Claude Barnett Research Collection circa 1950-1970
Descriptive Summary
- Collection Title
- Claude Barnett Research Collection circa 1950-1970
- Language of Materials note
- Identification
- BMRC.NU.BARNETT_C_RSRCH
- Collector
- Barnett, Claude, 1890-1967
- Physical Description
- 41.00 Boxes 58.8 Linear feet
- Language of Materials
- Collection is predominantly in English; some materials are also in French.
- Repository
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Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Northwestern University Library1970 Campus DriveEvanston, IL, 60208URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africanaEmail: africana@northwestern.eduPhone: 847-467-3084
- Abstract
- Consists of news clippings, photographs, and newsletters pertaining to African affairs during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection was assembled by Claude Barnett, director of the Associated Negro Press, a wire organization serving Black American newspapers, and the World News Service, which provided similar service to African newspapers from 1960 until 1963.
Indexed Terms
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Indexed Terms
- Africa--Politics and government--1945-1960
- Africa--Politics and government--1960-
- Ghana--Pictorial works
Additional subjects added by the BMRC Survey team: Associated Negro Press.AfricaApartheidGhanaImperialismLiberiaNigeria
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Claude Barnett Research Collection was received from the Chicago Historical Society (now called the Chicago History Museum) in January, 1980. Material included here was separated from the Claude Albert Barnett Papers, 1919-1967, held by the Chicago Historical Society.
Processing Information
Lisa B. Williams, June 1982.
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 March 23 by Lauren Kalal and Andrew Steadham.
This collection was included in the set of finding aids and accompanying website created by the University of Chicago's Uncovering Chicago Archives Project (UNCAP), which was active from 2007 to 2010 and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Separated Materials
5 feet of pamphlets, brochures, books and similar printed items were transferred to the Africana Library.
20 feet of news clippings unrelated to African affairs were discarded.
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Biographical note
Claude Barnett was the director of the Associated Negro Press and the World News Service; he assembled these research materials relevant to his work.
Arrangement of Materials
The collection is organized in the following series: news clippings, photographs, and newsletters.
Scope and Contents
The Claude Barnett Research Collection consists of news clippings, photographs, and newsletters pertaining to African affairs during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection was assembled by Claude Barnett, director of the Associated Negro Press, a wire organization serving Black American newspapers, and the World News Service, which provided similar service to African newspapers from 1960 until 1963.
The first and largest segment of the collection is made up of news clippings from American (including Black American), European, and African publications. These are supplemented by a small number of press releases and newsletters. Most of this material is arranged alphabetically by African country; smaller alphabetical files of organizations and of subjects follow.
The second major category of material in the collection is photographs. Primarily publicity photos relating to Ghana, many are identified by attached press captions. Photographs concerning Nigeria and Liberia and miscellaneous photographs are also included.
The collection concludes with a small file of newsletters arranged alphabetically by issuing agency.
Detailed List of Contents
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- Algeria
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- Algeria
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- Angola
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- Barotseland
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- Basutoland
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- Bechuanaland
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- Burundi
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- Cameroon
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- Cameroon
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- Cameroon
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- Chad
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- Central Africa
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Congo
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- Dahomey
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- Egypt
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- Egypt
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- Egypt/Arab Countries
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- Equatorial Union
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- Ethiopia
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- Ethiopia
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- Ethiopia
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- Ethiopia
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- Ethiopia
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- Gabon
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- Gambia
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Gold Coast
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- Guinea
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- Guinea
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- Guinea
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- Ivory Coast
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- Ivory Coast
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- Ivory Coast
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- Katanga
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Kenya
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- Liberia
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- Liberia
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- Liberia
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- Liberia
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- Liberia
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- Liberia
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- Liberia
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- Libya
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- Madagascar
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- Malagasy
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- Malawi
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- Mali
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- Mauritania
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- Mauritius
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- Morocco
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- Morocco
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- Mozambique
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- Niger
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Nigeria
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- Northern Rhodesia
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- Northern Rhodesia
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- Northern Rhodesia
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- Federation of Nyasaland and Rhodesia
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- Nyasaland
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- Portuguese Guinea
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- Reunion
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- Rwanda
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- Senegal
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- Senegal
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- Senegal
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- Seychelles
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- Sierra Leone
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- Sierra Leone
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- Sierra Leone
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- Sierra Leone
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- Sierra Leone
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- Sierra Leone
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- Somalia
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- Somalia
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- South Africa
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- Southern Rhodesia
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- Southern Rhodesia
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- Southern Rhodesia
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- Southern Rhodesia
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- Southern Rhodesia
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- Southwest Africa
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- Spanish Guinea
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- Sudan
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- Sudan
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- Swaziland
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- Swaziland
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- Tanganyika
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- Tanganyika
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- Tanganyika
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- Togo
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- Togo
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- Tunisia
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- Tunisia
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- Uganda
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- Uganda
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- Uganda
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- Uganda
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- Uganda
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- Uganda
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- Uganda
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- Upper Volta
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- West Africa
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- Zambia
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- Zambia
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- Zanzibar
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- Zanzibar
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- African Conference on Rule of Law
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- African Education Conference
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- African Society
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- African States Broadcasting Federation
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- African Telecommunications
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- Afro-Asian Conference
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- Afro-Asian Convention on Tibet
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- Afro-Asian Economic Conference for Economic Cooperation
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- Afro-Asian Ophthalmologic Congress
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Both the original finding aid and the label on the folder use the spelling "Opthalmologic"; the material in the folder uses the correct spelling, which has been included here.
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- Afro-Asian Solidarity
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- Afro-Asian Youth Conference
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- Afro-West Indian Welfare League
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- All African Peoples Conference
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- All African Union Federation
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- American Association of University Women
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- American Committee on Africa
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- American Society on African Culture
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- Catholic Association for International Peace
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- Colonial Development Corporation
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- Commission for Technical Cooperation in Africa South of the Sahara
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- Conference on African Resources
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- Congress of Heads of States of Non-Aligned Countries
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- Congress of Negro Writers and Artists
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- Congress of the Women of Africa
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- Economic and Social Council
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- Foundation for Mutual Assistance in Africa South of the Sahara
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- Inter-African Press Agency
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- International Commission of Jurists
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- International Congress of African Culture
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- International Court of Justice
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- International Finance Corporation
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- International Library of African Music
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- International Movement Against Racial Segregation
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- International Press Institute
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- International Scouts Conference
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- Interpol
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- Interstate Congress of Health Ministers
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- Lake Forest African Seminar
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- Lane Bryant International Volunteer Award
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- League of Coloured Peoples
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- Lever Brothers Unilever Ltd., United Africa Company
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- New York Times Youth Forum
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- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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- Monrovia Conference
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- Monrovia Conference
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- Operation Africa
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- Operation Crossroads Africa
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- Organization of African Unity
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- Panafrican and Madagascan Union of Believing Workers
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- Panafrican Conference of Journalists
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- Panafrican Freedom Movement for East, Central and Southern Africa
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- Panafrican Students Conference
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- Panafrican Workers Conference
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- Pan American Youth Seminar
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- Positive Action Committee
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- Summit Conference, Paris
- Dates
- 1960
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- African and Malagasy Union
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- Union of Radio and Television Networks in Africa
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- United Nations
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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- World Bank
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- World Congress on Energy
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- Africa and the Soviet Union
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- African and the United Nations
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- African Students in the U. S.
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- Afro-Malagasy Union
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- American Negro Activities
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- Arab Countries
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- Austria
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- Britain
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- Queen Elizabeth II in Africa
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- Cartoons
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- Casablanca Group
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- Comoro Islands
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- Diplomatic Relations
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- Education
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- Equatorial Africa
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- Foreign Visitors to the U. S.
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- Ghana-Guinea-Mali Union
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- Industry
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- Intermarriage
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- Islam
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- Kano
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- Logos Conference of African and Malagasy Heads of State
- Dates
- 1962
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- Newspapers
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- Nuclear Tests
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- Portuguese Colonies
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- Sahara
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- South and Central America
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- Soviet Universities
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- U. S. Policy in Africa
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- World Without the Bomb
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- Xuma
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- Africa Miscellaneous
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- General
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- Afro-American Issues Committee
- Dates
- 1968-1970
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- Archaeology Committee
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- 1964-1966
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- Archaeology Committee
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- 1967-1968
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- Archives-Libraries Committee
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- 1959-1960
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- Archives-Libraries Committee
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- 1959-1960
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- Archives-Libraries Committee Correspondence
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- 1967-1968
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Nigeria
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- Liberia
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- Foreign, Miscellaneous
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- Africa, Miscellaneous
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- Africa Development Bank
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- British Guiana
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- Guiana
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- Congo
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- Ford Foundation
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- Forum Service
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- Ghana
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- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (International Development Association)
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- Labor Organizations: International Conference of Free Trade Unions and International Labor Office
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- Somalia (Somali Republic)
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- Union of South Africa