1961 - 1963 comparisons of ABCD distributions and RIDITs
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 9
- File
File consists of correspondence between Jane Murphy and Veronica Shaw (?) on the subject of ABCD distributions in Yoruba data.
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Archival Description1961 Nigerian HOS analysis (pertinent to 1961 - 1963 comparison)
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 12
- File
- 1964
File contains memos and a letter regarding HOS data scores and ABCD ratings of Nigerian data. Also contains pages of coding information and statistical calculations.
- 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.
- MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 3
- File
- 1964
File consists of analysis charts and tables for village age, enlightenment, and integration data. Also includes a telegram regarding villages studied.
Aro Hospital patient medical notes
- MS-13-86-, Box 3, Folder 13
- File
- 1961
File contains Aro Hospital outpatient medical notes. Lists of patients are organized by village of residence. Also contains copies of a letter to the hospital and notecards with camera use and medical information.
Coding problems regarding cards 26, 27
- MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 15
- File
- [1965?]
File contains computer dataset printouts. Also includes correspondence regarding corrections to be made on data cards 26 and 27 for the study on the role of women.
Documents from the 1960 Nigerian research planning workshop
- MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 10
- File
- 1959 - 1961
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.
Effect of culture and cultural patterns
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 1
- File
- 1961
File contains notes on village data, socioeconomic information, and psychiatric symptom statistics. File also includes a letter to Alex (Leighton?) from Ray (?) on the subject of sampling techniques and a further study on the role of physical depletions in the etiology of Yoruba psychiatric disturbances.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 17
- File
- 1966
File consists of a letter from Robert Edgerton of the University of California to Jane Murphy regarding publication of her paper "Eskimo and Yoruba women: cross-cultural studies of psychopathology."
Financial report - work sheets
- MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 3
- File
- 1963 - 1967
File contains expense lists and financial documents and reports for the Social Science Research Council regarding the Role of Women study.
HOS coding and scoring for rural and urban women
- MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 5
- File
- [196-]
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.
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.
Jane Murphy's correspondence and thank-you letters to Nigeria
- MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 4
- File
- 1961 - 1963
File consists of letters, postcards, greeting cards, air letters, and other correspondence between Jane Murphy and numerous friends and acquaintances in Nigeria.
Jane Murphy's correspondence with Nigerians
- MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 1
- File
- 1961 - 1967
File largely consists of copies of Jane Murphy's outgoing correspondence. Also contains some original incoming letters and one outgoing letter by Charles C. Hughes.
Logistics, visas, customs, and money in Nigeria
- MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 2
- File
- 1963
File contains correspondences between research institutions, embassies, and members of the Nigerian studies regarding work and travel permits for study staff. Also contains Jane Murphy's international driving permit.
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 5
- File
- [1961?]
File contains notes on psychiatric symptoms and diseases present in Nigerian respondents, and on the respondents' beliefs regarding illness. Also contains notes between researchers sharing thoughts and findings. File also includes Jane Murphy's field notes from discussions of disease with respondents. File also contains a copy of the study "The psychiatric examination of native African patients" by Edward L. Margetts.
- 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.
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.
- MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 2
- File
- 1961
File contains notes on data processing and coding, medical findings, and psychiatric social data. Also includes correspondence between Dorothea Leighton and Alice Longaker regarding coding process and classification procedures.
Respondents' resistance to interviews
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 2
- File
- 1961
File contains notes on respondents who showed resistance during their interviews. Resisters' responses, actions, and symptoms are listed. File also includes letters between Alexander Leighton and Veronica Shaw discussing how to process resisters' interviews and comparing psychiatrists' evaluations of their responses.
Reviews of Nigeria study publications
- MS-13-86, Box 101, Folder 9
- File
- 1961 - 1965
File contains clippings, periodicals, and correspondence regarding reviews of Alexander Leighton's book "Psychiatric Disorder among the Yoruba."
The Ijemo-Tragedy (letter to Mr. Sowemimas' father)
- MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 9
- File
- [196-]
File contains a text recounting the events of the Ijemo village tragedy in 1914.
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.
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."