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KENYA



Note: The microfilming of the Kenya Archives began in the early 1960s with the aid of the Program of Eastern African Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. TheProgram has published many of the guides listed below. Various parts of the Archives including government publications and newspapers were filmed and made available in different collations. Consequently, the Syracuse guides may not match any microfilm except for the microfilms at Syracuse. All requests to use the microfilm copies at Syracuse should be directed to the Program.



  1. Fedha, Nathan W. A Catalogue of the Kenya National Archive Collection on Microfilm at Syracuse University, compiled by Nathan W. Fedha and John B. Webster. Syracuse, NY: Bibliographic Section, Program of Eastern African Studies, Maxwell Graduate School for Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1967. 10 leaves. Accompanies <1 reel of microfilm> LC-NRMM

  2. Gregory, Robert G. A Guide to Daily Correspondence of the Coast, Rift Valley, Central, and Northeastern Provinces: Kenya National Archives Microfilm. Syracuse, NY: Foreign and Comparative Studies, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1984. 208p. (Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Program of Eastern African Studies. Bibliographic Section. Occasional Bibliography, no. 28). CRL, IOWA

  3. Gregory, Robert G. A Guide to the Kenya National Archives: to the Microfilms of the Provincial and District Annual Reports, Record Books, and Handing-over Reports, Miscellaneous Correspondence, and Intelligence Reports. Syracuse, NY: Program of Eastern African Studies, Syracuse University, 1968, c1969. 452p. (Syracuse University Eastern African Bibliographical Series, no. 3) ILL-UC, IOWA

  4. Gregory, Robert G. A Guide to the Secretariat Circulars: Kenya National Archives Microfilm. Syracuse, NY: Foreign and Comparative Studies, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1984. 156p. Occasional bibliography (Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Program of Eastern African Studies. Bibliographic Section. Occasional Bibliography, no. 29) CRL, IOWA Accompanies [Provincial and District] Books, 1892?-1962? <5 reels of microfilm> MICHIGAN STATE

  5. A Guide to Nyanza Province Microfilm Collection, Kenya National Archives. Syracuse, NY: Program of Eastern African Studies, Syracuse University, 1974-75. Authors vary, e.g. Solomon, Alan C.; Lohrentz, K.P. 3 v. in 4. (Occasional bibliography, no. 22, 24, 25, 26) Part I: Section 10B, Correspondence and Reports, 1925-1960. 1974. 137p. Part II: Section 10A, Correspondence and Reports, 1899-1942. 1974. 50p. Part III: Section 10, Daily Correspondence and Reports, 1930-1963. 2 v. 1975. 258p. BERKELEY, CRL, FLORIDA, ILL-UC, IOWA Accompanies Nyanza Province Microfilm Collection, 1899-1963. [Nairobi: Kenya National Archives, 196-?] CRL has <49, 387 reels of microfilm> MICHIGAN STATE has <424 reels of micorfilm>

  6. Kenya Colony and Protectorate. Annual Reports, 1904-1963. Nairobi: Kenya Government Photographic Service, 1965. <63 reels of microfilm> "Consists of annual and quarterly reports of administrative units from sub-districts and above." Described in item 231 above. HOOVER

  7. Kenya Colony and Protectorate. Handing-over Reports, 1910-1963. Nairobi: Kenya Government Photographic Service, 1965. <14 reels of microfilm> "Consists of reports made from the various districts and provinces, arranged by area." Described in item 231 above. HOOVER, MICHIGAN STATE

  8. Kenya Colony and Protectorate. Intelligence Reports, 1921-1951. Nairobi: Kenya Government Photographic Service, 1965. <12 reels of microfilm> "Contains reports of commissioners and administrators, normally issued monthly." Described in item 231 above. HOOVER, MICHIGAN STATE

  9. Kenya Colony and Protectorate. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1894-1961. Nairobi: Kenya Government Photographic Service, 1965. "Consists of reports and circulars, as well as correspondence on a wide variety of topics." HOOVER has <10 reels of microfilm> MICHIGAN STATE has 1888?-1959? <11 reels of microfilm>

  10. Kenya Colony and Protectorate. Provincial and District Record Books, 1902-1958. Nairobi: Kenya Government Photographic Service, 1965. "Consists of material originally intended as a collection of data and source of information for colonial officials." HOOVER has <18 reels of microfilm> MICHIGAN STATE has 1892?-1962? <16 reels of microfilm>

  11. Kenya National Archives. A Catalogue of the Kenya National Archive Collection on Microfilm at Syracuse University, compiled by Nathan W. Fedha, Chief Archivist of the Kenya National Archives, and John B. Webster. Syracuse, NY: Bibliographic Section, Program of Eastern African Studies, Maxwell Graduate School for Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1967. 176p. <partial reel of microfilm> CRL

  12. Kenya National Archives. Collection of the Provincial and District Annual Reports, Record Books, and Handing-over Reports; Miscellaneous Correspondence; and Intelligence Reports. [Nairobi? 196-] <152 reels of microfilm> CRL

  13. Kenya National Archives. A Guide to Agriculture in Kenya; Selected Documents Held by the Kenya National Archives. Nairobi: 1985. 34p. ILL-UC, NORTHWESTERN

  14. Kenya National Archives. A Guide to Education in Kenya; Selected Documents Held by the Kenya National Archives. Nairobi: 1985. 17p. ILL-UC

  15. Kenya National Archives. A Guide to Government Monographs, Reports and Research Works. Nairobi: 1984. 157p. ILL-UC, IOWA, NORTHWESTERN

  16. Kenya National Archives. Guide to Records Retrieved from U.K. and U.S.A. Nairobi: Printed by the Government Printer [1989] 40p. Lists public and private records mostly on microfilm. IOWA

  17. Kenya National Archives. A Guide to Selected Documents on Political Organizations in Kenya. Nairobi: 1984. 42p. ILL-UC, IOWA

  18. Kenya National Archives. A Guide to the Content of the Kenya National Archives. Nairobi: 1983- ILL-UC, IOWA, and YALE have v. 2.

  19. Kenya National Archives. A Guide to the Private (Local) Archives. Nairobi: Department of Kenya National Archives, 1987. 17p. LC, YALE

  20. Kenya National Archives. Index to Kenya National Archives with Some Provincial and District Files not Transferred to the Kenya National Archives. [compiled by J. H. Lonsdale] 117 leaves. East Ardsley, Eng.: EP Microform Co. <5 microfiche> HOOVER

  21. Kenya National Archives. Local Authority Records, 1925-1961. [Nairobi] Kenya National Archives Photographic Service, [1967?-1970?] <102 reels of microfilm> CRL

  22. Kenya National Archives. National Documentation and Information Retrieval Services. Accessions List. 1990- semiannual. IOWA

  23. Kenya National Archives. Preserving the Images and Sounds of Kenya's Past: Planning for an Audiovisual Archive. Nairobi: 1978. 45, 11 leaves. LC, NYPL

  24. Kenya National Archives. Provincial and District Annual Reports. Nairobi: 1984. 10 leaves. "This list contains provincial and district annual reports held in the Archives repositories only"--Leaf 2. LC, YALE Accompanies Provincial and District Annual and Quarterly Reports, 1906-1962. MICHIGAN STATE has <63 reels of microfilm>

  25. Kenya National Archives. Records in the Kenya National Archives Relating to Land Tenure in Kenya. Nairobi: [s.d.] STANFORD

  26. Kenya National Archives. Records in the Kenya National Archives Relating to Religions. Nairobi: [s.d.] STANFORD

  27. Nairobi Hebrew Congregation. Nairobi Hebrew Congregation Archives: A Descriptive List, compiled by Diana B. Rosenberg. Nairobi: 1977. 41 leaves. <1 reel of microfilm> NYPL

  28. National Archives Library (Kenya). Annual Reports from Government Ministries and Departments, Parastatal Organizations, Local and International Organizations and Institutions which are in the National Archives Library. Nairobi: 1983- v. 1 (36 leaves). LC, NORTHWESTERN

  29. National Archives Library (Kenya). A List of Kenya Government Monographs in the National Archives Library. [Nairobi] 1983. 72 leaves. LC, YALE

  30. National Archives Library (Kenya). Theses, Dessertations [sic], and Other Research Findings in the National Archives Library. Nairobi: 1982. 67 leaves. LC

    Rhodes House Library. Note: In addition to the inventories cited in its Manuscript Collections of Africana in Rhodes House Library, Oxford, and its 1971 Supplement (items 39a-40), the Rhodes House Library has issued lists on specific individuals and organizations: Sir Michael Blundell, Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, C.E.V. Buxton, Robert Chamberlain, Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon, Electors' Union and the European Elected Members Organisation, Ernest Gedge, G.M. Hector, Elspeth Josceline Huxley, Henry Izard, Frederick, Lord Lugard, Kenya Association, S.H. Powles, Sir Charles Rey, Judge R.S. Thacker, Turbo-Kipkarren Association, Colonel C.W.G. Walker, and Alexander Wilkie. Copies of some of these lists are available in the Library of Congress.

  31. Rhodes House Library. Papers of the Convention of Associations, MSS Afr. s 594, kept in Rhodes House Library, Oxford. Prepared by P.M. Pugh. Oxford: 1966? 14 leaves. At head of title: Oxford Colonial Records Project. LC

  32. Rhodes House Library. Papers of the Kenya Association (1932) MSS Afr. s 595, kept in Rhodes House Library, Oxford. [S.l.: s.n.] 1965. 2 leaves. LC

  33. Soff, Harvey G. A Guide to the Coast Province Microfilm Collection, Kenya National Archives: Kenya Seyidie (Coast) Province, Correspondence & Reports, 1891-1962. Syracuse, NY: Program of Eastern African Studies, Syracuse University, 1971. 191p. (Occasional Bibliography, 18) ILL-UC, IOWA Accompanies Coast Province. (Records: Correspondence & Reports, 1891-1962). <220 reels of microfilm> MICHIGAN STATE

    KENYA--ANCILLARY MATERIALS

  34. Kimathi, Dedan. Kenya's Freedom Struggle: the Dedan Kimathi Papers. London: Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books, 1987. 138p. ILL-UC, IOWA
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