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The Development Of The Eastern Africa Collection At Syracuse University, Robert G. Gregory
The Development Of The Eastern Africa Collection At Syracuse University, Robert G. Gregory
The Courier
With the inauguration of an African studies program in 1962, Syracuse University began the development of a unique collection of records relating to the eastern side of Africa. The most important part of the collection, the core, is related to Kenya, but there are also valuable records on the other countries of eastern Africa, nine in all, extending from Ethiopia to South Africa. Most of the items in this collection are on microfilm—an extraordinary holding of nearly four thousand reels of official and private records—but there is also much of value in supplementary books, periodicals, and documents in their original …
Juan De Torquemada And Antonio Alcedo: Two Contributions To Hispanic Historiography, Andre Preibish
Juan De Torquemada And Antonio Alcedo: Two Contributions To Hispanic Historiography, Andre Preibish
The Courier
Andre Preibish describes two rare books by Juan De Torquemada and Antonio Alcedo, which shed light on colonial Mexico and America, respectively. Although much of Torquemada's writing is plagiarized, he cites previously unknown authors and works. Antonio Alcedo, meanwhile, provides an encyclopedic description of Spanish colonies and of the western hemisphere during the eighteenth century.