The Archive of the Diocesan Curia of Nova Iguaçu (ACDNI) is the historic center of the progressive Catholic Church in Brazil throughout the military dictatorship. Throughout its lifetime, the archive has collected resources vital to the study of human rights, social movements, resistance to authoritarianism, and liberation theology. The collection is comprised of 475 linear feet (145 linear meters) of printed materials dating from 1948 to 2015. Most notably, the collection includes the institutional documentation of the Diocese as well as materials produced and received by Dom Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, the third bishop of Nova Iguaçu and one of the Church’s leaders in the struggle against the military dictatorship.
Proposal for a new Nigerian Constitution by the Union for Political Reorganization Reconstruction of the Existing Governmental Pattern in a meeting held in London in 1955
This digital collection will include 4,375 photographic prints from the archive, reflecting this important period in Ghanaian history with images of political figures and events, the processes of industrialization, and ceremonial and daily life in communities throughout Ghana following independence.
A research paper that analyzes three letters sent to Ladipo Solanke from Padmore George, Azikiwe Nnamdi and Awolowo Obafemi first published in the Keiai Journal of International Studies
This collection includes digitized negatives created by field experts and professional photographers during research surveys between 1966 and 1990. The images document heritage buildings in various Indian states (Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, etc) that are decayed, damaged, or inaccessible. Also included are images of rare terracotta sculptures unearthed in excavations conducted at archaeological sites in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka, and a collection of miniature paintings commissioned by Mughal and Rajput patrons during the 16th to the 19th centuries in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
Nnamdi Azikiwe, (1904-1996) was the first president of independent Nigeria (1963–66). His personal papers include a draft of his memoirs, state papers from his presidency (1960-1966), and political material related to the Republic of Biafra. These collected papers are currently held in his family's home in Nsukka, Nigeria. This digital collection includes these materials as well as records from Azikiwe's two presidential campaigns in 1979 and 1983.
PORTUGUESE: Boletim publicado mensalmente pela Cúria Diocesana de Nova Iguaçu, entre 1969 e 1992, contendo documentos variados, entre os quais cartas circulares do Bispo, aras de reuniões das organizações pastorais, além de informações gerais, como o calendário de eventos do mês, aniversários, obtuários etc.<br>ENGLISH: Bulletin published monthly by the Diocesan Curia of Nova Iguaçu between 1969 and 1992, containing assorted documents, including circular letters of the bishop, pastoral organizations' meetings minutes, as well as general information, such as the calendar of events of the month, birthdays, obituaries, etc.
The illustration shows a portrait of Raja Balwant Singh of Jammu. Balwant Singh is dressed in yellow chinese mandarin robe covered with a design of dragons. The Takri inscription in gold on the top reads "Taswir Raja Balwant Singh urandhat dai baratha. Haran agalana" which means "Portrait of Raja Balwant Singh when he was seated on the verandah. The attendant Haran is standing in front."
The Instituto de Lengua y Cultura Aymara’s archive on the Aymara language and culture from the mid twentieth century to the present was collected in Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Materials include early pamphlets and newspapers, fieldwork recordings including speech and songs, fieldwork notes and transcriptions, documentation on Aymara regional variants, and teaching materials, some concerning intercultural bilingual education in Bolivia and elsewhere.
SPANISH: Waldo Jordán Zelaya habla con Denise Y. Arnold y Elvira Espejo Ayca de su propio Museo de Textiles Andinos, en la zona de Miraflores, en La Paz. Menciona que él fundó el museo a partir de su experiencia en un viaje a Llallagua y Uncía, en el norte de Potosí, donde encontró textiles que adquirió. Luego buscó entender sus diseños.<br>ENGLISH: Waldo Jordán Zelaya talks with Denise Y. Arnold and Elvira Espejo Ayca, about his own Museum of Andean Textiles, in the Miraflores zone of La Paz. He mentions that he founded the museum after his experience of a voyage to Llallagua and Uncía in the North of Potosí, where he found textiles that he acquired. He then sought to understand their designs.
