African pictorial collection
Photographs, postcards, and slides, depicting scenes of daily life, cultural and historical sites, prominent personalities, and works of art in various countries of Africa
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Laing Gray Cowan
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…
Historical Maps of Africa
Historical maps of Africa, African West Coast, Angola, Bathurst Gambia, Bophuthatswana, Bechaunaland, Central Africa, Congo River, Egypt, Eritrea, Gold Coast Colony, Hausaland, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Red Sea, Sierra Leone, Somali…
West Africa – Topographic Maps
The collection consists of maps of Abong Mbang, Lomie, N'zerekore, Seguela, Daloa, Soubre, Sassandra, Bouake, Agnibilekrou, Sunyani, Mampong, Dimbokro, Abengourou, Kumasi, Koforidua, Grand Lahou, Abidjan, Aboso, Accra, Takoradi, Ibadan, Lagos,…
Mauritania Maps
The collection consists of country, detailed and topographic maps
Africa, West – Topographic Maps
Topographic Maps of French West Africa: Grand Lahou, Abidjan, Bingerville, Bouafle, Dimbokro, Abengourou, Bouake, Mbahiakro, Agnibilekrou, Kouame Darri, Conakry, Sieroumba, Boffa, Telimele, Kindia, Kandiafara, Koumbia, Labe, Touba, Monkono, Heremakono, Dabola,…
Africa, West – Topographic Maps
Maps of Abong Mbang, Lomie, N'zerekore, Seguela, Daloa, Soubre, Sassandra, Bouake, Agnibilekrou, Sunyani, Mampong, Dimbokro, Abengourou, Kumasi, Koforidua, Grand Lahou, Abidjan, Aboso, Accra, Lagos, Keta, Ngaoundere, Baibokoum, Kouki, Yoko, Betare…
Sarah Bowdich Lee manuscript on African history and geography, 1830s
Collection consists of one untitled holograph manuscript (439 pages) written by Sarah Bowdich Lee discussing African history, exploration, geography, and culture. It appears to date from the 1830s, and was…
Africa – Topographic Maps
Series 2201, U.S. Army Map Service. Original scale 1:2,000,000. Complete collection with clickable map.
Leroy T. Walker Africa News Service Archive, 1952-1998 and undated
The LeRoy T. Walker Africa News Service Archive is an extensive resource file assembled by ANS over the course of two decades in support of its news gathering efforts about…