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441. EAP051/1/1/10/101

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/10/101
Title:
Historical notes [early twentieth century]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 10cm x 6cm; Dates Early twentieth century; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Fair; Comments: This document has not been fully examined in order to understand its contents. Notethat oil spilled on this collection in the 1980s while in NFONKAO Ousmanou’s hands and ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

442. EAP051/1/1/10/102

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/10/102
Title:
List of names [early twentieth century]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 13.4cm x 10cm; Dates Early twentieth century; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Good; Comments: Further research on this document is necessary to understand its meaning. Note thatoil spilled on this collection in the 1980s while in NFONKAO Ousmanou’s hands and th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

443. EAP051/1/1/10/103

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/10/103
Title:
Akauku mfemfe syllabary written out with numerals, along with some names [early twentieth century]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 13.4cm x 10cm; Dates Early twentieth century; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Good; Comments: The order here is not in its modern form and not complete by comparative examples.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

444. EAP051/1/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/11
Title:
Nji Ibrahimou Njoya Collection [c 1940s-1950s]
Scope & Content:
Digital images of illustrations and plans created by Nji Ibrahimou Njoya, a trusted advisor of King Ibrahim Njoya, and a master artist. The records consist of building sketches and an illustrated version of the story of the rat.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
c 1940s-1950s
Extent:
5 files consisting of 28 TIFF images

445. EAP051/1/1/11/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/11/1
Title:
Drawings and plans for homes of high-ranking Bamum elite in the late nineteenth and earlytwentieth century, with notes in Akauku Mfemfe.
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 29.9cm x 25.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Fair; Some staining and tearing on the top and right-hand side of the item; Comments: Drawn with colored pencils on brown paper resembling packaging material and tapedalong the back to e...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

446. EAP051/1/1/11/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/11/2
Title:
Drawings and plans for homes of high-ranking Bamum elite in the late nineteenth and earlytwentieth century, with notes in Akauku Mfemfe.
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 29.9cm x 25.5cm (measurements of probable original form; now severely torn); Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Very Poor; item severely damaged, although architectural plan and notes in Bamumscript still exist; Comments: Drawn with color...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

447. EAP051/1/1/11/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/11/3
Title:
Drawings and plans for homes of high-ranking Bamum elite in the late nineteenth and earlytwentieth century, labeled with Akauku numerals.
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 29.7cm x 22.4cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku mfemfe numerals; Condition: Good; Some rips with attempts to repair employing professional archival standards; Comments: Drawn with colored pencils on brown paper resembling packaging material.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

448. EAP051/1/1/11/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/11/4
Title:
Drawings and plans for homes of high-ranking Bamum elite in the late nineteenth and earlytwentieth century, with notes in Akauku Mfemfe. [c 1940s]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 3; Pages: 3; Measurements: 29.9cm x 25.5cm; Dates ca. 1940s; Script: Akauku mfemfe in colored pencils and ink; Condition: Good (some staining); Comments: Drawn with colored pencilson brown paper resembling packaging material and taped along the back to extend the size of thepaper (not as ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
c 1940s
Extent:
3 TIFF images

449. EAP051/1/1/11/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/11/5
Title:
Famous story of the Rat illustrated and narrated [c 1940s]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: divided into 16 panels (photographed in entirety with 16 close up photographs of theindividual panels in correct order); Measurements: 50cm x 64cm; Dates ca. 1940s; Script: Akauku mfemfe in colored pencils and pen; Condition: Good; Comments: Drawn on strong white paper
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
c 1940s
Extent:
16 TIFF images

450. EAP051/1/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP051/1/1/12
Title:
Nji Mama Nsangou Collection [1910-1946]
Scope & Content:
Digital images of records collected by Nji Mama Nsangou, cousin and trusted advisor to King Ibrahim Njoya. The records consist of writings on Bamum history, manuals of sorcery and medicine, inventories, records of savings organizations, and correspondence concerning King Njoya and Mfon Musa. The ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Bamun
Date Range:
1910-1946
Extent:
22 files consisting of 203 TIFF images

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