Place: France / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP938/1/41
Title:: Memorandum on the nomination of Malagasy ambassadors to London and Paris addressed to various persons
Scope & Content:: Memorandum concernant l'envoi des ambassadeurs malgaches à Londres et à Paris adressé à diverses personnes. Extent and format of original material: 1 register of 15 pages
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malagasy
Date Range:: 1882
Extent:: 15 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP938/1/45
Title:: Ravoninahitriniarivo's narrative of his trip to Mauritius, Reunion, London and Paris
Scope & Content:: Récit fait par Ravoninahitriniarivo concernant son voyage à Maurice, la Réunion, Londres et Paris. Extent and format of original material: 1 notepad of 51 pages
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malagasy
Date Range:: 1882-1883
Extent:: 51 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP938/1/46
Title:: Malagasy embassy in France led by Rainiharovony
Scope & Content:: Ambassade malgache en France présidée par Rainiharovony. Extent and format of original material: 104 loose pages
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malagasy
Date Range:: 1887
Extent:: 104 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/6/1
Title:: Poems, Mosques, and Imams of Pakao
Scope & Content:: Transliterated title: Suukuwoo, Jaamiŋoolu aniŋ Pakaawu Imaamoolu. The collection contains three small copies of Mandinka Ajami manuscripts. The first is a poem praising God that was originally written in Soninke and translated in Mandinka Ajami by the current owner in the 1960s, when he was pu...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mandinka
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 14 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/35/1
Title:: Collection of Letters
Scope & Content:: Transliterated title: Leetaroolu. The collection contains several personal notes and correspondences written in Mandinka Ajami between family members and friends who were living in different parts of the world. One letter was written by a friend who was living in France and another one by a rel...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mandinka
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 32 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/38/7
Title:: The Town of Ziguinchor
Scope & Content:: Transliterated title: Sikicoor Saatee. The manuscript is a poem of farewell written on behalf of the men who were drafted for WWII and about to be shipped to Europe to free France from German occupation. According to the owner, the poem was read in public just before the men were shipped from t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/38/12
Title:: A 19th-Century Wolof Scholar
Scope & Content:: Transliterated title: Khaly Madiakhate Kala. The manuscript is an Arabic poem dealing with important historical events and figures in the 19th century in Senegambia. It tells the story of Khaly Madiakhate Kala who was one of the leading Wolof scholars, and his relationship with Lat Dior Ngone L...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 6 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1042/53/8
Title:: List of Leaders and Letter from France in Mandinka Ajami
Scope & Content:: Transliterated title: Alifaalu Toolu aniŋ Leetaro muŋ Bota Faransi. Contains a collection of short texts written in Mandinka Ajami. The first set includes a list of religious leaders and Imams of Pakao. The last one is a letter written by the owner’s brother (Issa Barro) who had just arrived in...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mandinka
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1047/1/1/2/5
Title:: Casamentos de Forros e Livres, 1872-1878
Scope & Content:: This volume contains marriage records of freed (forro) and free individuals registered in the Church of São João Batista (Baptista) of Niterói-RJ. Entries date from 10 Feb 1872 through 27 Jul 1878. The opening and closing charters were signed by municipal judge Luis Mattoso Duque Estrada da Cama...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Portuguese
Date Range:: 10 Feb 1872-27 Jul 1878
Extent:: 214 TIFF images

Search