Among its holdings are records created in 15th-20th century related to colonial Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea, India, Macau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor, Uruguay, and other locales.[2] As of 1970 the materials were grouped as pre-1833 (mostly from the Arquivo do Conselho Ultramarino) and post-1833 (from the Arquivo do Ministerio das Colonias).[3]
^"Quem Somos: História" [About Us: History]. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^"AHU: Conselho Ultramarino". Archivo Científica Tropical Digital Repository (in Portuguese). Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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Alberto Iria (1950). "A Organizacao dos Servicos do Archivo Historico". Boletim do Archivo Historico Colonial (in Portuguese). 1.
Ann Pescatello (1970). "Relatorio from Portugal: The Archives and Libraries of Portugal and Their Significance for the Study of Brazilian History". Latin American Research Review. 5. JSTOR2502224.
Jose C. Curto (1988). "Angolan Manuscript Collection of the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino; Lisbon: Toward a Working Guide". History in Africa. 15. JSTOR3171858.
1 1975 is the year of East Timor's Declaration of Independence and subsequent invasion by Indonesia. In 2002, East Timor's independence was fully recognized.