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Date(s)
- 29 December 1983 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
Typed, 1 piece.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Institute of Ethiopian Studies (IES) was officially established in 1963 to collect information on Ethiopian civilization, its history, cultures, and languages.The Institute includes a research and publication unit, a library, and a museum. It is located at Addis Ababa University, which was at the time of the IES's opening, named Haile Selassie I University after the last emperor of Abyssinia. The first director of the Institute was Richard Pankhurst and the first librarian was Stanislaw Chojnacki. Other directors include Fäqadu Gadamu, Taddesse Tamrat, Taddese Beyene, Bahru Zewde, Abdussamad Ahmad, Baye Yemam, and Elizabet Walde Giyorgis.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Letter from Taddesse Tamrat, Director, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, to Dr Haldane, Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum, to thank him for sending microfilm copies of Ethiopic manuscripts in the museum's collections.