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Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Noel Q. King papers
Creator:
King, Noel Quinton
Identifier/Call Number: UA.089
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
4 document boxes
Date (inclusive): 1892-1971
Date (bulk): (bulk 1967-1971)
Language of Material: Languages represented in the
collection: English, Arabic, Luganda, and Swahili
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs.
Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair
use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the user to
determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions. For more
information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.
Preferred Citation
Noel Q. King papers. UA 89. University Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Noel Q. King, 1974.
Biography / Administrative History
Noel Q. King had just set up a Religious Studies Program in Makerere, Uganda, before coming
to the University of California at Santa Cruz to teach Religious Studies as Professor of
History and Comparative Religion in 1967. A Committee of Studies in Religious Studies was
soon formed with Mr. King as Chairperson. Within a couple of years new courses in the
history of the world's religions and in traditional African religions were added. By 1971
Religious Studies became an offical major granting a Bachelor of Arts degree. Mr. King was
however affiliatied with the History Board. The reference collection included here was
likely to serve both communities, History and Religious Studies.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains manuscripts, interviews and copies of works written primarily in
the Luganda language, with many English translations by Ugandan and other writers, from the
era of the newly independent Uganda and the proceeding Protectorate, used as a reference
library by Mr. King and his associates. Also included is an incomplete manuscript by Ayre
Oded on Islam in Buganda, as well as some published materials, correspondence, clippings,
and photographs concerning Muslims in Uganda.
Arrangement
The bulk of the material follows the donor's original arrangement.
Processing Information
Processed by Mathew E. Simpson in 2013. EAD encoded finding aid by Mathew E. Simpson.
Finding aid revision statement
This finding aid was revised in the Reparative Archival Redescription Project. Previous
versions of this finding aid are available upon request.
Related Material
UA90 Religious Studies Board Records; LS9132 [University of California, Santa Cruz
Religious Studies Audio Tapes, 1986-1987]
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Africa, East -- Religious life and
customs
Islam -- Uganda -- History