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Collection Management & Development Program
Collection Development Policies

African and African-American Studies Collecting Intensity

Existing Current Desirable
Africa: History (DT) Includes general history, exploration, ethnography, social life and customs, specific regions (e.g., French West Africa, East Africa) 3 4 4
Religion in Africa (BL2400-2490) 3 3/4 3/4
Ethnology (GN643-661) 3 3/4 3/4
African Folklore (GR350-360) 3 3 3
African Music (M 1830-1838; ML 350-350.5; ML 544; ML 3760) 2/3 3 3
African Languages and Literature (PL8000-8844) 2 3 3/4
African Art 3 3 3
Blacks in America: Post 18632 (E184.5-185; E442) Includes general history, social conditions, race relations, health and physical conditions, Black churches, education, biography, special topics 3 3/4 3/4
Black Religion in U.S. (BP62.B56; BP221-223), (BR563.N4), (BV2783) 3 3 3
Afro-American Folklore (GR111.A47) 3 3 3
Afro-American Dance (GV 1624.7.A34) 2 2 3
Blacks and Citizenship, Suffrage (JK 1781-1783;JK1923-1929) 3 3 3
Education (LC2699-2913) 3 3 3
Afro-American music (M1670-71; ML 178.S4; ML3506; ML3187; ML 3478; ML3520; ML3556) 3 3 3
Afro-American art (N6538.N5; N8232; NX652.A37) 3 3 3
History of Afro-American literature (PS153.N5;PS173.N4) 3 4 4
Slavery (E269.N3;E453) Includes Revolutionary War through slavery question in the Civil War
See also:
3 3 3/4
Slavery in Africa, the Americas (HT861-1427) 3 3 3
Blacks in Diaspora Includes Latin America and the Caribbean 3 3 3/4
1. See also PZ
2. Pre-1863 material is generally subsumed under the category of American history
3. See also selected numbers in ranges PN56.B55-6231.N4, PS217.S55-3508.N3, PZ
4. This material is subsumed under the category History of the Americas, except the U.S.

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Last updated September 16, 1996 by: CMDC@Dartmouth.Edu (jdh)