UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
PRIMARY SOURCES & ARCHIVES
PRIMARY SOURCES & ARCHIVES
Africana Microfilms at the E. S. Bird Library, Syracuse Univeristy: An Annotated Guide. David
Easterbrook, Kenneth Lohrentz. Syracuse, N.Y.: Program of Eastern African Studies, 1974.
VP Z3516 .S97 1974
Africana Microforms in the University of Wisconsin--Madison Memorial Library. Compiled by Anne
Vandenburgh. Madison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin--Madison Libraries, 1981.
VP DT3 .U558
Boston University Libraries. Catalogue of African Government Documents. Compiled by Mary Darrah
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Catalogue of Nigerian Pamphlets on Microfilm. New Haven, Conn.: The Library, Yale Univeristy,
1979.
VP and VP Reference Z3597 .Y34 1979
Cook, Chris and David Killingray. African Political Facts Since 1945. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on
File, 1991.
VP DT30 .C594 1991
Cooperative Africana Microform Project (U.S.) CAMP Catalogue. Chicago: Cooperative Africana
Microform Project and the Center for Research Libraries, 1985- .
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Curtin, Philip D., ed. Africa Remembered: Narratives by West Africans from the Era of the Slave
Trade. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1967.
VP DT471 .C8
The Exploration and Colonization of Africa, 1794-1844. Wilmington, Del.: M. Glazier, 1979.
VP on order
*Microfilm of Papers from the Colonial Office Collection in the Public Record Office; 14 reels.
Fage, J. D. A Guide to Original Sources for Precolonial Western Africa Published in European
Languages. Rev. ed. Madison, Wisc.: African Studies Program, 1994.
VP on order
Fetter, Bruce, ed. Colonial Rule in Africa: Readings from Primary Sources. Madison, Wisc.:
University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.
VP DT31 .C56
Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P., ed. The East African Coast: Select Documents from the First to the
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Gibson, Mary Jane. Portuguese Africa: A Guide to Official Publications. Washington, D.C.: Library
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Gregory, Robert G. et. al. A Guide to the Kenya National Archives, to the Microfilms of the
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VP CD2362 .G7
A Guide to Afro-American and African Primary Sources at Harvard University and Radcliffe College.
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VP on order
A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles Relating to the Middle East and North
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Guides to Materials for West African History in European Archives. London: Athlone, 1962- .
VP CD1000 .G8
Vol. 1: Materials in Belgium and Holland
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Vol. 3: Materials in Italy
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Vol. 5: Materials in the United Kingdom
Guide to Records Retrieved from <the> U. K. and U. S. A. <in the Kenya National
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VP on order
Guide to the Sources of the History of the Nations. B. Africa. Zug: Inter Documentation, 1970-
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VP CD941 .G84
VP Reference CD941 .G84
Vol. 1: Sources in Germany
Vol. 2: Sources in Spain
Vol. 3-4: Sources in France
Vols. 5-6: Sources in Italy
Vol. 7: Vatican Sources
Vol. 8: Sources in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Vol. 9: Sources in the Netherlands
Guide to the Sources of the History of the Nations. C. Series. North Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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VP Reference CD941 .G85
Vol. 1: Sources in Belgium
* Vol. 2 does not include sources for African History
Vol. 3, Part 1: Sources in Denmark
Vol. 3, Part 2: Sources in Finland,Norway and Sweden
Vol. 4: Sources in the Netherlands
Vol. 5: Sources in France
Vol. 6: Sources in Germany
Vol. 7: Sources in Spain
Vol. 8: Sources in Austria
Vol. 9: Sources in Hungary
Vol. 10: Sources in Yugoslavia
A Guide to the South African Manuscript Collections in the South African Library, Cape Town.
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VP DT766 .S68 1977
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Hess, Robert L. Semper Ex Africa...A Bibliography of Primary Sources for Nineteenth-Century
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1972.
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Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy from Commanding Officers of Squadrons. Reels 101-
112: African Squadron, 1843-1861. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1971.
VP Microfilm 3938
Manuscript Collections (Africana and non-Africana) in Rhodes House Library, Oxford: Supplementary
accessions to the end of 1977, and cumulative index. Compiled by Wendy S. Byrne. Oxford: Bodleian
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Manuscript Collections of Africana in Rhodes House Library, Oxford. Oxford: Bodleian Library,
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VP Z3509 .O92
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Matthews, Daniel G. Current Themes in African Historical Studies: A Selected Bibliographical
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Quellen zur Geschichte Afrikas, Asiens und Ozeaniens im Osterreichischen Staatsarchiv bis 1918.
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VP Reference CD941 .G85 v.8
Quellen zur Geschichte Nordafrikas, Asiens und Ozeaniens in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland bis
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Spohr, Otto H. German Africana, German Publications on South- and South West Africa. Pretoria:
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Tirmizi, S. A. I. Indian Sources for African History: Guide to the Sources of the History of Africa
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