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Postal
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BP 629
Porto Novo , Benin |
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Location:
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2, Rue de Ouanda
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Director:
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Elise Paraiso
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Telephone:
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(229) 21-30-79 / 22-66-09 | |
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Fax:
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(229) 21-30-79
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Email:
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URL:
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Access
Conditions:
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Nationals: identity papers. Foreigners can also use the archives with prior permission from the Director of the National Archives, if the stay of the foreign researcher is registered according to agreements between the Université Nationale du Bénin and the university of the country from which the researcher originates. |
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Access
restricted:
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30, 60, 90, 110 years |
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Photocopier
available?:
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Finding
tools:
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card catalogue, accession lists, guides, inventories |
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Holdings:
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Archives of colonial Dahomey, 1840-1960 Archives of revolutionary Bénin, 1972-1990 Journaux officiels, 1840-2002 Journals and reviews, 1951-2003 Photographs, tapes, and cassettes Archives of Democratic Benin 1990 to present |
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Types
of materials:
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government records, newspapers, photographs, film or videotapes, music, posters, archival records, business records, ecclesiastical records, manuscripts, sound recordings, grey literature, maps |
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Languages:
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French, German, English |
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Size
of collections:
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More than 1,000 linear metres. Further growth of the archive is predicted. |
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Receiving
new material?
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Year
founded:
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1914 |
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Repository
publications:
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Répertoire des Archives: Série E Répertoire des Archives: Série Q - Affaires Economiques, 1888-1980 Répertoire des Archives: Série N - Affaires Militaires, 1874-1959 Mémoire du Bénin: Publication en séries Nº 1-4 Guide de l'usager 2ème ed. par Alphonse Labitan, Porto Novo: Direction des Archives Nationales, 1999 |
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Repository
references:
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Videgla, D.K.M. Description de la Condition et de l'État du Développement des Archives Nationales de la République Populaire du Bénin. Porto Novo, 1982. |
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