Archives Catalogue

Reliability between psychiatric and social data

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 9
File
1961 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a summary of reliability tests made by comparing psychiatric and social data protocols of the Cornell-Aro study. Also includes a memo regarding Jane Murphy's study on literacy, sociocultural chance, and mental illness in rural Yorubans.

Jane Murphy's respondent interview fieldnotes

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 14
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a disassembled binder of Jane Murphy's interview fieldnotes from the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Fieldnotes record respondents' answers to questions and provide further details on context. Respondents' joint psychiatric/health evaluation forms are tucked beside their corresponding fieldnotes.

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

Discussion by Macklin and Harding on Yoruba statistical analysis

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 17
File
1961 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on and general questions about analysis of the Nigerian data samples. Also includes a draft summary of a discussion meeting with Jane Murphy, David Macklin, Veronica Shaw, and Laurel Hodden.

Jane Murphy's Nigeria fieldnotes

Subseries
1961 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries contains Jane Murphy's fieldnotes from the 1961 Nigerian study.

Jane Murphy's field notebook from Nigeria, 1961

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 20
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of 2 of Jane Murphy's field notebooks (blue, hardcover, handwritten).

Robert Collis Jr.'s thesis materials

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 6
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of maps, graphs, and charts taken from Collis Jr.'s thesis outlining physical and mental health correlations.

Some aspects of technological change in relation to socio-cultural organization and personality patterning / by Albert Erha Imohiosen

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 8
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a research proposal for the project along with filled social data questionnaires and semantic differentials questionnaires. Also contains 8 photographs of Nigerian individuals.

Comparison of 1961 and 1963 data

Subseries
1960 - 1972

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists of datasets, statistical analysis, and correspondence regarding sample comparisons from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.

HOS score sheets (urban 120, 1963)

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 4
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of HOS score sheets for study respondents.

Data analysis

Subseries
1960 - 1972

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries includes data for and analyses of socioeconomic aspects of Yoruba women's lives (education, migration, social class, health, children, husbands, religion, family, etc.). The 1963 data seems to be part of another study, referred to in several files as "The 1963 study on the role of Yoruba women," that either piggybacked off the Cornell-Aro study or was somehow included as a sub-project.

Information on respondents' husbands' occupation and education

MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 10
File
1960 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes, charts, and datasets tracking the occupations and education levels of the husbands of female study respondents. File also includes correspondence between researchers and Aro Hospital regarding education and migration statistics.

Common medical diseases in Yoruba villages / by Sylvia von Severus

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 7
File
1960

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Print-outs for Yoruba men psychiatric data

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 11
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of dataset printouts for male Yoruba literacy data.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (major symptom patterns)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 7
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of charts comparing psychiatric symptom data from Yoruba villages and Stirling County.

Murphy's 1964 analysis of characteristics of traditional and modern villages

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 15
File
1960 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on social and physical histories of several villages and criteria for distinguishing traditional from modern and integrated from disintegrated villages. Also contains charts compiling and comparing village data.

Tables, percentage charts, village vignettes for study of interaction change and disintegration

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 17
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of tables and charts of criteria and indicators for the disintegration of villages.

Superstitions and health in Nigeria / by Rhoda Omosunlola Johnston

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 1
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a script or text for an introductory lecture by Rhoda Omosunlola Johnston on the subject of Nigerian superstitions and physical health.

Statistical analysis of enlightenment, education, and literacy (for Cornell-Aro book, some used)

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 6
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts and tables of village education and literacy data analysis.

Percentage tables for Jane Murphy's ethos paper

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 15
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains tables and charts of literacy and education statistics among Yoruba men.

Notes on Stirling and Nigerian findings

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 11
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains tables, graphs, and charts comparing Nigerian and Stirling County data. Also contains notes and thoughts on analytics and data significance.

HOS score sheets (rural 156, 1961)

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 3
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of HOS score sheets for study respondents.

HOS analysis for 276 Yoruba women (HOS x age x number of living children)

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 6
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts, graphs, and data tables relevant to female Yoruba respondents.

Reviews of Stirling County Study publications

MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 8
File
1960 - 1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of clippings, periodicals, and correspondence regarding reviews of Alexander Leighton's published works on the Stirling County Study.

Speech by Alexander Leighton upon arrival in Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 7
File
[1960?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an English-Yoruba script for a speech delivered by Alexander Leighton upon his arrival in Nigeria.

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.

Psychiatric and medical field data

Subseries
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists of medical documents, village health statistics, cross-check interviews, and hospital patient records.

Frequency analysis of psychiatric disorders by social variables (corrected copy of SP #40)

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 9
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File includes statistics on the socioeconomic statuses of Cornell-Aro study respondents and information for the psychiatrist's random sampling results.

Extra copies of crucial tables (C - A analysis)

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 3
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on and tables of psychiatric rating and impairment statistics. There is much comparison between Yoruba villages, Abeokuta, and Stirling County and analysis of respective physical and mental health symptoms and patterns.

Analysis of sociocultural variables in traditional - modern, integrated - disintegrated villages

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 16
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of several charts of statistics and calculations related to demographic and sociocultural data from study villages.

Affiliated studies using the 1961 and 1963 study data

Subseries
1960 - 1973

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists of affiliated studies by other authors that used the data from the 1961 Cornell-Aro and 1963 role of women studies. Contains some articles written by staff members of the 1961 and 1963 studies.

Data coding

Subseries
1960 - 1969

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries contains notes on data processing, data coding guidelines, and classification procedures.

Education and psychiatric disorders

Subseries
1960 - 1972

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists of various statistical analyses done of data from the Yoruba studies, particularly in relation to education and male respondents. Memos, reports, publications, dataset printouts, and analysis manuals present.

Enlightenment data (includes residence in Big City and never used in Cornell-Aro book)

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 4
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains note on village enlightenment categories, tables of social data statistics, and code for enlightenment samples.

Print-outs on education

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 7
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer printouts of education datasets and code.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (RIDIT calculations)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 8
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts comparing datasets and statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County. Also includes note on the 1961 to 1963 Nova Scotia re-survey sample and a memo regarding RIDITs for 1952 to 1962.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (duplicates of statistical tests)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 9
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts and data tables recording and comparing integration, sex, and age statistics for Yoruba villages and Stirling County.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (working notes)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 10
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer printouts and datasets relating to Yoruba village and Stirling County data.

HOS coding and scoring for rural and urban women

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 5
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains HOS calculations, a copy of a psychiatric questionnaire, and HOS source card with marginals. Also includes correspondence between Alice Longaker, Veronica Shaw, Laurel Hodgden, and Jane Murphy discussing coding and psychiatric data.

Research grant application for Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1959

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

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.

Photos of Nigeria from the 1961 Cornell-Aro study and the 1963 Role of Women study

Subseries
1959 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists of photographs taken during the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies. Subjects including Nigerian residents and study respondents, landscapes, traditional ceremonies and practices, village scenes, portraits, activities, and animals.

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.

Stirling report #SP8 - A pilot study for a program designed to improve the mental health of a community

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 5
File
1959

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a proposal for a community mental health improvement project following ten years of participation in the Stirling County study.

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.

Personnel files for the Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 14
File
[between 1959 and 1961]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of contact and background information forms for Nigerian project personnel.

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.

Documents from Charles C. Hughes to aid in setting up 1961 Nigerian study

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 9
File
1959 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memos from Charles C. Hughes to Alexander Leighton, Jane Murphy, and other members of the Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry concerning past research projects and studies. Also contains copies of outgoing letters from Charles C. Hughes to Mr. Okunbeyi of the Nigerian government and Dr. Lambo of Aro Hospital discussing the possibility of a research project in Nigeria.

Documents from the 1960 Nigerian research planning workshop

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1959 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memos, letters, and conference discussion notes for a task force meeting for the Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project. Also includes a sociocultural considerations handbook by Charles C. Hughes.

The Stirling County Study : A research program in social factors related to psychiatric health — eighth annual report

MS-13-86, Box 29, Folder 3
Item
June 30, 1958

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Item is Alexander Leighton's eighth annual report on the Stirling County study.

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