Archives Catalogue

RIDIT calculations for 1961 and 1963 Yoruba studies

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 7
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on data calculations and statistics from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.

Florence Murray's notes on drafting a program to control and treat leprosy

MS-2-535, Box 4, Folder 10, Item 10
Item
[1961]

Item consists of Florence Murray's handwritten notes, likely from 1961, stemming from discussions with Drs. Cochrane and Fraser, about the necessities for developing a program to control and treat leprosy in Korea.

Yoruba language notes

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists mainly of study notes for learning Yoruba. Also contains several English-Yoruba glossaries of common words and phrases.

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.

Data sampling in Abeokuta

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File is comprised of documents related to data sampling in the city of Abeokuta. Contains lists of names, notes on divisions of neighbourhoods, and information and statistics relating to city areas and squares. Also contains a large folded map of Abeokuta.

Information on population of Yoruba villages

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 10
File
[between 1959 and 1961]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of what appears to be an excerpt from a Yoruba rural study estimating the number of people over 20 years of age in Yoruba villages.

Apena village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 13
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 Apena. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.

Ikereku village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 14
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 Ikereku. File includes three hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.

Ijeun-Lukosi village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 15
File
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 Ijeun-Lukosi. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.

Akaa village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 18
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 Akaa. File includes three hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.

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.

Ijeja Kenta village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 25
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 Ijeja Kenta. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.

Abeokuta I data (square 5)

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 27
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains statistics for respondents from all map squares of Abeokuta and a list of respondents specifically from map square 5.

Descriptions of Abeokuta and chosen study areas

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 35
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on the history and geography of the Abeokuta area with a particular focus on the regions chosen for study.

Idiya village data

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 5
File
[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 Idiya. File includes one hand-drawn map.

Village health reports

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 17
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains Aro Hospital outpatient notes, statistics listings by village of individuals and their illnesses, and summaries of each village's overall health.

Considerations and proposals regarding indicators of sociocultural disintegration in the Egba setting / by Charles C. Hughes

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

David Macklin's notes on social science questionnaire data analysis

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on respondents' answers to the social data questionnaire, including statistics and thoughts on card organization and indices.

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.

Analysis of hemoglobin data

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 7
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on medical data relevant to hemoglobin. Includes lists of Sahli percentages and charts comparing averages. Also includes a memo regarding summary data from random village hemoglobin samples.

Information for the selection of villages to study in the Egba area

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 3
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and information on villages in the Egba region of Nigeria. Also includes memos from Charles C. Hughes containing travel observations and village statistics.

Social science respondents master lists

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 7
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains lists of community respondents organized according to village or city square.

Ilewo village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 12
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 Ilewo. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.

Awaro village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 16
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 Awaro. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.

Idi-Ori village data (trial run)

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 1
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 Idi-Ori. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village.

Information on villages not sampled

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 2
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for several villages. File includes two hand-drawn maps and several lists of names.

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.

Demographic data on Abeokuta residents

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

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on the socioeconomic and demographic data of Abeokuta residents.

Effect of culture and cultural patterns

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 1
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Respondents' resistance to interviews

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 2
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on respondents who showed resistance during their interviews. Resisters' responses, actions, and symptoms are listed. File also includes letters between Alexander Leighton and Veronica Shaw discussing how to process resisters' interviews and comparing psychiatrists' evaluations of their responses.

Use of hospital cases for cross-cultural problems

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on cases from Aro Hospital. Topics include symptoms, cultural factors, symptom patterns, impairment, etc.

Analysis of variance for age, sex, and place of residence

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

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains data tables and subsequent analyses of sex and age data for urban and rural respondents

Melville Cumming's manuscripts

Series
[1905?]-[1960?]

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Series contains manuscripts written by Dr. Melville Cumming in the early to mid 20th century.

Notes on data sampling considerations in Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1959 - 1960

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains guidelines and suggestions for selecting diverse and unbiased data samples and determining the value of data collected.

Olukanku village data

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 11
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 Olukanku.

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.

"Port Medway" : [diary entries]

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 12
Item
[1960]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of typewritten transcriptions of [Simeon] Perkins' diary, from the years 1766-1812 relating to Port Medway, Queens County.

Ojo village data

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 8
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 Ojo.

Oke village data

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 9
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 Oke.

Olomore village data

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 10
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 Olomore.

Oyin village data

MS-13-86, Box 3, Folder 12
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 Oyin.

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.

"Irish Settlers in Queens County"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
[195-]

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item consists of Thomas H. Raddall's typed research notes (with handwritten annotations) related to Irish emigration to Queens County, likely compiled in the early-1950s.

Manuscript notes

MS-13-86, Box 85, Folder 5
File
1952 - 1959

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains research notes and manuscripts for various writing projects.

1959 trip to Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 8
File
1959

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains documents relating to Alexander Leighton's 1959 trip to Nigeria. Includes a photograph, several bundles of research notes, schedules, graphic materials, and patient medical notes. Includes an article from the New York Times on the Nigerian election, and no. 10 of the Western Nigerian Illustrated quarterly publication featuring an article about psychiatric treatment at the Aro Hospital. Also includes an envelope labelled 'thought disorder pills' containing five spherical pills.

"Nova Scotians in the Gold Rush to Australia and Tasmania"

MS-2-202, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 8
Item
1957

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item includes an attached newspaper clipping titled "N.S. and N.S.W. Once Were Neighbors," Halifax Chronicle-Herald - December 16, 1957.

Donald Alexander Campbell fonds

MS-13-6
Fonds
1870-1955

Fonds consists of registration cards and student tickets from Dalhousie Medical School, published articles about Dr. Campbell (including obituaries), papers regarding his medical practice, correspondence, medical notes with sketches, personal notes and patient records.

Campbell, Donald Alexander

Archibald MacMechan fonds

MS-2-82
Fonds
1860-1955

Fonds contains diaries, correspondence, manuscripts of published and unpublished writings, research notes, materials related to MacMechan's research and teaching and other university-related activities, artwork, memorabilia, scrapbooks, photographs and financial papers.

MacMechan, Archibald McKellar

Amazon, better known as the Mary Celeste, 1860-1861 : [research notes]

MS-2-518, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1953

Part of Irving Deale collection

Item consists of a facsimile of handwritten research notes drafted in 1953 by R.L. Dewis (and collected by Irving Deale), about the early history of the Mary Celeste (then known as the Amazon).

Melville Cumming's records, reports, and articles related to farming and agriculture

Series
[1905?]-1952

Part of Melville Cumming fonds

Series contains Melville Cumming's records, reports, related to courses he taught at the NSAC, and unpublished articles and research notes related to farming and agriculture.

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