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Autobiography, correspondence, documents, maps, reports, black/white photographs and photograph albums, several thousand color slides, and artifacts of a Swiss-born mining geologist who visited or worked in many countries from the…
Includes José Varela's description of the islands of Fernando Po and Anabon in the Gulf of Guinea off the African Coast, 1777; instructions given to the commander in charge of…
amphlets, bulletins, serial issues, reports, and other printed matter, relating to political, social and economic conditions in Guinea
The papers consist largely of research materials compiled by Weinstein for his books, Eboué and Gabon: Nation-Building on the Ogooué. The preponderance of these pertain to the life and career…
Photographs, postcards, and slides, depicting scenes of daily life, cultural and historical sites, prominent personalities, and works of art in various countries of Africa
Album of a trade fair from French West Africa (mainly Dakar in present-day Senegal). Full list of captions (in French) with album and in CF. "Foire expostion de l' A.O.F."…
Correspondence, reports, dispatches, newspapers, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to political, economic, and social conditions in West Africa
The purpose of the enquiry was two-fold: first, to gather ethnographic data from each mission or stations; and second, to increase the familiarity of the priests with the traditional customs…
Clippings, notes, reports, and a speech, relating to diplomatic terminology, the visit of President Sékou Touré of Guinea to the United States in 1959, the Panama Canal, and American investment…
The Laing Gray Cowan papers include reports, articles, seminar papers, speeches, memoranda, minutes, statistics, and printed matter related to political, economic and social conditions; education; nationalism; and foreign aid in…
