Archives Catalogue

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.

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.

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.

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.

Davies and Johnson mop-up operations and results

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 6
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a list of follow-up tasks related to community respondent information. Also contains a bundle of small notecards with similar follow-up questions and notes.

List of alternate spellings of respondents' names

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 8
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a list of community respondents alongside alternate spellings of their names.

Notes on considering villages to be integrated or disintegrated and modern or traditional

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 11
File
[between 1959-1961]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains information on 14 villages to aid researchers in determining whether they should be considered integrated or disintegrated and modern or traditional. Information is based on population, education, religion, industry, and family structure.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Documents related to Ronald St. John Macdonald's visits to China

MS-2-615, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1982-1983

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

File contains research notes, a copy of the UNESCO report "People's Republic of China: Strengthening Training and Research in Selected Key Universities" and clippings.

Secondary sources related to Jos Plateau, archival records

MS-2-27, Box 13, Folder 1
File

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File consists of handwritten notes of secondary sources from archival and institutional sources and published journals compiled by James Morrison. The file contains notes on correspondence and other materials pertaining to Nigeria and the Jos Plateau.

Secondary sources related to the history of Vwang, Gwong and Birom

MS-2-27, Box 5, Folder 3
File

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File consists of handwritten notes on a range of secondary sources that focus on the history of Vwang, Gwong and Birom compiled by James Morrison.

Secondary sources related to Gyel, Birom, Nigeria

MS-2-27, Box 5, Folder 2
File

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File consists of handwritten notes on a range of secondary sources including Birom, Gyel, Nigeria compiled by James Morrison.

Secondary sources related to Vwang, Rukuba

MS-2-27, Box 5, Folder 1
File

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File consists of handwritten notes on a range of secondary sources including Vwang, Rukuba, a map of the Rukuba District, politics written by James Morrison.

Secondary sources related to Nigeria, Gwong map, geology

MS-2-27, Box 4, Folder 1
File

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File consists of handwritten notes on a range of secondary sources including Nigeria, a Gwong map, geology, Nigerian constitution, Ethiopia, and religion.

Secondary sources and thesis chapters

MS-2-27, Box 12, Folder 12
File

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

The file consists of notes on secondary sources, and typed chapters from James Morrison's thesis. The notes on secondary sources cover a range of topics and focus on different regions in Africa, mostly Nigeria, Sudan, and east Africa. The two typed chapters are titled "Conclusion" and "Sources", the "Conclusion" is annotated and "Sources" includes information on primary oral history sources.

Research materials on cemeteries and gravestones

MS-2-821, Box 7, Folder 3
File
1996 - 2011

Part of Jessica Scott Kerrin fonds

File contains magazine articles, correspondence, and handwritten notes related to cemetery and gravestone studies compiled and created by Jessica Kerrin for writing mystery series for children. There is also a copy of the Cemetery Studies: A Guide for Teachers by Sean Rodman (November 1996), a printed copy of the Stories in Stone Patch Program at Mount Hope Cemetery (June 2004), and a photocopy of a few chapters of the book, Your Guide to Cemetery Research by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack (2002).

Research on geneaology on the Harrington Family

MS-2-281, Box 2, Folder 19
File
1860's?

Part of Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection

K.G.T. Webster's research subject files cards - Middle Ages, War

MS-2-77, Box 17
File
1920s-1930's

Part of K.G.T. Webster fonds