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In many instances, the colonial state has left a strong imprint on the postcolonial archive. In the National Archives of Namibia (NAN), for instance, it is difficult to locate pre-independence person-related records of the black majority, while the same type of records of their light-skinned compatriots are easily accessible. This lecture discusses a substantial corpus of about 11 000 so-called "Native Estates" files which previously were not accessible through the existing finding aids. What is the research potential of these formerly neglected and untouched records in particular regarding the social history of contract labour in Namibia and of African migrants on a wider scale? Furthermore, a substantial amount of estate files of migrants from other African countries were discovered -- a feature of Namibian history that has rarely been researched. The sometimes very detailed files reveal information on the migrants' origin, their integration in Namibian society and expatriate networks in the country. They also reveal that not only Angolans and West Africans but also a substantial number of migrants from other Southern African colonies found employment opportunities in Namibia during the colonial era. The "Native Estate" records thus have an important research potential with regard to the entire Southern African region, which was heavily reliant on migrant labour both on the demand and on the supply side.

Probate records --- Court records --- Genealogy --- Wills --- National Archives (Namibia) --- Namibia. --- National Archives of Namibia --- Africa --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Emigration and immigration.

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Electronic records --- Archives --- Related Historical Sciences --- History & Archaeology --- Archives, Ancient Documents & Seals --- Computer-based records --- Digital records --- Digitized records --- Documents in machine-readable form --- Machine-readable records --- Records --- United States. --- National Archives and Records Administration (U.S.) --- NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) --- National Archives (U.S. : 1985- ) --- National Archives at College Park (U.S.) --- Beikoku Kokuritsu Kōbunshokan

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Ellen Ndeshi Namhila is intrigued by the question: Why can the National Archives of Namibia respond to genealogical enquiries of Whites in a matter of minutes with finding estate records of deceased persons, while similar requests from Blacks cannot be served? Not satisfied with the sweeping statement that this is the result of colonialism and apartheid, she follows the track of so-called "Native estates" through legislation, record creation and disposal, records management and administrative neglect, authorised and unauthorised destruction, transfer and appraisal, selective processing, and (almost) final amnesia. Eventually she discovers over 11,000 forgotten surviving African estate records -- but also evidence for the destruction of many others. And she demonstrates the potential of these records to interpret the lives of those who otherwise appear in history only as statistics -- records which were condemned to destruction by colonial archivists stating they had "little research value and no functional value". This study of memory against forgetting is a call to post-colonial archives to re-visit their holdings and the systemic colonial bias that continues to haunt them. This is the revised version of Ellen Namhila's 2015 doctoral thesis published at the University of Tampere, Finland.

Estates (Law) --- Probate records --- Limitations (Law) --- Estate planning --- Inheritance and succession --- Probate law and practice --- Real property --- Court records --- Genealogy --- Wills --- National Archives (Namibia) --- Namibia. --- National Archives of Namibia --- Namibia --- Race relations --- Statistics, Vital. --- GRN (Namibia) --- Namibia ye Likuluhile --- Namibië --- Namibii︠a︡ --- Republic of Namibia --- S.W.A./Namibia --- SWA/Namibia --- SWA/Namibië --- South-West Africa

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"Terra Nostra is a celebration of the mapping of Canada-for Library and Archives Canada, it is also a celebration and a sharing of the extraordinary historical resource that is contained in its cartographic holdings. The collection spans an incredible array of mapping initiatives, from the portolan charts of the early explorers, to recent aerial images of east coast ice floes." "Canada's maps have been many things to many people: for early merchant-adventurers, they promised fame and fortune; for army commanders, they strengthened their hold on the land; for politicians, they legitimized their dominion over the country; for businessmen, they proclaimed their sense of community pride; and for ordinary citizens, they were testaments to the type of communities they wanted for their children. As repositories of intellectual thought, Canada's maps provide evidence of our nation's technical accomplishments and offer insight into the growth of our geographical knowledge. They are windows on our view of the world. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Cartography --- Cartography, Primitive --- Chartography --- Map-making --- Mapmaking --- Mapping (Cartography) --- Mathematical geography --- Surveying --- Map projection --- Maps --- History. --- Canada --- Canada (Province) --- Canadae --- Ceanada --- Chanada --- Chanadey --- Dominio del Canadá --- Dominion of Canada --- Jianada --- Kʻaenada --- Kanada (Dominion) --- Ḳanadah --- Kanadaja --- Kanadas --- Ḳanade --- Kanado --- Kanakā --- Province of Canada --- Republica de Canadá --- Yn Chanadey --- Καναδάς --- Канада --- קאנאדע --- קנדה --- كندا --- کانادا --- カナダ --- 加拿大 --- 캐나다 --- Lower Canada --- Upper Canada --- Historical geography --- Kaineḍā --- Library and Archives Canada --- Canada. --- Bibliothèque et archives Canada --- National Library of Canada and National Archives of Canada --- Bibliothèque nationale du Canada et Archives nationales du Canada --- LAC (Library and Archives Canada) --- L&AC --- National Archives of Canada --- National Library of Canada --- Map collections

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Dans le contexte des commémorations des 70 ans de la signature de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme à Chaillot, les journées d'étude du 14 et 15 juin 2018 étaient consacrées à Chaillot, lieu de tous les arts, en partenariat avec Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse, la Bibliothèque nationale de France, l'ANR ECHO "[ECrire l’Histoire de l’Oral], les Archives nationales et la mission des archives du Service interministériel des Archives de France, placée auprès du ministère de la Culture. La première journée, aux Archives nationales, était consacrée aux sources archivistiques et à leur exploitation. La seconde journée, à la Bibliothèque nationale de France présentait les diverses facettes du Palais des arts du spectacle : de l'architecture à la musique, de la danse aux perceptions du public... Des chercheurs, archivistes et étudiants en Études théâtrales mettent ici en lumière les fonds d'archives relatifs au Théâtre national de Chaillot conservés dans différentes institutions partenaires. Aux Archives nationales, les récents versements, exceptionnels, et inédits pour un théâtre national, d'archives audiovisuelles et sonores viennent compléter les archives papier versées par le théâtre dès les années 1960. Enfin le témoignage oral de Nicolle Daviot, habilleuse au Théâtre national de Chaillot pendant plus de 50 ans, enregistrement réalisé par Sandrine Gill en septembre 2018, est désormais librement consultable aux Archives nationales (versement n°20200119).

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