Agence France Presse
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 PP MS 13 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full title | : Agence France Presse |
Date(s) | : 1965-1972 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 17 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Agence France Presse | French news agency |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Agence France Presse, named in 1944, is a French news agency with its headquarters in Paris, supplying world news. It is the successor of a news agency founded in 1835.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Press reports, 1965-1972, of Agence France Presse from Jakarta, Indonesia, chiefly by Brian May, on foreign affairs, including relations with Malaysia, Japan, the United States, and others; foreign aid; visits of overseas politicians; political affairs, including the Indonesian Communist party and Muslim parties; political unrest, including student militancy; the Chinese community; natural disasters and disease; sport; affairs in West Irian (Irian Jaya); economic policy, industry, mining and agriculture.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Chronological.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist and database.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The provenance of this material is unknown.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Revised by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: website of Agence France Presse at http://www.afp.com/english/home
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Apr 2002
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