Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts / Level: [33] SubFonds - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

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):: EAP051/1/2
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):: EAP051/1/3
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):: EAP127/1/1
Title:: School of Cultural Texts and Records' Main Collection
Scope & Content:: This sub-fonds consists of 467 books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material forms the School of Cultural Texts and Records' core collection of Popular Market Bengali Books, and was almost wholly acquired within Kokata, through: a) spot purchases from pavement stalls, fai...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali
Date Range:: c 1870-c 2005
Extent:: 467 electronic folders comprised of 22,858 TIFF images, 215 gigabytes in total

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP127/1/2
Title:: School of Cultural Texts and Records' Collection A
Scope & Content:: This sub-fonds consists of 411 books digitised as part of the EAP127 project. The original material is considered by the School of Cultural Texts and Records to form an autonomous collection, as they were collected as part of organised trips under the aegis of the EAP127 project. The material wa...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali and Hindi
Date Range:: c 1870-c 2005
Extent:: 411 electronic folders comprised of 25,036 TIFF images, 235 gigabytes in total

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