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Abdullah Abdurahman (1872-1940) Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 001
Abstract
Papers of the Abdullah Abdurahman Family, active in the South African Coloured population's struggle for political and economic equality.
Dates:
1906-1962
African American Institute records
Collection
Identifier: 033
Abstract
The African-American Institute (AAI) plays a notable role in the fostering of educational ties between the United States and countries in Africa; the Institute is a major source of funding for African students wishing to study in the United States, and a voice for Africa in the United States. The African American Institute records document the Institute's work in international aid and education.
Dates:
1982 - 1985
Claude Barnett Research Collection
Collection
Identifier: 009
Abstract
Consists of news clippings, photographs, and newsletters pertaining to African affairs during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection was assembled by Claude Barnett, director of the Associated Negro Press, a wire organization serving black American newspapers, and the World News Service, which provided similar service to African newspapers from 1960 until 1963.
Dates:
ca. 1950-1970
Joseph E. Harris papers
Collection
Identifier: 032
Abstract
Joseph Earl Harris (born July 2, 1929, North Carolina) was an eminent scholar of the history of Africa and the African diaspora. He was a pioneer in the study of the African diaspora to Asia, and championed the recognition of the African diaspora as a global phenomenon. The Joseph E. Harris papers contain materials from all periods of Dr. Harris' career. They reflect the full scope of his participation in the work of the universities at which he taught, and the organizations and conferences in...
Dates:
1929 - 2016
Alex Hepple Papers
Collection
Identifier: 002
Abstract
The Alex Hepple Papers contain materials about his association with South African trade unions, particularly the Garment Workers' Union. Hepple's concern for equality of opportunity, especially for the African labor force, is evidenced in his newspaper articles and other writings, and in the parliamentary debate records.
Dates:
1937-1964
Images of Italians in Africa
Collection
Identifier: 038
Abstract
This collection consists of images of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea), during the occupation of that region by Italian forces (chiefly 1936-1938). Subjects depicted include camp life, military activities, roadbuilding, city views, celebrations, and native peoples.
Dates:
1936 - 1938
Leo Kuper (1908-1994) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 004
Abstract
South African sociologist; includes correspondence and research materials from 1957-1963 relating to Leo Kuper's study of An African Bourgeoisie.
Dates:
1952-1966
Vernon McKay (1912-1988) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 008
Abstract
Fundamentally a research file, the collection mainly consists of printed materials, government documents, seminar papers, research data, reports, broadsides, and newsclippings collected by McKay during his career as a scholar, teacher, administrator, and employee of the United States Department of State.
Dates:
ca. 1935-1977
Lydia Luhman Pederson collection
Collection
Identifier: 039
Abstract
Artifacts and other objects collected during Lydia Pederson's 1953 trip from Capetown, South Africa to Cairo, and during Sonjia and Jim Olstad's 1967 stay in Nigeria. The collection includes a small amount of related material.
Dates:
1969 - 1990
Lavinia Scott (1907-1997) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 005
Abstract
Missionary in Natal, South Africa; papers consist mainly of letters and other items sent by Scott and her colleagues to her mother.
Dates:
1930-1959
Slides of Africa from the University of Wisconsin--Madison
Collection
Identifier: 034
Abstract
Slides of Africa from various sources; these slides document a variety of topics such as agriculture, landscapes, city scenes, villages, architecture, industry, transportation, commerce, and people, from throughout Africa during the 20th century.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2000
Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers
Collection
Identifier: 023
Abstract
Lorenzo Dow Turner served as Professor of English and lecturer in African Cultures at Roosevelt University College in Chicago. The Papers document Turner's extensive educational training, his long teaching career first at Fisk University and then at Roosevelt University, his exhaustive linguistic research, and the revolutionary theories on black speech development in America that he pioneered. Of special interest are cassette tapes including copies of the original sound recordings made by...
Dates:
1915-1973
Jan Vansina Papers
Collection
Identifier: 030
Abstract
Jan Vansina was born in Antwerp, Belgium on September 14, 1929 and received his Ph.D. in history from the University Leuven in 1957. He is a major figure in the study of Africa. He published twenty monographs, over two hundred articles, and was the co-author, editor, compiler, annotator etc. of many other works. His extensive fieldwork and study of oral tradition established the context and methodologies for reconstructing African history through the use of oral tradition. The Jan Vansina...
Dates:
1718-2010; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/2010
Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs
Collection
Identifier: 037
Abstract
The collection is comprised of about 6,500 photographs organized in 75 separate albums, scrapbooks or loose collections, taken primarily in East Africa between about 1860 and 1960.
Dates:
1860-1960; Majority of material found within 1880-1920
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