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Plateau area

File is comprised of two notebooks containing handwritten notes from James Morrison in 1973 on the Jos Plateau. The notebooks contain extracts from a collection of oral history research synthesized by James Morrison and written in a series of notebooks (see Associated Materials note). The notebooks are labelled 1 (blue cover) and 2 (green cover). Notebook 1 contains information on the political, religious and social aspects of the Jos Plateau, while notebook 2 contains information on the Pyem ethnic group.

Plan of study : [thesis]

File consists of several annotated typed documents related to James Morrison's thesis. The file contains a plan of study for James Morrison's thesis, as well as several papers written on the Birom, field work, oral history and tin mining.

Plan of study : [thesis]

File consists of three typed versions of James H. Morrison's PHD proposal entitled "Plan of Study". Each version of the document is unique with annotations and additional information. The Plan of Study includes an introduction, outline, bibliography. The file contains one handwritten version of the Plan of Study with edits.

Photographs related to the Jos Plateau

File consists of 17 photographs taken by James Morrison in 1973 in the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. The photographs are mostly landscapes and three images of James Morrison and Albert Gwom, there is one image of James Morrison's desk in Vom. The photographs are of the Ganawuri Hills, Vwang Hills, Riyom, and Vom. There are handwritten inscriptions with a place name, year and direction of camera on the back of each photograph.

Oral Tradition

File consists of two handwritten research notebooks recorded in blue pen by James Morrison in the 1970's. The notebooks contain notes and extracts on anthropology and oral history research in the Jos Plateau from six secondary sources. The notebooks contain numbered pages and a bibliography. File contains one typed internal memorandum from the University of Ibadan addressed to James Morrison in Notebook one.

Oral history, university of Ibadan graduate seminar

File consists of a range of handwritten documents created and compiled by James Morrison in 1972-73 while attending University of Ibadan in Nigeria. The file contains a membership form for the Royal African Society, an outline for Methodology of Oral Tradition for a graduate seminar in history. The file contains correspondence, oral history transcription in the original Hausa, and an "Outline for a General History of a Pre-Colonial State in America".

Opeji village data

File contains social and historical research notes, field notes, and population medical survey results for the village of Opeji. File includes four hand-drawn maps of the village.

Oluwo village data

File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Ilewo. File includes one hand-drawn map of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.

Ogunbayo

File contains photographic slides of respondent Ogunbayo, his family, and scenes in and near his compound.

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.

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.

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.
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