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 26 Collections and/or Records:

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

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Typescript for James de Vere Allen's Swahili Origins

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0476

Abstract

Unedited manuscript (electronic version on CD) of Allen's book, Swahili Origins.

Dates: Circa 1993

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Richard Ndimande's Studio Photographs Collected by Frank Jolles

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0479

Abstract

Photographic negative portraits collected by Dr. Frank Jolles. The collection pertains to the studio portraits taken at Z.J.S. Ndimande and Son, Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal. Richard Ndimande took the photographs (along with, possibly, his wife in the later images) that constitute this combined purchase and gift, complete in 47 frames of 16 black and white and 31 color negatives.

Dates: 1960-1999

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Richard M. Laws Elephant Data Sheets and Notebooks

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0677

Abstract

Richard M. Laws’ field research records, notes, tables, and analysis of several thousand wild elephants culled from herds in the national parks and reserves of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania during the final years of British colonial administration in East Africa.

Dates: 1965 - 1981

Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida