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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/1070
Title:: Copy of letter from Njimambian and Njimbarra, written from Fontain [16 Jan 1939]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 19cm x 26cm; Dates: 16 January 1939; Script: Roman script (French language); Condition: Poor (severely torn and slight water damage); Comments: Written on the back of a page of palace judgments recorded by scribe Wajankibenziar Manshüt Mekoumié (1918); further r...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 16 Jan 1939
Extent:: 1 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/2/1137
Title:: Timeline of colonial administrators in the Bamum kingdom from 1902-1960 [c 1960]
Scope & Content:: Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 75cm x 66cm; Dates: ca. 1960; Script: Roman script (French language) in black ink; Condition: Poor (torn); Comments: Includes elaborate designs of Bamum palace symbols and portraits of Bamum kings drawn with colored pencils
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: French
Date Range:: c 1960
Extent:: 1 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

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