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Tambo (David C.) Nigerian history collection
Bernath Mss 383
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Title: David C. Tambo Nigerian history collection
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 383
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Physical Description:
20 linear feet
(7 cartons, 3 document boxes, 104 audiocassettes)
Creator:
Tambo, David C.
Date (inclusive): circa 1960s-1970s
Abstract: Artifacts, correspondence, documents, maps, oral history interviews, photographs, research notes and outlines, writings, and
other material relating to two trips to Nigeria by David C. Tambo, first as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bauchi, 1968-1970,
and then doing dissertation fieldwork on Nigerian economic history, based in Vom, on the Jos Plateau, 1975-1976.
The collection is open for research. The collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], David C. Tambo Nigerian history collection, Bernath Mss 383. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Donation by David C. Tambo, 2011-2013.
Includes photographs, oral history transcripts, printed materials, and artifacts such as iron ore, slag, smelted iron, and
furnace wall samples, most relating to time as Peace Corps volunteer in Nigeria (1968-1970) and, later, doing dissertation
fieldwork (1975-1976) also in Nigeria.
This guide also contains the following appendices:
Appendix A: Bibliography. Printed sources, dissertations, theses, and unpublished papers – mainly relating to Jos Plateau
and its inhabitants; neighboring areas including Bauchi emirate; ironworking in Nigeria, Africa and other parts of the world;
mining and iron ore; forestry, deforestation, charcoal making; archaeology, archaeometallurgy and analysis of ore, slag, and
smelted iron; economic history, trade and exchange, slavery, and slave trade; ethnography; geography; geology; historiography
and oral history; linguistics. Archival/primary sources are listed separately.
[For access, click the link under Supplemental Material].
Appendix B: National Archives of Nigeria: Kaduna (NAK) – List of Files Pertaining to the Jos Plateau and Its Peoples. Individual
file listings, drawn from the following record groups: Arabic Manuscripts, Bauchi Native Authority, Bauchiprof [Bauchi Province],
Josprof [Jos Province] First Collection, Josprof – Second Collection, Josprof – Third Collection, Josprof – Fourth Collection,
Kadminagric [Kaduna, Ministry of Agriculture], Makprof [Makurdi Province]– First Collection, Makprof – Second Collection,Pankshin
N.A. [Pankshin Native Authority] – First Collection, Secretariat Northern Provinces (SNP).
[For access, click the link under Supplemental Material].
The collection is divided into the following series: I. Peace Corps, II. Dissertation Research.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nigeria -- History
Artifacts (object genre)
Audiocassettes
Correspondence
Maps (documents)
Oral histories (literary works)
Photographs
Research notes
Writings (documents)