Condensed research notes for Into Africa
- MS-2-825, Box 9, Folder 3
- File
- 1994
Part of Marq de Villiers fonds
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Archival DescriptionNotes, correspondence and manuscript drafts for White Tribe Dreaming
- MS-2-825, Box 1, Folder 3
- File
- 1985 - 1987
Part of Marq de Villiers fonds
History of Assakio village : [notebook]
- MS-2-27, Box 1, Folder 3
- File
- July 23-31, 1976
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
File consists of two notebooks James H. Morrison completed on behalf of a colleague researching the Assakio village in Nigeria in 1976. The notebooks feature oral history notes based on interpreter facilitated conversations, observations, interviews, and vocabulary list.
Hausa poem, religion interview questions
- MS-2-27, Box 12, Folder 8
- File
- 1973 - August 19, 1975
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
File consists of a range of research materials compiled by James Morrison from 1973-1975 in the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The research materials include an empty envelope addressed to James Morrison at the Department of History at the University of Ibadan. The file contains a photocopied version of a poem written in Hausa, and a series of interview questions about Muslim identity written in blue pen on loose leaf lined paper. The file contains a letter written to James Morrison from Musa Borodo regarding a translation that is attached to the letter. The translation is handwritten on lined loose leaf paper and is followed by the original Hausa in the form of a typed document.
- 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.
- MS-2-27, Box 12, Folder 4
- File
- 1975-02-12 - 1975-07-14
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
File contains a variety of research from 1975 on J. S. Synge for a chapter of James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. The file contains a handwritten notes for a biography of Synge, a notebook containing handwritten notes on Synge and the Birom. The file contains a handwritten letter addressed to James Morrison from Synge, and a copy of the letter.
Secondary sources related to Birom, religion, missionaries, conference minutes
- MS-2-27, Box 5, Folder 6
- File
- January 18, 1974
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
File consists of handwritten notes on a range of secondary sources on the Birom, conference proceedings and minutes from the Conference of Missions in Northern Provinces Nigeria, Bauchi, Miango compiled by James Morrison. The file includes several completed questionnaires on religion in the Jos Plateau created by James Morrison.
- MS-2-27, Box 5, Folder 7
- File
- 1973
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
File is comprised of two notebooks containing handwritten notes from James Morrison in 1973 on the Jos Plateau. The notebooks contain extracts from a collection of oral history research synthesized by James Morrison and written in a series of notebooks (see Associated Materials note). The notebooks are labelled 1 (blue cover) and 2 (green cover). Notebook 1 contains information on the political, religious and social aspects of the Jos Plateau, while notebook 2 contains information on the Pyem ethnic group.
- MS-2-27, SF Box 112, Folder 4
- File
- [ca. 1973]
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
File consists of lists and documents related to trade values between different groups in the Jos Plateau area compiled by James Morrison. The file also contains language lists of words in English and Hausa, and a list of interview questions titled: Yoruba on the Plateau.
Oral history, university of Ibadan graduate seminar
- MS-2-27, Box 11, Folder 5
- File
- 1972-03-03 - 1973-09-11
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
File consists of a range of handwritten documents created and compiled by James Morrison in 1972-73 while attending University of Ibadan in Nigeria. The file contains a membership form for the Royal African Society, an outline for Methodology of Oral Tradition for a graduate seminar in history. The file contains correspondence, oral history transcription in the original Hausa, and an "Outline for a General History of a Pre-Colonial State in America".
Field work and plateau history : [research notebook]
- MS-2-27, Box 1, Folder 1
- File
- July 9, 1973
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
Item consists of two handwritten research notebooks recorded in blue and green pen by James Morrison in 1973. One notebook has a blue cover and describes observation methodologies, along with dated field entries with mentions of Gyel, Gwon, Vwang, and Fan Indigenous groups of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. The notebook includes a printed and annotated paper written by James Morrison entitled: "Colonial Rule and Tin Mining on the Plateau" folded between the cover and page 1. There is one loose page of handwritten interview notes folded between pages 12 and 13, regarding interview strategy. There is one press clipping on page 39 entitled: "You have misfired!" by Sen Luka Gom. The second notebook has an orange cover and covers the history and comments on the Jos Plateau. The notebook mentions the BuKuru, Gyel, Gwon, and Birom Indigenous groups of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. The notebook contains one press clipping entitled: "Three villagers arrested over farmland rumpus" written by Saidu Balogun and located on page 1. There are three loose pages with notes located on page 5, and four sheets of notes on page 9. There is one press clipping on entitled: " Three gunned down by police in encounter with villagers" located on page 55.
Nigeria questionnaire, field notes, thesis notes
- MS-2-27, Box 12, Folder 3
- File
- 1971-03-04 - 1972-12-29
Part of James H. Morrison fonds
File consists of a range of textual records created by James Morrison related to his thesis on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria in the early 1970's. The file has two copies of a letter with attached questionnaire, the letter was sent to H. G. Farrant, R. G. Potter, W. Suffil, David Rough, G. W. Playfair, John Henderson. The questionnaire focuses on the Jos Plateau and missionary presence. The file also contains typed, loose leaf field notes, and handwritten loose leaf field notes on Jarawa, Amo, Anaguta, Buji, Ganawuri, Irigwe, Jere, RuKuba, Birom, Bachit, Du, Fan, Forum, Gashish, Gyel, Kuru, Riyom, and Vwang. The file contains additional thesis research, a chapter synopsis for the History of the Jos Plateau dated June 11, 1971.
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 8
- File
- [196-]
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.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 4
- File
- [196-]
File contains case summaries for two patients (labelled case I and cased III) with background information and physical and mental health summaries.
Preparation of Yoruba food in Egba area / by Cecilia Akintunde
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 3
- File
- [196-]
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-]
File contains tables, graphs, and charts comparing Nigerian and Stirling County data. Also contains notes and thoughts on analytics and data significance.
Frequency analysis of psychiatric disorders by social variables (corrected copy of SP #40)
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 9
- File
- [196-]
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-]
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.
Enlightenment data (includes residence in Big City and never used in Cornell-Aro book)
- MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 4
- File
- [196-]
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-]
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.
Alexander Leighton's 1968 re-evaluations (n=25) and 54 PJ analysis card and codebook
- MS-13-86, Box 17, Folder 6
- File
- [1968?]
File contains notes on re-evaluation of data from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies, Also includes computer dataset printouts.
Typology analysis for 1961 and 1963 Yoruba data
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 15
- File
- [1967?]
File contains typology notes and definitions, computer dataset printouts, and RIDIT value summaries for Yoruba data,
Definition of typology for Yoruba-Stirling comparisons
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 20
- File
- [1967?]
File contains notes on case classification definitions and criteria and computer dataset printouts of case typology statistics for Yoruba villages and Stirling County.
Hollingshead scale for socioeconomic status analysis of urban women and their husbands
- MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 3
- File
- [1965 - 1966?]
File contains printouts of computer code, datasets and statistics on respondents' occupations and economic status, and notes on coding education data. File also includes a copy of "Two factor index of social position" by August B. Hollingshead.
Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (sex, integration, and age)
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 6
- File
- [1966?]
File contains charts, datasets, and notes comparing age and sex statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 18
- File
- 1961 - 1965
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.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 9
- File
- [1965?]
File contains charts and datasets tracking demographic, social, and psychiatric statistics from Yoruba and Stirling Country respondents. Also contains notes on and memos regarding HOS coding for studying the role of women. Includes analysis cards for Stirling and Yoruba social and psychiatric data and master lists for sample coordination.
The Indiana 101 simulator for psychiatric symptoms and social factors analysis
- MS-13-86, Box 6, Folder 11
- File
- 1964 - 1965
File contains documents relating to the attemped Indiana IBM 101 simulator project for analyzing psychiatric symptoms and social factors. Includes communications between Jane Murphy, Veronica Shaw, and Grafton Trout of the Indiana University International Development Centre. Also includes IBM simulator dataset printouts and notes and memoranda regarding data migration processes. The project was never used.
Reliability between psychiatric and social data
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 9
- File
- 1961 - 1965
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.
Doctor comments on Yoruba women, sampling design, and plan for analysis
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 2
- File
- 1963 - 1965
File contains notes on sampling and analysis, information on Nigerian contacts, notes on tribal affiliation, and sample coding. Also contains transcriptions of Jane Murphy's interviews with Tol Asuni and T.A. Lambo regarding regional data samples. Also includes memos concerning psychiatric and social data samples, interview correspondence, and data evaluation.
Information on respondents' husbands' occupation and education
- MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 10
- File
- 1960 - 1964
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.
Notes on academic degrees and education in Nigeria
- MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 8
- File
- 1964
File contains research notes on the history of schools and public education in Nigeria. Comparisons are made between British and Nigerian degree systems. File also includes correspondence between researchers and the Nigerian Consulate in New York regarding Nigerian schooling and the place of women therein.
Murphy's 1964 analysis of characteristics of traditional and modern villages
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 15
- File
- 1960 - 1964
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.
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 11
- File
- [1964?]
File consists of datasets and charts related to study respondent demographic statistics.
Discussion by Macklin and Harding on Yoruba statistical analysis
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 17
- File
- 1961 - 1964
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.
Nigerian film at Nova Scotia archives
- MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 16
- File
- 1964
File contains information on the film "Mental Health Research in Nigeria" that was filmed during the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Also includes a list of showings.
- MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 12
- File
- [1963?]
File consists of four short notes of employment and salary information.
Planning acculturation analysis
- MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 13
- File
- [1963?]
File consists of notes and statistics on respondents' religious acculturation and analysis.
Uses of psychophysiological measures in cross-cultural psychiatric surveys / by Warren B. Miller
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 4
- File
- 1962 - 1963
File contains a draft of Warren Miller's study and several pages of related research notes. Also contains a memo regarding comments and proposed edits to the draft, and a letter to Miller from Laurel Hodgden regarding the study "Psychiatric disorder among the Yoruba."
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 5
- File
- 1962 - 1963
File contains documents relating to Taintor's study and two drafts of the full study text. Includes mental and physical health surveys and datasets, interview fieldnotes, and statistics and calculations. Also contains a letter from Laurel Hodgden regarding the usability of the data.
Information on education and age by ABCD
- MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 14
- File
- [1963?]
File contains charts, calculations, datasets, and graphs tracking education and age. File also includes notes on the relationship between education level and mental health.
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 3
- File
- 1961 - 1963
File contains notes on coding and writing corrections to be made to social data questionnaire cards.
Notes and marginals on social science questionnaire data
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 7
- File
- 1962
File contains notes on respondents' answers to the social science data questionnaire. Answers are compiled by question and percentages and coding notes are included.
Macklin's 1961 analysis of traditional - modern and integrated - disintegrated villages
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 14
- File
- 1961 - 1962
File consists of David Macklin's notes on individual and village acculturation and integration controlled on sex.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 10
- File
- 1962
File contains socioeconomic statistics surrounding interview "resisters" and calculations determining frequency of resistance.
Combinations of major symptom patterns
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 16
- File
- 1961 - 1962
File contains notes and charts on the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and disorders and combinations of patterns in study respondents.
T tests for differences between Nigerian 1961 sample and Stirling 1952 sample
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 11
- File
- 1962
File consists of pages of calculations determining the differences between male and female respondents and between the Nigerian and Stirling County data samples.
- MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 17
- File
- 1960 - 1961
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.
- MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 19
- File
- 1960 - 1961
File contains social and historical research notes and population medical survey results for the village of Ilewo. Researchers considered the village traditional.
- MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 20
- File
- 1960 - 1961
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.
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