File contains anthropological articles on homosexuality in non Western European cultures. File also contains articles regarding sexual identity and gender presentation.
File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten entries on secondary sources, terminology definitions, contact information and research notes. Some of the catalogue cards are organized alphabetically and the rest are organized by topics which include: Africa, Thesis Oral, Production, Trade, Tin, Government. The file also contains a handwritten letter addressed to Jim and Sheila Morrison from Musa Borodo.
File includes Alexander Leighton's paper and a written introduction by Marc-Adelard Tremblay for an address given to the Canadian Ethnological Society at Dalhousie University's Faculty Club on 24 February 1977.
File consists of two printed books, an off-print and one piece of correspondence compiled by James Morrison in 1976. One book has a light green cover with a comb binding with typed interviews titled "History of Assakio Village". One book features drawings by David Abuga Iyima of an Assakio Masquerade.
File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten contact information related to James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau. The cards contain contact information of individuals from the United States of America, and include addresses and notes on reasons for contact. The file also contains one professional card from Professor Jean Herskovits from State University of New York.
File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten bibliographic and terminology entries related to James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau. The cards are organized into sections related to bibliographic references and terminology related to the Indigenous groups that Morrison studied on the Jos Plateau, these are also referenced in full in the Oral history research notebooks series.
File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten contact information related to James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau. The cards contain contact information of individuals from countries outside of Nigeria.
File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten contact information related to James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau. The cards contain contact information of individuals in Nigeria. The file also contains a commercial card for a Chief Pilot: Captain Vernon M Tyron located in Jos Plateau.
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.
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.
Files consists of a range of correspondence addressed to James Morrison while he lived in Nigeria and attended the University of Ibadan. The correspondence is predominantly handwritten, with a few typed pieces of correspondence regarding the Canadian Association of African Studies, and a conference at University of Toronto on the Future of the Sudan.
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.
File contains catalogue cards that are filled with handwritten contact information related to James Morrison's thesis on the Jos Plateau. The cards contain contact information of individuals from the United Kingdom, and include addresses and notes on reasons for contact.
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.
File contains a record of correspondence that detail James and Sheila Morrison's life in Nigeria from 1969 to 1975. The file consists of correspondence mainly concerning James Morrison's academic life at University of Ibadan. The correspondence includes applications for employment positions and articles, as well as personal letters. The file contains over 100 letters with different correspondents, including many from universities across Canada.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
File is a collection of notes on research dates associated to Amo, Bachit, Buji, Du, Fan, Forum, Fobur, Gashish, Gindiri, Gwong, Gyel, Heipang, Jal, Jere, Kuru, Kwall, Miango, Riyom, Ron, Ropp, RuKuba, Sura, Vwang, Irigwe, Jere, Pyem, Baron, Ganawuri handwritten by James Morrison.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
File contains research proposals, conference papers, and articles titled "Psychobiology and ethnology," "A psychiatric investigation of anthropology," and "Some observations on 'Psychological leads for field workers.'"
