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Archives[edit | edit source]

Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD)
P.O. Box 3056
Castle Road
Accra
Email: praad@4u.com.gh
Website: Public Records and Archives Administration Department
Website #2: National Archives Ghana Search Room at PRAAD

The PRAAD building at Cape Coast holds a large body of documentary material including printed material, manuscripts, maps, drawings, and photographic collections. These are held in a large room in the archive building ideally designed as a repository. However, irregular power supply, poor functioning, and unsatisfactory maintenance of air conditioners as well as humidity and dust control problems have led to a deterioration in the physical conditions of the collections.

Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana
University of Cape Coast
Website: Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana

This pilot project targets endangered archival collections in the Central administrative region of Ghana and will be undertaken in collaboration with the Central regional directorate of Ghana’s national archives - the Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD).

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Accra Central Library
Osu Klottey
Accra
Telephone: +233 57 138 8401
Email: abrahamyebuah@gmail.com
Website: Ghana Library Authority
Website #2: Accra Central Library - Ghana Library Authority

Museums[edit | edit source]

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

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 == Archives ==
-'''[http://praad.gov.gh/index.php/national-archives/ National Archives of Ghana]'''<br>
+'''Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD)'''<br>P.O. Box 3056<br>Castle Road<br>Accra<br>Email: [mailto:praad@4u.com.gh praad@4u.com.gh]<br>
-Castle Road Adjacent YWCA, Adabraka<br>
+Website: [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=659 Public Records and Archives Administration Department]<br>
-P.O.Box GP 3056<br>
+Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/PRAADsr/ National Archives Ghana Search Room at PRAAD]
-Accra, Ghana<br>
-GA Address GH-GA-050-7200<br>
-[http://praad.gov.gh/index.php/national-archives/ Website]<br>
-'''Regional offices:'''<ref>[http://praad.gov.gh/index.php/regionaloffices/ Ghana Regional Offices - Public Records], c2019, Marichael Company Limited, J&F Fashtech, accessed 5 August 2019.</ref><br>
-{|
-|-
-| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:2.5em"|
-*Greater Accra
-*Western North (Sefwi Wiawso)
-*Bono (Sunyani)
-*Volta (Ho)
-| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:2.5em"|
-*Eastern Region (Koforidua)
-*Bono East (Techiman)
-*OTI (Dambai)
-*Upper West (WA)
-| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:3em"|
-*Central Region (Cape Coast)
-*Ahofo (Goaso)
-*Savannah (Damango)
-*Upper East (Bolgatanga)
-| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:3em"|
-*Western Region (Sekondi)
-*Ashanti (Kumasi)
-*North East (Nalerigu)
-*Northern (Tamale)
-|}
-'''Manhyia Archives (formally Manhyia Records Office)'''<br>Institute of African Studies<br>P.O. Box AS 477, Asawase-Kumasi<br>Ghana<br><br>
+:The PRAAD building at Cape Coast holds a large body of documentary material including printed material, manuscripts, maps, drawings, and photographic collections. These are held in a large room in the archive building ideally designed as a repository. However, irregular power supply, poor functioning, and unsatisfactory maintenance of air conditioners as well as humidity and dust control problems have led to a deterioration in the physical conditions of the collections.
-Telephone: +233 0322 398511/51 33971<br>Email: [mailto:manhyiaarchives@yahoo.com manhyiaarchives@yahoo.com]<br>[http://ias.ug.edu.gh/content/manhyia-archives Website]
-:The mission of the Manhyia Archives is to provide efficient and reliable professional records and archives management services to promote democracy, human rights, justice, accountability, good governance, development, and the study of our history, culture, and national identity..
-'''Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD)'''<br>P.O. Box 3056<br>Castle Road<br>Accra<br>Ghana<br><br>Email: [mailto:praad@4u.com.gh praad@4u.com.gh]<br>
-[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=659 Website]<br>
-[https://www.facebook.com/PRAADsr/ National Archives Facebook]
-:The PRAAD building at Cape Coast holds a large body of documentary material including printed material, manuscripts, maps, drawings, and photographic collections. These are held in a large room in the archive building ideally designed as a repository. However, irregular power supply, poor functioning, and unsatisfactory maintenance of air conditioners as well as humidity and dust control problems have led to a deterioration in the physical conditions of the collections.
+'''Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana'''<br>University of Cape Coast<br>Website: [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP474 Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana]
-'''Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana'''<br>University of Cape Coast<br>[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP474 Website]
-*[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP474/search Online records from the Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana: pre-colonial and colonial documents preservation project]
 :This pilot project targets endangered archival collections in the Central administrative region of Ghana and will be undertaken in collaboration with the Central regional directorate of Ghana’s national archives - the Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD).
-<br>
-'''Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) in Tamale, Northern Ghana'''<br>
-*[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP256 Preservation of endangered historical records in the Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) in Tamale, Northern Ghana (EAP256)]<br>
-*[https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP256/search Digitized archival records from Preservation of endangered historical records in the Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) in Tamale, Northern Ghana (EAP256)]
-:Located 400 miles north of the Atlantic coast in West Africa, Tamale was founded in early 1907 by the British as an administrative centre for the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. British Direct Commissioners were stationed there, reporting to the governor in Accra on colonial and administrative matters. PRAAD's holdings in Tamale now include these reports, recording colonial disputes, administrative tasks, boundary discussions, court proceedings, land tenure and chieftancy affairs, as well as correspondence with the missionary church in the Northern Territories. The archives also contain historical manuscripts on diverse subjects including slavery and the history and culture of northern Ghana. The extent of the archives is quite large, containing over 30,000 boxes and approximately 2,100,000 individual records.
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-[https://eap.bl.uk/search?f%5B0%5D=country%3AGhana '''Endangered Archives: Ghana''']
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 == Libraries ==
-'''Accra Central Library'''<br>Osu Klottey<br>Accra, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 57 138 8401<br>Email: [mailto:abrahamyebuah@gmail.com abrahamyebuah@gmail.com]<br>
+'''Accra Central Library'''<br>Osu Klottey<br>Accra<br>Telephone: +233 57 138 8401<br>Email: [mailto:abrahamyebuah@gmail.com abrahamyebuah@gmail.com]<br>
-[http://www.library.gov.gh/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/accracentrallibrary/ Facebook]
+Website: [http://www.library.gov.gh/ Ghana Library Authority]<br>Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/accracentrallibrary/ Accra Central Library - Ghana Library Authority]
-'''Balme Library'''<br>University of Ghana<br>W.E.B. Dubois Rd<br>Accra, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 030 251 2407/024 938 1615<br>Email: [mailto:eaoagyei@gmail.com eaoagyei@gmail.com]<br>
-'''Ghana Institute of Journalism Library'''<br>32nd Gamel Abdul Nasser Rd. Osu<br>P.O. Box GP 667, Accra, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 302 228336<br>
-Email: [mailto:info@gij.edu.gh info@gij.edu.gh]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/gijlibrary Facebook]
 == Museums ==
-'''National Museum of Ghana'''<br>2 Barnes Rd<br>Accra, Ghana<br>Telephone: +233 30 222 1633<br>
-Email: [mailto:gmmb.acc@gmail.com gmmb.acc@gmail.com]<br>
-[http://nationalmuseum.ghana-net.com/index.html Website]<br>
-:The National Museum of Ghana was established in 1957 and is the ultimate repository of knowledge on the various cultural elements of the people of Ghana, including their languages, chieftaincy systems, foods, dressing, and handicraft.  The museum is divided into three primary sections: Ethnography, Archaeology, and Arts.
-==Record Offices==
-*[https://www.ghana.gov.gh/mdas/ff7a7a8296/ Ghana Births and Deaths Registry]<br>2nd Liberia Road, Ministries<br>Accra, Ghana<br>Email: ing@bdr.gov.gh<br>
-*[https://rgd.gov.gh/marriage.html Marriage Registration]
+== Record Offices ==
-==References==
-<references/>
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