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01. African Studies Collections

 Classification
Identifier: 01
African Studies related manuscripts in our primary source collections include materials collected by and/or relating to: Lewis Berner (a UF biologist who conducted anti-malaria work in West Africa during World War II), Gwendolen M. Carter (a political scientist focusing on South Africa and the anti-Apartheid struggle), Graham and Brian Child (wildlife conservation in Southern Africa, Brian is a UF Geographer), Ronald Cohen (retired UF anthropologist who workied in Northern Nigeria), the East African Professional Hunters Association (Kenya), George Fortune (a lingusit of Southern Bantu languages), Frank Jolles (collector of Richard Ndimande's Studio Photographs from South Africa), Rene Lemarchand (retired UF political science professor's materials largely relating to Rwanda and Burundi), Eugene Manis (a plant breeder who worked on a Firestone plantation in Liberia in 1941), Martin Rikli (filmmaker's photographic albums and related materials on Ethiopia at the time of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-'36), and George Shepperson (historian's collection relating to Livingstone). Several small collections relate to particular author's works, and some miscellaneous topical collections including Notre Congo a collector card album on the former Belgian Congo.

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Ronald Cohen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 142
Abstract

Includes field notes, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, and professional papers created by anthropologist, Ronald Cohen. The majority of the collection pertains to Nigerians in the state of Borno (Bornu), particularly the Kanuri and Bura-Pabir speaking peoples.

Dates: 1950-1996

Lewis Berner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 155
Abstract

Photographs, correspondence, field notes, reports and other papers of entomologist and professor Lewis Berner.

Dates: 1933-1955

Martin Rikli Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 184
Abstract

Photographs by cinematographer/photographer Martin Rikli documenting his Ethiopian (Abessinien) expedition, which coincided with the second Italo-Abyssinian War.

Dates: 1935-1936

Gwendolen M. Carter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 193
Abstract

The Carter Collection is comprised of the research and personal files of Gwendolen Carter. The papers are predominantly related to her research of southern Africa, particularly South Africa, during the 1970s and 1980s.

Dates: 1932-1991; Majority of material found within 1970-1987

George Fortune Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 205
Abstract George Fortune (1915-2012) conducted extensive research and wrote widely on Central and Southern African languages for over fifty years. His writings concerning the Shona language were crucial to the development of a standard Shona orthography, and he also played a key role in establishing African linguistics as a field of study at African universities. This collection reflects Fortune's roles as a student, priest, husband and father, teacher and university department chair, collector of...
Dates: 1869-2006; Majority of material found within 1945-1990

George Shepperson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 206
Abstract

Materials related to Shepperson's research and activities surrounding various David Livingstone projects, including the centenary of Livingstone's death in 1973.

Dates: 1852-1989; Majority of material found within 1931-1989

Graham and Brian Child African Wildlife and Range Management Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 291
Abstract Includes reports, correspondences, maps, charts, related literature, and documents relating to the development, implementation and assessment of multiple wildlife programs and initiatives. Dr. Graham Child was active from the late 1950s onwards and his son, Brian Child, began his academic work in the 1980s. Both Graham and Brian work extensively in Zimbabwe (known as Rhodesia pre-1980), although the collection contains extensive material about Zambia, Botswana as well as research...
Dates: 1909-2004; Majority of material found within 1960-2004

Records of the East African Professional Hunters' Association

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 283
Abstract

The Records of the East African Professional Hunters' Association (EAPHA) include the association's minutes, membership records, rules, reports, correspondence, collected press clippings, records of trophies awarded, disciplinary actions, member biographical sketches, and photographs.

Dates: 1934-1999; Majority of material found within 1934-1977

W.E. Manis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 143
Abstract Includes photographic prints, letters and ephemera collected or created by W. E. Manis. The collection pertains to the collector's life and work as a Rubber Planter and later in change of the research department of Firestone Plantations Co. in Liberia, West Africa (1940-41). Manis took the photographs and selected items for inclusion in the two scrapbook albums that constitute this gift, complete in 80 pages of 224 black and white photographs, with about 133 sheets of mostly unpublished...
Dates: 1939-1941

Ian Parker Collection Relating to East African Wildlife Conservation

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 324
Abstract

The Ian Parker Collection documents wildlife management and conservation in East Africa, particularly in Kenya, over more than fifty years. The bulk of the collection spans 1956-2004 and covers Parker's service as a Game Warden in Kenya, his activities with Wildlife Services Ltd., work as an independent consultant, and his research and activities relating to the ivory trade, poaching, elephants and other wildlife.

Dates: 1896-2012; Majority of material found within 1956-2004