Archival records from Bamum script and archives project: saving Africa's written heritage (EAP051)

"Bamum manuscript collection of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun ...

Collection Ref: EAP051/1

This fonds consists of digital surrogates of the Bamum manuscript collections of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun. The three divisions within the Archives - Modern Archives, Reserve Archives and Museum Collection - are represented here, consisting of ...

Reserve Archives Collection [c 1895-1965]

Collection Ref: EAP051/1/2

Digital images of records created and accumulated by the Royal Bamum Palace since the late nineteenth and early twentieth century under the direction of Sultan Ibrahim Njoya (r. 1889-1933), Sultan Seidou Njimolouh (r. 1933-1992), and the current Sultan Ibr ...

Museum Collection [c 1896-1965]

Collection Ref: EAP051/1/3

Materials created by the Offices of the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings, currently displayed as part of the permanent Museum exhibition at the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun. The materials range from c 1896-1956 and consist of Bamum history, official recor ...

Tax Receipt under German Colonial Rule [April 1913 – 31 Marc h 1914]

File Ref: EAP051/1/1/12/545

Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 20.3cm x 16cm; Dates April 1913 – 31 March 1914; Script: Roman script for German language; Condition: Good; Comments: ...

Tax receipt under German colonial rule from Bamenda Station [1 April 1912 –...

File Ref: EAP051/1/1/12/546

Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 10.5cm x 8cm; Dates 1 April 1912 – 31 March 1913; Script: Roman and German-Fraktur scripts for German language; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes official stamp ...

Advertisement Booklet for a Medicinal Rub called Mentholatum [30 Mar 1905]

File Ref: EAP051/1/1/12/547

Leaves: 12; Pages: 24; Measurements: 8.8cm x 4.9cm; Dates copyright is listed as 1916; Script: roman script in 8 different languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Hungarian,Italian, Polish and Swedish; Condition: Good; Comments: Manufactured in Buffal ...