Hi Eliza,

If the GIS angle fails, Cornell has an atlas, published in 1929, that depicts cercle boundaries (and admin centers): "Atlas Colonial Francais : Colonies, Protectorats et Pays Sous Mandat"

 
We have it here, so yell if you can't get to Cornell's.

BTW, the bibliography points to "Atlas des Cercles de l'A.O.F.*, à différentes échelles (Service géographique de l'A.O.F.)," which produces a lot of results in Worldcat. See: https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=atlas+des+cercles&qt=owc_search
* presumably Afrique Ouest Francais?

Michael





On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 8:58 AM Eliza Bettinger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello All,


This is a long shot, but I'm wondering if any of you have a lead on GIS data containing boundaries of colonial French West Africa down to the cercle (political administration subunit) level. My patron (a grad student) is looking for data from about 1925.


My guess is that her only hope will be to trace a historic map image, but wanted to reach out to see if there's anyone out there will boundaries already created that they're willing to share.


All the best,

Eliza


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