Research material and notes, [1976-1977]
File
MS. Eng. c. 7847
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- Notes on The Biology of the Negro by Julian H. Lewis, 1942
- Letter to Joan Saunders from the Gypsy Lore Society concerning Chatwin's research enquiries about Gypsies in Brazil, 5 July 1977
- Cards with details of addresses in Rio de Janerio.
- Photographs, including of the King of Dahomey, taken during Chatwin's visit to Benin, Dec. 1976
- Photocopy of article 'Guezo Ou Guedizo Massigbe' by Abbe T Moulhero from unidentified publication, n.d.
- Research notes including names of slave ships, famine, cholera, the Church Missionary Society archives, da Silva genealogy, and Dona Epiphania, n.d.
- Pamphlet Influences Brésiliennes À Ouidah, n.d.
- Photocopied articles from The London Illustrated News concerning West Africa, 1850-1851
- Extract from The London Illustrated News of photographs of the King of Dahomey, May 1906
- Photopcopied entry on vampires from The Encyclopaedia Britannica, n.d.
- Photocopy of letter from Bullfinch Lamb, written from Abomey, Nov. 1724, from unidentified publication, n.d.
- Pamphlet Les Afro-Américains, published by L'Institut Français D'Afrique Noire, 1953
- Photocopied extracts from Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom, vol. 1, by Melville J. Herskovits, 1938
- Photocopy of chapter from Cult Matriarchate and Male Homosexuality by Ruth Landes, n.d.
- Photocopied extracts concerning cholera epidemics in east Africa from unidentified publication, n.d.
- Pamphlet World Food, 1975
- Photocopied chapters concerning Dahomey from unidentified publication in French, n.d.
- Photocopy of article 'Contribution à l'Histoire de la Famille de Souza' by Norberto Francisco de Souza in Etudes Dahomienne Vol. 13, n.d.
- Benin newspaper Ehuzu, 6 Jan. 1977
- Benin newspaper Ehuzu concerning the coup to oust President Kerekou, 17 Jan. 1977
- Benin newspaper Ehuzu, 20 Jan. 1977
- Pamphlet Initiation A La Théologie De La Religion Traditionelle Africaine by M. Guérin Montilus,
- Photocopy of appendix to Minutes of Evidence Before Select Committee on the African Slave Trade, June 1849.
- Notes or words possibly for a Benin song, n.d.
Dates
- [1976-1977]
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 7847
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk