Archives Catalogue

Personality tests and psychoneurotic screening

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 9
File
[1949?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains preliminary research plans, a seminar report on psychological testing, a multiphase personality inventory, and an excerpt on psychoneurotic screening in the Army, all written or originating with M.L. Kohn (1928-2021), who may have been a graduate or post-doctoral student at Cornell, working under Alexander Leighton.

Place of residence by ABCD for 1961 and 1963 samples

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 14
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on residential data and psychiatric ratings.

Marital status by ABCD for 1961 and 1963 samples

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 11
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and data tables analyzing data from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.

Age by ABCD RIDITS for 1961 and 1963 samples

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 10
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on RIDIT values and ABCD analysis, and computer dataset printouts.

Typology analysis for 1961 and 1963 Yoruba data

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 15
File
[1967?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains typology notes and definitions, computer dataset printouts, and RIDIT value summaries for Yoruba data,

RIDIT calculations for 1961 and 1963 Yoruba studies

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 7
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on data calculations and statistics from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies.

Doctor comments on Yoruba women, sampling design, and plan for analysis

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 2
File
1963 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Elmira-Yoruba comparisons

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 23
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains materials comparing and analyzing the differences between the role of Yoruba and Elmira women. Includes research notes, answer scales and criteria, socioeconomic and employment data, family dynamic information, and statistical analyses.

Rin - Chinese women cross-cultural comparisons

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 22
File
1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a copy of the study "Psychophysiological reactions of a rural and suburban population in Taiwan" by Hsien Rin, Hung-Ming Chu, and Tsung-Yi Ling. Also contains correspondence between Hsien Rin and Jane Murphy and notes and data tables on modernization rates and number of children among respondents.

Eskimo and Yoruba case vignettes for Alexander Leighton's APA paper on paranoid reaction

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 16
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of individual psychiatric respondent case summaries from the Nigerian and Alaskan studies.

Eskimo-Yoruba analysis

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 18
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains research notes, respondent master lists, computer dataset printouts, and tables of statistics relating to respondent psychiatric data and symptoms.

Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling notes and tests of significance

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 19
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains data tables and research notes on statistical analysis findings from respondent psychiatric data.

Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 HOS analysis)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 14
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer printouts and note on statistical analysis of data from the Nigerian, Stirling County, and Alaskan studies.

Notes on cross-cultural comparisons of the prevalence of depression (Stirling, Nigeria, Eskimo, Sweden, France)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 15
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on the prevalence of psychoneurotic depression across various cultures and regions of study.

Yoruba-Stirling HOS analysis

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 9
File
[1965?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Yoruba-Stirling diagnostic analysis

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 10
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer dataset printouts of Yoruba and Stirling data. Also contains notes on data analysis and category criteria.

Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 notes)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 13
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on demographic, psychiatric, and social data for study respondents under 30.

Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (east west centre analysis)

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 12
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts and datasets of age and sex characteristics for cross-cultural comparisons.

Length of residence in integrated and disintegrated communities

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 17
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer printout datasets, research notes, and statistical charts comparing information for male and female respondents in integrated and disintegrated communities.

Typology analysis for Yoruba-Stirling comparisons

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 19
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on RIDIT values and typology analysis for comparing Yoruba and Stirling data. Also contains computer printout datasets and statistical charts.

Definition of typology for Yoruba-Stirling comparisons

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 20
File
[1967?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on case classification definitions and criteria and computer dataset printouts of case typology statistics for Yoruba villages and Stirling County.

Notes on Stirling and Nigerian findings

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 11
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains tables, graphs, and charts comparing Nigerian and Stirling County data. Also contains notes and thoughts on analytics and data significance.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (RIDIT calculations)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 8
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (sex, integration, and age)

MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 6
File
[1966?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts, datasets, and notes comparing age and sex statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County.

Enlightenment data (includes residence in Big City and never used in Cornell-Aro book)

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 4
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains note on village enlightenment categories, tables of social data statistics, and code for enlightenment samples.

Nigerian movie

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 18
File
1961 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

X2 test for resistance

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 10
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains socioeconomic statistics surrounding interview "resisters" and calculations determining frequency of resistance.

T tests for differences between Nigerian 1961 sample and Stirling 1952 sample

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 11
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of pages of calculations determining the differences between male and female respondents and between the Nigerian and Stirling County data samples.

Analysis of variance for age, sex, and place of residence

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 13
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains data tables and subsequent analyses of sex and age data for urban and rural respondents

Discussion by Macklin and Harding on Yoruba statistical analysis

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 17
File
1961 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Notes on medical coding

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 17
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on principles of data coding for medical information.

T tests, correlations, ABCD RIDITS

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 19
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and calculations on t-test results and data RIDIT values.

Background impairment and caseness, Yoruba 4, see 320

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 20
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and calculations for impairment and caseness RIDITs for all female Yoruba respondents.

Background HOS scores for rural and urban women, see SP 320

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 21
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and calculations for correlation and HOS scores for female Yoruba respondents.

Alexander Leighton's 1968 re-evaluations (n=25) and 54 PJ analysis card and codebook

MS-13-86, Box 17, Folder 6
File
[1968?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on re-evaluation of data from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies, Also includes computer dataset printouts.

Notes on coding

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 2
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Some aspects of technological change in relation to socio-cultural organization and personality patterning / by Albert Erha Imohiosen

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 8
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

A study of resistance to psychiatric epidemiological interviewing among the Yoruba / by Zebulon C. Taintor

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 5
File
1962 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Uses of psychophysiological measures in cross-cultural psychiatric surveys / by Warren B. Miller

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 4
File
1962 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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."

Macklin's 1961 analysis of traditional - modern and integrated - disintegrated villages

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 14
File
1961 - 1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of David Macklin's notes on individual and village acculturation and integration controlled on sex.

Murphy's 1964 analysis of characteristics of traditional and modern villages

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 15
File
1960 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Nigerian HOS analysis

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 11
File
[1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of datasets and charts related to study respondent demographic statistics.

Analysis of medical data

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 8
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of medical data code for the psychiatric questionnaire.

Yoruba cases for teaching

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 4
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains case summaries for two patients (labelled case I and cased III) with background information and physical and mental health summaries.

Native conceptions of disease

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 5
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Analysis of hemoglobin data

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 7
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on medical data relevant to hemoglobin. Includes lists of Sahli percentages and charts comparing averages. Also includes a memo regarding summary data from random village hemoglobin samples.

Effect of culture and cultural patterns

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 1
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Respondents' resistance to interviews

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 2
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Extra copies of crucial tables (C - A analysis)

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 3
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Use of hospital cases for cross-cultural problems

MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on cases from Aro Hospital. Topics include symptoms, cultural factors, symptom patterns, impairment, etc.

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