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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".

Oral history research notebooks

Series contains handwritten bound research notebooks completed by James Morrison during his thesis research on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. The research notebooks contain notes on fieldwork, oral history notes and language lists, drawings and maps. The series contains two subseries, "Complied field work notebooks" and "History of Assakio village".

Oral history

Series consists of seven audio cassettes and textual records. The audio cassettes are oral history field recordings on the Jos Plateau recorded by James Morrison. The textual records are from Atlantic oral history association's conference hosted by James Morrison in Truro.

Series contains two subseries: Audio cassettes, and Atlantic oral history association.

Observations and notes

Item consists of a handwritten spiral bound notebook compiled by James Morrison in the Jos Plateau, Nigeria in the 1970's. The notebook is divided into sections based on ethnic and Indigenous groups: Irrigwe, Amo, Buji, Jere, Aten Garawuri, Challa (Ron), Ana Guta., Pyem and Jarawa. The notebook contains observations on living, and community structures, language, and names of interviews and interpreters.

Nova Scotia - Nigeria - Ireland - Nova Scotia

Item contains one clothbound diary for the year 1976 used by James Morrison in Nigeria. The diary has a green cover and contains notes related to travel and research in Nigeria, Ireland, and Nova Scotia. The diary contains notes on expenses and contact information for colleagues and venues.

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.

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.

Marian Binkley fonds

  • MS-2-172
  • Fonds
  • Bulk, 1976-1995
Fonds consist of records related to Marian Binkley's extensive research studies on the fishing industry, particularly the health and safety of fishermen and the effects of the industry on their wives and families. Population data and research on the people of Fogo Island over a period of one hundred years is also included. Records consist of correspondence, surveys with fishermen and their wives, research on the fishing industry (particuarly with regard to health problems and fatalities), notes on findings and research, interview transcripts, and audio recordings of the interviews.

Binkley, Marian

Maps related to the Jos Plateau

Subseries consists of twenty five maps related to James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau. Seven of the maps were used in Morrison's published thesis, the others are supporting research documents and are a mix of government produced and hand drawn. The maps depict Nigeria and the Jos Plateau region.

Mallam dandada

Item consists of one 3M highlander C.90 audio cassette tape recorded by James Morrison in 1973 in the Jos Plateau. The item contains the recording of an interview with Mallam Dandada in Hausa.

Living his heritage : [news clipping]

Item is a newspaper clipping from the Chronicle Herald entitled Living his heritage and written by Leslie Smith in 1988 about James Morrison's time in Nigeria. The article details Morrison's personal and professional life and contains several photographs of Morrison in Nigeria. The item is pages three to six of Volume 7, Number 6 of the Chronicle Herald.

Library and archive reference research

File consists of a combination of handwritten research notes and typed research plans and reference request index sheets created by James Morrison in 1972. The indexes list materials and documents from government, academic and institutional archives and libraries on the topic of Nigeria, Jos Plateau and tin mining.

Jos Plateau Societies: Internal Change and External Influences, 1800-1935 : [thesis draft]

File consists of a typed loose leaf draft copy of James Morrison's graduate thesis "Jos Plateau Societies: Internal Change and External Influences, 1800-1935", a thesis in the Department of History, submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Ibadan.

Jos Plateau paper outline

File is the outline for a paper written by James Morrison on subject matter similar to his thesis, Jos Plateau Societies: Internal Change and External Influences, 1800-1935. The file consists of two pages of lined paper and the outline is handwritten using red ink. The theme of the paper is on non-muslim resistance in the Jos Plateau area, and internal land boundaries.

Jos Plateau : [maps]

File consists of seven black and white maps of the Jos Plateau. The maps display national boundaries, migration routes, settlements, ethnic groups, pathways of British expeditions and main roads.

Jos Plateau : [maps]

File consists of eighteen black and white, and colour maps of the Jos Plateau. The file includes five transparent copies of maps of the Jos Plateau used in James Morrison's thesis. The remaining thirteen maps are a combination of government and topographical maps of the Jos Plateau region of Nigeria.

Jos Plateau

File consists of a variety of research notes compiled by James Morrison that span 1973 to 1975. The file contains 1 envelope with three black and white photographs of a pot fragment from Birom, Jarawa. The envelope is addressed to "J Starken c/o Prof Gavin, Dept of History, ABU Zaria". File contains John M. Samci's business card (permanent secretary at the Ministry of Trade & Industry, Benue-Plateau State, Jos.). The file has a collection of loose papers of research notes, oral history interview notes, notes on Zaria, and 2 copies of a typed abstract.

Jerome H. Barkow fonds

  • MS-2-89
  • Fonds
  • 1969 - 2008
Fonds contains records created and collected by Jerome Barkow in the course of his research and teaching at Dalhousie University. Records types include course materials in anthropology, biology and sociology; university and departmental records, including meeting minutes, correspondence and reports; editorial correspondence and manuscript drafts of published papers; lecture and presentation manuscripts and slides.

Barkow, Jerome H.

Irrigwe, Jere, Buji, Ganawari, Amo : [research notebook]

Irrigwe, Jere, Buji, Ganawari, Amo : [research notebook]

Item consists of James H. Morrison's handwritten research notes, related to his fieldwork researching several peoples of the Jos Plateau, central Nigeria, in early 1973. Item contains research notes related to the Irrigwe (pages 1-70), Jere (pages 75-143), Buji (pages 149-221), Garawani (pages 225-287), and Amo (pages 295-315) peoples, and includes notes related the origins of each group, chief lists, cultural and sociological specifics, &c. This notebook is the compilation of field work research notebooks completed by James H. Morrison in 1973.

Irrigwe + Anaguta Zawan

Item consists of one Kodak C.60 low-noise audio cassette tape recorded by James Morrison in 1973 in the Jos Plateau. The item contains a recording of an Irrigwe war song, music from Zawan, interviews, and dictation of archival documents in Kaduna, Nigeria. The audio cassette has 42 minutes of listed content.

Irrigwe

Item is a perfect bound notebook containing hand written notes in pencil, green and blue pen by James Morrison in 1973. The notes describe the Irrigwe Indigenous groups of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, including observations on dress and language. The notebook includes a table of contents and hand-numbered pages up to 109, the rest of the note book is left blank. The notebook only contains information related to Irrigwe, not Rukuba.

Interpreters for fieldwork

File contains three black and white photographs of the interpreters for fieldwork hired by James Morrison in 1973 and 1974.

Index of terms and thesis bibliography

File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten bibliographic and terminology entries related to James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau. The cards are organized into sections related to bibliographic references and terminology related to the Indigenous groups that Morrison studied on the Jos Plateau, these are also referenced in full in the Oral history research notebooks series.

Index of terms and thesis bibliography

File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten entries on secondary sources, terminology definitions, contact information and research notes. Some of the catalogue cards are organized alphabetically and the rest are organized by topics which include: Africa, Thesis Oral, Production, Trade, Tin, Government. The file also contains a handwritten letter addressed to Jim and Sheila Morrison from Musa Borodo.

Ibadan, Nigeria University Ibadan

Item contains one bound diary from the years 1969 to 1971 used by James Morrison in Nigeria. The diary has a brown and black cover and contains notes related to James Morrison's travel and research in Nigeria. The item contains diary entries on Morrison's personal life and day to day events.

Ibadan, Nigeria University

Item contains one bound diary from 1971 used by James Morrison in Nigeria. The diary has an orange cover and contains notes related to James Morrison's travel and research in Nigeria. The item contains diary entries on Morrison's personal life and day to day events.

Ibadan university / phd exam / Nova Scotia

Item contains one clothbound diary for the year 1975 used by James Morrison in Nigeria. The diary has a red cover and contains notes related to travel and research in Nigeria and Nova Scotia. The diary contains contact information for colleagues and venues. The end sheets are colour maps of Nigeria.

History of Assakio village : [sketches]

File consists of a notebook of drawings created by James H. Morrison, and three maps of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. One map was created in 1903 and is a visualization of the settlements on the Jos Plateau; one map is a visualization of Nigeria with a focus on Jos Plateau; one map is entitled "The Fulani Jihad and those Settlements on the Jos Plateau Affected by the Emirates and/or their Allies" and displays the attack strategy of Jemaa, Zaria, Ningi, and Bauchi groups. The notebook contains colour pencil crayon drawings of styles of dress in Assakio Village with descriptive titles.

History of Assakio village : [research]

Item is a folder of typed research documents and interviews compiled by James H. Morrison in Assakio Village in Nigeria in 1976. The interview transcriptions are listed in a table of contents. The interviews are a range of individuals containing the chief of the Assakio council, tradespeople, various ceremonies and community events. The item also contains a vocabulary and greeting list, and index.

History of Assakio village : [notebook]

File consists of two notebooks James H. Morrison completed on behalf of a colleague researching the Assakio village in Nigeria in 1976. The notebooks feature oral history notes based on interpreter facilitated conversations, observations, interviews, and vocabulary list.

History of Assakio village

Subseries contains five notebooks and textual records of field work that James H. Morrison completed on behalf of a colleague researching the Assakio village in Nigeria in 1976.

Hausa poem, religion interview questions

File consists of a range of research materials compiled by James Morrison from 1973-1975 in the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The research materials include an empty envelope addressed to James Morrison at the Department of History at the University of Ibadan. The file contains a photocopied version of a poem written in Hausa, and a series of interview questions about Muslim identity written in blue pen on loose leaf lined paper. The file contains a letter written to James Morrison from Musa Borodo regarding a translation that is attached to the letter. The translation is handwritten on lined loose leaf paper and is followed by the original Hausa in the form of a typed document.

Halifax, Wolfville, NS and Aburi, Ghana

Item contains one clothbound diary for the year 1967 used by James Morrison in Halifax, Wolfville and Ghana. The diary has a black cover and contains notes related to travel and research in Nova Scotia, and Nigeria. The diary contains notes on expenses and contact information for colleagues and venues. The item contains diary entries on Morrison's personal life and day to day events.

Gyel and Vwang

Item consists of a handwritten research notebook recorded in pencil, green and blue pen by James Morrison in 1973. The notes describe the Gyel and Vwang Indigenous groups of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, including observations on dress and language. The notebook includes a table of contents and hand-numbered pages.

Government documents

File consists of handwritten loose leaf paper compiled and written by James Morrison pertaining to government documents from the Kaduna National Archives, and Ibadan National Archives. File includes a bibliography of primary sources, handwritten compiled lists of items of interest to James Morrison from the national archives. The file contains oral history notes, a list of handwritten questions sent to government agencies and archives, and Birom arrival patterns.

Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, East Africa

Item contains one bound diary from the years 1967 to 1969 used by James Morrison in The Ivory Coast, Nigeria, East Africa and Ghana. The diary has a teal cover and contains notes related to James Morrison's travel and research in Africa. The item contains diary entries on Morrison's personal life and day to day events.

General notes, tin mining

File consists of a range of notes compiled by James Morrison in the 1970's while he attended University of Ibadan in Nigeria. The file contains a typed draft of "Impact of Tin Mining on the Indigenous Peoples of the Jos Plateau, Nigeria, 1904-1935" and notes and research from secondary sources on tin mining in Nigeria. The file contains minutes from the Nigerian Council of Mines. The file also contains Interview notes with N Perchona K., A. Y. Aliya, J. C. Muller, Barlow Mines Ltd., H. G. Farrant, Charles L. Williams, H. R. Mitchell, Sir Cecil Ames, Mallan Batune Dangyong, John Kadiye, and Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Fagg.

General notes and observations from the Jos Plateau

File consists of four handwritten spiral bound notebooks created by James Morrison in the 1970's while attending the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Three notebooks contain general notes from James Morrison's academic life, and one notebook contains oral history notes on Vwang, Ropp, Riyom, Kuru, Hei, Gyel, Ga, For, Fan, Du and Ba.

Gashish and Du

Item consists of a handwritten research notebook recorded in pencil, green and blue pen by James Morrison in 1973. The notes describe the Gashish and Du Indigenous groups of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, including observations on dress and language. The notebook includes a table of contents and hand-numbered pages. There are several pages of loose lined paper with recorded notes on pages 55, 165.

Forum, Heipang, Riyom, Bachit : [research notebook]

Item consists of James H. Morrison's handwritten research notes, related to his fieldwork researching several peoples of the Jos Plateau, central Nigeria, in early 1973. Item contains research notes related to the Forum (pages 1-80), Heipang (pages 85-145), Riyom (pages 151-229), Bachit (pages 231-285) and includes notes related the origins of each group, chief lists, drawings cultural and sociological specifics, &c. This notebook is the compilation of field work research notebooks completed by James H. Morrison in 1973.

Forum Gwom oral history

File consists of loose leaf handwritten notes related to oral history and field research performed by James Morrison in the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The file contains one typed questionnaire entitled : 'Yoruba on the Plateau" and is dated July, 1972. The file contains a piece of correspondence in Hausa written by Albert Gwom and James Morrison. The file contains handwritten calendars with dates assigned to Forum, Heipang, Riyom, Vwang, Bachit, Ropp, Du, Gashish, Gyel, Fan, and Kuru. The file contains handwritten questions for interviews with elders, and research notes on Irrigwe origin stories.
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