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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Place Cameroon, Africa Level [32] Fonds

1. EAP051/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1
Title:
Bamum manuscript collection of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun (APRB) in the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings in Foumban, Cameroon [c1896-1975]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of digital surrogates of the Bamum manuscript collections of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun. The three divisions within the Archives - Modern Archives, Reserve Archives and Museum Collection - are represented here, consisting of correspondence, journals, official palac...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Bamun, Duala, English, French, and German
Date Range:
c 1896-1975
Extent:
3 sub-fonds containing 2,714 files, consisting of 13,511 TIFF images

2. EAP054/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP054/1
Title:
Archiving a Cameroonian photographic studio
Scope & Content:
Jacques Toussele commissioned portraits of people from Mbouda, West Cameroon. Many of the photos are of individuals for Identity Cards and other administrative pruposes but also recreataional, family grops etc. The archives represent a record of life in this area in the 1970s and 1980s. The ai...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, French, and Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
46272 TIFF format files

3. EAP506/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP506/1
Title:
Buea National Archives: Bamenda Divisional Office Records [1916-1967]
Scope & Content:
This collection (74 folders) is part of a wider collection including about 1291 folders amounting to about 188,250 pages of text material, in addition to a number of maps on cloth or paper. The collection includes all the files created by either the Bamenda Divisional Office (1917-1949, 1954-197...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and German
Date Range:
1916-1967
Extent:
74 electronic folders containing 8,013 TIFF images