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Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project in the Western Region, Nigeria (1961) and the Study on the Role of Women (1963)

Series
1956 - 2002

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Other studies for comparative analysis

Subseries
1956 - 1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries contains other related psychiatric studies used for cross-cultural comparisons with the Cornell-Aro Nigerian study data.

Yoruba-Stirling data comparisons

Subseries
1958 - 1969

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries contains datasets, computer printouts, notes, and analysis guidelines comparing psychiatric and social statistics from the Nigerian and Stirling County studies.

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.

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.

Nigerian village data

Subseries
1959 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries contains files of information for each village in the study. Includes social and historical research notes and population medical survey results. Also contains hand-drawn maps and lists of respondents' names.

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.

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.

Algada village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 17
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 Agada. File includes three hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.

Onibuku village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 19
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. Researchers considered the village traditional.

Oluwo village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 20
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 one hand-drawn map of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.

Ashipa village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 22
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 Ashipa. File includes three hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.

Shodeke village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 24
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 Shodeke. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village modern.

Opeji village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 26
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

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.

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.

Joko village data

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 23
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 Joko. File includes two hand-drawn maps of the village. Researchers considered the village traditional.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Preparation of Yoruba food in Egba area / by Cecilia Akintunde

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 3
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains two copies of a document listing various traditional Yoruba recipes. Also contains a note on container sizes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Demographic data on hospital patients

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 12
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on the socioeconomic and demographic data of hospital patients.

Reliability analysis between psychiatrists

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 14
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains an appendix (Appendix F) outlining procedures in comparing psychiatric evaluators' thought processes and conclusions surrounding the mental health of respondents of the Cornell-Aro study. File also includes information on analysis coding and a chart outlining mental health symptom statistics.

Macklin's 1961 analysis of traditional - modern and integrated - disintegrated villages

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 14
File
1961 - 1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of David Macklin's notes on individual and village acculturation and integration controlled on sex.

Nigerian movie

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 18
File
1961 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Files contains documents relating to the film "Mental Health Research in Nigeria" that was filmed during the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Included are memos discussing the film's production and release, notes on filming scenes, a brochure for Cornell's program in social psychiatry, film production and narration notes, comments from researchers, and letters between researchers, librarians, and contacts in the Nigerian government. File also includes a publication called "African film bibliography 1965" by the Committee of Fine Arts and the Humanities of the African Studies Association.

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