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Microfilm and Microfiche for African Studies
The IU Libraries hold a variety of valuable African Studies materials, including primary and secondary sources, on microfiche and microfilm. The guide below is a selected list of those materials and includes government documents, African titles, missionary papers, rare books, etc. The guide is not comprehensive and is designed to show the depth and breadth of the holdings here at Indiana University Libraries. All of the titles listed below, and many more, can be found in IUCAT.The guide is organized alphabetically and the call number, when applicable, is at the end of the entry. The items are held in the Government Information department on the second floor of the East Tower of the Wells Library. For more detailed information, please look up individual titles in IUCAT. If you have questions or need assistance in locating other titles related to Africa, please feel free to contact the African Studies Librarian.
Note: Part of the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) / State Department Intelligence Research Reports.
Note: Contains some African Studies related titles. To see a listing of individual titles go to IUCAT, click on Advanced Keyword Search; enter American Periodical Series in series and Africa in subject.
Note: A five-part set that contains various publications from the Sudan United Missions. The set includes manuscript papers from the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, New College, University of Edinburgh, 1898-1960; The Lightbearer; newsletters; publications; and annual reports.
Note: A four-part set that contains notes, diaries, photographs, travel accounts, and maps.
Parts 1-2: Original manuscripts from the Royal Commonwealth Society Library at Cambridge University Library. DT32.5 .A375 1999
Part 3: Papers of Cameron, Cruikshank, Livingstone, Moffat, Park and Stanley from the National Library of Scotland. DT32.5 .A375 2004
Part 4: Papers of Sir John Kirk from the National Library of Scotland. DT32.5 .A3754 2006
Note: Includes a variety of newspaper titles, several of them relating to Africa: African times and Orient review, The African review of mining, Finance and commerce, The Africa review, The African colonizer, African review, and The South African star.
Note: The library holds Section 4, Part 7 which covers African missions in Sudanfrom 1905 to 1949. The complete set is held by the Center for Research Libraries and can be obtained through Inter-Library Loan.
Note: Contains travel writing by women and accounts of women’s experiences inIndia, Africa, Australasia, and Canada.
Note: Comprises board and committee minutes, with correspondence and reports relating to LMS missions in Southern and Central Africa.
Note: Collection based on the 2nd edition of the Bibliography of policy related education documents compiled by Barbara Clayton. For an index to the documents, see this PDF guide.
Note: Includes some African Studies related titles. To see a listing of individual titles go to IUCAT, click on Advanced Keyword Search; enter Early English Books in series and Africa in subject.
Note: 183 works of important early literature about Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa, and Somalia. It is arranged according to subject categories covering Travels, History, Various Subjects, Literature, Journals, Linguistics, Manuscript Catalogues, and Bibliographies.
Note: Covering files 2 and 392 from the British Colonial Office, the collection contains letters about British and French colonization of Africa written by Europeans, Africans and officials in other countries. It also includes journals and memoranda by Europeans on African cultures and treaties between European and African powers.
Note: Includes some African Studies related titles. To see a listing of individual titles go to IUCAT, click on Advanced Keyword Search; enter German Baroque Literature in series and Africa in keyword.
Note: Includes some African Studies related titles. To see a listing of individual titles go to IUCAT, click on Advanced Keyword Search; enter History of Women in series and Africa in keyword.
Note: Includes population statistics from Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spanish Sahara, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Search IUCAT for individual titles and call numbers.
Note: Includes approximately 33 different serial publications in French, English, and Portuguese. To see a listing of individual titles go to IUCAT, click on Advanced Keyword Search and enter the above title in series.
Note: Otherwise known as the SOAS catalogue, this catalogue lists the holdings of the School of Oriental and African Studies Library. The first three supplements are held in bound volumes in the Wells Library.
Note: Includes some African Studies related titles. To see a listing of individual titles go to IUCAT, click on Advanced Keyword Search; enter Manuscripta in series and Africa in subject.
Note: Primarily includes incoming correspondence from missionaries in the field. The records serve as a rich resource for the study of the social, cultural, political and economic conditions. The files are arranged geographically and then alphabetically by name within that area or conference.
Note: Includes some African Studies related titles. To see a listing of individual titles go to IUCAT, click on Advanced Keyword Search; enter Oxford Movement in series and Africa in subject.
Note: Contains five microfilmed works describing people, landscapes, and settlements of Southern Africa during the early 1900s. To see a listing of individual titles go to IUCAT, click on Advanced Keyword Search; enter "Microfiche reprint series. State Library (South Africa)" in series.
Note: Swahili manuscripts from seven collections at the School of Oriental and African Studies. The manuscripts date from the 1790s to the 1970s.
Note: Indiana Universityhas a large collection of Master’s theses and PhD dissertations on microfiche from all over the world. For a complete listing, go to IUCAT, click on Advanced Search, and enter microform and thesis as keywords and Africa as a subject.
Note: The collection contains 74 titles housed in the Amsterdam library of the “Netherlands-South African Society” (NZAV). Included are travel descriptions, ethnographies, and missionary histories, as well as other rare books on Southern Africa. For a full list of titles search IUCAT or go to http://www.idcpublishers.com/pdf/457_titlelist.pdf.
Note: The collection is a sub-series of the larger History of women periodicals series.
Note: 470 titles from 1841 to 1973 amassed by anthropologist William Bascom. Included are works on the Yoruba language, novels, literary criticism, poetry, hymnals, works on religion and biblical and devotional works. For a listing of individual titles, go to IUCAT.
Compiled by Kate M. Schroeder
