Indiana University African Studies Program Directors' records, 1957-1995.

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Indiana University African Studies Program Directors' records, 1957-1995.

Collection consists of 9.4 cubic feet of the records of program directors J. Gus Liebenow (1961-72) and Patrick O'Meara (1972-1993).

9.3 cubic ft. (10 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7648432

Indiana University

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Indiana University, Bloomington. African Studies Program

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The African Studies Program began in 1961 with a Ford Foundation grant, directed by J. Gus Liebenow of the Department of Political Science, who was succeeded by Patrick O'Meara, director from 1972-93. Its main areas of emphasis were West African regional studies and history, problems of development, African languages and linguistics, arts and music. Notable collaborative projects on the Bloomington campus included the Focus: Black America Program, creation of an African ...

Snyder, Emile

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Taylor, Alan R. (Alan Robert), 1932-

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Indiana University, Bloomington. Dept. of Afro-American Studies

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Indiana University, Bloomington. Archives of Traditional Music

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Indiana University. African Studies Program

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African Studies Association.

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O'Meara, Patrick

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Carter, Gwendolen Margaret, 1906-1991

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Professor of political science, Northwestern University. From the description of Gwendolen Margaret Carter interview summaries, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869983 Gwendolen Carter, who once expressed her sole interest in life as "the world and all it contains," was born in Ontario in 1906. After obtaining her B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1929, she went on to obtain a master's degree at Oxford in 1935 and her Ph. D. at Radcliffe College in 1...

William Hammond Mathers Museum (Bloomington, Ind.)

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Liebenow, J. Gus, 1925-....

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J. Gus Liebenow joined the faculty of Indiana University in 1958 and founded the university's African Studies Program in 1961, which he directed for 11 years. He also served as dean for research and advanced studies as well as vice president and dean for academic affairs on the Bloomington campus. In 1987, he was named Rudy Professor by the university trustees, who award the title for excellence. He retired in 1990 . An expert on Liberia, Professor Liebenow testified on ...

Carter, Gwendolen Margaret, 1906-1991

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Professor of political science, Northwestern University. From the description of Gwendolen Margaret Carter interview summaries, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869983 Gwendolen Carter, who once expressed her sole interest in life as "the world and all it contains," was born in Ontario in 1906. After obtaining her B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1929, she went on to obtain a master's degree at Oxford in 1935 and her Ph. D. at Radcliffe College in 1...