Relations diplomatiques. These documents are the diplomatic archives (1861-1897) of the Merina kingdom which dominated Madagascar during the nineteenth century. They have been part of the UNESCO Memory of the World Register since 2009 illustrate the encounter between the precolonial kingdom of M...
Area of the plots and houses occupied by Europeans in Antananarivo. Names of the aristocrats who own vodivons (fiefs) and who are entitled to receive taxes from the districts of Mamolakazo and Valafotsy
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Superficie des terrains et maisons occupés par des Européens à Tananarive. Noms des sigueurs qui ont des vodivons (fiefs) et qui ont droit sur les impots dans les districts de Mamolakazo et de Valalafotsy. Extent and format of original material: 1 notepad of 19 pages
An account about Tristan da Cunha based on letters by Rev. A.C. Pooley and Mr Philip Lindsay
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Describing island life, the people, the animals, missionary work, school, health, communications and visits of vessels. Extent: 4 pages. Condition of original material: Good condition with staple marks in top corner and all photocopies. Author(s)/Creator(s): Author of the account is unknown. ...
A message telling Miss Stephens that human beings are also fauna so leave the islanders alone. Extent: 2 pages. Condition of original material: Good condition with rust staple mark in bottom corner. Author(s)/Creator(s): Mountain Club of South Africa, CapeTown Section.
Ethnographic Archive of the Institute for Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum (IEFSEM) Collection
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The scientific Archive of the IEFEM is the only and the oldest storage of data for the specific Bulgarian culture from the period of pre-industrial development until now. The Archive was established within the institution of the National Ethnographic Museum in Sofia in 1906. The recent collectio...
Vidyu manuscript: "Starini. Iz Bulgarskite zemi s kratki opisaniya za tyah. S 425 obrazi v teksta. Sabral Ivan Enchev - Vidyu"; Manuscript entitled "Antiquities. All over the Bulgarian Lands with short Descriptions about them. Collected by Ivan Enchev - Vidyu"
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This series contains two manuscript folders, handwritten and hand painted (ink, pencil, Indian ink) by the collector and author Ivan Enchev – Vidyu, 470 pages altogether plus 425 images incorporated in the manuscript (281 photographs; 43 sketches; 36 inscriptions; 24 copies of documents; 27 draf...