Re: The British colonial ‘migrated’ archives: a mentorship scheme for Nigeria-based early career researchers
I wonder if any of these records have been redacted and are in their entirety?
I wonder if any of these records have been redacted and are in their entirety?
British authorities covertly removed thousands of documents from colonised territories at around the time they won their independence, from the 1940s through to the 1980s. These papers include 413 files taken from Nigeria, that mostly cover late colonial politics.
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Douglas McRae in the Sabesp-Memória archive in São Paulo, Brazil in 2017.
Tropy interface displaying materials from Douglas McRae's own research.
Gretchen Pierce is Associate Professor of Latin American History at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. She is the co-editor of Alcohol in Latin America: A Social and Cultural History (University of Arizona Press, 2014) with Áurea Toxqui, and has published a number of articles, book chapters, and academic blog posts on temperance, beer, and advertising in Mexico.
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Ecoparque, Buenos Aires, complaint regarding poor quality of forage, 1913. Photo by Ashley Kerr.
Ecoparque, Buenos Aires, list of zoo animals that can be sold, 1903. Photo by Ashley Kerr.