Inventory of the Committee on African Studies records, 1965-1976

Abstract

The Committee on African Studies formed in 1965 as part of the Center for International Studies at Duke University. The committee was composed of faculty from the departments of history, political science, anthropology, and economics. Its mission included supporting research in Africa, publishing articles and sponsoring lectures on African studies, and developing African studies curricula for middle school and high school students. Records date from 1967 to 1976 and consist of correspondence, papers and proposals, course materials, reprints, and sound recordings. The Committee's work focused on cultures including the Dan, Mbuti, Somali, and Zulu. The bulk of the material relates to the African Curriculum Development Project conducted in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and publication of the series Africa Sketches.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Duke University Archives
Creator: Duke University. Center for International Studies. Committee on African Studies.
Title: Committee on African Studies records, 1965-1976.
Extent: 1,000 items, , 1.5 linear feet , (1 box)
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Archives.
Language: English.

Series Quick Links

Correspondence, 1973-1976
Seminars, 1967.
African Curriculum Development Project, 1973-1976
Africa Sketches, 1973-1976
Reprints, 1965-1973

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Access Restrictions

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For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the director of the office of use and the University Archivist is required for use.

Use Restrictions

Copyright for official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Contents of the Collection

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Correspondence, 1973-1976

This series contains general correspondence from the Director's office relating to the function and projects of the Committee.

Correspondence, 1973-1974

Box 1

Correspondence, 1975-1976

Box 1

Seminars, 1967.

Two reels of sound recordings documenting the "Recent Developments in Nigeria Seminar" make up this series. Participants included committee members, faculty from nearby universities, and other scholars.

Recent Developments in Nigeria Seminar, 1967

Reels 1-2

African Curriculum Development Project, 1973-1976

This series contains material relating to the project undertaken by the Committee and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to develop supplementary classroom units and materials for inclusion into junior high and high school social studies curricula. The project was supported by a National Endowment for Humanities grant. In 1973 fourteen North Carolina teachers came to the Duke campus for an eight-week session to prepare teaching units and materials. The program was repeated in the summer of 1974. Cultures focused on by group include the Dan, Mbuti, Somali, and Zulu. The subject files in this series contain correspondence with participants regarding their individual projects, as well as evaluations of how the teaching units were received in the classroom. Other materials include the grant proposal, some background papers on African studies in the public schools, budgets, and correspondence relating to the publication of several of the units prepared during the summer session.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject

Books, Harry K., 1973-1975

Brooks, Marolyn, 1973-1975

Budget, 1973-1975

Consultants and Lecturers, 1973

Course Materials, 1973-1974

Correspondence--General, 1973-1976

Crowley, Chris, 1973-1975

Dan Unit, 1973

Delancey, Mark, 1974-1975

Forshee, Katie, 1974-1976

Gaffney, Harry, 1973-1976

Gaige, Frederick, 1973-1975

Grant Proposal, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1973

Hutchins, Mary Lee, 1974-1975

Johnson, Leigh, 1973-1974

Larson, Emilie, 1973

Lennon, Alma, 1974

Lewis, Pamela, 1973-1975

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1974-1975

Nelson, Fred, 1973-1974

O'Neal, Richard, 1973

Paper, "Focusing an African Curriculum," 1973

Proposal for the Publication of African Materials for use in the Public Schools, 1974

Publicity, 1973

Rupard, Daphne, 1973-1976

Thomas, Elma, 1974-1975

Vogler, Carol, 1974

Voss, Mary Jane, 1973-1976

Africa Sketches, 1973-1976

The records in this series chronicle the publication of Africa Sketches, a series of nine short biographical sketches of contemporary Africans written for secondary school students. Committee director Gerald Hartwig served as General Editor for the series. The idea for the books grew out of the work of the African Curriculum Development Project.

Materials include correspondence with the authors and publisher, as well as some sample illustrations.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject

Abdelrasoul, Omer, 1973-1974

Azvedo, Mario, 1973-1975

Brown, James, 1973-1975

Buchanan, Carole, 1973-1975

Correspondence--General, 1974-1976

Crane, Louise, 1973-1976

DeLancey, Mark, 1973-1976

Dubisch, Joyce, 1974-1975

Ferguson, Henry, 1973-1976

Ferraro, Gary, 1974-1976

Greenstein, Lewis, 1973-1974

Illustrations, 1975-1976

Larson, Thomas, 1973-1976

Spitzer, Leo, 1975-1976

Reprints, 1965-1973

This series contains issues of the reprints series published by the Committee. These were articles written by committee members or at its behest. This series does not contain a complete run of the issues. Issue Nos. 13, 19, 20, and 21 are missing. It appears that No. 22 is the last issue published.

Arrangement: chronological

Nos. 1-12, 1965-1967

Nos. 14-18, 1967-1969

No. 22, 1973

Historical Note

The Committee on African Studies was formed in 1965 as part of the Center for International Studies. The committee was composed of faculty from the departments of history, political science, anthropology, and economics. Its mission included connecting students and faculty with grants and research opportunities in Africa, publishing a reprint series of selected articles on African studies, and sponsoring lectures and colloquia by noted Africanists, as well as a faculty exchange program with Makere University College. They also were involved with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in developing African studies curriculum for junior high and high school students. Directors of the Committee included J. Harris Proctor, and Gerald Hartwig.

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Related Material

African Profiles: Mbuti, Somali, Zulu (University Archives, Duke University [Call number: 967.7 A258 A258 1975])
Center for International Studies Records (University Archives, Duke University)
Committee on International Studies Records (University Archives, Duke University)