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A survey of church archives in Botswana
Botswana’s unique, interesting and long history would be incomplete without the rich documentary heritage of Churches. It goes without saying that…
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History of Bolama, the first capital of Portuguese Guinea (1879-1941), as reflected in the Guinean National Historical Archives - major project
Portuguese sovereignty in “Portuguese Guinea” from the 16th century onwards was but a fiction, in spite of the erection of forts and the…
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Digitisation of the national sound archives of the Union of Comoros
The national sound archives of the Union of Comoros consists of approximately 1,000 magnetic audio tapes, stored at the Comorian national research…
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Last traces of a destroyed community: surveying the Hungarian Jewish congregational archives
In the spring of 1941, around 825,000 Jews lived in thousands of cities, townships and villages in Hungary. Four years later the majority of the…
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Identify, relocate and digitise Native Administration records (1891-1964)
This project aims to preserve Native Administration records which were generated between 1891 and 1964 by Native Authorities (traditional chiefs)…
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Social history and cultural heritage of Mali: preserving the archives of professional photographers
Among the earliest professional African photographers in Mali, the negative archives of Abdourahmane Sakaly and Mamadou Cissé contain rare…
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Constituting a digital archive of Tamil agrarian history during the colonial period
The aim of this project is to create an archive of documents of socio-historical relevance to historians, anthropologists, sociologists and…
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To preserve Indian recordings on 'Odeon' label shellac discs
'Odeon' label shellac discs were issued in India during 1912-1938. The company produced over 2,000 titles of north and south Indian music…
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Collection and preservation of Shui manuscripts from private collections in South Guizhou
The Shui manuscripts in south Guizhou are crucial but endangered materials for studies on the indigenous Shui ethnic group and its unique culture…
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The manuscripts of the Riyadh Mosque of Lamu, Kenya
This project will salvage the manuscript collection held at the Riyadha mosque in Lamu, Kenya. The Riyadha mosque college was founded in the late…
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Documenting the written heritage of East Goğğam: a rich culture in jeopardy
The main objective of this project is to document valuable monastic collections in East Goğğam and preserve selected endangered materials.…
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A pilot project to survey the Buea Archives and other potentially endangered archives in western Cameroon
This project has two main components.The first part will be based at the Buea Archives, South-West Region of Cameroon, and aims to survey and…
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Locating and surveying early religious and related records in Mizoram, India
This pilot project aims to locate and survey for the first time endangered and privately held ecclesiastical documents in Mizoram, India. Dating…
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Manuscripts of the Sri Lankan Malays
The Malays of Sri Lanka are a remarkable community, having preserved a spoken dialect of Malay and a rich writing tradition in that language…
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Documentation of the pre-industrial elements in Bulgarian minorities' culture during the 20th century
This project is focused on surveying, digitising and archiving photographs from the end of the 19th and 20th centuries, providing information on…
