Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino

The Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (est. 1931) of Portugal preserves archives related to the Portuguese Empire. It is located in the Palácio da Ega on Calçada da Boa-Hora in the city of Lisbon, near the Rua da Junqueira in the parish of Alcântara. The Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical of the governmental Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education administers the archives. Prior to 1973, the Overseas Ministry oversaw it.[1]

Among its holdings are records created in 15th-20th century related to colonial Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea, India, Macau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor, Uruguay, and other locales.[2] As of 1970 the materials were grouped as pre-1833 (mostly from the Arquivo do Conselho Ultramarino) and post-1833 (from the Arquivo do Ministerio das Colonias).[3]

Directors have included Alberto Iria (circa 1970).[3]

See also

• Arquivo Histórico Diplomatico of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal) Instituto Diplomático
• List of archives in Portugal

References

1. "Quem Somos: História" [About Us: History]. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
2. "AHU: Conselho Ultramarino". Archivo Científica Tropical Digital Repository (in Portuguese). Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
3. Pescatello 1970.

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

issued by the Archives

• Legislacao Colonial
• Anuario Colonial
• Arquivo das Colonias
• Coleccao dos Classicos da expansao Portuguesa no mundo

abou the Archives

• Alberto Iria (1950). "A Organizacao dos Servicos do Archivo Historico". Boletim do Archivo Historico Colonial (in Portuguese). 1.
• Ann Pescatello (1970). "Relatorio from Portugal: The Archives and Libraries of Portugal and Their Significance for the Study of Brazilian History". Latin American Research Review. 5. JSTOR 2502224.
• Jose C. Curto (1988). "Angolan Manuscript Collection of the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino; Lisbon: Toward a Working Guide". History in Africa. 15. JSTOR 3171858.
• Roderich Ptak (1999). "Chinese Documents in Portuguese Archives: Jottings on Three Texts Found in the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, Lisbon". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 149. JSTOR 43379288.
• Paul Bjerk (2004). "African Files in Portuguese Archives". History in Africa. 31. JSTOR 4128541. (Account of research in the AHU)
• "Carta aberta: o Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, a democracia e o conhecimento", Publico.pt (in Portuguese), 21 March 2014 (Letter from academics against integration of the Arquivo at the University of Lisbon)

External links

• Official site
• OCLC WorldCat. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Portugal)
• "Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Lisboa, Portugal)". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Spain: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte.

Images

Examples of items in the AHU:

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  Map of Fortaleza, Brazil, 1726
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  Map of Recife, Brazil, 1733