The collection’s description reads: « From the 1950s-1960s, the APPM was mainly responsible for providing legal and social assistance during placements and adoptions of mixed-race children in Belgium, producing nearly a thousand individual files in this framework. » These children came from Rwanda-Burundi and the Kivu region in Congo. This fonds contains « 944 individual files concerning the adoption of mestizos by Belgian families, containing correspondence, reports of visits to the foster families, documents related to the adoption of mestizo children, their follow-up, etc.; Documents concerning the administration and compatibility of the association (1932-1988). » Hence, it also includes information on women and migration.
Original source name : Fonds Association pour la protection/promotion des mulâtres
English translation : Association for the Protection/Promotion of Mulattoes Fonds
Creator : Organisations
Document- type 1 : correspondence
Document- type 2 : reports
Reference number : BE AGR2 545 755
Language(s) : French
Geographical coverage : Belgium
Time range : 20thc.
Year(s) : 1932-1988
Theme 1 : family
Theme 2 : legal
Publication(s) : Pierre-Alain Tallier, Marie Van Eeckenrode et Patricia Van Schuylenbergh (dir.), Belgique, Congo, Rwanda et Burundi. Guide des sources de l’histoire de la colonisation (19e-20e siècle). Vers un patrimoine mieux partagé !, 2 volumes, Recherches et notices réalisées par L.Ceûppens, L. d’Ursel, S. Dehaeck, S.Hocq, P. Van Schuylenbergh, T. Morren, L. Angel Bernardo y Garcia, M. Van Eeckenrode, D. Lauwers, P-A. Tallier, B. Piret et alii, Turnhout, Brepols, 2021, pp. 1219-1220.
English translation : Association for the Protection/Promotion of Mulattoes Fonds
Creator : Organisations
Document- type 1 : correspondence
Document- type 2 : reports
Reference number : BE AGR2 545 755
Language(s) : French
Geographical coverage : Belgium
Time range : 20thc.
Year(s) : 1932-1988
Theme 1 : family
Theme 2 : legal
Publication(s) : Pierre-Alain Tallier, Marie Van Eeckenrode et Patricia Van Schuylenbergh (dir.), Belgique, Congo, Rwanda et Burundi. Guide des sources de l’histoire de la colonisation (19e-20e siècle). Vers un patrimoine mieux partagé !, 2 volumes, Recherches et notices réalisées par L.Ceûppens, L. d’Ursel, S. Dehaeck, S.Hocq, P. Van Schuylenbergh, T. Morren, L. Angel Bernardo y Garcia, M. Van Eeckenrode, D. Lauwers, P-A. Tallier, B. Piret et alii, Turnhout, Brepols, 2021, pp. 1219-1220.
Archive name : Les archives de l'État en Belgique, Archives générales du Royaume
Archive name (English) : National Archives of Belgium
Archive address : Rue de Ruysbroeck 2, 1000 Bruxelles
City : Bruxelles
Country : Belgium
Official website and institutional resources : https://arch.arch.be/
Finding aid(s) : https://search.arch.be/fr
Archive name (English) : National Archives of Belgium
Archive address : Rue de Ruysbroeck 2, 1000 Bruxelles
City : Bruxelles
Country : Belgium
Official website and institutional resources : https://arch.arch.be/
Finding aid(s) : https://search.arch.be/fr