SELECTED AFRICANA IN MSU SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Note: see also the African Activist Archive webpage for associated metadata; and see further below for Africa-related manuscripts held separately in the MSU Archives.

1. MANUSCRIPTS AND EPHEMERA

Africa in English language radical and liberal pamphlets: file of miscellaneous publications. [197?- ] 1 portfolio.Location: American Radicalism Vertical File (ARVF).

Africa Research Group : file of clippings and miscellanea.[197?- ] 1 portfolio. Location: American Radicalism Vertical File (ARVF).

African National Congress : file of miscellanea. [197?- ]1 portfolio. Location: American Radicalism Vertical File (ARVF).

Africana Library area files. NOTE Material chiefly from the Area Files of MSU's Africana Library, and its predecessor, the International Library, ca. 1960-1989. Mss 292. <multiple boxes still being added, 2007>NEW

American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport and Society (ACCESS) papers. [ca. 1969-ca. 1991] 2 boxes (124 folders). Forms part of the African Activist Archive. Founded in 1976 by Richard Lapchick, promoted the international sports boycott of apartheid South Africa. Correspondents include the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa, U.S. Tennis Association, SAN-ROC, HART (Halt All Racist Tours Movement), Stop the Apartheid Rugby Tour (SART), SACOS, Coalition for Human Rights in South Africa, Richard Lapchick, John Dommisse, Dennis Brutus, Abraham Ordia, Ambassador Harriman, Margaret Thatcher, Trevor Richards and M.N. Pather. Mss 280 NEW

Angola : file of clippings and miscellanea. [197?- ] 1 portfolio. Location: American Radicalism Vertical File (ARVF).

Anti-apartheid movements : file of clippings and miscellanea. [197?- ] 1 portfolio. Location: American Radicalism Vertical File.

Apartheid : file of clippings and miscellanea. [197?- ] 1 portfolio. Location: American Radicalism Vertical File (ARVF).

Association of Concerned Africa Scholars papers. 1977-2001. 5 boxes. Founded in 1977 at Michigan State University, the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) is a group of scholars and students of Africa dedicated to formulating alternative analyses of Africa and U.S. government policy. View the inventory of the collection http://www.lib.msu.edu/coll/main/spec%5Fcol/rare/mss/284.htm NEW

Beeman, Patricia L. Patricia L. Beeman Southern Africa Liberation Committee collection. [1973-1997] 36 boxes. Documents the work of the Southern Africa Liberation Committee (SALC), a highly successful community organization working at Michigan State University and in East Lansing from 1973 through 1997. Ms. 258. Online inventory: http://www.lib.msu.edu/coll/main/spec_col/rare/mss/258.htm

Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa. Boston Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa papers. 1 box. Mss 282 . In process. NEW

Calata, J. A. (James Arthur), Canon, 1895-1983. [Sermons, 1923-1974] (Photocopies of sermons from the Calata Papers (A1729, section A4) in Xhosa and English, 1923-1974. Originals held at the Department of Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Library). Mss 255

Certificate appointing William Wright as Justice of the Peace for five districts in South Africa, signed by the Colonial Secretary, March 1, 1869. 1 fold. leaf . RARE BOOKS Mss 23

Church, Charlotte S. African safari photographs. Mss. 132

Donald R. Wright Papers. [oral history interviews on Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal) Mss 302 (in process, October 2007) NEW

Dossiers Armindo Monteiro [Mozambique] (in process, October 2007) Mss 301 NEW

Educators Against Racism and Apartheid papers, 1985-1994. 1 box. Founded by educators in 1985 in New York City as Educators Against Apartheid.. Mss 290

Ethiopian materials : a collection of manuscripts, personal papers, memorabilia, documents, photographs, and recordings at the Library of Michigan State University. 9 boxes. Unique materials about Ethiopia and its history since 1800; includes photocopies of reports in American, British and Italian archives; also photos, personal papers, pamphlets, offprints, and unpublished papers. Additions made irregularly. "Ethiopian materials inventory" in box 1. Ms. 196     

Ezera, Onuma. Onuma Ezera collection of Biafran (Eastern Nigerian) materials [1960-1990] : Ms. 240 view inventory

Harrington, John. John Harrington's South Africa Papers, 1972-1995. Reports, correspondence, legislative bills, court records, memos, articles and press clippings on financial and legal aspects of disinvestment from apartheid South Africa. Focuses chiefly on California but with material on Michigan (including MSU), Wisconsin, Connecticut etc. Forms part of African Activist Archive. Mss 259 View inventory NEW

Hoffman, David. David Hoffman papers. [1911] 1 box. Traveled to central Africa in 1911 as a member of a geographical and topographical survey team. The Hoffman papers include correspondence, a personal journal and a collection of photographs. Mss 243. View inventory

Hooper, Mary-Louise. Mary-Louise Hooper papers. Mss 283. In process. NEW

Hunter, John Melton. John Melton Hunter Papers. [1950s-1990s] [Emeritus Professor, MSU]. 12 [+20 in process] boxes. Field notes, diaries, correspondence, reports, manuscript maps, papers; chiefly on medical/socio-economic geography, demography. Also African languages, agriculture, markets, and First International Congress of Africanists. Mainly Ghana but also Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, as well as clay eating in Guatemala. Material on African Studies at Michigan State University, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s. Mss 267 NEW

Islamic prayerbook and satchel. Manuscript, from Morocco, early 18th century? Text in Maghribi script. RARE BOOKS Mss 121

Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad). Kathrada collection [microform and photocopy] RARE BOOKS XX 27823 Microfilm

Langton, Arthur Victor. Royal African Society Papers. Mss. 81

Leys, Norman Maclean. Letter and two post cards, 7 July, 4 Aug., 22 Aug. 1941. 4 leaves. Written to R.H. Tawney discussing Africa. Mss 29

Liberation Support Movement : file of clippings and miscellanea. [197?- ] 1 portfolio. Location: American Radicalism Vertical File (ARVF)

Michael Morris South Africa collection Published and unpublished books, reports, newsletters, flyers, etc. concerning political violence in South Africa and elsewhere, ca. 1980-1994. Location: XX Ms. 201.

New York Labor Committee against Apartheid (forthcoming) NEW

Onuma Ezera collection of Biafran (Eastern Nigerian) materials [1960-1990] Documents on Nigeria and the Biafra War (1966-1968), and on the University of Nigeria at Nkussa which was established under the sponsorship of Michigan State University through its International Programs Advisory Group. The materials in the collection consist of pamphlets, news clippings, maps, speeches, photographs, postcards, newspapers and bulletins, unpublished papers, reports and posters. Location: Ms. 240 view inventory

Ottenberg, Simon. Limba notes : archive in photocopied typescripts / Simon Ottenberg. PUBLISHER [1978-1998]. 13 v. (3376 leaves). "The purpose of the research was to study the aesthetics of rituals of a Limba group in northern Sierra Leone, in the capital town of Bafodea Town in Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, Koinadugu District. In addition numerous material objects were collected which are gradually being donated to the Michigan State [University] Museum". LOCATION: MS 233

Project Mercy. Project Mercy : file of clippings and miscellanea. "A non-profit Christian relief agency that ministers by providing aid, comfort and support to refugees anywhere in Africa." (ARVF).

Reuling, John. John Reuling and Eleanor Reuling Personal Papers. [1927-1990] 5 boxes. Personal and family papers focusing on Adams College in South Africa, with an East Lansing/Michigan State University connection. Materials include personal papers (chiefly correspondence from South Africa to relatives in East Lansing), pamphlets, publications, and unpublished papers and other personal documents, including photographs. Also included is material on Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli. Mss 257 view inventory

Rhodesia (later Zambia and Zimbabwe) : file of clippings & miscellanea. [197? ] 1 portfolio. Location: American Radicalism Vertical File (ARVF)

Ryck, Maurice Martin de, 1900- Congo manuscripts, ca. 1870-ca. 1962. [1900-1962] 7.5 ft. Clippings, diaries, correspondence, notes, etc. collected by de Ryck (Belgian colonial official and governor of Equateur Province). About the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi; also personal papers and correspondence. Ms. 70. View inventory.

[held in University Archives, not MSU Library] Sherritt, Alfred Alfred W. Sherritt Papers, 1900-1909. 2 folders. Letters to mother while fighting in Boer War. Describe Sherritt's military activities as well as areas of South Africa. Also included are letters from his mother and newspaper articles. Canadian bicycling champion, killed in the battle of Hart's River (1902). UNIV ARCH & HIST COLL c00102 View inventory

South Africa : file of clippings and miscellanea. [197?- ] 1 portfolio. Location: American Radicalism Vertical File (ARVF)

South African comics : file of clippings and miscellany. PCVF

[South African Political Ephemera] A rich collection of pamphlets, brochures, political stickers, election voting cards (from the 1994 election), ANC and other political party ephemera, including local branch circulars, trade union and civil society publications, mainly from the 1980s-1990s. Location: in process, Africana [September, 2002]

[South African Political Posters] -- A series of about 100 political posters, mainly from South Africa of the 1990s, but also including a few from Zimbabwe and Namibia.Location: in process, Special Collection.[September, 2002]

Southern Africa Liberation Committee (East Lansing, Mich.). Southern Africa Liberation Committee : file of clippings and miscellanea. [197?- ] Location: American Radicalism Vertical File (ARVF).

Southern Africa Liberation Committee (East Lansing, Mich.). Patricia L. Beeman Southern Africa Liberation Committee collection. [1973-1997] 36 boxes. Documents the work of the Southern Africa Liberation Committee (SALC), a highly successful community organization working at Michigan State University and in East Lansing from 1973 through 1997. Ms. 258. View inventory

[held in University Archives, not MSU Library] Stillson, Donald. Donald Stillson Scrapbook, 1899. Consists of photographs of British-Colonial Africa depicting natural resources, peoples, and buildings. Additional subjects include the Boer War and Commandant Christian De Wet. UNIV ARCH & HIST COLL c00551 Finding aid available in 101 Conrad Hall. View guide

Teleki, Sámuel, gróf, 1845-1916. East African diaries, in Hungarian, 1886-95; with English translations, 1961-1965. [1886-1965] 4 v. The diaries of Count Samuel Teleki, written on his East Africa safari in 1887- 1888 ... translated ... by ... Count Charles Teleki Sr. and his wife Vera ... 1965. Original diary in ms.. Location: Mss 94

Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa. Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa : file of clippings and miscellanea. LOCATION ARVF

Waldman, Selma. SELMA WALDMAN, SEATTLE COALITION AGAINST APARTHEID (SCCA) Mss 281. In process. NEW

Webster family papers (1925-1945) 1 box. 59 letters written by the Webster sisters working in East Africa to another sister in England. Mss 242 View inventory: http://www.lib.msu.edu/coll/main/spec_col/rare/mss/242.htm

[World Conference against Racism, ephemera] [in process, September, 2002]

[World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002, ephemera]. [in process, November, 2002]

Wright, Donald R. Papers. [oral history interviews on Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal) Mss 302 (in process, October 2007) NEW

[Zanzibar, Basutoland and South Africa photo album, ca. 1920]

2. A SELECTION OF EARLY IMPRINTS (1625-1799)

Voyages et découvertes dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique / par le Major Houghton et Mungo-Park ... 1799

Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798 ... 1799

Voyages de C.P. Thunberg, au Japon, par le cap de Bonne-Espérance, les îles de la Sonde, &c. ... 1796

Substance of the report delivered by the Court of Directors of the Sierra Leone Company, ... 1795

Second voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, dans les années 1783, ... 1795

Two voyages to Sierra Leone during the years 1791-2-3 : in a series of letters / by Anna Maria Falco 1794

An essay on colonization, particularly applied to the western coast of Africa ... 1794

The history of Dahomy, an inland Kingdom of Africa; compiled from authentic memoirs ...1793

The American geography; or, A view of the present situation of the United States of America ... 1792

Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa. 1790

Travels from the Cape of Good-Hope, into the interior parts of Africa : including many interesting ... 1790

Histoire du naufrage et de la capitivité / de m. de Brisson, officier de l'Administration ... 1789

A narrative of four journeys into the country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria ; in the years ... 1789

A voyage to the River Sierra-Leone, on the coast of Africa; containing an account of the trade and ... 1788

An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade : In two parts / By the Rev. T. Clarkson. 1788

Voyage au cap le Bonne-Espérance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement ... 1787

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M---y W----y M-----e: : written during her travels in Europe, ... 1778

The present state of the British Empire in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Containing a concise ... 1768

Dissertation sur la traite et le commerce des Négres. 1764

Du culte des dieux fétiches, ou Parallèle de l'ancienne religion de l'Egypte avec la religion actuel 1760

Histoire moderne des Chinois, des Japonnois, des Indiens, des Persans, des Turcs, des Russiens, &c. 1755

A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, ... 1745

The travels of the late Charles Thompson, Esq. : containing his observations on France, Italy, Turke ... 1744

Travels into the inland parts of Africa: containing a description of the several nations 1738

A voyage to Barbary, for the redemption of captives; performed (in 1720) by the Mathurin-Trinitarian ... 1735

A voyage to Guinea, Brasil, and the West-Indies, in His Majesty's ships, the Swallow and Weymouth. 1735

An account of the trade in India : containing rules for good government in trade, price courants, ... 1711

De ongelukkige voyagie van Mr. T.S. Engels koopman, gedaan in den jare 1648. en vervolgens, behelzen ... 1707

A voyage to Congo, and several other countries chiefly in Southern Africk. By Father Jerom Merolla ... 1682?

Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the Great. Describing more particularly the ... 1677

Dixiéme volvme de la Geographie blaviane : contenant le XVII. livre de l'Europe, et l'Afriqve. 1667

Purchas his Pilgrimes ... 1625

3. A SELECTION OF RECORDS IN MSU ARCHIVES (HELD IN THE ARCHIVES, NOT THE LIBRARY)

Druse, Joseph L. Joseph Druse papers, 1917-1964. The bulk of the collection relates to Druse's experience with the University of Nigeria Project, Nsukka. Included are lecture notes, slides, photographs, and two issues of a Nsukka newspaper. Druse spent two years in Nigeria 1962-1964. Click on the following to: View the Collection Inventory UA 17.230

Michigan State University. African Mechanization Study Records, 1961-1971, 1965-1971. A dministrative and accounting records, correspondence, progress and final reports, on agricultural technology in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Gambia. Finding aid available in 101 Conrad Hall. UA 2.9.5.14 15 cu. ft.

Michigan State University. African Studies Center Records, 1960-1979. View the Collection Inventory. 13 Folders. Includes annual reports (1963-1971) and various publications related to Africa and African studies. Reports from African Studies Center (1960-65) and the first summer program in African languages (1962); program pamphlets (1979; n.d.); and monographs pertaining to African secondary and higher education, university-level Afro-American studies programs, agricultural mechanization in Africa, and black-white racism. The African Studies Center, formerly titled the African Language and Area Center, was opened in 1960.

Michigan State University.. College of Communication Arts and Sciences Records, 1946-1973. Research reports on communication in rural South America, Africa (Nigeria, Kenya) , and Asia. Finding aid in 101 Conrad Hall UA 15.8 1 cu. ft.

Michigan State University. Consortium for the Study of Nigerian Rural Development Records, 1964-1971. Documents efforts of the Consortium to improve agriculture in Nigeria through education, research and investment. Reports, studies, correpondence and bookkeeping records. 13 cu. ft. Finding aid in 101 Conrad Hall. UA 2.9.5.15

Michigan State University. Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages Annual Reports, 1965-1969. UA 16.54 5 Folders. Annual reports, 1965-1969. Foreign Languages Dept., 1932-1964; German and Russian Dept., and Linguistics and Oriental and African Languages Dept., 1964-1981; Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, 1981-. Finding aid available in 101 Conrad Hall

Michigan State University. Museum Records, 1896-1978, 1950-1982. UA 3.19. 3 cu. ft. Annual reports (between 1872-85) and publications on a variety of historical and scientific topics. ...Research reports cover topics including zoology, paleontology, ecology, archaeology and excavations (Michigan and Kenya), and Michigan history. Finding aid in 101 Conrad Hall.

Niehoff, Richard O. Richard O. Niehoff papers, 1934-1984. View the Collection Inventory. UA 17.110 2.6 cu. ft. Document Niehoff's work in field of personnel/staff training in national and international organizations, Tennessee Valley Authority, United Nations (in Egypt and Ethiopia), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Michigan State University. Egypt includes Clippings and Publications, Correspondence; Ethiopia includes Imperial Ethiopian Institute of Public Administration, Correspondence, 1959, Report of Education Sector Review, 1972, Paper on the Institute of Public Administration for the Sudan, 1960.

Rathke, Ethel. Ethel Rathke Collection, 1900-1958. View the Collection Inventory 00143. 2.33 cu.ft. 16 scrapbooks: newsclippings, magazines articles, pictures primarily on World War II and various cultures, including Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Russian, Portuguese, Canadian, Aleutian, Cuban, Japanese, Balkan, South American, Middle Eastern, Chinese, African, and Egyptian.

Sherritt, Alfred W. Alfred W. Sherritt Papers, 1900-1909. View the Collection Inventory. c00102 2 folders. Alfred W. Sherritt's letters to his mother while fighting in the Boer War. The letters describe Sherritt's military activities as well as the areas of South Africa where he was stationed. Also included are letters from his mother Janetta Sherritt to family members, and newspaper articles.

Stillson, Donald. Donald Stillson Scrapbook, 1899. View the Collection Inventory c00551. Photographs of British-Colonial Africa depicting natural resources, peoples, buildings. Additional subjects include the Boer War and Christian De Wet, famous Boer Guerrilla leader.

last updated: 12 December 2007