Harold D. Gunn collection 1908-1982

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Harold D. Gunn collection 1908-1982

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1586

The papers include a unique collection of reports, memoranda, maps and anthropological and historical notes generated by officials and researchers who worked for the British colonial administration in Northern Nigeria. The materials document aspects of the policy of Indirect Rule pursued by the Colonial Government dating ca. 1908-1950, including the establishment and consolidation of a hierarchy of administrative units for ruling rural Nigerians. A good number of the files were produced in the years 1925-1940 when the application of Indirect Rule was intensified. The files were meant to provide subsequent Colonial officers with an "official knowledge" of the culture, language, economic activities, beliefs and other customs of each locality and ethnic group. Individuals who authored several of these files include J. H. Shaw, C. K. Meek, J. G. Davies, F. G. Raynolds, D. A. Percival, C. W. Rowlings, and R. C. S. Stanley. The collection also includes Harold Gunn's correspondence and research notes from 1931 to 1982.

11.75 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351471

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Gunn, H. D. (Harold D.), 1918-

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Harold Dale Gunn was born in Dallas, Texas, on August 3, 1918. He received a B.A from Southern Methodist University in 1941 and an M.A. from the University of London in 1949. From 1949 to 1952, Gunn was a research anthropologist for the International African Institute (IAI) in Nigeria. He taught anthropology at the University of Connecticut from 1952 to 1957. In 1960, Gunn became the curator of the African Collections at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, and also taught sociology ...