African Policy Studies (SAIS)
Primary Sources
- Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 This link opens in a new windowPapers from the British Government (Foreign and Colonial Offices). Includes letters, telegrams, investigative reports and texts of treaties.
- Empire OnlineCovers empire and colonies from 1492 to the 20th century. Includes letters, diaries, official government papers, missionary papers, maps and more. Search tip: choose "documents," and then region "Africa" to browse.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes dispatches from American & British diplomats in Asia and Africa.
- African History and Culture, 1540-1921Includes more than 1,300 books, pamphlets, almanacs, broadsides and ephemera, imprints from the Library Company of Philadelphia (LCP).
- Africa Focus: Image and Sound CollectionDigitized images and audio materials collected by the African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaFirst established in 1966, it has since become one of the largest and most comprehensive independent archives in Southern Africa, housing over 3400 collections of historical, political and cultural importance, encompassing the mid 17th Century to the Present.
- Archive Grid This link opens in a new windowA database for locating special collections worldwide. Search for family and corporate histories, personal papers, and historical records.
- Archive Finder This link opens in a new windowA current directory describing over 206,200 collections of primary source material housed in thousands of repositories across the US, UK, and Ireland. Part of the C19 database.
- Oral History Online This link opens in a new windowProvides in-depth indexing to more than 2,700 collections of Oral History in English from around the world, including many full-text transcripts, audio, and video.
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowSearches multiple primary document databases at one time, including Gale's historical newspaper collections.
- WorldCatEnter a subject term and limit your search to "Archival Materials". Or use subject keywords such as "sources" or “diaries” or “interviews” or “pamphlets” or "correspondence" or “personal narratives” or "archives".
- World Wide Diplomatic Archives IndexA guide to the accessibility of diplomatic archives around the world maintained by the Office of the Historian, Dept. of State.
For more sources, see the Library's Primary Source Research in International Relations guide.
- Links to Government Ministry WebsitesFrom Northwestern University, a guide with links to websites of national governments and their agencies.
- African UnionFormed in 1999 by agreement between countries' Heads of State and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).
- Official Gazettes and Civil Society DocumentationA collection of official gazettes and other key historical government documentation from 10 African and Persian Gulf countries where the integrity of the public record is known to be at risk.
- World Constitutions Illustrated This link opens in a new windowIncludes both historic and current constitutions of governments worldwide
- Guide to Law OnlineThe Law Library of Congress maintains this network of links to web sites of primary and secondary legal information from U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.
- Guide to Official Publications of Foreign CountriesIs a good source for identifying government documents of individual countries (official gazettes, legislative proceedings, censuses, etc.).
- AfricaMapA good way to start is to click on "Map Layers" to view a topically organized list of layers, including environmental data sets, historical maps, governance data sets, and more.
- Maps of AfricaStanford University's Maps of Africa collection.
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- URL: https://guides.library.jhu.edu/africa_sais
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