Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Thomas Q. Reefe papers
- Dates:
- 1975-1984, 2016
- Creators:
- Reefe, Thomas Q.
- Extent:
- 8.3 Linear Feet (14 manuscript boxes, 1 half box, 1 flat box, and 1 map folder)
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Thomas Q. Reefe papers are the materials from a research project entitled "Does God speak to the Ngumba? Church, language and ethnicity in the forest of Cameroon" conducted at various times from 1982 to 1984 in Cameroon and the United States. The materials include published materials, field notes, field recordings, microfilms, photographs, research notes, bibliography lists, photograph postcards, 12 audio cassettes, and 5 microfilm reels. A later accession consists primarily of photocopied archival materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Thomas Q. Reefe is a community organizer, author and professor. In the 1960s, while in the Army Reserves, Reefe joined the anti-war movement. Upon completing his service in Vietnam he got his Phd in African History from the University of California, Berkeley and did field work in Cameroon. He taught History at the University of North Carolina before becoming the Director of Career Services at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He was also involved with a variety of community organizations in Santa Cruz including Leadership Santa Cruz County and the Santa Cruz Foster Grandparents.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged three business days in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Ethnology -- Cameroon
Anthropology -- Field work - Places:
- Cameroon
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-26 14:22:39 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022