Tour in Algeria
The journal by Englishman J. G. Pilter documenting his trip to Algeria in November and December of 1872 includes 91 albumen photographs; three maps with travel routes indicated in red…
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Killion (Tom) papers
Correspondence, dissertation and research notes, reports, flyers, pamphlets, and other printed matter relating to political, economic, cultural, and social affairs in the Horn of Africa, in general, and in Eritrea,…
Rom Landau Middle East Collection
The Landau Collection consists chiefly of Rom Landau's personal library and other materials, notably clippings, periodicals and government documents that he used in teaching coursework in Islamic Studies at the…
Tunisie et Tripolitaine
The focus of this album of albumen photographs is Tunisia, although it also contains five views of Tripoli and surrounding areas in Libya. Tunisian locations represented are Carthage, Tunis, Bizerte,…
African Photograph Collection: Mali, Senegal and French West Africa, circa 1950-1959
A collection of hundreds of negative images and black and white photos from the same region, circa 1950-1959. All depicting Mali/Senegal and surrounding countries. Some with descriptions (most in French),…
Bascom (William R.) Collection
Objects from various African countries and cultures, such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Yoruba culture/religion, and the Ashanti religion. Items within the collection include photographs of objects; photographs and prints…
Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich holograph : Souvenirs personnels : campagne du Cameroun; fragments de l’épopée coloniale; l’agonie d’une fortune
Relates to French military operations in Cameroon during World War I and to other aspects of French colonial administration
Middle Eastern and North African Portraits, circa 1860-circa 1889
Subjects of these albumen prints include women in native costume (including a Jewish woman and a Greek woman); native types and trades (porters, a grocer, Arab theologians, musicians and dancers);…
Virginia McLean Thompson and Richard Adloff papers
Drafts of books, other writings, research notes, letters, newsletters, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs relating to political, social and economic conditions in various African countries, including the Congo (Brazzaville),…
Kinet (Urbain Joseph) papers
Writings, field notes, reports, correspondence, maps, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to study of the ethnology, flora and fauna, mineralogy, geology, meteorology and geography of the Lake Tanganyika and neighboring…