC, IOWA

  45. Sahel, A Guide to the Microfiche Collection of Documents and Dissertations. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1981. 324p. in various pagings. Accompanies Sahel [numbered documents] on more than <1,200 microfiche> "... consists of over 900 documents from the Sahel Documentation Center, Michigan State University ... 100 American doctoral dissertations drawn from the UMI files, [and] documents from numerous other public, quasi-public, and private organizations ..." English or French. Documents arising out of the famine in the Sahel states of West Africa. CRL, ILL-UC, MICHIGAN STATE

  46. SCOLMA Directory of Libraries and Special Collections on Africa in the United Kingdom and Western Europe. 4th ed. Oxford: H. Zell; New York: Saur, 1983. 183p. ILL-UC, IOWA

  47. Seton, Rosemary. Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, Library, 1994. 42p. CORNELL

  48. South, Aloha. Guide to Federal Archives Relating to Africa. Waltham, MA: Crossroads Press, 556p. Comprehensive guide to Federal archives. ILL-UC, IOWA, widely held.

  49. South, Aloha. Guide to Non- Federal Archives and Manuscripts in the United States Relating to Africa. London; New York: Hans Zell, 1988. 2 v. "Contains descriptions of textual and nontextual archival and manuscript records concerning all phases of African life ... with details about political, social, economic, diplomatic, philanthropic, literary, religious, military, artistic ...arranged by state, by city, and repository." Comprehensive. ILL-UC, IOWA, widely held.

  50. Sullivan, Bob. Guide to the Microfilm Edition of The Exploration and Colonization of Africa, 1794-1844: Colonial Office Collection nos. CO2 and CO392. Wilmington, DE: M. Glazier, 1979. 39 leaves. CRL, STANFORD Accompanies Great Britain. Colonial Office. The Exploration and Colonization of Africa, 1794-1844. <14 reels of microfilm> Reels 1-13: C.O.2.--Reel 14: C.O.392. COLUMBIA, CRL, ILL-UC, MICHIGAN STATE; STANFORD has reels 1-13.

  51. Tirmizi, S. A. I. Indian Sources for African History: Guide to the Sources of the History of Africa and of the Indian Diaspora in the Basin of the Indian Ocean in the National Archives of India. Delhi: International Writers' Emporium, 1988- 93. 3 v. (Guides to the Sources for the History of the Nations, 2nd series, Africa South of the Sahara, v. 10) V. 1. "Unesco sponsored guides to the sources for the history of the nations." V. 2-3 have imprint: Manohar Publications. ILL-UC, IOWA, LC

  52. Transcription Centre Catalogue of Tapes: African and Afro-American Studies. London: Transcription Feature Service, 1973? 1 v. (unpaged) Tape cassette collection accompanies this volume at the NYPL's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. ILL-UC, NYPL, NORTHWESTERN and STANFORD have the Transcription Centre's Cultural Events in Africa, no. 1-117; Dec. 1964- 1975, printed interviews with creative African writers and scholars.

  53. United States. Navy Dept. Correspondence of the Secretary of the Navy Relating to African Colonization, 1819-1844. Washington: National Archives and Records Service, General Service Administration, 1952. <2 reels of microfilm> Includes papers on the slave trade and the anti-slavery movements. Microfilm of MSS are collected in 6 v. in the U.S. National Archives, Record Group 45. CRL, ILL-UC

  54. U.S. Policy towards the Horn of Africa: Sample Documents. Prepared by Kenneth Mokoena, Nicole Gayon. Washington, DC: National Security Archive, 1991. 1 v. (unpaged) HOOVER

  55. Wilkinson, Peter M. Rhodes House Library Subject Catalogue: Guide and Listing to the Microfiche Edition. Revised and prepared by Peter Wilkinson; with an introduction by Allen Bell. Cambridge, England; Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1990. xviii, 127p. YALE Accompanies Rhodes House Library Subject Catalogue. Cambridge, England; Alexandria, VA: Chadyck-Healey, 1990. <477 microfiches> African content: A. Commonwealth (25 microfiche).--D. Africa (27 microfiche).--E. Southern Africa (64 microfiche).-- F. West Africa (73 microfiche).--G. East & Central Africa (64 microfiche). YALE

    AFRICA (GENERAL)--ANCILLARY MATERIALS

  56. Vrabel, Donald. Great Britain Colonial Office Pamphlets about Africa: Microfilm 698, Duquesne University Libary: Contents Listing. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Library, 1974. 180 leaves in various foliations. COLUMBIA, CRL, MINNESOTA, NORTHWESTERN Accompanies Great Britain. Colonial Office. Pamphlets about Africa. [London: 1974?] <24 reels of microfilm> Contents: Africa (General).--Central Africa.--West Africa.--Congo.--Gambia.--Gold Coast.--Lagos, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rhodesia, and Sierra Leone. CRL
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