Series is comprised of materials related to the 1961 Cornell-Aro Research Project in the Western Region and the 1963 Study on the Role of Women. In the Cornell-Aro study, modeled on the Stirling County Study, Leighton’s team analyze the mental health trends of Nigerians living in both major cities and small rural villages via interviews, surveys, and observations. The Role of Women study may possibly be considered a ‘sub-study’ of the Cornell-Aro study, as it uses much of the same research material supplemented by new data. Materials present include correspondence, memoranda, datasets, research notes, fieldnotes reports, speeches, photographs, forms, applications, surveys and questionnaires, medical documents, affiliated studies, and comparative analyses.
File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten contact information related to James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau. The cards contain contact information of individuals from countries outside of Nigeria.
File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten contact information related to James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau. The cards contain contact information of individuals in Nigeria. The file also contains a commercial card for a Chief Pilot: Captain Vernon M Tyron located in Jos Plateau.
File consists of a second draft of the handbook by Charles C. Hughes written as part of the Cornell-Aro study. File also contains a page of notes on indicators of disintegration.
File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This episode is on conflict and development in the Horn of Africa. The episode was rebroadcast July 13, 1988 on The Evening Affair, a CKDU radio program on public affairs.
File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From a Different Perspective, a radio program broadcast on CKDU 97.5. This file is on conflict and development in the Horn of Africa. It aired 1990 and was rebroadcast September 5, 1990 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's evening public affairs program.
Subseries contains five handwritten notebooks which are the compiled final versions of the field work research notebooks created in the Jos Plateau by James Morrison in 1973. Each notebook is specific to a region of the Jos Plateau and group of people living there.
File consists of several pages of data tables and statistics for female Yoruba respondents' socioeconomic factors, including age group, mental health, children, education, tribal difference, and social class.
File consists of a report by von Severus on the physical health conditions prevalent in Yoruba village to determine their eligibility in the 1961 Cornell-Aro study.
File contains material (including memo, meeting agenda and minutes, reports, and background material) relating to the June 8, 1988 combination Executive/Audit Committee meeting. Topics discussed were audits, financial statements, and project proposals.
File consists of handwritten notes on correspondence between the Colonial Office in London, England, and administrative officials including Frederick Lugard and Charles Lindsay Temple. The notes were compiled from correspondence from the Public Record Office by James Morrison during the 1970's in Nigeria.
File contains computer dataset printouts. Also includes correspondence regarding corrections to be made on data cards 26 and 27 for the study on the role of women.
Item is a colour photograph of a tall narrow building surrounded by low buildings and trees in Ibadan, Nigeria. The photograph was taken by James Morrison in 1969.
File is a collection of notes on research dates associated to Amo, Bachit, Buji, Du, Fan, Forum, Fobur, Gashish, Gindiri, Gwong, Gyel, Heipang, Jal, Jere, Kuru, Kwall, Miango, Riyom, Ron, Ropp, RuKuba, Sura, Vwang, Irigwe, Jere, Pyem, Baron, Ganawuri handwritten by James Morrison.
File contains a photograph of Marq de Villiers as a small child, wearing a pith helmet and holding a sand shovel, and a photograph marked on the back with "Marq's oupa [grandfather] looking at the dam [with] Terry and Jennifer, Leo's children." On Marq's website, this image appears with the caption: "With grandfather and sister, surveying the state of the world’s water, 1944."
Subseries contains catalogue cards used by James Morrison during the creation of his thesis on the Jos Plateau. The catalogue cards are used as indexes, bibliography of references, and contact information.
Item contains one cash receipt book which was made in Nigeria and used by James Morrison during his thesis on the Jos Plateau. The book contains 200 pages, pages 3-12 are used and the rest are blank. The item contains one loose sheet of paper which is a hand written receipt. The contents of the book are payments made for interpreters, and paid in naira.
Item is a perfect bound notebook containing hand written notes in pencil and blue pen by James Morrison in 1973. The notes describe the BuKuru, Jos & RuKuba 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 154, the rest of the note book is left blank.
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 BuKuru (pages 1-8), Baron (pages 9-16), Interview with Barbara Frank (pages 17-16), Toma Tok (pages 23-30), Da Dusu Gyong (pages 31-40), Jos (pages 41-50), Christopher Menta (pages 51-54), Onigbinde (pages 55-60), Daniel 'Ojo' (pages 61-64), Fobur (pages 65-78), Pyem Geji (pages 79-84), Sarikin Gindiri (pages 85-92), Kereng (pages 93-104) and includes notes related the origins of each group, chief lists, cultural and sociological specifics, &c. Item contains two sheets of loose leaf paper with handwritten transcription of a historical recounting of European contact as told by Gyong Chung of Zabutt in January 1973. This notebook is the compilation of field work research notebooks completed by James H. Morrison in 1973.
Item consists of a handwritten research notebook recorded in pencil, green and blue pen by James Morrison in 1973. The notes describe the Buji and Ganawuri 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 is one page of loose lined paper of recorded notes on pages 181.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of Wired for Freedom, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Brazil, and an amputation in Sudan. The episode was recorded on May 7, 1988, and was broadcasted on May 10, 1988.
File contains documents pertaining to Part XI of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Includes the Boat Paper, which was a controversial paper, to which the nonpaper (which the International Ocean Institute (IOI) was involved in writing) was a response. File also includes a report from the Secretary-General's informal consultations on the topic.
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