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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):: EAP051/1/2/242
Title:: Letter to Pafoumjati with request to marry his daughter, along with notes on reverse about a hunting fetish
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 19cm; Dates: Unknown; Script: Roman script (English language) in native black ink and notes added later in Akauku Mfemfe in blue ink; Condition: Poor; Comments:
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1896-1975
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/240
Title:: Letter from Sulimanu to Munkalami, written from the military barracks in Calabar; on reverse is a list of names [18 Oct 1933]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 18cm; Dates: 18 October 1933; Script: Roman script (English language) in black ink and (on reverse) Akauku Mfemfe in black ink and pencil; Condition: Fair (taped); added to the original document is a numeral (in this case, 115) made at some point prior to...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Oct 1933
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/91
Title:: Letter from Mako to Malam Abdu, written from Bamenda, warning of police arrest; also, medicine to treat pain of the ribcage [25 Sep 1952]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 21cm; Dates: 25 September 1952; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and roman script (English language) in blue ink; Condition: Fair (torn); Comments: Further study of this document may reveal that the medicine for pain of the ribcage is connected in some way...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bamun and English
Date Range:: 25 Sep 1952
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/250
Title:: Letter to King Njoya from Captain J.W.N.D. Tyndall, written from Foumban, thanking the King for his kind treatment of British forces during their stay in Foumban [30 Jan 1916]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 14cm x 19cm; Dates: 30 January 1916; Script: Roman script (English language) and slight Arabic script in black ink; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes official crest of the British forces in the First World War (that is, West African Frontier Force). The letter...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Jan 1916
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

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