Archives Catalogue

1959 trip to Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 8
File
1959

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains documents relating to Alexander Leighton's 1959 trip to Nigeria. Includes a photograph, several bundles of research notes, schedules, graphic materials, and patient medical notes. Includes an article from the New York Times on the Nigerian election, and no. 10 of the Western Nigerian Illustrated quarterly publication featuring an article about psychiatric treatment at the Aro Hospital. Also includes an envelope labelled 'thought disorder pills' containing five spherical pills.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Combinations of major symptom patterns

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 16
File
1961 - 1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and charts on the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and disorders and combinations of patterns in study respondents.

Considerations and proposals regarding indicators of sociocultural disintegration in the Egba setting / by Charles C. Hughes

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a second draft of the handbook by Charles C. Hughes written as part of the Cornell-Aro study. File also contains a page of notes on indicators of disintegration.

Data sampling in Abeokuta

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File is comprised of documents related to data sampling in the city of Abeokuta. Contains lists of names, notes on divisions of neighbourhoods, and information and statistics relating to city areas and squares. Also contains a large folded map of Abeokuta.

David Macklin's notes on social science questionnaire data analysis

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 5
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on respondents' answers to the social data questionnaire, including statistics and thoughts on card organization and indices.

Davies and Johnson mop-up operations and results

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 6
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a list of follow-up tasks related to community respondent information. Also contains a bundle of small notecards with similar follow-up questions and notes.

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.

Demographic data on Abeokuta residents

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

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on the socioeconomic and demographic data of Abeokuta residents.

Demographic data on hospital patients

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 12
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on the socioeconomic and demographic data of hospital patients.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

Frequency analysis of psychiatric disorders by social variables (corrected copy of SP #40)

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 9
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File includes statistics on the socioeconomic statuses of Cornell-Aro study respondents and information for the psychiatrist's random sampling results.

Hollingshead scale for socioeconomic status analysis of urban women and their husbands

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 3
File
[1965 - 1966?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Information for the selection of villages to study in the Egba area

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 3
File
1960 - 1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and information on villages in the Egba region of Nigeria. Also includes memos from Charles C. Hughes containing travel observations and village statistics.

Information on education and age by ABCD

MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 14
File
[1963?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains charts, calculations, datasets, and graphs tracking education and age. File also includes notes on the relationship between education level and mental health.

Information on population of Yoruba villages

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 10
File
[between 1959 and 1961]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of what appears to be an excerpt from a Yoruba rural study estimating the number of people over 20 years of age in Yoruba villages.

Information on respondents' husbands' occupation and education

MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 10
File
1960 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

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.

List of alternate spellings of respondents' names

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 8
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a list of community respondents alongside alternate spellings of their names.

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.

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.

Mental health of native healers in 1961 sample

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a page of notes on mental health statistics for native healers of the study villages in Nigeria.

Miscellaneous analyses regarding psychiatric symptoms

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 17
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of notes on psychiatric conditions and symptoms found in Cornell-Aro study respondents. Data tables and analytical explanations accompany datasets and evaluations.

Miscellaneous data sampling information

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 4
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains respondent eligibility criteria and data sampling processes and statistics for villages.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Notes and manuscripts related child guidance clinics review

MS-13-30, SF Box 66, Folder 2
File
1972-1975

Part of Alexander John Murchison fonds

File contains notes and manuscripts written by Alexander Murchison and Norris Turner between 1972–1975 reviewing child guidance clinics and group homes in Nova Scotia. File also contains the June 1973 issue of the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers Newsletter, with articles by Norris Turner , Patricia Hardy, Ernie Rafuse, F.M. Fraser, Martin M. Dolan, Linda Isitt, and Barrie R. MacFarlane.

Notes and marginals on social science questionnaire data

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 7
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on respondents' answers to the social science data questionnaire. Answers are compiled by question and percentages and coding notes are included.

Notes on academic degrees and education in Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 8
File
1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

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.

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