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 a research grant application submitted to the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to request funding for the Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project in Nigeria.
File contains an 8-page stapled publication of the New York Hosptial Cornell Medical Centre's bimonthly newsletter. Features an article about Alexander Leighton's Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project.
File contains one copy of the final fourth draft of the social data questionnaire for community respondents. Questionnaire is in both English and Yoruba and has been completed by an individual subject.
File contains early drafts of the community respondent social data and psychiatric questionnaires and a survery from Aro Hospital concerning displaced and detribalised people. Also contains a memo justifying the questions used and an appendix containing a blank copy of the final draft of the questionnaire.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Agada. File includes three hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Ilewo. Researchers considered the village traditional.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Ilewo. File includes one hand-drawn map of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Ashipa. File includes three hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Shodeke. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.
File contains social and historical research notes, field notes, and population medical survey results for the village of Opeji. File includes four hand-drawn maps of the village.
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Adekanbi. File includes one hand-drawn map.
File consists of female respondents' answers to question 51 of the social science data questionnaire ("Do you get on better with your omoiya or your omobaba more?").
File consists of female respondents' answers to question 63 of the social science data questionnaire ("Do you think that this village is a good place to make a living?").
File consists of female respondents' answers to question 70 of the social science data questionnaire ("Are there many other alejos in your compound?").
File consists of female respondents' answers to question 80 of the social science data questionnaire ("Do you think it is right nowadays for an individual to sell land which he inherits?").
File consists of female respondents' answers to question 100 of the social science data questionnaire ("Do you have your closest friend in relatives/work group/cult group/mission congregation/political association/other associations?").
File consists of female respondents' answers to question 105 of the social science data questionnaire ("What sorts of things do you do for enjoyment?").
File consists of female respondents' answers to question 116 of the social science data questionnaire ("Do you think it is a good idea for people to keep up native customs?").
File consists of male respondents' answers to question 28 of the social science data questionnaire ("Do you think it is better nowadays for young people to get married in the traditional way or by law?").
File consists of male respondents' answers to question 52 of the social science data questionnaire ("In this village would you say that most people love their omobaba more than omoiya?").
File consists of male respondents' answers to question 63 of the social science data questionnaire ("Do you think that this village is a good place to make a living?").
File consists of male respondents' answers to question 80 of the social science data questionnaire ("Do you think it is right nowadays for an individual to sell land which he inherits?").
File consists of male respondents' answers to question 82 of the social science data questionnaire ("In your experience has there been any change in the way you treat your ebi or the way they treat you?").
File consists of male respondents' answers to question 95 of the social science data questionnaire ("What did your relatives think of your change in religion?").
File consists of male respondents' answers to question 115 of the social science data questionnaire ("When important things happen in other parts of Nigeria how do you hear about them?").
File consists of a compiled list of male respondents' answers to a selection of questions from the social science data questionnaire. Reponses are listed according to village.
File consists of a compiled list of male respondents' answers to a selection of questions from the social science data questionnaire. Researchers considered the village disintegrated traditional.
File consists of a compiled list of male respondents' answers to a selection of questions from the social science data questionnaire. Noted artificial.
File consists of Jane Murphy's fieldnotes/personal journal of her time in Abeokuta from 17 June to 20 July, 1963. Includes descriptions of work as well as social events.
File consists of Jane Murphy's fieldnotes/personal journal of her time in Lagos from 22 July to 12 September, 1963. Includes descriptions of work as well as social events.
