Finding aid to the Vernon Anderson papers, 1921-1980

Collection Summary

Collection Title: The Vernon Anderson papers 1921-1980
Call number/identifier: 3
Origination: Vernon Anderson
Extent: 2 boxes
Physical location: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Languages: All materials are in English unless otherwise noted.
Repository: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies , Evanston, IL

Abstract: The papers in this collection were generated by Rev. Vernon Anderson, a Presbyterian missionary. They include personal correspondence, correspondence and reports which Rev. Anderson received while serving on the Commission pour la protection des indigènes, ethnographic notes on the Baluba, field notes taken during meetings with informants in Baluba villages, detailed genealogical clan lists, typescript and photocopies of scholarly papers and articles, newspaper clippings, and notecard files.