032-002759805 / Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3
Title:: Museum Collection [c 1896-1965]
Scope & Content:: Materials created by the Offices of the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings, currently displayed as part of the permanent Museum exhibition at the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun. The materials range from c 1896-1956 and consist of Bamum history, official records and correspondence of the Royal Palace...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Bamun, Duala, English, French, and German
Date Range:: c 1896-1965
Extent:: 21 files consisting of 2,069 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2
Title:: Reserve Archives Collection [c 1895-1965]
Scope & Content:: Digital images of records created and accumulated by the Royal Bamum Palace since the late nineteenth and early twentieth century under the direction of Sultan Ibrahim Njoya (r. 1889-1933), Sultan Seidou Njimolouh (r. 1933-1992), and the current Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya (r. 1992-present). Mat...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic, Bamun, Duala, English, French, and German
Date Range:: c 1895-1965
Extent:: 1191 files, consisting of 5,886 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/1
Title:: Modern Archives of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun [c1896-1975]
Scope & Content:: This sub-fonds represents the materials housed as part of the Modern Archives of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun. The following collections are contained within the Modern Archives: Nji Mapon Collection, Nji Ntuoyu Collection, Nji Nghouh Hamza Collection, Nji Ngoutane Collection, Nji Musa ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 13 Series containing 1,502 files, consisting of 5,556 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/1
Title:: Bamum Pharmacopeia
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 2; Pages: 4; Measurements: 28cm x 21cm; Dates: unknown (ca. 1915?); Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments: pages extracted from the Pharmacopeia in Reserve Archives
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/198
Title:: Palace Correspondence
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 15cm x 16cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in native black ink and pencil; Condition: Good (torn in original form); added to the original document is a numeral in pencil made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Archiv...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3/17
Title:: Receipt for payment
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 15cm x 10cm; Dates: unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Poor; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/131
Title:: Medicine for toothache
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 9cm x 14cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil; Condition: Fair; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/243
Title:: Letter to Pafoumjati
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 13cm x 18cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in native black ink; Condition: Good; added to the original document are markings in the French language in red ink made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project;...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/637
Title:: History of Tibati
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 19cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet in pencil; Condition: Good (slightly torn); added to the original document are markings made at some point prior to the commencement of work by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

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