Contact Information

• Name:

  National Archives and Libray of Ethiopia (NALE)

• Postal Address:

  P.O. Box 717
  Addis Ababa
  Ethiopia

• Telephone:

  (251) 1 51 65 32

• Facsimile:

  (251) 1 52 64 11

• E-mail:

  nale@telecom.net.et

• Director:

  Mr. Atkilt Assefa, with the Rank of Deputy Coomissioner, Director General

• Year founded:

  1944

Collections

• Type of repository:

  Archive

• Types of source material:

  Archival records
  Ephemera
  Government records
  Grey literature
  Manuscripts
  Personal papers
  Photographs
  

• Size:

  3,387 folders, where average number of files in 1 folder = 50

• Holdings:

  The National Archives- the only archival institution of the country- has in its care accumulation of documents of enduring value available for researchers. Among its holdings are records on a variety of recordings media: manuscripts, typewritten, and printed text on paper; photographs, drawings and blueprints with an approximate date range of 1958-1988

• Receiving new material?

  No

• Languages:

  Amharic, Ge'ez, English, Italian, French, Arabic
  

Access Conditions

• Access conditions:

  request by institutional supporting letter

• Access restrictions:

  none ( Applies to Archives Department)

• Finding tools:

  Accession lists or registers
  Card catalogs
  Guides
  Inventories
  

• Copier available?:

  No

Repository publications: