Comics collection

• Collection of comic magazines from Alain Van Passen

• Collection of comics published in American newspapers from Emil Laga

• Collection of comics from Georges Dumbruch

• Books on archeology from the donation of Yann Hollevoet

• Colonial and postcolonial literature from the donations of Jan Kuijk (former deputy editor of the Dutch daily newspaper Trouw) and Bert Paasman (professor-emeritus of colonial and postcolonial cultural and literary history at the University of Amsterdam). These donations complement the collection on Dutch-language literature outside the Low Countries. The focus is on literature from Suriname, the Caribbean and Indonesia. Bert Paasman's donation also contains many studies on the history and literature of these regions during the colonial period.

• South African literature from the private library of poet, critic and academic Fanie Olivier