Prior to 1953 the University had very little on Africa, but with the establishment of the African Research and Studies Program systematic buying was begun for books and periodicals later for government documents. As of June 1958, there were about 4,187 books (monographs) and 1,803 serial titles. Of these latter, 108 are periodicals; the remainder are society publications and government documents. In addition, there are twenty-seven newspaper subscriptions covering all parts of the continent save for North Africa. We have 142 linear feet of documents.