MSS 70
Maurice Martin De Ryck Congo Collection
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Contact Information:
Special Collections
Michigan State University Libraries
100 Main Library
East Lansing, MI 48824
517.884.6471
E-mail:spc@mail.lib.msu.edu
URL: http://specialcollections.lib.msu.edu
Date Received:
Unknown
Date Processed:
Original Inventory: Feb. 1995; revisions: 10/95 and 3/07
Acquisitions Information:
Unknown
Preferred citation:
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Box number, Folder number and/or title, Maurice Martin De Ryck Congo Collection, MSS 70, Special Collections, Michigan State University Main Library
Copyright Notice:
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this archive, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Usage Restrictions:
None
Photoduplication Restrictions:
Collection Summary:
This inventory replaces a 5-page list produced in October 1970 by MSU's International Library. Except for storing the folders into 8 boxes (27 x 42 x 33 cm.), there are few changes from the 1970 arrangement into broad subject categories. Each folder is labeled "Ryck, Maurice Martin de/Congo Collection." and some have the note "Clipped, pasted, annotated, at MSU." Some folders are bound scrapbooks of clippings, while others have several internal divisions.
Historical Background:
This collection is part of the private library of de Ryck, which was acquired during the 1960s. The notes, newspaper clippings and other ephemera gathered by de Ryck were organized into this Congo Collection. For further details, see: Honoré Vinck, "Les papiers de Ryck," History in Africa, 21 (1994): 441-46. See also the related "Zaire Colonial Documents" on microfilm. The printed books, journals and offprints were added to MSU's Main Collection or the Area Files of the International (later Africana) Library.
Processing Note:
Processed by Joseph J. Lauer (Feb. 1995; r 10/95 and 3/07)
Arrangement:
| Box | Folder | Description |
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| 1 | 1 | Personal papers and correspondence of Maurice de Ryck, March 1956-1960. |
| 2 | Notes on pension and activities in Belgium. | |
BIOGRAPHICAL CLIPPINGS, ETC. (Folders 3-21) |
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| 3 | Aloys Bigirunwami, Evêque | |
| 4 | Ernest Bock, gouverneur de la Province Orientale | |
| 5 | Léon Bours | |
| 6 | Frères De Jonghe | |
| 7 | Henri Depage; & Joseph Derriks | |
| 8 | Robert Godding | |
| 9 | Jean Felix de Hemptinne | |
| 10 | Max Horn | |
| 11 | Antoine Liesnard | |
| 12 | Léon Morel | |
| 13 | Discours de M. Jungers au Conseil de Govt., 30 VII 51. | |
| 14 | Général Georges Moulaert | |
| 15 | F. Peigneux | |
| 16, 16a, b, c | Général Leon Pétillon | |
| 17 | Pierre Ryckmans | |
| 18, 18a, b | Henry Morton Stanley | |
| 19 | Odon Spitaels | |
| 20 | A.A.J. van Bilsen | |
| 21 | coloniales - collective biography; 148 leaves; 1950-1952 clippings | |
| 2 | 1 | Collective Biography – 1 of 2 scrapbooks of 1946-1953 clippings |
| 2 | Collective Biography – 2 of 2 scrapbooks of 1946-1953 clippings | |
RUANDA URUNDI (Folders 3 – 15) |
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| 3 | Mwâmi Mwambutsa of Urundi's 1950 visit to Belgium - incl. photos | |
| 4 | Voyage en Belgique du Mwami du Ruanda, 1949. – 117p + photos | |
| 5 | Résumé du "Plan décennal pour le développement économique et social du Ruanda-Urundi" - 110 typed leaves | |
| 6 | Plan décennal du Ruanda-Urundi - clippings, 1951- 1952 | |
| 7 | Fêtes commémoratives du cinquantenaire de la Fondation du vicariat du Ruanda du 12 au 15 août 1950 | |
| 8 | Occupation allemande dans l'Urundi, par P. Ryckmans. 46 l. | |
| 9 | Liste des journaux et périodiques paraissant au Congo-Belge et au Ruanda-Urundi. 1948, 1952. | |
| 10 | La Question du Drapeau de l'ONU au Ruanda Urundi - 1949-50 | |
| 11 | Rapport sur l'administration belge... (1921) | |
| 12 | La vie indigène (Urundi), extrait du rapport annuel 1925 par P. Ryckmans | |
| 13 | 1956 clippings on politics and government | |
| 14 | 1961 speeches and reports connected with UN visits | |
| 15 | 1962 clippings on politics and government | |
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Folders 16-22) |
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| 16 | La Foire industrielle et commerciale de Léopoldville (1951) | |
| 17 | Festival du Kivu (1952) | |
| 18 | Société anonyme Belge pour le commerce du Haut Congo. Assemblée générale du 19 octobre 1892. Discours de G. Brugmann. 13 leaves of typed mss (carbon copy). | |
| 19 | Metro Goldwyn Mayer "Les Mines du roi Solomon (Dec. 1949 - Jan. 1950) | |
| 20 | The African Queen | |
| 21 | Theatre | |
| 22 | Clippings on commerce and industry, 1958. | |
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL (Folders 23-30) |
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| 23 | Notre Congo - typescript; 181 p.; covering 1880-1940. | |
| 24 | R.P. Van der Burgt. Het Kruis Geplant, 1921. Typed & hand notes. | |
| 25 | [Richard] Kandt. Caput Nili. Typed and hand notes of 1897-1902 trip. | |
| 26 | "Mystérieuse Afrique" series in La Libre Belgique 1957 | |
| 27 | G.F. Scott Elliott. A naturalist in mid-Africa, 1896. 28 p. of notes by hand. | |
| 28 | Malaise du Congo, par R. Siheyven (1951). Clippings. | |
| 29 | Kivu 1953, par Leon Delsinne. Clippings from Le peuple (fev. 1953). | |
| 30 | Kivu 1953, par Leon Delsinne. Clippings from Le peuple (fev. 1953). | |
| 3 | 1 | Lac Tanganyika - clippings from 1947-1950. |
| 2 | Surimpressions congolaises, par L. Verschraeghen (1952) - clippings | |
| 3 | Périple en Belgique d'outre mer, par Albert Maurice. Clippings from L'Avenir coloniale belge (avril 1953); orig. in La Dernière heure. | |
| 4 | Le Congo à l'heure de la joyeuse entrée, Paul Walheer. - Clippings from La Meuse (mai-juin 1955). | |
| 5 | Sunrise on the Congo: A record of the earlier years of the Congo Balolo Mission, by W.D. Armstrong. - 1930s typescript (carbon) of 178 leaves. | |
| 6 | Mission d'Etude et d'information sociale en Afrique Belge; Relation de voyage (Mars 1957) – 64 leaves; on 9 dec. 1956-19 jan. 1957 trip by Julien Davignon & Freedy Franck. | |
| 7 | Notes on explorers - 2 loose leaf folders for names "G" and "K" | |
| 8 | French translation of a Danish document by Knud Jespersen (1873-193x) | |
| 9 | Typed version of 81 p. [Actually 80 p.; numbering skips 20, but no missing text.] This covers only through paragraph at top of p. 105 of handwritten sheets. | |
| 10 | Handwritten sheets numbered 1-104 (with 2 versions of p. 56 & 57). On some of these, there are second [higher] page numbers of unknown significance. | |
| 11 | Handwriten notes numbered 105-178 (with 2d numbers of 118-186). Chapters (but not page numbers) resemble Jespersen, En Dansk Officers Kongofaerd(1930). | |
| 12 | Offprint of G. Hulstaert, "Le Voyage d'un officier danois: Notes et commentaires sur le séjour à l'Equateur Knud Jespersen (1898-1908)," Enquêtes et documents d'histoire Africaine, no. 4 (1980):i-iv, 1-100. | |
PACKETS OF NOTES, INCLUDING TRAVEL DIARY ACCOUNTS, ARRANGED BY PLACE (Folders 13 – 17) |
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| 13 | Basankusu, Bolobo, Fleuve, Gombe, | |
| 14 | Kimpokao, Kwamouth, | |
| 15 | Lukolela, Lulonga, Msouata, Ngantchou, Nouvelle Anvers (Bangala) | |
| 16 | Ruki, Stanleyville | |
| 17 | Ubangi (2) | |
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND POLICY (Folders 18 -25) |
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| 18 | Le Voyage en Belgique de Jacques Masa, Secrétaire syndical indigène de la C.S.C.C. (1949-1950) | |
| 19 | Bulletin sur le Congo et le Ruanda-Urundi. | |
| Bruxelles: Secrétariat pour le Congo de la Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne. no.1 (mars 1954)-6 (aout 1955). | ||
| 20 | Clippings on labor unions F.G.T.B. from Le Peuple (1956) | |
| 21 | Clippings on labor unions, 1956-57. | |
| 22 | Chommage dans une petite ville d'Afrique: Usumbura (1960) | |
| 23 | Allocations, familiales (1946-1953) | |
| 24 | Main d'Oeuvre indigène; articles de presse (1941-1952) - 110 l. | |
| 25 | Syndicats indigènes: articles de presse (1945-1952). - 87 l. | |
| 4 | 1 | Le Role du colonat dans l'économie congolaise – clippings, 1947-1952 |
| 2 | Labor in the Congo. clippings, 1947-1954. | |
| 3 - 7 | Clippings on Economic Conditions & Policy, 1956-58 | |
| 8 | Coopératives - Province de l'Equateur. Incl. 1954? notes on Cte. congolaise de l'hevea. | |
FOREIGN RELATIONS (Folders 9 - 19) |
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| 9 | Retour au grand monde noir, par C. d'Ydewelle. Clippings from La nation belge, 1952. | |
| 10 | G. Masson de Fernig. Du Sahara à la Belgique d'outre mer (La nation belge, 1953). | |
| 11 | L'Étain, les Américaines et le Congo Belge, par H. Depage. | |
| 12 | Les Congolais en Belgique (extraits journaux, 1950-1953) | |
| 13 | La question du Bugufi à l'O.N.U. - UN documents (1948-50) plus notes and maps. | |
| 14 | R. Cornet. Destins du Centre Africain (1949) - clippings | |
| 15 - 17 | The King's visit to the Congo (1955) - newspaper clippings | |
| 18 | Clippings on foreign relations | |
| 19 | Exposition 1958 – Brussels | |
HISTORY |
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| 20 | Une page d'histoire coloniale: l'occupation allemande dans l'Urundi, par Pierre Ryckmans. 44 l. | |
| 21 | Le putsch de Stanleyville, par le Général Robert Mauroy - clippings from "Pourquoi pas" of 1952-53; plus loose clippings. | |
| 22 | L'Évolution du poste de Kasongo, par A. Bremez (Avenir colonial belge, 1952). | |
| 23 | Histoire succinte du Congo Belge, par R.R. de Landtsheer - 2 copies of typescript (82 leaves) with corrections on carbon copy. Information dates from 1948, orlater. | |
| 5 | 1 | Scrapbook on Batetela - includes clippings, hand notes, Historique du territoire de Beni by A. Braun (1945), numerous maps, and correspondence on subject. |
| 2 | Scrapbook on the military operation against Maboko 1908-13 – copies of 1908-13 documents & maps in color. | |
| 3 | Colonat: Articles de Presse (1944-1952) | |
| 4 | Le cinquantième anniversaire de la Compagnie des chemins de fer des grands lacs. (Clippings from 1952-1953) | |
| 5 | Le 25e anniv. du Comité national du Kivu. | |
| 6 | Le 25eme anniv. des mines d'or de Kilo-Moto. | |
| 7 | Le mémorial de vieux Kasongo. | |
| 8 | Six années au service de l'État indépendant du Congo (1903-1908) | |
| 9 | Le cinquaténaire du chemin de fer Matadi - Léopoldville, ou la bataille du rail. Clippings (1948). | |
| 10 | Nos écoles coloniales: extrait du cours "Notre colonie" given by Lemaire in Brussels - 46 leaves | |
| 11 | Letter from Ch. Lemaire to Delcommune (Anvers, 20 Fév. 1921), commenting on controversies raised by Delcommune's "Avenir du Congo belge menacé" and quoting from books by Cameron and by Serpa Pinto. - 30 leaves. | |
| 12 | Travaux scientifiques du Ch. Lemaire - 1922 notes by de Ryck. | |
| 13 | Administration et detribalises: conférence du 3 fév. 1946 par J.J. van de Velde (province de Coquilhatville) - 12 leaves | |
| 14 | Etude sur le régime foncier des Bakwa Beya de Demba - 26 leaves; 2 copies of typescript compiled ca. 1952; corrections and notes in ink. | |
| 15 | Chiwala et Lofoi - clippings from "Essor du Congo" (1951) | |
| 16 | Clippings on Stanley and other explorers (1954-1962) | |
| 17 | Remarques sur l'Inspection du poste de Kasindi – (1911?) | |
| 18 | Congo belge, 1896-1900 – notes. | |
| 19 | Historique du territoire de Beni 1889-1938, par Paul-E. Joset - 134 leaves; with comments by Jadot and by Moeller de Ladersous (published 1953). | |
| 20 | Bound journal of typed and hand notes on military reports of 1900-1906 | |
| 21 | Clippings on history of the Congo (1935-1949) | |
| 22 | Ruanda-Urundi, par M. Nicolas Muller (1946) | |
| 23 | Afrique d'hier et de demain, par Georges Sion - clippings of 1952 | |
| 24 | Commemoration du cinquantenaire du Comité spécial du Katanga, du 12 au 21 août 1950 | |
| 25 | Stephen S. Bagge, sub commissioner of the District of Toro, correspondence 1890-1902. The Rutshiru-Bini, Uganda-Congo border dispute (English point of view). | |
| 26 | Notes and copies of correspondence and a map from 1899-1912 concerning the dispute with Germany about the eastern boundary of Belgian Congo. - 63 l. | |
| 27 | Le colonial, 1re année, no.1 (8 avril 1937) - 4-page newspaper published by M. Paternostre (Brux.); Clippings (1950s) on history. | |
| 6 | 1 | Dossier Rusizi-Kivu: Incidents sur place - 124 leaves; copies of 124 letters by Henneburt, Winterfell, Hecq, Bethe, Haber et al. (1896-1901) |
| 2 | Vallée de la Ruzizi - notebook of hand notes and typed copies of letters (1899-1902). | |
| 3 | Lionel Decle - hand notes and copies of 1900 correspondence | |
| 4 | Notes on delimitation des circonscriptions administratives (1888), on Ubangi district (1905), & other notes on eastern Congo. | |
| 5 | Notes on commerce and explorers on Lower Congo, to 1904. | |
| 6 | 6 packets of notes on people: E; F; H; I-J; Lienart; Vandenplas | |
| 7 | Jeanne Wannijn, "Agent commercial, pionnier de la première heure," Revue congolaise illustrée, sept. 1953. | |
LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND ARTS (Folders 8-15) (Works by Robert de Landtsheer) |
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| 8 | A vos ordres, ma générale - versions of 199 & 118 leaves | |
| 9 | Un Colon au Congo Belge - 181 leaves (2 copies) | |
| 10 | Sur les bords fleuris de la Lamba - 65 leaves | |
| 11 | Il pleut sur la Brousse: vieilles histoires congolaises - 200 l. | |
| 12 | Propos sur la langue français and other newspaper articles promoting use of French - clippings from 1950s. | |
| 13 | Groupement Belgo-Congolais (1950-54) | |
| 14 | Miscellaneous - language and arts clippings of 1958-59 | |
| 15 | Miscellaneous - language and arts clippings of 1957-1963 | |
ANTHROPOLOGY |
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| 16 | Les Baamba et Babwizi du Congo Belge et de l'Uganda Protectorate, par Paul-E. Joset - 90 leaves + geneological charts | |
| 17 | Noirs et Blancs au Congo - 1958 clippings from La libre Belgique. | |
| 18 | Clippings on African philosophy and psychology (1950s) | |
| 19 | Traite anthropophagie - notes concerning 1880s | |
| 20 | G. Brausch. Les Groupes sociaux des Ankutshu de La Haute Lukenyi - 288 leaves plus maps | |
| (Copies of reports on various peoples - usually 2 copies) | ||
| 21 | Rapport d'enquête sur le chefferie Bosombe-Pombo, G. Sand. 1931. 22 leaves (typescript) | |
| 22 | Rapport d'enquête sur le chefferie Eleku (ex chefferie Lolanga), G. Sand. 1935. 35, 5 leaves (typescript) | |
| 23 | Rapport d'enquête sur la création projetée du secteur de la Lulonga, G.H. Sand (1936).10 l. | |
| 24 | Rapport d'enquête sur le chefferies Bodjenga, Mompanga et Bodjenga Ndekele, Chefferie Bodjenga, G. Sand. 1936. 26 leaves (typescript) | |
| 25 | Extraits du rapport d'enquête relatif à la chefferie Dianga, G. Sand. 1937. leaves 1-20 & 197-207. | |
| 26 | Les Bokala, V. Brebant. 1939. 22 l. Prov. de Coquilhatville, District de la Tshuapa, Territorie d'Ingende. | |
| 27 | Les Lingoy, E.O.C. Pien. 1940. 16 l. Prov. de Coquilhatville, District de la Tshuapa, Territorie d'Ingende. | |
| 28 | Les Bunianga, D. Hennaert. 1953. 2 l. | |
RELIGION |
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| 7 | 1 | Notes sur le "Kitawala" 1934-1944 |
| 2 | Clippings on "Kitawala" and "Kibanguisme" (1956-57) | |
| 3 | Book of newspaper clippings and official documents on the Catholic Church in the Congo and pensions (1953-54) | |
| 4 | Clippings on religion in the Congo | |
| 5 | Clippings on Monseigneur de Hemptinne | |
| 6 | Reports, notes, correspondence and clippings on "Kitawala" (1944- ) | |
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT |
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| 7 | La Mission Senatoriale au Congo Belge, 1947 | |
| 8 | Variations reactionnaires sur un thème progressiste (colonialisme et droits politiques des autochtones) par H. Depage, 1951 | |
| 9 | Le Parti Social Chrétien (P.S.C.) clippings | |
| 10 | 1958 clippings | |
| 11 | L'Indépendance en vingt images" - clippings from Le Soir (1959) | |
| 12 | Manifeste de mouvement action sociale (11 l.); plus clippings | |
| 13 | Clippings about gov. gen. Pétillon (1954-56) | |
| 14 | Synthèse d'une politique belgo-congolaise - 1958 clippings | |
| 15 | Press reports by Fernand Demany et others (1959-60) | |
| 16 | Events of Dec. 1961 - Jan. 1962 | |
| 17 | Inforcongo, no. 33 (26 Sept. 1960)-50 (23 Jan. 1961) - Bulletin de Presse. | |
| 18 | Figures Coloniales - 1956-57 clippings | |
| 19 | Le Congres de Jeunesses Libérales - 1957 clippings | |
| 20 - 22 | Clippings on Politics in the Congo - late 1950s | |
| 23 | Book of reports from district of Ruzizi-Kivu and Beni, 1902-1908 – handwritten originals. | |
| 24 | Commentaires et réactions au sujet du discours prononcé par le Gouverneur Général à l'ouverture du Conseil du Gouvernement 1952 - clippings in bound book. | |
| 25 | Bulletin de L’I.P.C. (1962) | |
| 26 | Les Vétérans de l’État Indépendant du Congo. Correspondence (1962) | |
| 27 | Institut Universitaire des Territoires d’Outre-Mer – Anvers. Correspondence(June 21, 1962). | |
| 28 | ‘Rapport du Comite d’Études et de Coordination pour s’Exercice 1961. Présente à l’Assemble Plénière des Commissions Provinciales’ (March 28, 1962) by the F.E.C. (Fédération des Associations Provinciales des Entreprises du Congo) | |
| 8 | 1, 2, 3 | Three bound volumes of correspondence (typed and hand), 1900-1912, mainly concerning territory of Ruzizi-Kivu. - includes maps |
SOCIAL CONDITIONS |
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| 4 | Situations sociales et action sociale au Congo Belge, A. Brys – editions of 21 and 26 leaves | |
| 5 | Costermansville ou Bukavu - clippings | |
| 6 | Joseph Biroli, premier étudiant du R.U. en Belgique - clippings | |
| 7 | Des articles pour les Congolais, no.1 (15 juil. 1949)-11, 13-14, 16, 20, 22, 24 (6 dec. 1949), no. 36 (20 fev. 1950); Images congolaises; Variétés, no. 1 (14 Oct. 1949)-2 (26 oct. 1949), produced by Congopresse. | |
| 8 | Bulletin des Étudiants de l'École Colonial Supérieur, no.1-4 (Nov. 1921-Fev. 1922) - photocopy; another copy in Spec. Coll. LG615.K5A6 | |
| 9 | Problèmes posés par le jeunesse au Congo: Rapport de la Mission 'Jeunesse' au Congo Bongo Belge et au Ruanda-Urundi, Charles Sturbois (1955) - 43 leaves; plus "Centre Social et Éducatif, by Association belge pour le développement de l'Y.W.C.A./Y.M.C.A. au Congo. | |
| 10 | Reports from ca. 1957. | |
| 11 | Clippings on social conditions, etc. in the Congo, 1957-58 | |
| 12 | Clippings on social conditions, race relations, etc. in the Congo | |
| 13 - 15 | Three folders of clippings on social conditions in the Congo | |
SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS (Folders 16 - 20) |
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| 16 | Voyage des athlètes Congolais de la force publique en Belgique (Juillet 1952) | |
| 17 | A la mémoire du fondateur du Congo -1949 clippings on Leopold II | |
| 18 | The Congo in the literature and the arts - clippings of 1950s | |
| 19 | "Congo Belge, pays des hommes tranquilles" - 1958 clippings from Le Soir. | |
| 20 | Clippings on social life and customs, family life, etc. (1956-60) | |
| 21 | WOMEN IN THE CONGO |
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| 22 | Envoi circulaire no. 235, District de l'Equateur - Handwritten letter of ca. 1900 from Chef du culture, giving instructions on gathering of specimens of latex. (MS found in E. de Wildeman, Plantae Thonnerianae Congolenses, Brussels, 1900) | |
| 23 | Formal letter from Jean Degroof & Co. re. Recognition of Pierre Draps’ years of service (1962). |
