National Archives of Namibia
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| founding | 1939 |
| Duration | 5000 running meters, 525,000 entries |
| Library type | National Archives |
| place | Windhoek , Namibia |
| Website | nan.gov.na |
The National Archives of Namibia ( English National Archives of Namibia ; NAN), the Namibian National Archives , based in Windhoek . It was founded in 1939 under the name South West Africa Archives Depot and was then based in the Ink Palace .
The NAN is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Education and functions under the umbrella of the Namibia Library & Archives Service , as does the National Library of Namibia .
The National Archives have a holdings of 5000 running meters of documents with a total of 525,000 individual entries in the database, including 5600 cards, 61,000 photographs, 2000 audio cassettes, 450 films and a comprehensive collection of local newspapers from 1897 to 1962. The National Archives houses the journals of the Hendrik Witbooi , who represent a Namibian world document heritage . The archivist Werner Hillebrecht is significantly involved in the activities of the NAN .
The NAN is divided into three departments:
- Receipt
- Filing
- Research and publication
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The role of the Namibian National Archives and coordination with private archives in Namibia. Coordination of Information Systems and Services in Namibia, Papers of the Seminar, Windhoek 1993.
- ^ Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi. In: unesco.org. UNESCO, accessed February 16, 2019 .
Coordinates: 22 ° 33 ′ 25.8 ″ S , 17 ° 5 ′ 11 ″ E