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