The Archives nationales d'outre-mer in
Aix-en-Provence is a branch of the
Archives Nationales of France that documents the
French colonial empire. According to one scholar, "half the history of France overseas was represented in the mass of papers" first assembled in Aix in 1966. The materials originated in various offices and repositories scattered throughout the colonies. The Dépôt des Archives d'Outre-Mer opened in 1966, and its successor, the Centre des Archives d'Outre-Mer, in 1987. It was later renamed the "Archives nationales d'outre-mer." Its facilities occupy a site near the
Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I
The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy of ...
.
The archives groups its holdings by
ministry,
territory
A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal.
In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
, document format (images, maps); it also has non-government materials. In 1986 the main national archives in Paris transferred to Aix its records of the "Section outre-mer." In 1995 the archives received substantial additional materials generated by colonial offices. Directors have included Martine Cornède (2007-2014) and Benoît Van Reeth (2014–present).
( fr)
The archives has published inventories of some of its records, including those related to the colonial administration of Algeria,
French Equatorial Africa
French Equatorial Africa (french: link=no, Afrique-Équatoriale française), or the AEF, was the federation of French colonial possessions in Equatorial Africa, extending northwards from the Congo River into the Sahel, and comprising what are ...
, and
French Indochina
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...
; the governmental
Secrétariat d'Etat à la Marine and ;
bagnes (prisons); private organizations such as the
Comité central français pour l'Outre-Mer; and individuals such as ,
, and
Ho Chi Minh
(: ; born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as (' Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as P ...
.
Images
;Examples of items held in ANOM:
La Nouvelle-France.jpg, Map of colonial New France
New France (french: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spa ...
in North America, 1719
Fort de Dikkil.png, Dikkil fort, colonial French Somaliland, circa 1930s
Brazzaville-Congo-Ocean Railway-1932.jpg, Congo-Ocean Railway, Brazzaville, 1932
See also
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History of Overseas France
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List of French possessions and colonies
From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire stretched from a total area at its peak in 1680 to over , the second largest empire in the world at the time behind only the Spanish Empire. During the 19th and 20th centuri ...
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List of ministers of Overseas France
The Minister of the Overseas (french: Ministre des Outre-mer) is the official in charge of the Ministry of the Overseas in the Government of the French Republic, responsible for overseeing Overseas France. The office was titled Minister of ...
References
:''This article incorporates information from the
French Wikipedia
The French Wikipedia (french: Wikipédia en français) is the French-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. This edition was started on 23 March 2001, two months after the official creation of Wikipedia. It has articl ...
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Bibliography
;In English
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External links
Catalog (IREL), official siteList of inventoriesof materials in the ANOM
* VIAF
Archives nationales d'outre-mer
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1966 establishments in France
Government agencies of France
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
Archives in France
Buildings and structures in Aix-en-Provence
History of Overseas France
French colonial empire