Abstract:
The objective of this study is to reconstruct the history of some monuments and archival
institutions of Addis Ababa from the dates of their foundation to the present. To that end the
archival and research centers of Institute of Ethiopian Studies (IES), which is located in Addis
Ababa University, sidist kilo main campuses was established in 1963, and National Archives and
Library Agency (NALA) the former Wemezekir (Memorial) have been taken up. In relation with
the later the library was founded in 1944 and archives only got a legal status in 1976. The statue
of Abunë Petros erected in his name in July 1941, to commemorate one of the bishops of
Ethiopian Orthodox church who lost his life because of opposing the Italian occupation of
Ethiopia and Yekatit 12/Monument of martyrs/ the first Monument was erected in 1941, it had
15meters length and four corners and the first statue was replaced by another one after 9 years,
and it has 28 meters length and 3 corners, It was constructed to commemorate the people of
Ethiopia who were massacred by the order of the fascist Italian general Marshal Graziani. Both
primary and secondary sources have been used for the study and oral information collected
through guided interview was used to consolidate and triangulate information obtained from
archival and documentary sources. Before writing up the drafts of this thesis, the sources
gathered have been interpreted and analyzed qualitatively and described in a historical research
method and the study concludes that both the archives in repositories and the statues of Addis
Ababa, except those at NALAE and IES have not been given the desired attention. The issue of
monuments in particular needs special attention.
