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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.

Masks without masquerades

File consists of catalogues for the exhibition of African masks titled 'masks without masquerades', organized and presented by The Dalhousie Art Gallery, and sponsored by the Canadian Association of African Studies. The exhibition was presented from February 6 to March 2, 1974.

Catalogues contain b&w images of works in the exhibition, an introduction by Jaqueline Fry (Department of Anthropology, University of Montreal), visual descriptions, and a bibliography.

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.
'M' - 'N' miscellaneous correspondence

'M' - 'N' miscellaneous correspondence

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.

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.

Kutaw village data

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.
Kuri hill 1973

Kuri hill 1973

Item is a black and white photograph of a field with some large boulders in Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1973. The photograph is in tones of purple due to the age of the photograph.

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.

Joko village data

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

Jane Parpart on the Canadian International Development Agency and Linda Roberts of Women's Employment Outreach

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Women's Time. This episode includes an interview with Jane Parpart of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) on the women's studies program in Nigeria and an interview with Linda Roberts of Women's Employment Outreach (WEO). The episode aired May 12, 1988 and was rebroadcast August 25, 1988 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.

Jane Murphy's respondent interview fieldnotes

File consists of a disassembled binder of Jane Murphy's interview fieldnotes from the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Fieldnotes record respondents' answers to questions and provide further details on context. Respondents' joint psychiatric/health evaluation forms are tucked beside their corresponding fieldnotes.
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