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Guide to the Greet Kershaw Papers M1661
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Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence 1961-1981

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Kershaw and various editors and publishers, her dissertation committee and film makers creating a special on tribes and their first contact with the outside world.
Box 1, Folder 2

"Husband Correspondence" 1957-2003

Scope and Contents

Contains a correspondence relating to a misunderstanding that Greet Sluiter (madien name of Greet Kershaw) in 1957 had a polyamorous relationship with a member of the Kikuyu tribe during her stay in Kenya. This misinterpretation sheds light on the difference between kinship labels in Kenya and Europe.
Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence 2003

Scope and Contents

Contains a series of emails between Jon Lonsdale and Greet Kershaw concerning Louis Leakey’s research on the Mau Mau uprising is included in this folder.
Box 1, Folder 4

Mau Mau articles

Scope and Contents

Contains untitled and undated articles about the Mau Mau’s origins and culture. Also included is a graph of the literacy rates, Christians and landowning demographics of the tribe.
Box 1, Folder 5

Kershaw articles 1971-1975

Scope and Contents

Contains notes on colloquium lectures about social change in Kikuyu tribe and decision making in the Kikuyu tribe.
Box 1, Folder 6

Articles (alternate careers for Anthropologists) 1981

Scope and Contents

Contains Kershaw’s remarks on a conference held on April 25, 1981 at UCLA entitled “Alternate Careers for Anthropologists” in which Kershaw defended the idea that there are fulfilling jobs for anthropologists outside of academia. She also replies to one of her critics, Dr. Susan Kent.
Box 1, Folder 7

Articles: Hmong families 1982

Scope and Contents

Contains an article entitled “Hmong families in Long Beach 1978- 1982: Between Incorporation and Rejection written by Dr. Kershaw when she was at California State University Long Beach.
Box 1, Folder 8

Kershaw: articles 1981-1984

Scope and Contents

Contains articles entitled “War and Peace”, a proposal for a possible Peace Studies certificate and “The Tyranny of Ideology: A Case Study”, California State University Long Beach’s Anthropology Department newsletter and an article named “Running Fast to Stand Still” which highlights the roles of women in the Kikuyu culture.
Box 1, Folder 9

Contribution to published works

Scope and Contents

Contains “The Changing Roles of Men and Women in the Kikuyu Family by Socioeconomic Strata” and contributions to “Cultural source materials for population planning in East Africa”.
Box 1, Folder 10

Articles undated

Scope and Contents

Contains articles entitled “The People against John Smith, Anthropologist”, “A Model for the Study of Development and Modernization in East Africa” and an introduction.
Box 1, Folder 11

Mau Mau field notes 1952-1962

Scope and Contents

Contains interviews, notes from participant observation and reflections of Kershaw's fieldwork in Kenya.
Box 1, Folder 12

Mau Mau field notes 1952-1962

Scope and Contents

Contains interviews, notes from participant observation and reflections of Kershaw's fieldwork in Kenya.
Box 1, Folder 13

Mau Mau field notes 1952-1962

Scope and Contents

Contains interviews, notes from participant observation and reflections of Kershaw's fieldwork in Kenya.
Box 1, Folder 14

Mau Mau field notes 1952-1962

Scope and Contents

Contains interviews, notes from participant observation and reflections of Kershaw's fieldwork in Kenya are all included in this folder.
Box 1, Folder 15

Mau Mau field notes 1952-1962

Scope and Contents

Contains interviews, notes from participant observation and reflections of Kershaw's fieldwork in Kenya.
Box 1, Folder 16

Mau Mau: list of people accused of bribery

Scope and Contents

Contains a list of individuals accused of giving and/or demanding bribery and their accusers.
Box 1, Folder 17

Pseudonym code

Scope and Contents

Contains Kershaw’s key to pseudonyms she used in her research and writing.
Box 2, Folder 1

Kikuyu concepts of land and kin. MA thesis 1960

Scope and Contents

Contains copy 3 of Kershaw’s (at the time Sluiter’s) M.A. Thesis submitted to the University of Chicago in November, 1960.
Box 2, Folder 2

Kikuyu concepts of land and kin. MA thesis 1960

Scope and Contents

Contains an additional copy of Kershaw’s thesis.
Box 2, Folder 3

Kikuyu concepts of land and kin. MA thesis 1960

Scope and Contents

Contains drafts of Kershaw’s thesis divided into chapters.
Box 2, Folder 4

Survey regarding fieldwork 1971

Scope and Contents

Contains a correspondence. In 1971, Dr. A. Molnos reached out to Kershaw and asked for demographics and information on West African culture and people in order to create a source book for "...persons who are preparing training and information materials to motivate East African peoples towards the adoption of modern family planning practices." Kershaw responded by sending Molnos information on family dynamics and demographics, current methods of birth control among the Kikuyu people, maps of eastern Kenya and her methods of investigation during her fieldwork.
Box 2, Folder 5

The Land is the People: dissertation, pp. 1-49 1972

Scope and Contents

Contains Greet Kershaw’s dissertation pages 1 through 49.
Box 2, Folder 6

The Land is the People: dissertation, pp. 50-111 1972

Scope and Contents

Contains Greet Kershaw’s dissertation pages 50 through 111.
Box 2, Folder 7

The Land is the People: dissertation, chapter 3 1972

Scope and Contents

Contains Greet Kershaw’s dissertation pages 112 through 207.
Box 2, Folder 8

The Land is the People: dissertation, atlas and tables 1972

Scope and Contents

Contains charts of kinship maps, population and mortality rate charts and marriage patterns.
Box 2, Folder 9

Maps

Scope and Contents

Contains the following maps: Komothai region, south eastern Kenya, topical map of eastern Africa which shows native caravan routes, a Population, Tsetse fly and rainfall map of East Africa, and the Kikuyu native land unit.
Box 2, Folder 10

Maps

Scope and Contents

Contains the following maps: approximate areas of land acquired by Mbari Ya Igi, part of Komothai location showing villages, Rukera and Jacaranda estates soil map, Komothai location map, and a smaller Komothai location map.
Box 2, Folder 11

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of landscape, children, and villagers. Also included is a village map, a Komothai map, and a Kiambu re-fly map.
Box 2, Folder 12

Bibliographies

Scope and Contents

Contains two bibliographies. One is a bibliography of books and the other is a bibliography of newspaper articles, periodicals and government reports and documents.
Box 2, Folder 13

Southwestern Anthropology Association 1981-1982

Scope and Contents

Contains two newsletters from the Southwestern Anthropology Association. The 1981 issue includes an article written by Kershaw entitled “A Breath of Fresh Air”.
Box 2, Folder 14

Mau Mau from below; fieldwork and experiences 1955-1962

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Greet Kershaw and Rhoda E. Howard on the publication of Kershaw’s article “Mau Mau from Below: Fieldwork and Experience 1955- 1957 and 1962” in the Canadian Journal of African Studies. Also included is a copy of the article.
Box 3, Folder 1

Mau Mau from below: typescript

Scope and Contents

Contains a copy of Mau Mau From Below article, notes and a call for papers announcement for the Canadian Association of African Studies Annual Meeting 1988.
Box 3, Folder 2

Buijtenhuijs, Rob. Essays on Mau Mau 1982

Scope and Contents

Contains publication entitled “Essays on Mau Mau: Contributions to Mau Mau Historiography” from the African Studies Centre in the Netherlands.
Box 3, Folder 3

F. D. Corfield report 1960

Scope and Contents

Contains a copy of Historical Survey of the Origins and Growth of Mau Mau and Kershaw's notes.
Box 3, Folder 4

Regarding the F. D. Corfield report

Scope and Contents

Contains a summary of and reactions to the Corfield report.
Box 3, Folder 5

Leakey articles

Scope and Contents

Contains “By the Evidence: Memoirs, 1932- 1951” by Louis Leakey.
Box 3, Folder 6

Lansdale articles

Scope and Contents

Contains “The prayers of Waiyaki: Political Uses of the Kikuyu Past” article.
Box 3, Folder 7

John Middleton: "The Kikuyu and Kamba of Kenya" 1953

Scope and Contents

Contains a copy of “The Kikuyu and Kamba of Kenya” by John Middleton, correspondence between Kershaw and Barbara Pym, the British novelist and assistant editor at the International African Institute about an article Kershaw wrote in 1964. Also included is Kershaw’s correspondence with John Middleton.
Box 3, Folder 8

Reading Lists

Scope and Contents

Contains lists of historical fiction, British writers who write about other cultures, mystery authors, Mark Haddon books and information on various libraries.
Box 3, Folder 9

CD-rom; 5" floppy disk

Scope and Contents

Contains CD-Rom labeled Kikuyu files and a 5” floppy disk labeled “Mau Mau from Below Appendices” from 1996.
Box 3, Folder 10

6 floppy disks

Scope and Contents

Contains floppy disks from 1996.
Box 3, Folder 11

USB drive: "Mau Mau"

Scope and Contents

Contains maps, summaries, codes and information about the Mau Mau movement.
Box 3, Folder 12

Cassette tape: "Henk" (26-3-93) 1993

Scope and Contents

Contains one cassette labeled Henk March 26, 1993.