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Views of Jos Plateau

File contains twenty six black and white photographs taken by James Morrison of the Jos Plateau in 1973 and 1974.

Trade values [research notes]

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.

Tin mine notes and complete papers

File consists of a range of oral history, mining research and final copies of papers written by James Morrison in the 1970's. The file contains two typed copies of the paper "Indigenous Competition and Labour in the tin fields of Nigeria 1906-1921" written by James Morrison, one copy is marked "master copy". Both copies of the paper include maps of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. The file contains notes written on index cards from a text written by historian Charles Van Onselen on mine labour in South Africa.

Thesis feedback

The file consists of 12 pages of loose leaf handwritten feedback on James Morrison's thesis written by Bertin Webster.

Synge research

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.

Seminars at the University of Ibadan

File consists of several typed seminars in French and English and compiled by James Morrison in 1973 at the University of Ibadan. The seminars are entitled "The British in Bauchi, 1901 - 1908: An Episode in the British Occupation and Control of Northern Nigeria" by Obaro Ikime; "Youths as Elders and Infants as Ancestors: The Complementarity of Alternate Generations, both Living and Dead, in Tiriki, Kenya, and Irigwe, Nigeria" by Walter H. Sangree; De L'Importance D'Avoir Deux Maris by Jean-Claude Muller.

Secondary sources related to post graduate courses

File consists of handwritten notes on a range of secondary sources for post graduate courses taken by James Morrison in 1971 at University of Ibadan. The subjects of the secondary sources cover a broad range including the Birom, geology, linguistics, religion, and Islam.

Secondary sources related to Birom, religion, missionaries, conference minutes

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.

Secondary sources related to Birom, Bauchi, Amo, Buji, Jerewa, and Rukuba

File consists of handwritten notes on a range of secondary materials compiled in the 1970's by James Morrison. The file contains notes on archival military correspondence in Nigeria, and notes on different ethnic groups in Nigeria including Birom, Bauchi, Amo, Buji, Jerewa, and Rukuba. The file also contains notes on secondary sources on West Africa and the Jos Plateau, and a handwritten map of Jos Plateau.

Secondary sources and thesis chapters

The file consists of notes on secondary sources, and typed chapters from James Morrison's thesis. The notes on secondary sources cover a range of topics and focus on different regions in Africa, mostly Nigeria, Sudan, and east Africa. The two typed chapters are titled "Conclusion" and "Sources", the "Conclusion" is annotated and "Sources" includes information on primary oral history sources.

Ropp and Kuru

Item consists of a handwritten research notebook recorded in pencil and blue pen by James Morrison in 1973. The notes describe the Ropp and Kuru Indigenous groups of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, including observations on dress and language. The notebook includes a table of contents and hand-numbered pages, pages 127-200 are blank.

Resume, research notes

File consists of James Morrison's resume, notes for a paper on Niger Company and Tin Mining, and correspondence between James Morrison and Barbara Kerfoot the Regional Coordinator of CUSO.

Plateau area

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.

Plan of study : [thesis]

File consists of several annotated typed documents related to James Morrison's thesis. The file contains a plan of study for James Morrison's thesis, as well as several papers written on the Birom, field work, oral history and tin mining.

Plan of study : [thesis]

File consists of three typed versions of James H. Morrison's PHD proposal entitled "Plan of Study". Each version of the document is unique with annotations and additional information. The Plan of Study includes an introduction, outline, bibliography. The file contains one handwritten version of the Plan of Study with edits.

Photographs related to the Jos Plateau

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.

Oral Tradition

File consists of two handwritten research notebooks recorded in blue pen by James Morrison in the 1970's. The notebooks contain notes and extracts on anthropology and oral history research in the Jos Plateau from six secondary sources. The notebooks contain numbered pages and a bibliography. File contains one typed internal memorandum from the University of Ibadan addressed to James Morrison in Notebook one.

Oral history, university of Ibadan graduate seminar

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".

Nigerian politics and history course work

File consists of five papers written by James Morrison in 1969 and 1970 while attending courses on Nigerian history and politics at the University of Ibadan. The papers are handwritten in pen on lined paper and include topics on Ancient Benin, El-Dzehebi, and African History from 1500-1800.

Nigeria questionnaire, field notes, thesis notes

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.

Library and archive reference research

File consists of a combination of handwritten research notes and typed research plans and reference request index sheets created by James Morrison in 1972. The indexes list materials and documents from government, academic and institutional archives and libraries on the topic of Nigeria, Jos Plateau and tin mining.

Jos Plateau Societies: Internal Change and External Influences, 1800-1935 : [thesis draft]

File consists of a typed loose leaf draft copy of James Morrison's graduate thesis "Jos Plateau Societies: Internal Change and External Influences, 1800-1935", a thesis in the Department of History, submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Ibadan.

Jos Plateau paper outline

File is the outline for a paper written by James Morrison on subject matter similar to his thesis, Jos Plateau Societies: Internal Change and External Influences, 1800-1935. The file consists of two pages of lined paper and the outline is handwritten using red ink. The theme of the paper is on non-muslim resistance in the Jos Plateau area, and internal land boundaries.

Jos Plateau : [maps]

File consists of seven black and white maps of the Jos Plateau. The maps display national boundaries, migration routes, settlements, ethnic groups, pathways of British expeditions and main roads.
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