Archives Catalogue

MS-13-86, Box 102, Folder 13
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Nigerian politics and history course work

MS-2-27, Box 11, Folder 7
File
November 7, 1969 - May 3, 1970

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

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 photographic information

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 19
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a memo discussing the inventory, categories, and filing processes of photographs taken during the 1961 Cornell-Aro Nigerian study.

Nigerian movie

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 18
File
1961 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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 HOS analysis

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 11
File
[1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of datasets and charts related to study respondent demographic statistics.

Nigerian film at Nova Scotia archives

MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 16
File
1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains information on the film "Mental Health Research in Nigeria" that was filmed during the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Also includes a list of showings.

Nigeria trip

MS-13-86, Box 24, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains group photos, possibly from a formal event, from the 1961 trip to Nigeria.

Nigeria questionnaire, field notes, thesis notes

MS-2-27, Box 12, Folder 3
File
1971-03-04 - 1972-12-29

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

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.

Nigeria overview

MS-13-86, Box 102, Folder 6
File
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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).

Nature

MS-13-86, Box 102, Folder 8
File
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photographic slides of plants and nature scenes in Nigerian villages.

Native healers

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 2
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of native Nigerian healers and traditional medicine.

Native conceptions of disease

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 5
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Murphy's 1964 analysis of characteristics of traditional and modern villages

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 15
File
1960 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on social and physical histories of several villages and criteria for distinguishing traditional from modern and integrated from disintegrated villages. Also contains charts compiling and comparing village data.

Multiple regression for 276 Yoruba women, measures of the dependent variable

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 8
File
[1965?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer dataset printouts.

Mr. Sowemima's farm

MS-13-86, Box 20, Folder 7
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of Mr. Sowemima's farm, workers, and crops.

Momo village data

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 7
File
1960

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains social and historical research notes for the village of Momo.

Miscellaneous portraits

MS-13-86, Box 22, Folder 2
File
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains miscellaneous portrait photos.

Miscellaneous Nigeria slides

MS-13-86, Box 102, Folder 11
File
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photographic slides of Nigerian villagers, scenery, buildings, and study staff.

Miscellaneous data sampling information

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains respondent eligibility criteria and data sampling processes and statistics for villages.

Miscellaneous analyses regarding psychiatric symptoms

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 17
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on psychiatric conditions and symptoms found in Cornell-Aro study respondents. Data tables and analytical explanations accompany datasets and evaluations.

Miscellaneous: Aburi Ghana and Ibadan Nigeria

MS-2-27, PB Box 32, Item 1 - 4
File
1968 - 1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File contains four black and white photographs taken by James Morrison of Aburi, Ghana (1968) and Ibadan, Nigeria (1973).

Method memos on sampling, data gathering, evaluations for 1961 - 1963 comparisons

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 1
File
1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a 22-page memo from Jane Murphy regarding research methods, sampling, and analysis of data from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.

Mental health of native healers in 1961 sample

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a page of notes on mental health statistics for native healers of the study villages in Nigeria.

Mental health of 369 Yoruba and Stirling women ("all-women" RIDITs)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 7
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer dataset printouts and statistic charts of psychiatric and social data of Stirling and Yoruba women.

Memos regarding psychiatric data coding

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 16
File
1963 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memos regarding the psychiatric data questionnaire and methods for coding resulting data.

Memos on the organization and filing of data for the Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of two memos containing an index of Nigerian research materials and suggestions for their organization and storage.

Memos on RIDIT analysis of 1961 data

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 16
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of memos discussing data analysis and RIDIT values for the Nigerian sample.

Master list for analysis of culture change and mental illness among Yoruba men

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 8
File
1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains several copies of the master list for male Yoruba social and education data.

"Masks without masquerades" (African masks) exhibition

UA-36, Box 12, Folder 23
File
1974

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

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.

Markets

MS-13-86, Box 102, Folder 10, Items 1-16
File
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photographic slides of Nigerian village markets and vendors.

Marital status by ABCD for 1961 and 1963 samples

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 11
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and data tables analyzing data from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.

Marginal frequencies of social data from psychiatric questionnaires

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 10
File
1961 - 1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memoranda regarding updates to marginal frequencies in the Cornell-Aro study, based on the 415 respondents.

MANOVA analysis of Yoruba statistical material

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 17
File
[1972?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer printouts of calculations for analysis of variance of literacy data. Also includes information on the MANOVA analytical method.

Male-based RIDIT for study of cultural change

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 10
File
[1965?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of charts and data table for male statistics in Yoruba villages.

Macklin's 1961 analysis of traditional - modern and integrated - disintegrated villages

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 14
File
1961 - 1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of David Macklin's notes on individual and village acculturation and integration controlled on sex.

'M' - 'N' miscellaneous correspondence

MS-2-744, Box 353, Folder 4
File
1986-1990

Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

File contains correspondence with International Ocean Institute (IOI) Training Programme, Dalhousie University, Department of Finance and Treasury Board of Canada. Correspondents include Allan MacEachen; Andrew MacKay; Anne Marie MacKinnon; Willa Magee; Robert Maguire; Evelyne Meltzer; Peter Middleton; Chris Milley; Brian Mulroney; Satya Nandan; Arame Ndiaye; A.M. Nikundiwe; Judy Noel; and Roy Norton. File contains a duplicate letter which has not been digitized.

Logistics, visas, customs, and money in Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 2
File
1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains correspondences between research institutions, embassies, and members of the Nigerian studies regarding work and travel permits for study staff. Also contains Jane Murphy's international driving permit.

List of native healer patients

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 15
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a list of names of patients of local native healers.

List of individuals sampled and not interviewed

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 8
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memoranda regarding the numbers of sampled and interviewed respondents for the Cornell-Aro study. Totals are listed and respondents are organized by village.

List of code names for Yoruba villages

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 9
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File comprised of a memo listing Yoruba villages and their revised code names.

List of alternate spellings of respondents' names

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 8
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a list of community respondents alongside alternate spellings of their names.

Lisa village data

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 6
File
1960

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Lisa.

Library and archive reference research

MS-2-27, Box 11, Folder 13
File
July 1 - October 31, 1972

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

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.

Length of residence in integrated and disintegrated communities

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 17
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer printout datasets, research notes, and statistical charts comparing information for male and female respondents in integrated and disintegrated communities.

Landscapes - nature

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of landscapes and nature scenes in Nigeria.

Lambo's home and sendoff

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of individuals at the Lambo family home.

Lagos work sheets

MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 14
File
[1963?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains lists of Lagos study respondents.

Lagos master lists and maps

MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 13
File
[1963?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a map of Lagos and lists of study respondents.

Lagos

MS-13-86, Box 102, Folder 1, Items 76-90
File
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photographic slides of buildings, streetscapes, and people in Lagos.

Kutaw village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 21
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Kutaw. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.

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