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"Masks without masquerades" (African masks) exhibition

File consists of records related to the Mask Without Masquerades exhibition held at Dalhousie Art Gallery from February 6 to March 3, 1974. The exhibition planned in conjunction with Dr. Jacqueline Fry (Department of Anthropology of the University of Montreal) and the Dalhousie committee on African studies.

Records consist mainly of correspondence between Ernest Smith (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and Jacqueline Fry (Department of Anthropology, University of Montreal) regarding selecting pieces, catalogues shipments, list of owners, and material descriptions. File also contains insurance documents, invitation lists, interdepartmental memos, packing instructions, letters and loan agreement forms, newspaper clippings, a slide (untitled), and incoming letters from the Royal Ontario Museum, the New Brunswick Museum, and the National Museum of Canada regarding transferring African masks.

Mildmay hospice

File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Mildmay hospice, an HIV charity that provides a number of services in the UK and East Africa, as well as a pink book. The episode was recorded on May 21, 1989, and was broadcasted on May 22, 1989.

Native conceptions of disease

File contains notes on psychiatric symptoms and diseases present in Nigerian respondents, and on the respondents' beliefs regarding illness. Also contains notes between researchers sharing thoughts and findings. File also includes Jane Murphy's field notes from discussions of disease with respondents. File also contains a copy of the study "The psychiatric examination of native African patients" by Edward L. Margetts.

Nigeria overview

File contains photographic slides of people, scenes, and events during the Nigeria studies. Also includes 1 slide of an Inuit person (possibly a respondent from the Alaska study).

Nigeria questionnaire, field notes, thesis notes

File consists of a range of textual records created by James Morrison related to his thesis on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria in the early 1970's. The file has two copies of a letter with attached questionnaire, the letter was sent to H. G. Farrant, R. G. Potter, W. Suffil, David Rough, G. W. Playfair, John Henderson. The questionnaire focuses on the Jos Plateau and missionary presence. The file also contains typed, loose leaf field notes, and handwritten loose leaf field notes on Jarawa, Amo, Anaguta, Buji, Ganawuri, Irigwe, Jere, RuKuba, Birom, Bachit, Du, Fan, Forum, Gashish, Gyel, Kuru, Riyom, and Vwang. The file contains additional thesis research, a chapter synopsis for the History of the Jos Plateau dated June 11, 1971.

Nigerian movie

Files contains documents relating to the film "Mental Health Research in Nigeria" that was filmed during the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Included are memos discussing the film's production and release, notes on filming scenes, a brochure for Cornell's program in social psychiatry, film production and narration notes, comments from researchers, and letters between researchers, librarians, and contacts in the Nigerian government. File also includes a publication called "African film bibliography 1965" by the Committee of Fine Arts and the Humanities of the African Studies Association.

Nigerian politics and history course work

File consists of five papers written by James Morrison in 1969 and 1970 while attending courses on Nigerian history and politics at the University of Ibadan. The papers are handwritten in pen on lined paper and include topics on Ancient Benin, El-Dzehebi, and African History from 1500-1800.

Nigerian study staff

File contains photographs of staff members of the Nigerian study. Also includes photos from the Pan-African Psychiatric Conference and a group photo, possibly of the African Students Association of Cornell University.

Non-respondent Bale interview cross-checks

File contains filled interview forms. Researchers used interviews to discuss respondents' health, history, and nature with the Bale (the traditional chief, judge, or leader) of each compound. Interview answers served to cross-check respondents' questionnaire information.

Notes on academic degrees and education in Nigeria

File contains research notes on the history of schools and public education in Nigeria. Comparisons are made between British and Nigerian degree systems. File also includes correspondence between researchers and the Nigerian Consulate in New York regarding Nigerian schooling and the place of women therein.

Notes on coding

File contains notes on data processing and coding, medical findings, and psychiatric social data. Also includes correspondence between Dorothea Leighton and Alice Longaker regarding coding process and classification procedures.

Nozipho Plaatjie at the South African Women's Day celebrations at the North Branch Library

File is an audio reel containing a recording of Nozipho Plaatjie, vice president of the Grahamstown, South Africa local branch of the African National Congress women's league. Plaatjie spoke at the North Branch Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the South African Women's Day celebrations. The recording is in two parts: the first is 10 min. and 15 sec.; and the second is 11 min. and 32 sec. Plaatjie was recorded August 15, 1991 and both parts aired August 16, 1991 on Title Waves, a CKDU radio program. The second part was rebroadcast on August 22, 1991 at 11:06 am and August 28, 1991 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.
'O' - 'P' miscellaneous correspondence

'O' - 'P' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Department of Finance and Treasury Board of Canada, Government of Canada Privy Council Office, and the Canadian International Development Agency. Correspondents include Karen O'Brien; Douglas Patriquin (attached are government documents); C.G. Penney; Nicholas Polunin (attached are EMB's comments on an editorial); George Post (attached are government documents); Francois Pouliot; Victor Prescott; Sharon Proctor.
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