Africa Archives (Belgian Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs)

Belgian colonial public records, 1885 to 1962, from the Independent State of Congo (Congo Free State), the Ministry of Colonies and African Affairs, and Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi. Topics include politics, administration, justice, security, mining, education, religion and civil status records; about 90 private bequests and microfilms of private papers are also held. Being re-inventoried and transferred to the National Archives of Belgium 2 (Joseph Cuvelier repository); transferred records are consulted by appointment, others in the Foreign Affairs reading room on request.