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Africa

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE, 1947-03-13

 Item — Paper 315: Series Series 3
Identifier: Paper 315
Scope and Contents

1 ; GH-304 -- Verso

Dates: 1947-03-13

Africana Visual Materials Collection (post cards, trading cards, photographs)

 Collection
Identifier: 036
Abstract

This collection contains images of Africa carried on trading cards, postal cards, advertising cards, and similar materials. Subjects depicted include people, animals, landscapes, activities and adventures.

Dates: 1890 - 2016

Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 008
Abstract

Fundamentally a research file, the collection mainly consists of printed materials, government documents, seminar papers, research data, reports, broadsides, and newsclippings collected by McKay during his career as a scholar, teacher, administrator, and employee of the United States Department of State.

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

Slides of Africa from the University of Wisconsin--Madison

 Collection
Identifier: 034
Abstract

Slides of Africa from various sources; these slides document a variety of topics such as agriculture, landscapes, city scenes, villages, architecture, industry, transportation, commerce, and people, from throughout Africa during the 20th century.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960 - 2000

Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 037
Abstract

The collection is comprised of about 6,500 photographs organized in 75 separate albums, scrapbooks or loose collections, taken primarily in East Africa between about 1860 and 1960.

Dates: 1860-1960; Majority of material found within 1880-1920