Harold D. Gunn collection, 1908-1982 (inclusive).

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Harold D. Gunn collection, 1908-1982 (inclusive).

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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 circa 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 ft.

Yale University Library

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Gunn, H. D.

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Harold D. Gunn was born in Dallas, Texas, on August 3, 1918. He received a B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University in 1941 and an M.A.from the University of London in 1941. From 1949 to 1952, Gunn was a research anthropologist for the International African Institute 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 and anthropolo...

Meek, C.K. (Charles Kingsley), 1885-1965

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