Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Africana Library

    • Postal Address:

      P.O. Box b27
      Kimberley
      South Africa

    • Location:

      b3-b5 Dutoitspan Road, Kimberley

    • Telephone:

      053 8306247

    • Facsimile:

      053 8306247; 053 8331954

    • E-mail:

      afriliba@global.co.za

    • Director:

      Head Librarian: Mrs. C Duminy

    • Year founded:

      1886

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Library

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Ephemera
      Government records
      Manuscripts
      Newspapers
      Personal papers
      Photographs

    • Size:

      22,000 books 700 manuscripts (various sizes) 15,000 photographs

    • Holdings:

      Diamond Fields from 1870 Kimberley from 1871 Early travelers and missionaries Geology (Diamonds) Setswana language

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      English, Afrikaans, Setswana, Xhosa, Bushmen, Zulu, Dutch

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Need ID or passport for registration

    • Access restrictions:

      Researchers, non-lending

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Electronic catalogs
      Guides

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: