Microforms Collections

The Penn State University Libraries hold a vast collection of microforms (microfilm, microfiche, or micro-opaques) on a wide variety of subjects. The collections are housed in the News & Microforms Library, located on the ground floor, West Pattee Library. Among the materials on Africa are:

Exploration and Colonization of Africa, 1794-1844

C. Abayomi Cassell Collection. Monrovia, Liberia

The Slave Trade, 1858-1892

Letters from Missionaries to Africa, 1834-1919

Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Suppression of the African Slave Trade and Negro Colonization, 1854-1872

Africa : Special Studies, 1962-1980

African Studies Association. Annual Conference Papers

CIA Research Reports. Africa, 1946-1976