Guide to the Thomas Q. Reefe Papers M2517
Gurudarshan Khalsa
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2021
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Thomas Q. Reefe papers
Creator:
Reefe, Thomas Q.
Identifier/Call Number: M2517
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
(2 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1975-1984, 2016
Content Description
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.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ethnology -- Cameroon
Anthropology -- Field work
Cameroon
Box 1, Folder 1
Cameroon research trip notebook #1
1984
Box 1, Folder 2
Research notes, interview notes, and bibliographies
1981-1984
Box 1, Folder 5
Ngumba presentation notes
1985
Box 1, Folder 6
Photo postcards
1975-1976
Box 1, Folder 7
Journals and other publications
1981-1987
Scope and Contents
Publications include:
Visual anthropology, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Jay Ruby. Harwood Academic Publishers, 1987.
Human organization: Journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Vol. 40, No. 3, Fall 1981
Blakely, Thomas D. and Blakely, Pamela A.R.
Visual signs and verbal art in central African funerary observances. Excerpt of Blakely, Thomas D., W. E. A. van Beek, Dennis L. Thomson, Linda Hunter Adams, and Merrill E. Oates. 1994.
Religion in Africa: experience and expression.
Buell, Raymond Leslie.
The native problem in Africa, Volume II. Photocopy.
Le serviteur: organe d'information de la FEMEC/The servant: FEMEC information organ. 1974
Box 1, Folder 8
Research on the African Protestant Church
2016
Box 1, Folder 9
Newspaper clippings
1981-1982
Box 2, audiocassette 1
Tape 1: Conversation with Father Serge Janes at Sangemelima
March 13, 1982
Box 2, audiocassette 2
Tape 2: Conversation with Margaret Chase at Yaounde
April 22, 1982
Box 2, audiocassette 3
Tape 3A: Testimony and interview of Jean-Jacques Nzhiou at Mbango Village
June 18, 1984
Box 2, audiocassette 4
Tape 3B: Interview of Jean-Jacques Nzhiou at Mbango Village
June 18, 1984
Box 2, audiocassette 5
Tape 4: Interview of Kiong Nzambo at Bingambo Village
June 20, 1984
Box 2, audiocassette 6
Tape 5: Interview of David Ngiamba at Bingambo Village
June 20, 1984
Box 2, audiocassette 7
Tape 6: Interview of Nna Koum at Lolodorf Village
June 23, 1984
Box 2, audiocassette 8
Tape 7: Interview of Marc Mamia at Lolodorf Village
June 26, 1984
Box 2, audiocassette 9
Tape 8: Interview of Marc Mamia at Lolodorf Village
June 26, 1984
Box 2, audiocassette 10
Tape 9: Interview of Samuel Minkyo Bamba at Lolodorf Village
July 1, 1984
Box 2, audiocassette 11
Tape 10: Interview of Reverend Ottou Franck Nzhiou at Yaounde
July 7, 1984
Box 2, audiocassette 12
Tape 11: Ngumba church music at Yaounde
June 6, 1982
Box 2, Folder 1
List of Cameroon field recordings
Box 2, reel 1
Ngumba church microfilm (negative copy)
Box 2, reel 2
Ngumba church microfilm (positive copy)
Box 2, reel 3
Ngumba church strips 1-17 and German era strips 1-15
Box 2, reel 5
Ebolowa strips 31-42 and Lolodorf strips 1-20
Box 3, Folder 2
Printout of Ngumba church and German era microfilm strips
Scope and Contents
The printout of the microfilms is of handwritten research notes.
