Digital Archival Package of Katrin Bromber’s Collection: Structure and Description

Abstract

Katrin Bromber collectoin is arranged into eight main folders, labeled KB_D_01 to KB_D_08. Each folder represents a thematic or functional grouping of materials, drawn from Bromber’s research, teaching, administration, and mentoring activities. Collection includes born-digital materials as well as digitized documents from her work across institutions and projects. This data set describes and organizes 34,449 files and 2,649 folders (63,3 GB) within the collection, preserving their hierarchy and relationships for future reference and reuse. The folders are as follows: KB_D_01 – Advised, Referenced, or Edited by Katrin (not included in download folder due to GDPR) Contains dissertations and theses by students she advised, drafts with her annotations, editorial feedback, and reference letters written in support of academic applications and job placements. KB_D_02 – General Articles on Africa (not included in download folder due to GDPR) A collection of scholarly articles and source material on African history, politics, and society, compiled and used by Bromber for research and instruction. KB_D_03 – Lectures, Classes, and Presentations Includes university teaching materials, such as syllabi, exams, lecture notes, as well as slides and documents from invited talks and academic presentations, including public engagements. KB_D_04 – Publications – Katrin – ZMO This folder contains Bromber’s published works and drafts, editorial projects, her contributions to the ZMO Bulletin, and documentation of her professional online presence. KB_D_05 – Reports and Reviews by Katrin Comprises peer reviews, academic assessments, grant evaluations, habilitation and dissertation reports written by Bromber in her role as reviewer or institutional evaluator. KB_D_06 – ZMO Events Documentation of events organized at or by ZMO, including colloquia, workshops, public lectures, and internal academic programming that Bromber helped design or host. KB_D_07 – ZMO Internal A record of Bromber’s institutional roles at ZMO, including Freundeskreis files, internal meeting minutes, board documents, membership lists, and administrative correspondence. KB_D_08 – ZMO Projects Covers Bromber’s research project files, especially on the Indian Ocean, translocality, Age & Generation, and institutional partnerships. Includes applications, reports, correspondence, and collaborative materials. Each digital folder is accompanied by an HTML folder map and a text-based file list. These tools provide searchable and structured overviews of contents and are available by request to support user navigation and targeted access