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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…
Electronic bulletins, reports, pamphlets, and other printed matter, relating to political, social and economic conditions in Mauritania
Photographs, postcards, and slides, depicting scenes of daily life, cultural and historical sites, prominent personalities, and works of art in various countries of Africa
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, 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…
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,…
The collection consists of country, detailed and 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,…
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…
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…