The collection is open for research.
Over the course of his prolific scholarly career, anthropologist
Unparalleled in his dedication to the preservation of documents and artifacts on
During his career,
A co-founder of the
Five boxes of materials,
The collection is divided into three main sections to reflect the three branches of
Liberian government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The Executive Branch is
further broken down by executive department, with the Presidential materials under
the heading “Executive Mansion;” the Legislative by House, Senate, and General (for
those materials deriving from, or going to, both Houses); and the Judicial by
geographic area and then by court. The organization is intended to reflect the
inventory of the
Because so much of the correspondence comes in the form of Letterbooks or Letter Despatch Books, items of correspondence can be found in many different places. For example, someone looking for Presidential correspondence will find much of it under Executive Mansion General Correspondence, but there will also be materials to be found in the Despatch Books of the Department of State or of the Treasury Department.
Researchers using the Holsoe Collection Liberian Government Archives will find many
items of interest: there is a wealth of correspondence, both intra- and
extra-governmental, and the cabinet minutes and Legislative materials provide great
insight into the workings of government. Of particular note are the Legislative
materials from
The following terms have been used to index this collection.
Obtained as part of the collection donated by
All research at the Liberian Collections Project is
[item],
Copyright interests for this collection have been transferred to the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, contact the Indiana University Liberian Collections
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