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University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Arquivo Histórico do Museu Bocage
Historical Archive of Bocage Museum

Museum or Collection Type:
Natural History & Natural Science
Institutional Type:
Special Type: Archive

Subject:
Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Natural History, Zoology

Address:
Museu Nacional de História Natural, Rua da Escola Politécnica 56/58, 1250-102 Lisboa

Additional information:
The archive is accessible and is very requested by researchers, both portuguese and foreigners, interested in Zoology, Anthropology and Natural History.

Links:
Arquivo Histórico do Museu Bocage
University of Lisbon

Description:
(From the Website of the collection)

The historical archive is fully catalogued and organized as follows:

38 documents 'Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira', 19 documents 'Reserved', 710 documents 'Foreign Correspondence', 982 documents 'National Correspondence', 616 documents 'Various', 11 documents 'Library', 22 documents 'Plans and Projects', 7 documents 'Exhbition Portuguese World', 42 documents 'Legislation', 47 documents 'LMG', 374 documents 'Published', 638 documents 'Remittances' and 1 Oil Painting.

It's part of the university since 1911.

Further Reading:
Viagem ao Brasil de Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira. Vol.I e II, Kapa Editorial.

C. Almaça 1989. Documentos do Arquivo Histórico do Museu Bocage relativos à exploração histórico-natural angolana do Dr. Frederico Welwitsch (Agosto de 1853-Dezembro de 1860). Arquivos do Museu Bocage (Nova Série), I (22): 335-347.