Archives Catalogue

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.

Abeokuta

MS-13-86, Box 22, Folder 8 and MS-13-86, Box 23, Folder 1
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of people, buildings, and scenes in the city of Abeokuta.

Abeokuta from a distance

MS-13-86, Box 23, Folder 9
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of Abeokuta as seen from other locations.

Alexander Leighton's trip to Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 24, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of people, buildings, and scenes from Alexander Leighton's 1961 trip to Nigeria.

Arrival - Egunguns

MS-13-86, Box 20, Folder 2
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of a village and villagers at the arrival of several egunguns (traditional Yoruba masked figures representing spirits of departed ancestors).

Arts and crafts

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of traditional Nigerian arts and crafts objects.

Badagri

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 3
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File includes photographs of people, locations, and events in the town of Badagri/Badagry in Nigeria.

Batik tapestries by Louis Steyn

UA-36, Box 2, Folder 3 and 43
File
1967-1970

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of records related to the exhibition 'South African Batik Tapestries by Louis Steyn' presented by The Art Gallery, Memorial University, Newfoundland and organized in collaboration with Gallery 101, Johannesburg. The exhibition was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery in October 1967 and again in April 1970.

Records consist of correspondence between Evelyn Holmes (Acting Curator, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and Peter Bell (Curator, Memorial University), and purchasers of works in the exhibition, an excerpt of the Peter Wenger exhibition catalogue titled 'Some Notes on Batik', a photograph of an installed tapestry and gallery visitor, two draft catalogues, a copy of South African Scope containing a feature on Steyn's work on p. 6-7.

Benin

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 1
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of people and locations in Benin, Nigeria.

Childhood photographs of Marq de Villiers

MS-2-825, Box 11, Folder 10
File
1944

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains a photograph of Marq de Villiers as a small child, wearing a pith helmet and holding a sand shovel, and a photograph marked on the back with "Marq's oupa [grandfather] looking at the dam [with] Terry and Jennifer, Leo's children." On Marq's website, this image appears with the caption: "With grandfather and sister, surveying the state of the world’s water, 1944."

Dr. Lambo's visit and the Pan-African Psychiatric conference

MS-13-86, Box 102, Folder 12
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photographs of a group meeting with Dr. Lambo, and of various speakers at the Pan-African Psychiatric Conference.

Firewood preparation

MS-13-86, Box 23, Folder 8
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of Nigerian villagers preparing firewood.

Food prep - cassava

MS-13-86, Box 23, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of villagers harvesting and preparing cassava crops.

Food prep - fish at Badagry

MS-13-86, Box 23, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of villagers preparing fish.

Funeral at Obafemi's

MS-13-86, Box 20, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of a village funeral at Obafemi's compound.

General village activity

MS-13-86, Box 23, Folder 2
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of daily activities and events in Nigerian villages.

Hairdos

MS-13-86, Box 22, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of villagers wearing various braided hairstyles.

Historical photos of Jos Town

MS-2-27, PB Box 32, Item 9 - 11
File
ca 1920

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File contains three black and white historical photographs of Jos Town in the 1920s collected by James Morrison.

Home building

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 12
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of villagers building houses in Nigerian villages.

Institutions, Aro

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 8
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of institutions in Aro.

Institutions, Ibadan

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 7
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of the university, hospital, and other institutions in Ibadan.

International photos

MS-13-86, Box 24, Folder 7
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photo negatives labeled Sudan, Wales, Sweden, and Denmark.

Interpreters for fieldwork

MS-2-27, PB Box 32, Item 6 - 8
File
1973 - 1974

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File contains three black and white photographs of the interpreters for fieldwork hired by James Morrison in 1973 and 1974.

Jos Plateau

MS-2-27, Box 12, Folder 7
File
1973-11-26 - 1975-10-09

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File consists of a variety of research notes compiled by James Morrison that span 1973 to 1975. The file contains 1 envelope with three black and white photographs of a pot fragment from Birom, Jarawa. The envelope is addressed to "J Starken c/o Prof Gavin, Dept of History, ABU Zaria". File contains John M. Samci's business card (permanent secretary at the Ministry of Trade & Industry, Benue-Plateau State, Jos.). The file has a collection of loose papers of research notes, oral history interview notes, notes on Zaria, and 2 copies of a typed abstract.

Khartoum North Clinic

MS-13-86, Box 24, Folder 6
File
1959

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of the Khartoum North Clinic in Sudan and the Nigeria Chronic Farm.

Lambo's home and sendoff

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of individuals at the Lambo family home.

Landscapes - nature

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of landscapes and nature scenes in Nigeria.

Miscellaneous: Aburi Ghana and Ibadan Nigeria

MS-2-27, PB Box 32, Item 1 - 4
File
1968 - 1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File contains four black and white photographs taken by James Morrison of Aburi, Ghana (1968) and Ibadan, Nigeria (1973).

Miscellaneous portraits

MS-13-86, Box 22, Folder 2
File
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains miscellaneous portrait photos.

Mr. Sowemima's farm

MS-13-86, Box 20, Folder 7
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of Mr. Sowemima's farm, workers, and crops.

Native healers

MS-13-86, Box 21, Folder 2
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of native Nigerian healers and traditional medicine.

Nigeria trip

MS-13-86, Box 24, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains group photos, possibly from a formal event, from the 1961 trip to Nigeria.

Nigerian study staff

MS-13-86, Box 102, Folder 13
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photographs of staff members of the Nigerian study. Also includes photos from the Pan-African Psychiatric Conference and a group photo, possibly of the African Students Association of Cornell University.

Ogunbayo's compound

MS-13-86, Box 20, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of villagers in Oqunbayo's compound.

Palm oil processing

MS-13-86, Box 23, Folder 7
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains photos of villagers processing palm oil.

Photograph of African dug-out

MS-2-656, PB Box 26, Folder 67
File
[ca. 1931]

Part of Catherine Creighton and family fonds

Item originally filed in Box 10, Folder 6.

Photograph of Marq de Villiers as a toddler with his oupa (grandfather), Johannes Jacobus de Villiers in Bloemfontein, South Africa

MS-2-825, Box 12, Folder 1
File
1943

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains a small original print, a larger reproduction and a negative.

Photograph of Marq de Villiers in a group portrait with his field hockey team at London University

MS-2-825, Box 11, Folder 9
File
1960

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

Photographs for Timbuktu: The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold

MS-2-825, Box 12, Folder 8
File
2005

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

Photographs of Boschendal farmhouse

MS-2-825, Box 12, Folder 5
File
[ca. 1980s]

Part of Marq de Villiers fonds

File contains photographs of the family home of the de Villiers ca. 1717-1879.

Photographs of University of Ibadan and other locations in Nigeria

MS-2-27, PB Box 3, Folder 48
File
1969 - 1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

Series consists of twelve photographs taken by James Morrison of the Jos Plateau region of Nigeria.

Photographs related to the Jos Plateau

MS-2-27, Box 6, Folder 9
File
February 19, 1973

Part of James H. Morrison fonds

File consists of 17 photographs taken by James Morrison in 1973 in the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. The photographs are mostly landscapes and three images of James Morrison and Albert Gwom, there is one image of James Morrison's desk in Vom. The photographs are of the Ganawuri Hills, Vwang Hills, Riyom, and Vom. There are handwritten inscriptions with a place name, year and direction of camera on the back of each photograph.

Photos from Dr. T. Lambo's visit