George D. Jenkins papers, 1893-2016

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Summary

Creators:
Post, Ken, 1935- and Jenkins, George D.
Abstract:
Writings, notes, correspondence, minutes of meetings, ordinances, reports, pamphlets, clippings, other printed matter, and data cards relating to political, economic, cultural, and social affairs in Nigeria, in general, and Ibadan and the Yoruba, in particular. Includes drafts of a book, The Price of Liberty, by Kenneth W. J. Post and George D. Jenkins.
Extent:
39 manuscript boxes, 4 card file boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 23 microfilm reels (23.1 Linear Feet)
Language:
English and Yoruba
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], George D. Jenkins papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of George D. Jenkins include speeches and writings, correspondence, the original draft of a book, The Price of Liberty, written by Jenkins with Kenneth W. J. Post, ordinances, and biographies of various individuals who were involved in the de-colonization process of Nigeria, a literal who's who of Nigeria politics of the 1960s.

Biographical / historical:

George D. Jenkins, an American political scientist, was born in Wyoming in 1934. After receiving his B.A. from Whittier College in California, he went to Berlin as a social worker. He served in a refugee camp for two years, which led to a year at the Otto Suhr Institut (Hochschule fuer Politik) at the Free University of Berlin, with a German Academic Exchange Fellowship in 1958 and 1959.

Jenkins lived in Ibadan, Nigeria from August 1962 to August 1963 and conducted research on colonial politics at the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER). During his stay in Ibadan, he conducted interviews with various well-known Nigerian politicians, including Akinpelu Obisesan, Bishop Akinyele, his brother the Olubadan, and the daughter of Adegoke Adelabu.

In 1965, Jenkins received his Ph. D. in Political Science from Northwestern University. He taught political science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and Stanford University (1964-1970). He was also the founder and co-editor of African Urban Notes (1966-1968).

Acquisition information:
Materials were initially acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1969, with increments received in 2011, 2015, and 2017.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], George D. Jenkins papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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