Liberia: Culture, Education, & History
- African Elections Database: Liberia (Albert C. Nunley, via Tripod.Com, USA)
- Edward Wilmot Blyden, 1832-1912
- Awareness times. (Online): "Edward Wilmot Blyden--Father of Pan Africanism" (August 3, 2006) -and- "Liberia Remembers Edward Wilmot Blyden" (February 12, 2007) (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
- Edward Wilmot Blyden: A "virtual museum" (published in 1995) on the great pan-Africanist (Eleumuno R. Blyden)
- From West Africa to Palestine. (1873) by Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- Freetown, Sierra Leone: T.J. Sawyer Publishers. 201 pages. via Google Books.
- Liberia's offering: being addresses, sermons, etc. (1862) by Rev. Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- New York: John A. Gray. 167 pages. --via Google Books
- The origin and purpose of African colonization, being an annual discourse delivered at the 66th anniversary of the American Colonization Society...Washington, DC, Sunday, January 14, 1883. by Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- Washington, DC: Published at the request of the Society. 22 pages. --via Google Books.
- West Africa before Europe: and other addresses, delivered in England in 1901 and 1903. (1905) by Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- London: C.M. Phillips. 158 pages. --via Google Books
- Awareness times. (Online): "Edward Wilmot Blyden--Father of Pan Africanism" (August 3, 2006) -and- "Liberia Remembers Edward Wilmot Blyden" (February 12, 2007) (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
- Interview with Prof. C. Patrick Burrowes: "New Historical Find Reveals Much about Liberia’s Early Beginnings." (2021) The Daily Observer. (Online). November 30, 2021. -- Monrovia, Liberia.
- Christine's Genealogy Website: Roll of Emigrants that have been sent to the colony of Liberia, Western Africa, 1820-1843 (USA)A blog on African American genealogy and history, featuring a small archive of online plain text copies ("transcribed" from 19th century US Congressional documents) of selected records on emigrants to Liberia; plus related links.
-- See also: University of Wisconsin's Electronic Text Collection of the "Liberia Roll of Emigrants" below. - Comprehensive Peace Agreement Between the Government of Liberia and the LURD and MODEL and Political Parties, 18 August 2003, Accra, Ghana (via USIP Peace Agreements Digital Collection: Liberia, Washington, DC)
- Constitution of the Republic of Liberia
- Constitution of Liberia, 1820-1984 (via The Republic of Liberia, Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism, Monrovia)
- Law Library of Congress on Liberia: legal history and related links (Washington, DC)
- Liberia Constitutional History and 1986 Constitution (Axel Tschentscher, Bern, Switzerland)
- Cooperative Africana Microform Project: Rescuing Liberian History: Preserving the Personal Papers of William V. S. Tubman, Liberia's Longest Serving President (The Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, Illinois)A brief description of a special program of CAMP, in collaboration with US Title VI National Resource Centers for African Studies and Indiana University.
-- See also, the online catalog for all Liberia holdings, including several Liberian newspapers for the period 1991-2004 --and-- The Christian Abayomi Cassell Collection on Liberia, 1879-1973. - Cornell University Library: Liberian Law (Ithaca, New York)A searchable catalog of holdings and selected digitized materials from the 19th century to the present on Liberia held by Cornell University; plus a bibliography of online and print resources on a variety of subjects: constitutions, slavery/forced labor, war crimes, peacekeeping, Liberia life & customs, Liberian-American history, customary law, etc.
- Cuttington University, The Episcopal Church of Liberia, Monrovia
- Daily Observer Digital Archive, 1981-2016. East View Global Press Archive and The Center for Research Libraries. (Minneaspolis, Minnesota)
- Ethnologue Country Index: Languages of Liberia (SIL International, Dallas, Texas)A basic reference with list of languages, descriptions for each language, and a map.
- Google Books on Liberia (USA)
- "Search" for Liberia: all "full view" online books
- Over 140 works including selected issues of The African Repository and other titles published by the American Colonization Society and a variety of books, such as:-- A dictionary of the Grebo language (1860) by Rt. Rev. John Payne. -- New York: Edward O. Jenkins, 1860.
-- Four years in Liberia: a sketch of the life of the Rev. Samuel Williams...(1857) -- Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1857.
-- The future of Africa: being addresses, sermons, etc., etc. (1862) by Rev. Alexander Crummell. 2nd ed. -- New York: Charles Scribner, 1862.
-- History of the American colony in Liberia, from December 1821 to 1823 (1826) by Jehudi Ashmun. -- Washington: Way & Gideon, 1826.
-- Negro culture in West Africa: a social study of the Negro group of Vai-speaking people...(1914) by George W. Ellis. -- New York, The Neale Publishing Company, 1914.
See also: Koelle's Vei grammar and Vei-English vocabulary below.
-- Our origin, dangers and duties: the annual address before the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Monrovia, July 26, 1865, The Day of National Independence...by Rev. Edward W. Blyden. -- New York: John A. Gray & Green, 1865.
- "Search" for Liberia: all "full view" online books
- A sociolinguistic survey of the Grebo language area of Liberia (2002) by Sue Hasselbring & Eric Johnson SIL electronic survey reports; 2002-074 (SIL International, Dallas, Texas)
- Indiana University Libraries: Liberian Collections--Archives Online (Bloomington, Indiana)This website provides information about the project, searchable inventory lists/finding aids for 30 collections--some digitized, including Liberian government archives, presidential papers, and related information. 'The collections include historical and ethnographic documents, newspapers, government publications, correspondence, books, journals, dissertations, maps, slides, negatives, photographs, audio & video tapes, etc.'
--See also: Liberian Photograph Collections, 1940s to present - Liberia: Past and Present of Africa's Oldest Republic (F.P.M.Van der Kraaij, Ph.D., Amsterdam, The Netherlands)A political history outline, with biographical entries, maps, photos, links to e-books, and historical summaries; plus selected news and current issues links.
- The Liberian Studies Association (USA)
- General information about the association, recent conferences, and publications.
--See especially: Liberian Studies Journal archive (via Indiana University Libraries)
- 53rd annual conference of the Liberian Studies Association--"Liberia at 175: Reassessing the Past, Charting New Futures," April 21-23, 2022, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
The deadline for proposals is January 10, 2022.
- General information about the association, recent conferences, and publications.
- The Library of Congress -- Liberia (Washington, DC)
- The African-American Mosaic: Colonization -and- Liberia A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & CultureA selection of 19th century photographs & prints for a 2005 online exhibition sponsored by the Prints & Photographs -and- Manuscripts Divisions.
- American Memory: American Colonization Society Collection: Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870A searchable online collection of twenty maps of Liberia from various sources, including the American Colonization Society, 'organized in 1817 to resettle free black Americans in West Africa.'
- Search the LC online catalog (A keyword search for Liberia yields over 2900 hits.)
- The African-American Mosaic: Colonization -and- Liberia A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture
- Music of Liberia on the Internet
- The Africa Channel on Liberian Music: 47 CD titles for sale! (North Hollywood, California)
- AfroMix on Liberia--Music: abridged discographies for a few artists. (Fabrice Gaillard, Paris, France)
- CD Baby on "Liberia Palmwine Experience II: A Labor of Love for Liberia": a few sample downloads of Liberian folk and dance hall music...for sale! (Portland, Oregon)
- LiberianForum.Com on "Liberian Music and More...": short essays on a few artists, with sample downloads of "Liberian Classics". (Ottawa, Canada)
- "Liberian Music -- Some Downloads" (2001): samples only! (via Bong Town Community, Robert W. Kranz et al.)
- Smithsonian Global Sound on Liberian Music: a few "folk" music titles only...for sale! (Washington, DC)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration on Liberia (College Park, Maryland)
- NARA Home Page
- "Search" the Archival Research Catalog (A keyword search for Liberia yields over 300 hits covering the period 1805-1973.)
- "Search" the NARA Microfilm Catalog (A keyword search for Liberia yields 6 major collections covering the period 1852-1929)
- The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Liberia in the NYPL Digital Gallery (The New York Public Library, New York)At this web site, digital images of over 400 items from the collections relating to Liberian history and culture are accessible online to the public worldwide.
-- Search the online catalog for all Schomburg Center holdings on Liberia.
-- See also, the home page of the Center. - TLC Africa -- Research Liberia (2005) (USA)The current Internet magazine for the Liberian diaspora which still has several pages published in 2005 on Liberian history, with photos, maps, and related links.
- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia: Final Report and Summary of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia. 2 vols. Released July 1, 2009 (Monrovia, Liberia)
- UNESCO--United Nations Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization on Liberia (Paris, France)
- United States Institute of Peace -- Peace Agreements on Liberia, 1993-2003 (Washington, DC)
- University of Liberia, Monrovia
- University of Virginia Library -- Liberia Collections (Charlottesville, Virginia)
- Virginia Emigrants to Liberia"The website now includes a searchable database of nearly 3700 Virginia emigrants to Liberia and nearly 250 Virginia emancipators, a timeline of relevant events and documents between 1787 and 1866, a compilation of important related sources, links to related research websites and news of Liberia today."
- Virginia Emigrants to Liberia
- University of Wisconsin, Data and Information Services Center: Liberia Roll of Emigrants, 1820-1843 and Census 1843 (Madison, Wisconsin)The data represent individuals who were brought to the colony by the American Colonization Society.
-- See also: Emigrant to Liberia, 1820-1843: an alphabetical listing (1971). Compiled by Tom W. Shick. Liberian studies research working paper; no. 2. (Online) -- Madison, Wisconsin: Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1971. - Outlines of a grammer of the Vei language, together with a Vei-English vocabulary; and an account of the discovery and nature of the Vei mode of syllabic writing (1854) by Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle. Internet Archive: Canadian Libraries(San Francisco, California)
-- See also, Negro Culture in West Africa (1914) by George W. Ellis above.