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Africana Primary Sources

About the Africana Archives

Archival and manuscript collections in the Herskovits Library include personal papers, photographs, records, and microforms.

Please note that language books, vertical file, rare books, photographs, posters, archival, and manuscript materials are available for consultation Monday-Friday, 8:30am – 4:45pm only.  Advance appointments are strongly recommended.

Guidelines for use of Africana special materials

Field Notes

Our Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers collection contains an extensive selection of his field notes.

Electronic Archives Databases

Archival Collections

Collections Held by the Herskovits Library Span Dates # of Boxes
Abdullah Abdurahman Family Papers 1906-1962
7
African Studies Association Papers 1957-1980
50
American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive Records 1966-1980
2
Vernon Anderson Papers 1921-1980
2
Claude Barnett Research Collection 1950-1970
41
Black Sash Papers 1928-1963
4
Dennis Brutus Defense Committee Records 1963-1983 41
Clignet-Sween African Data Printouts 1965-1975
35
Alexander Hepple Papers 1937-1964
15
International Journal of African Historical Studies editorial records, ca. 1968 - ca. 1978 1968-1978
27
Leo Kuper Papers 1952-1966
21
Records of the Economic Survey of Liberia 1956-1962 8
William B. Lloyd Jr. Papers 1942-1983
7
Vernon McKay Papers - Note: NU users only can see the images associated with this collection in our Repository. 1935-1977
121
Simon Ottenberg Papers 1950-2000
35+1 folio
Edward Roux Clipping Scrapbook Collection 1941-1964
4
Lavinia Scott Papers 1930-1959
4
Toward Freedom Newsletter Records 1937-1975
7
Toward Freedom Newsletter Records - William Bross Lloyd Jr.  
1
Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers 1913-1973
55 (9 RCS, 1 DF)
Jan Vansina Papers 1718-2010
136

 

 

Collections Held by the Charles Deering McCormick Library (not in the Herskovits Library) Span Dates # of Boxes
African Curriculum Project Records 1965-1968
17
Dennis Brutus Papers 1946-1977
134
Gwendolen M. Carter Papers (82 Scrapbooks) 1915-1977
180
Melville J. Herskovits Biographical Materials 1920-1996
1
Melville J. Herskovits Papers 1906-1963
172
David Jolly Papers 1945-1966
2
Program of African Studies Records 1955-1983
60
Program of African Studies - Interdepartmental Seminar on Africa, Seminar Reports 1949-1958
1