{"title":"Mining the Past: A Report of Four Archival Repositories in Zambia","authors":"Hyden Munene","doi":"10.1017/hia.2019.24","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Researchers and scholars have written on the history of mining in Zambia using a variety of sources and archives. But much of the history written from local archives has relied heavily on the National Archives of Zambia. Yet, important archival holdings for researchers of the history of Zambia’s mining industry also exist in the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Archive, the United National Independence Party Archive, and in the Mineworkers’ Union of Zambia Headquarters. These repositories house rich collections of data invaluable for understanding Zambia’s mining industry. Covering the period from the 1890s to the present, these archives make possible new questions and interpretations of Zambia’s mining industry. Résumé: Des chercheurs de tous horizons ont écrit sur l’histoire de l’exploitation minière en Zambie en utilisant différentes sources et archives. Pourtant, ces historiens ont utilisé majoritairement des sources disponibles dans les archives locales des Archives nationales de Zambie. Cependant, il existe des archives importantes pour les historiens spécialistes de l’industrie minière de la Zambie dans les archives de la Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, dans celles du United National Independence Party et dans celles du siège du Mineworkers’ Union of Zambia. Ces dépôts contiennent de riches fonds d’une valeur inestimable pour comprendre l’industrie minière zambienne. Couvrant la période des années 1890 à nos jours, ces archives permettent de poser de nouvelles questions et de formuler de nouvelles interprétations sur l’industrie minière zambienne.","PeriodicalId":39318,"journal":{"name":"History in Africa","volume":"47 1","pages":"359 - 373"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/hia.2019.24","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"History in Africa","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2019.24","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: Researchers and scholars have written on the history of mining in Zambia using a variety of sources and archives. But much of the history written from local archives has relied heavily on the National Archives of Zambia. Yet, important archival holdings for researchers of the history of Zambia’s mining industry also exist in the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Archive, the United National Independence Party Archive, and in the Mineworkers’ Union of Zambia Headquarters. These repositories house rich collections of data invaluable for understanding Zambia’s mining industry. Covering the period from the 1890s to the present, these archives make possible new questions and interpretations of Zambia’s mining industry. Résumé: Des chercheurs de tous horizons ont écrit sur l’histoire de l’exploitation minière en Zambie en utilisant différentes sources et archives. Pourtant, ces historiens ont utilisé majoritairement des sources disponibles dans les archives locales des Archives nationales de Zambie. Cependant, il existe des archives importantes pour les historiens spécialistes de l’industrie minière de la Zambie dans les archives de la Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, dans celles du United National Independence Party et dans celles du siège du Mineworkers’ Union of Zambia. Ces dépôts contiennent de riches fonds d’une valeur inestimable pour comprendre l’industrie minière zambienne. Couvrant la période des années 1890 à nos jours, ces archives permettent de poser de nouvelles questions et de formuler de nouvelles interprétations sur l’industrie minière zambienne.