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Effect of culture and cultural patterns

File contains notes on village data, socioeconomic information, and psychiatric symptom statistics. File also includes a letter to Alex (Leighton?) from Ray (?) on the subject of sampling techniques and a further study on the role of physical depletions in the etiology of Yoruba psychiatric disturbances.

Egungun greeting

File contains photographic slides of a welcome ceremony featuring several egungun (traditional Yoruba masked figures representing ancestors).

Elmira-Yoruba comparisons

File contains materials comparing and analyzing the differences between the role of Yoruba and Elmira women. Includes research notes, answer scales and criteria, socioeconomic and employment data, family dynamic information, and statistical analyses.

Episode of Earth Action : various topics

File is an audio reel containing an episode of Earth Action, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The episode features a variety of topics including plants at home, toxic waste dumping, toxic waste dumping in Nigeria, and a time capsule poem. The episode aired on December 8, 1988.

Eskimo-Yoruba report

File consists of a letter from Robert Edgerton of the University of California to Jane Murphy regarding publication of her paper "Eskimo and Yoruba women: cross-cultural studies of psychopathology."

Family compound near Vwang

Item is a black and white photograph of a large field and a low building in Vwang Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1973.

Fan and Amo

Item consists of a handwritten research notebook recorded in pencil, green and blue pen by James Morrison in 1973. The notes describe the Fan and Amo 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, pages 116-200 are left blank.

Fan Hill

Item is a black and white photograph of a large field and a rocky hill in Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1973.

Fang + bachit / gyel + 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 recordings from Fang, Bachit, Gyel, and Zawan villages. The cassette contains music including reed harp, and solo voice. The audio cassette has 35 minutes of listed content.

Field work - jos plateau

Item consists of one 3M Scotch C-60 audio cassette tape recorded by James Morrison in 1972 in the Jos Plateau. The item contains a recording of a conversation with Pastor and Michael Hilse. The audio cassette has 30 minutes of listed content.

Field work - Jos Plateau 1973 Vom. Plateau State

Item contains one clothbound diary for the year 1973 used by James Morrison in Nigeria. The diary has a dark blue cover and contains notes related to travel and research in Nigeria and largely the Jos Plateau region. The diary contains notes on expenses and contact information for colleagues and venues.

Field work - Plateau / sept Ibadan vom

Item contains one clothbound diary for the year 1973 used by James Morrison in Nigeria. The diary has a yellow cover and contains notes related to travel and research in Nigeria and largely the Jos Plateau region. The diary contains notes on expenses and contact information for colleagues and venues. The end sheets are colour maps of Nigeria.

Field work and plateau history : [research notebook]

Item consists of two handwritten research notebooks recorded in blue and green pen by James Morrison in 1973. One notebook has a blue cover and describes observation methodologies, along with dated field entries with mentions of Gyel, Gwon, Vwang, and Fan Indigenous groups of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. The notebook includes a printed and annotated paper written by James Morrison entitled: "Colonial Rule and Tin Mining on the Plateau" folded between the cover and page 1. There is one loose page of handwritten interview notes folded between pages 12 and 13, regarding interview strategy. There is one press clipping on page 39 entitled: "You have misfired!" by Sen Luka Gom. The second notebook has an orange cover and covers the history and comments on the Jos Plateau. The notebook mentions the BuKuru, Gyel, Gwon, and Birom Indigenous groups of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. The notebook contains one press clipping entitled: "Three villagers arrested over farmland rumpus" written by Saidu Balogun and located on page 1. There are three loose pages with notes located on page 5, and four sheets of notes on page 9. There is one press clipping on entitled: " Three gunned down by police in encounter with villagers" located on page 55.

Field work Jos, Nigeria

Item contains one bound diary from 1971 used by James Morrison in Nigeria. The diary has a blue 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.

Forum and Heipang

Item consists of a handwritten research notebook recorded in pencil and blue pen by James Morrison in 1973. The notes describe the Forum and Heipang 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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