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  • Manuscripts of Djenné, Mali2,246
  • Northern Nigeria: Pre-colonial documents2,208
  • Pre-1947 Telugu printed materials and paintings2,145
  • Provincial Newspapers in Peru: Lambayeque, Ayacucho, Tacna, Cajamarca and Huancavelica2,133
  • Natural History Drawings2,121
  • Royal Collection2,039
  • Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century criminal and notarial records in Mamanguape, Brazil2,020
  • Egerton Manuscripts1,973
  • Ashley Manuscripts1,969
  • Santipur early modern Bengal collections1,850
  • British Colonial and Regional Administrative Archive in Northern Ghana1,804
  • Stowe Collection1,740
  • Collecting and preserving parish archives in an Andean diocese1,723
  • Historical Archive of the Diocese of Texcoco, Mexico1,690
  • Folkloric archival material preserved in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova1,651
  • Cotton Collection1,650
  • Preservation and access for rare early Kannada books1,650
  • Historic Ephemera and Manuscripts from Nepal1,615
  • Treasures of Danzan Ravjaa1,477
  • Chinmaya International Foundation Manuscripts1,379
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