David Ernest Apter papers 1920-2002 1951-1960

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David Ernest Apter papers 1920-2002 1951-1960

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1806

The collection consists of photographs taken by David E. Apter from 1951 to 1960 in the African countries of Ghana (formerly known as the Gold Coast), Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, and Benin (formerly known as Dahomey), during the buildup of nationalism and the start of independence. The photographs portray scenes of everyday life in these countries. The collection also includes two photographs of David Apter, taken by Eleanor Apter in 1953 in Achimota, Gold Coast, and by Larissa Leclair in 2002 at Apter's home in North Haven, Connecticut. The uprising in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, in 1989, is documented with twenty-nine photographs by Apter. The materials also include photographs documenting Sanrizuka Hantai Dōmei in Japan, 1979-1982; slides of Europe, India and Mexico, 1956-1991; and research materials and correspondence on Africa, 1920-1972.

7.5 linear feet (7 boxes)

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351677

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Apter, David E. (David Ernest), 1924-2010

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David E. Apter was born on December 18, 1924, in New York City. He received his A.B. from Antioch College in 1950 and his M.A. (1952) and Ph.D. (1954) in Political Science from Princeton University. He taught at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, the University of California at Berkeley and, since 1979, Yale University, where he was the Henry J. Heinz II Professor Emeritus of Comparative Political and Social Development and a senior research scientist in the political science an...