Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Public Records and Archives Administration Department, Regional Office, Kumasi.

    • Postal Address:

      P.O. Box 1990
      Kumasi
      Ghana

    • Location:

      Centre for National Culture Bantama Road

    • Telephone:

      (233) 22723

    • Director:

      Mr. Thomas K. Aning

    • Year founded:

      1959

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Archive

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Government records
      Newspapers
      Photographs

    • Size:

      Not yet measured

    • Holdings:

      The records consists of administrative and court records.They include letters, memoranda, minutes, reports, diaries, maps, court records, books and government publications. The date ranges from 1900-1970.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      English

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Searcher's Ticket/Letter of Introduction

    • Access restrictions:

      30 years

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Inventories

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications:

    • Thomas K. Aning. Re-opening of the National Archives of Ghana-Ashanti Regional Archives, Kumasi to the Public. Regional Archives, National Archives, Kumasi, 1998.

  • References:

    <a href="text\Austin86.htm">Austin, Gareth. "The Kumase Branch of the National Archives of Ghana: A Situation Report and Introduction for Prospective Users." <I>History in Africa</I> 13 (1986): 383-89.</a>