Social sciences

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.

Eskimo-Yoruba report

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 17
File
1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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."

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.

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Newsletter, Autumn 1999

MS-1-Ref, Box 23, Folder 16, Item 1
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Fall 1999 issue of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences newsletter. Includes a message from Dean Marian Binkley, and other contributions from Nathan Brett and Marjorie Stone. Also includes faculty research and publication updates, lecture series, Dean's List students, and other departmental news.

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Newsletter, Fall 1998

MS-1-Ref, Box 23, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
1998

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Fall 1998 issue of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences newsletter. Includes a message from Interim Dean Victor Thiessen, and other contributions from Cynthia Neville. Item includes faculty and student research, an events calendar, and other departmental updates.

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Newsletter, Winter 1998

MS-1-Ref, Box 23, Folder 15, Item 2
Item
1998

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Winter 1998 issue of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences newsletter. Includes an article by David McNeil about the FASS role in the Senate Computer and Information Technology Planning Committee, as well as faculty research updates and other departmental news.

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Newsletter, Winter 1999

MS-1-Ref, Box 23, Folder 16, Item 2
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Winter 1999 issue of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences newsletter. Includes a message from Dean Marian Binkley, faculty research and publication updates, a list of students on the King's College President's List, and other departmental news.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences newsletters

MS-1-Ref
Subseries
1998-2003

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Subseries consists of newsletters produced by Dalhousie University documenting the activities of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Field research schedules

MS-13-86, Box 1, Folder 13
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of monthly calendars used to schedule aspects of fieldwork for the Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project.

Fieldnotes and qualitative responses

Subseries
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries includes Jane Murphy's fieldnotes and personal journals from June to September, 1963. Also includes compilations of respondents' answers to open-ended questions about education and the role of women in their communities.

Final fourth draft of social data questionnaire for Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 1
File
[1961?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains one blank copy of the final fourth draft of the social data questionnaire for community respondents. Questionnaire is in both English and Yoruba.

Final seventh draft of psychiatric questionnaire for Cornell-Aro Mental Health Research Project

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

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains one blank copy of the final seventh draft of the psychiatric questionnaire for community respondents.

Financial report - work sheets

MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 3
File
1963 - 1967

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains expense lists and financial documents and reports for the Social Science Research Council regarding the Role of Women study.

First Year news : the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences newsletter for new students, Fall 2014

MS-1-Ref, Box 23, Folder 49
Item
2014

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

Item consists of the Fall 2014 "First Year News" newsletter for Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students. Includes a message from Dean Robert Summerby-Murray, a message from DASSS President Kaitlynne Lowe, an article on first-year experiences by Allie Graham, student assistance by David Matthias, a report on learning abroad in the Czech Republic as a theatre student by Chris Spencer, and a general welcoming article by Eli Diamond.

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.

Gerald Klerman's research papers

MS-13-86, Box 27, Folder 8
File
1950

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains 7 research papers written by Gerald Klerman when he was a student of Alexander Leighton's.

Grafton Trout's code for modernization among modern rural Yorubas

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 8
File
[1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a list of data codes and tabulation variables.

Grafton Trout's guide for social and fertility variables

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 9
File
[1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains coding information for a list of social and fertility study variables.

Grafton Trout's preliminary analysis of fertility among Yoruba women

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 7
File
1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains data coding information, a research proposal for Trout's study, and a compilation of socioeconomic data relating to rural Yoruba women from the 1961 Cornell-Aro study.

Guttman scale for material style of life analysis

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 2
File
1968

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains printouts of computer code and analytical notes for respondents' material lifestyles.

Guttman scale for mental health and acculturation level analysis

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 1
File
[1966?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains printouts of computer code, graphs comparing the relationship between mental health and acculturation, and a study by Frederic Ilfeld titled "Acculturation levels and mental health of 120 educated Yoruba women."

Health and family life survey

Series
1969 - 1995

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Series consists of interview pamphlets from the Harvard-Dalhousie health and family life survey.

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.

HOS analysis for 276 Yoruba women (HOS x age x number of living children)

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 6
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts, graphs, and data tables relevant to female Yoruba respondents.

HOS coding and scoring for rural and urban women

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 5
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

HOS score sheets (rural 156, 1961)

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 3
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of HOS score sheets for study respondents.

HOS score sheets (urban 120, 1963)

MS-13-86, Box 16, Folder 4
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of HOS score sheets for study respondents.

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.

Information on respondents' parents' education

MS-13-86, Box 8, Folder 11
File
[1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a listing of respondent ID numbers alongside brief summaries of their parents' education histories.

Inkeles - study among Yorubas

MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 20
File
[1963?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of part of Alex Inkeles' questionnaire for Yoruba factory workers.

Jane Murphy's correspondence and thank-you letters to Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 4
File
1961 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

Jane Murphy's field notebook from Nigeria, 1961

MS-13-86, Box 13, Folder 20
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of 2 of Jane Murphy's field notebooks (blue, hardcover, handwritten).

Jane Murphy's Nigeria fieldnotes

Subseries
1961 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries contains Jane Murphy's fieldnotes from the 1961 Nigerian study.

Jane Murphy's respondent interview fieldnotes

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 14
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a disassembled binder of Jane Murphy's interview fieldnotes from the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Fieldnotes record respondents' answers to questions and provide further details on context. Respondents' joint psychiatric/health evaluation forms are tucked beside their corresponding fieldnotes.

Journal reviews

Series
1970 - 1987

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Series consists of journal review submission drafts, forms, and related correspondence.

Lectures

Series
1938 - 1956

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Series consists of scripts for various lectures and speeches, course materials, and some research proposals and case studies.

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.

List of code names for Yoruba villages

MS-13-86, Box 2, Folder 9
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File comprised of a memo listing Yoruba villages and their revised code names.

List of individuals sampled and not interviewed

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 8
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memoranda regarding the numbers of sampled and interviewed respondents for the Cornell-Aro study. Totals are listed and respondents are organized by village.

Local coping strategies and regional policies : cases from the Faroes / Gestur Hovgaard

MS-2-681, Box 24, Folder 12
Item
2002

Part of Richard Apostle fonds

Item is a paper written by a senior researcher at the Center for Local and Regional Development, Klaksvik.

Logistics, visas, customs, and money in Nigeria

MS-13-86, Box 26, Folder 2
File
1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

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.

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