Quinn (Eugene F.) papers

PROJECT FILE FOR BETI SOCIETY STUDY 1966-1974

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Correspondence, drafts, research notes, outlines, resumes, and bibliographies related to Frederick Quinn's project to write a history of Beti society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The history is an unpublished dissertation, entitled "Changes in Beti Society, 1887-1960" (University of California, Los Angeles, 1970). See box 17 for a bound copy of the dissertation.

Project correspondence

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General

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Tsala, Abbe Theodore 1968-1971

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Zoa, Jean, Archbishop of Yaounde, Cameroun 1967

Drafts (incomplete) of "Beti Society in the Nineteenth Century," by Frederick Quinn

Notes

General

Notecards

Notebooks

Bibliographies

Resumes

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Outlines, chronological and topical

Miscellaneous

CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES 1822-1961

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Photoprints, photocopies, and typewritten transcripts of documents in the British Public Record Office, the Cameroun National Archives, and the Institut de Recherches scientifiques du Cameroun, and photoprints and photocopies of selected pages of French and German publications, collected by Quinn during the 1960s, arranged chronologically by date of document or publication, with undated documents contained in the folders marked undated. A partial list of documents and publications contained in the 1916-1950 folders, prepared by Quinn, is contained in the first folder.

See also: Declassified U.S. Government Records, 2016 January release of records.

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List (partial) of documents in 1916-1950 folders

1822

1827-1828

1829-1830

1832-1833

1885

1889-1890

1892(?)

1894-1900

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1901

1903-1908

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1909-1919

1902-1921(?)

1922-1923

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1924-1933

1933

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Chef de Region Cournaire. "Note sur les coutumes des populations de la region du Nyong et Sanaga," typewritten transcript.

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1934-1945

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1946-1951

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1952-1961

Undated

General

Dugast. "Documents recueillis en pays Mangisa (Documents collected in the Land of the Mangisa)"

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Photoprint of typescript.

Sheikh al-Islam (Six Months Ago)

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Photocopy of untitled manuscript in North African Arabic with English translation attached.

Talinde. "Quelques fétiches des Ewondo (Fetishes of the Ewondo)"

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Photoprint of typescript.

COLLECTED UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS 1903-1968

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Holographs, typescripts, transcripts, photoprints, photocopies, and carbon copies of unpublished writings in English, French, and Ewondo, for the most part prepared or collected in response to inquiries made by Quinn among the inhabitants of the Yaounde Region of the Cameroun, arranged alphabetically by author or title.

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Atangana, Charles. "Discussion of the Evolution of the Role of Chief in the Yaounde Region of the Cameroun," 1929, 1968

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Typewritten transcript with photocopy and carbon copies in French, with an introductory note entitled, "Charles Atangana and the Ewondo Chiefs: A Document by Frederick Quinn."

Atangana Amengue, Henri

"Definitions of Forms of Sorcery among the Beti," 1968

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Holograph and typescript in French.

"Le tam-tam ou 'Nkoul' (The Tom-Tom)," 1968

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Holograph and typescript with carbon copy in French.

Atangana, Abbe Tobie. "Nti Angono Woo (Zee) (The Leopard Named Zee)," circa 193?, 1968

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Typewritten transcript in Ewondo with French translation by Abbe Theodore Tsala.

"Benediction nuptiale de la jeune fille par ses parents (Nuptial Blessing of a Young Girl by Her Parents)," undated

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Typescript in Ewondo and French.

Betene (also: Beteyene and Beteyne), Abbe Pierre

"Le Chant dans la vie traditionnelle du Beti (Song in the Traditional Life of the Beti)," circa 1967-1968

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Typescript in French.

"D'une generation a une autre: etude des changements survenues dans notre societe depuis 25 ans (From One Generation to the Next: A Study of the Changes Occuring in Our Society Over the Past Twenty-Five Years)," 1968

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Typescript in French.

"Enquete sur les Beti du Sud-Cameroun (An Investigation of Beti Society in the Southern Cameroun)," 1967

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Typescript in French and Ewondo.

Bikoa, Materne and Pierre Betene. "La Musique Traditionnelle en pays Beti (Traditional Music in the Land of the Beti)," 1967, undated

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Typescript with carbon copy and photocopy in French and Ewondo, with an introductory note by Frederick Quinn.

Bikoa, Materne. "An Investigation of the Evolution of Beti Society," 1967

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Typescript in French.

"Biographie de Charles Atangana Ntsama, Chef superieur des Ewondo (Biography of Charles Atangana Ntsama, Chief Superior of the Ewondo)," circa 1968

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Typescript with carbon copy in French.

"Chant (Les Ewondo pleurent Atangana Ntsama) (Chant: The Ewondo Weep for Atangana Ntsama)," undated

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Carbon copy of typescript in Ewondo and French.

Chilver, E. M. and P. M. Kaberry. Draft notes on "The Kingdom of Kom (West Cameroun) in the 19th Century," 1964

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Photocopy of typescript.

"Les croyances des Beti a travers la semantique et les maximes (Religious Beliefs of the Beti as Revealed in Their Semantics and Maxims)," undated

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Carbon copy of typescript in French and Ewondo.

Ebogo, Abbe Apollinaire

"Les Beti (The Beti)," 1967

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Typescript in French and Ewondo.

"Les Beti, supplement aux recherches sociologiques sur les 'Beti de Nnanga' (The Beti: Supplement to the Sociological Research on the Beti of Nnanga)," 1968

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Typescript in French with a letter, list of questions, and a list of project expenses attached.

"Remarques sur les 'Notes sur les coutumes des populations de la region du Nyong et Sanaga,' par Cournaire (Remarks on the 'Notes on the Customs of the People of the Nyong and Sanaga Region,' by Cournaire)," 1933 December

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Typescript in French.

Embolo, Abbe Laurent. "Rapport a l'enquete sur les Betis (Report on the Inquiry about the Beti)," 1967

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Typescript in French.

Essomba, Abbe Frederick. "Religion traditionnelle (Traditional Religion)," 1968

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Mimeograph in French.

"Le fétichisme et la guerison en pays Bassa (Fetishism and Herbal Medicine in the Land of the Bassa)," undated

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Typescript in French.

Foudda, Max Abe. "Histoire des Betis (Ewondo) (History of the Ewondo Beti)," 1967

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Typescript with carbon copy in French and Ewondo.

"Genealogie de la tribu Mbid' Ambani (Genealogy of Mbid' Ambani Tribe)," 1968

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Typescript in French and Ewondo.

"Genealogie generale de la tribu D'Enoa (Genealogy of the D'Enoa Tribe)," undated

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Typescript in French and Ewondo.

"Genealogy of the Nda-Bod Mvog Amougui Mbezele, or Mvog Elomo," undated

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Typescript in French.

Laburthe-Tobra, Philippe. "Essai de synthese sur l'histoire des populations dites 'Beti' de la region de Minlaba (sud du Nyong) (Essay on the History of the Beti of the Minlaba Region [South of the Nyong])," 1973

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Mimeograph of a communication in French.

"Le mariage des Beti et ses differentes sortes (The Variety of Marriages among the Beti)," undated

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Typescript in French and Ewondo.

Mballa Foe, Martin. "Genealogie generale de la tribu Mvog Amougou (Genealogy of the Mvog Amougu Tribe)," 1968

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Typescript with carbon copy in French; notes of an interview with Owono Ndi Cyprien attached.

Mvondo, Marcel, II

"Une image de l'Afrique precoloniale (A Description of Pre-Colonial Africa)," 1968

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Carbon copy of typescript in French.

"De la poesie camerounaise (Camerounian Poetry)," 1968

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Typescript with carbon copy in French and Ewondo.

"Le 'nken' (The Nken Bell)," undated

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Carbon copy of typescript in French and Ewondo.

Onana, Ambroise Alfred Marzavan

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"Genealogie des Beti (Genealogy of the Beti)," 1967

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Photoprint of holograph in Ewondo; holograph and carbon copy of typescript French translation by Onana.

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"Genealogie generale de la tribu Mvog-Amugu (Genealogy of the Mvog-Amugu Tribe)," 1967-1968

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Typescript with carbon copy in Ewondo; holograph and typescript with carbon copy French translation by Onana.

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"Minkana/Paraboles (Proverbs)," 1967-1968?

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Typescript with carbon copy in Ewondo and French, and partial holograph in Ewondo and French.

"Les rites fétichistes anciens des Ewondo (Fetish Rites of the Ewondo)," 1967-1968?

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Photoprint of holograph in Ewondo; holograph and typescript with carbon copy French translations by Onana.

"Open Letter to Pope John XXIII from the Diocesan Clergy of Yaounde, Cameroun," 1960 October 6

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Carbon copy of typescript.

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"Principaux instruments de musiques des Beti (Principal Musical Instruments of the Beti)," undated

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Typescript in French.

"La procedure du mariage au sein de certaines familles cotieres du Cameroun - La dot (The Marriage Customs of Certain Coastal Families of the Cameroun - The Dowry)," undated

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Typescript in French.

"Situation sociale de la femme chez les Beti (The Social Status of Women among the Beti)," undated

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Carbon copy of typescript (incomplete) in French and Ewondo.

The, M. S. de. "Influences des femmes sur l'evolution des structures sociales chez les Beti du Sud-Cameroun (The Influence of Women on the Evolution of the Social Structure of the Beti of the Southern Cameroun)," 1965 March

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Typewritten transcript with carbon copy of a thesis presented to the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, VIe Section, University of Paris.

Tjamag, Louis. "Le foot-ball au Cameroun (Soccer in the Cameroun)," 1968

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Typescript in French.

Tsala, Abbe Theodore

"Benedictions et maledictions (Benedictions and Maledictions)," 1968

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Typescript with carbon copy in French and Ewondo.

Description of Beti society 1968

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Untitled typescript with carbon copy beginning "Geographie et Populations (Geography and People)...," in French and Ewondo.

"Charles Atangana Ntsama"

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Carbon copy of typescript in French.

"Curriculum vitae de l'abbe Theodore Tsala Etono (Biography of Abbe Theodore Tsala Etono)," 1968

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Typescript in French.

"Le gouvernement des Beti (The Government of the Beti)," 1968

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Typescript in French.

"Interdits (Interdictions)," 1968

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Typescript in French and Ewondo.

"Monseigneur Francois Xavier Vogt," 1968

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Typescript with carbon copy in French.

"La mort de Zibi Ngomo et les sacrifices humains (The Death of Zibi Ngomo and Human Sacrifices)," 1968

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Typescript in French.

"Les noms des jours (The Names of Days)," 1968

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Typescript with carbon copy in French and Ewondo.

"Organization Judiciaire (Organization of the Judiciary)," undated

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Typescript with carbon copy in French and Ewondo.

"Les parents et les enfants: Bebonde ai bon (Parents and Children)," 1968

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Typescript with carbon copies in French and Ewondo.

"Principales valeurs sociales des Beti (Principal Social Values of the Beti)," 1968

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Typescript with carbon copy in French.

"Regles de vie sacerdotale (Rules of Priestly Life)," 1968

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Typescript with carbon copies in French.

"Des vedettes de l'evangelisation du Cameroun (Prominent Figures in the Evangelizing of the Cameroun)," 1968

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Typescript with carbon copy in French and Ewondo.

Vieter, P. "Erinnerungen aus Kamerun, 1890-1903 (Recollections of the Cameroun, 1890-1903)," circa 1903

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Photocopy of typewritten transcript in German.

Vincent, Jeanne-Francoise and Abbe Theodore Tsala. "Mort, revenants et sorciers d'apres les proverbes des Beti du Sud-Cameroun (Death, Ghosts, and Witches, Based on Proverbs of the Beti of the Southern Cameroun)," 1968

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Photocopy of typescript in French.

Wars among Beti Tribes circa 1968

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Untitled typescript with carbon copy in French.

Miscellaneous

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Partial manuscripts in French and Ewondo.

ORAL INTERVIEWS 1967-1968

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Handwritten and typewritten transcripts, notes, and correspondence related to oral interviews conducted, for the most part, among Beti tribal elders by Quinn, arranged alphabetically by name of interviewee.

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Atangana, Francois. Near Mbalmayo 1967 May 2

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Atangana Amengue, Henri. Mfou 1968 April 5 18 May 26

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Ateba, Albert and Philibert 1968 April 19

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Betayene, Jean Faustin. Yaounde 1968?

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"Conversation Concerning Colonial Occupation and the Independence Movement in Cameroun History."

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Binzi, Benoit. Near Yaounde 1968 May 14 26

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Bissome Dza, Paul (Bisso Mezda, Gotefried) 1968 March 18 26

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Brunchweg, Henri 1968 June 1

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Notes on conversation.

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Essomba, Abbe Frederick. Mbalmayo 1968 March 14

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Fonda, Max Abe. Mkolbewa 1967 December 23 1968 January 6

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Mballa Foe, Martin and Owona Nde Cyprian. Mbalmayo 1968 March 14-15

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Mbida, Mr. and Mrs. Andre Marie. 1968 July 28

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Mbida, Mbelle 1968 February 15

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Mebe, Pierre 1967-1968

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April?, May 10, June 30, July 7, 12, 14, 20, 22, August 6, November 1, 8, 16, and December 21, 1967; February 8, 22, 1968.

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Messie Alogo. Mfou 1968 April 4 12

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Okah Mbana Fabian, Fouda Ngono Jean, Ayissi Nsimi Laurant, Ahanda Ayissi Etienne, and Alima Etoundi Charles. Ngondemezap 1968 March 18

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Onana Mbida, Hubert. Ngomedzap 1968 March 19 August 5-7

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Ondoua Awoumou, Laurent. Near Mbalmayo 1968 March 14 31

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Owono, Joseph 1968 July 8

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Tsala, Abbe Theodore. Mvolye 1968

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February 13, 15, 17, 22, 24, March? 2, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 7, 22, 24, May 1, 5, 14, 30, June 6, July 6, 10, 14, and August 1, 1968.

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Ze, Daniel 1968 April 13

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Ze, Marie-Jean 1968 April 4

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Zoa, Archbishop Jean. Yaounde 1967 November 30

PUBLISHED MATTER 1893-1970

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Transcripts, photoprints, photocopies, offprints, resumes, and translations of periodical literature, books, and other printed matter in English, French, German, and Ewondo, collected by Quinn, in part from the London Library of the Royal Geographic Society, arranged alphabetically by author or title.

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Alexandre, Pierre. "Proto-histoire du groupe beti-bulu-fang: essai de synthese provisoire (Proto-History of the Beti-Bulu-Fang Group: An Essay)," 1962-1963

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Photocopy.

Atangana, Charles

"Aken So (le rite So) chez les Yaoundes-Banes (The 'So' Rite among the Yaoundes-Banes)," Anthropos 1942

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Typewritten transcript in French and Ewondo.

"Lebenslauf Karl Atangana/Curriculum Vitae de Charles Atangana (Life of Charles Atangana)," selection from Heepe (ed.), Yaounde-Text, 1919

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Photocopy in German; typescript transcript in French.

"Avec Charles Atangana: Une page d'histoire camerounaise (With Charles Atangana: A Page from Camerounian History)," L'Effort Camerounais, 1958 May 10

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Photocopy.

Binet, Jacques

"Budgets familiaux des planteurs de cacao au Cameroun (Family Budgets of Cacao Planters in the Cameroun)," 1956

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In L'Homme d'outre-mer (The Man Over-Seas) series of the Conseil superieur de la Recherche sociologique outre-mer (Council on Over Seas Sociological Research). Photocopy.

"Groupes socio-professionnels au Cameroun (Socio-Professional Groups in the Cameroun)," Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie, XXIV 1958

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Photocopy.

Bot Ba Njock, Henri Marcel. "Preeminences sociales et systeme politico-religieux dans la societe traditionnelle Bulu et Fang (Social Preeminence and the Political-Religious System in the Traditional Society of the Bulu and Fang)," Journal de la Societe des Africanistes 1961

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Offprint.

Buell, Raymond Leslie. The Native Problem in Africa, 1928

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Photocopy of selected pages.

Chilver, E. M. "Nineteenth Century Trade in the Bamenda Grass-fields, Southern Camerouns," Afrika und Ubersee, XLV 1961

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Photocopy.

Chilver, E. M. and P. M. Kaberry

"From Tribute to Tax in a Tikar Chiefdom," Africa, XXX 1960

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Photoprint.

"Traditional Government in Bafut, West Cameroun," The Nigerian Field, XXVIII undated

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Photocopy.

Dark, Philip. "Notes on the Eton of the Southern French Cameroons," Man, LV 1955

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Photocopy.

Dominik, Hans

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Vom Atantik zum Tschadsee: Kriegs-und Forschungs-fahrten in Kamerun (From the Atlantic to Lake Chad: Voyages of War and Discovery in Cameroun), 1908

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Photoprint of selected pages with French translation.

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Kamerun: sechs Kriegs-und Friendensjahre in den deutschen Tropen (Cameroun: Six Years of War and Peace in the German Tropics) 1901

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Photoprint of selected pages with English translation.

Dankelmann (ed.). Mittheilungen von Forschungsreisenden und Gelehrten aus den Deutschen Schutzgebieten (Information from Explorers and Scholars in the German Protectorates) 1889-1890

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Photocopy of selected pages.

Dussercle, Roger. Du Kilima-Ndjaro au Cameroun: Monseigneur F.-X. Vogt (1870-1943) (From Kilimanjaro to the Cameroun: Monseigneur F.-X. Vogt [1870-1943]), 1950

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Photoprint of selected pages.

Franqueville, A. "Naissance et analyse d'un paysage urbain: Yaounde (Birth and Analysis of an Urban Landscape: Yaounde)," 1967

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Photocopy of typescript.

Haberer. D. "Jaunde (The Ewondo)," Kamerun, undated

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Photoprint of selected pages.

Heepe, M. (ed.). "Jaunde-Texte von Karl Atangana und Paul Messi (Ewondo Texts of Charles Atangana and Paul Messi)" in Abhandlungen des Hamburgischen Kolonialinstituts (Transactions of the Hamburg Colonial Institute), 1919

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Photoprint in German and Ewondo; manuscript and typescript with carbon copies of French translation.

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Institute Geographique National (Yaounde) Service Geographique (Brazzaville). Map of Yaounde, Republique du Cameroun 1960

Kaberry, Phyllis M.

"Retainers and Royal Households in the Cameroons Grassfields," Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, 10 196?

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Photocopy.

"Traditional Politics in Nsaw," Africa, XXIX 1959

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Photocopy.

Kaberry, P. M. and E. M. Chilver. "An Outline of the Traditional Political System of Bali-Nyonga, Southern Cameroons," Africa, XXXI 1961

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Photocopy.

Morgan, C. Durch Kamerun von Sud nach Nord. Reisen und Forschungen im Hinterlande 1889 bis 1891 (Across the Cameroun from South to North. Travels and Studies in the Interior from 1889 to 1891), 1893

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Photoprint of selected pages; typescript French translation.

Nekes, Hermann

"Jaunde und seine Bewohner (Sudkamerun) (Yaounde and Its Inhabitants [Southern Cameroun])," Koloniale Rundschau, 8 1912

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Photoprint with English translation.

"Totemistische manistische Anschauungen der Jaunde in ihren Kultfeiern und Geheimbunden (Some Views about Death-Worship and Totemic Symbols in Ewondo Cult Rites and Secret Societies)," Koloniale Rundschau, 9 1913

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Photoprint with French and English resumes.

Vier Jahre im Kameruner Hinterland (Four Years in the Cameroun Hinterland), 1912

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Photoprint.

Passarge, S. "Die Geschichte der Erforschung und Eroberung Kameruns (History of the Exploration and Conquest of the Cameroun)," Beitschrift fur Kolonialpolitik, Kolonialrecht und Kolonialwirtschaft (Note on Colonial Policy, Colonial Law, and Colonial Economy) edited by the Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft (German Colonial Society) 1908

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Photoprint with French translation.

Pogge von Strandmann, H. "The German Role in Africa and German Imperialism: A Review Article," African Affairs, 69 1970

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Photocopy.

"Die politische Organisation der Eingeborenen und ihre Verwendung fur Verwaltung und Rechtsprechung im Schutzgebiet Kamerun (The Political Organization of the Natives and Its Use for General Administration and the Administration of Justice in the Cameroun Protectorate)," Amtsblatt fur das Schutzgebiet Kameroun (Official Gazette for the Cameroun Protectorate), 1910

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Photocopy.

Puttkamer, Jesko von. Gouverneursjahre in Kamerun (The Governor's Years in the Cameroun), 1912

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Photoprint with French resume.

Rechte, Otto. "Das abia-Glucksspiel der Jaunde und die Darstellungen auf den Spielmarken (The 'Abia' Game of the Ewondo with a Description of the Game Pieces)," Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Volkerkunde im Hamburg (Communication of the Folklore Museum in Hamburg), IX 1924

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Photoprint.

Rubin, Harry R. Germans in the Cameroons, 1884-1914: A Case Study in Modern Imperialism 1938

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

Schnee, Heinrich (ed.). Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (German Colonial Encyclopedia), 1920

Scope and Contents note

Photoprints of selected articles.

Skolaster, Hermann. Die Pallottiner in Kamerun. 25 Jahre Missions-arbeit (The Pallotine Fathers in the Cameroun. Twenty-five Years of Missionary Work), 1924

Scope and Contents note

Photoprint.

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Tessmann, Gunther. Die Pangwe, Volkerkundliche Monographie eines West-afrikanischen Negerstammes (The Pangwe Ethnological Monograph of a West African Tribe), 1913

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Photoprint with French translation.

Tsala, Abbe Theodore

"L'abbe Tobie Atangana, l'un des huit premiers pretres camerounais (Abbe Tobie Atangana, One of the First Eight Cameroun Priests)," Spiritus, 8 1961

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Typewritten transcript.

"L'opinion d'un pretre camerounais sur la dot (The Opinion of a Camerounian Priest on the Dowry)," 1953

Scope and Contents note

Typewritten transcript with carbon copy.

"La vie de Ze Mendouga (The Life of Ze Mendouga)," Esse, undated

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Photocopy.

Zenker, G. Yaunde. Mittheilungen von Forschungsreisenden und Gelehrten aus den Deutschen Schutzgebieten (Information from Explorers and Scholars in the German Protectorates), 1895

Scope and Contents note

Photoprint with English translation.

Zimmermann, Oscar. Durch Bucsh und Steppe, 1892-1902 (Through Bush and Savannah, 1892-1902), 1909

Scope and Contents note

Photoprint of selected pages with French translation.

Zoa, Abbe Jean. Pour un nationalisme chretien (For a Christian Nationalism), 1957

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Pamphlet.

Miscellaneous

INCREMENT 1929-2005

Writings by Quinn 1969-1973, 1980

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"Abbia Stones" and "Eight Beti Songs," African Arts, Vol. 4, No. 4 1971

"An African Reaction to World War I: The Beti of Cameroon," Cahiers D'Etudes Africaines, XIII 1973

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Offprint, two copies.

"The Beti and the Germans (1887-1916)," Afrika und Ubersee, LVI 1973

Scope and Contents note

Offprint, two copies.

"Changes in Beti Society, 1887-1960," 1970

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Quinn's doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. Bound typescript.

"Charles Atangana and Ewondo Chiefs: A Document," Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review, 23 1969

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Offprint. Introduction by Quinn is in English; document by CHarles Atangana is in French.

"Charles Atangana of Yaounde," Journal of Africa History, 21, 1980

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Offprint.

Published matter 1973, 1981-1997, 2002

Bois, Pierre. "Le chant de chantefable chez les Evuzok du Sud-Cameroun," L'Ethnographie, No. 89 (1) 1983

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

Essomba, Joseph-Marie. "Le fer dans le développement des sociétés traditionnelles du Sud Cameroun (Iron and Development in Traditional Societies in Southern Cameroon)," Revue ouest africaine d'archeologie (West African Journal of Archaeology), 16 1986

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

Fouda, Basile J. "Philosophical Dialogue and the Problem of Evil amongst the Beti (Southern Cameroun)," Journal of African Religion and Philosophy, Vol. 1, No. 2 1990

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

Guyer, Jane I.

Family and Farm in Southern Cameroon 1984

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy of selected pages.

"Feeding Yaoundé, Capital of Cameroon," chapter 3 of Feeding African Cities: Studies in Regional Social History 1987

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

"The Value of Beti Bridewealth," chapter 5 of Money Matters: Instability, Values and Social Payments in the Modern History of West African Communities 1995

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

Heichler, Lucian. "Into Africa," American Diplomacy 2002

Scope and Contents note

Printout from website.

Houseman, Michael. "Social Structure Is Where the Hearth Is: A 'Woman's Place' in Beti Society," Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 58, No. 1 1988

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

Laburthe-Tolra, Philippe

"Christianisme et ouverture au monde: Le cas du Cameroun, 1845-1915," Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer, Vol. LXXV, No. 279 1988

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

"Intentions missionnaires et perception africaine: Quelques données Camerounaises," Civilisations, Vol. XLI, No. 1-2 1993

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

Les seigneurs de la forêt: Essai sur le passé historique, l'organisation sociale et les normes éthiques des anciens Bëti du Cameroun 1981

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy of selected pages.

"Un tsógó chez les Eton," Cahiers d'Etudes africaines, 59 1973

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

Laburthe-Tolra, Philippe and Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau. Fang: [exposition, Paris, Musée Dapper, 21 novembre 1991-15 avril 1992] 1991

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy of selected pages.

Morgen, Curt von. A travers le Cameroun du Sud au Nord: Voyages et explorations l'arrière-pays de 1889 à 1891 1982

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy of selected pages.

Ngono, Basile. "La représentation de la maladie en Afrique noire: Le cas des Beti du Cameroun," Ethique 2002

Scope and Contents note

Printout from website.

Yana, Simon David. "Statuts et rôles féminins au Cameroun: Réalités d'hier, images d'aujourd'hui," Politique africaine, 65 1997

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy.

Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents note

Includes photocopies of exerpts from unidentified published matter, as well as printouts from websites of biographical statements of individuals associated with Cameroon.

Photographs 1929-2005, undated

Hubert Onana undated

Scope and Contents note

Beti headman ( mie dzala) and cocoa planter. Onana knew Charles Atangana and many Beti chiefs of the German and French periods. The stocking cap he is wearing in some of the photos was a symbol of authority.

Abbé Théodore Tsala undated

Scope and Contents note

Beti scholar and clergyman who published works on Beti folklore, history, and language.

Scenes from Cameroon undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes depictions of unidentified individuals and buildings.

Photos used for published works 1929, 1950s-1960s, 2005

Scope and Contents note

Includes typed list of descriptions/captions written by Quinn.

box 18

Negatives and miscellany 1968, 1986, undated

microfilm cabinet

MICROFILM SERIES undated

Scope and Contents note

Microfilm (negative) strips (3 reels and 1 envelope) of handwritten and typewritten archival documents, unpublished writings, periodical literature, and portions of books in English, French, German, and Ewondo, dealing with African history, and in part, reproduced in other series of this collection.

tape cabinet

SOUND RECORDINGS undated

Scope and Contents note

Four sound tape reels of Beti tribal chants.

memorabilia_cabinet

MEMORABILIA undated

Scope and Contents note

Thin piece of colored market cloth (in expanding folder), portraying standing figure of Charles Atangana, used by the Beti.

photo file

PHOTOGRAPHS 1968, undated

Scope and Contents note

38 prints and 1 postcard. See also: Increment, Photographs (boxes 17-18).

envelope A

3 photos of Ahmadou Ahidjo, President of the Cameroun, with Frederick Quinn; 1 photo of Charles Atangana; 1 photo of Felix Essomba; 33 photos and 1 postcard depicting everyday scenes in the lives of the inhabitants of the Cameroun 1968, undated

DECLASSIFIED U.S. GOVERNMENT RECORDS 1938-1954

Scope and Contents note

Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Includes some interfiled, unclassified government records. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover, thereunder chronologically by date of creation.

box 18

2016 January release of records 1938-1954

Scope and Contents note

Photoprints of documents that originated with the French Colonial administration and U.N. trusteeship, but were apparently copied in the Cameroun National Archives after Cameroun independence, 1960-1961. These documents originally were in the Chronological Series.