University of Chicago. Committee on African Studies. Records

Descriptive Summary

Title: University of Chicago. Committee on African Studies. Records
Dates: 1960-1995
Language: Documents in English
Size: 8.5 linear feet (17 boxes)
Repository: Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center

University of Chicago Library

1100 East 57th Street

Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.
Abstract: Administrative records of the Committee on African Studies, including correspondence, curriculum syllabi, information on internal and external fellowship applications, and financial information.

Information on Use

Access

Series VI contains material restricted for 30 or 50 years. The remainder of the collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Committee on African Studies. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Historical Note

Following the Second World War there was a consistent interest in Africa at the University of Chicago exemplified by faculty exchanges with African Institutions and a bourgeoning of students engaging in research concerning Africa at the Doctoral level. In 1960, a formal committee on Near Eastern and African studies was formed to meet the growing needs of the school. Following a rapid expansion of interest in African studies, including the hiring of seven new faculty members with African research experience, a separate committee on African Studies was established in 1964. The committee on African studies was expanded for several years to incorporate African American Studies, but was reformed in 2012, with a focus solely on African Studies.

Scope Note

The collection contains the administrative records of the committee on African Studies. One can find therein correspondence from the committee, including general correspondence, as well as the correspondence of its various chairs. The collection also includes various materials related to the courses sponsored by the African Studies Committee, articles by professors who are members of the committee as well as information related to the activities sponsored by the committee. Also included in the collection is information related to the fellowships offered by the committee as well as information and applications related to external fellowships, applied for by students or the committee itself. Furthermore, the collection contains financial documents related to the committee’s operations.

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Series I: Correspondence

Box 1

Folder 1

Title: General Correspondence, 1963-1966

Box 1

Folder 2

Title: General Correspondence, 1966-1967

Box 1

Folder 3

Title: General Correspondence, 1966-1967

Box 1

Folder 4

Title: General Correspondence, 1967-1968

Box 1

Folder 5

Title: General Correspondence, 1969

Box 1

Folder 6

Title: General Correspondence, 1970-1971

Box 2

Folder 1

Title: General Correspondence, 1971-1974

Box 2

Folder 2

Title: General Correspondence, 1977-1978

Box 2

Folder 3

Title: General Correspondence, 1978-1980

Box 2

Folder 4

Title: Memorandums, 1960

Box 2

Folder 5

Title: Memorandum and Minutes, 1969-1970

Box 2

Folder 6

Title: Memorandum and Minutes, 1970-1975 (A)

Box 2

Folder 7

Title: Memorandum and Minutes, 1970-1975 (B)

Box 2

Folder 8

Title: CAS Announcements and Reports, 1965-1966

Box 2

Folder 9

Title: CAS Annual Reports, 1965-1970

Box 2

Folder 10

Title: CAS Announcements, 1970s

Box 2

Folder 11

Title: Publicity, 1975

Box 2

Folder 12

Title: CAS Mailings, undated

Box 2

Folder 13

Title: Statement of Needs, undated

Box 2

Folder 14

Title: Admissions Inquiries, 1964-1966

Box 3

Folder 1

Title: Inquiries, 1965-1966

Box 3

Folder 2

Title: Inquiries, 1966-1968

Box 3

Folder 3

Title: Inquiries, admissions and employment, 1968-1969

Box 3

Folder 4

Title: Inquiries to the African American University Program, 1968-1975

Box 3

Folder 5

Title: Student Inquiries, 1971-1973

Box 3

Folder 6

Title: Inquiries, Employment and Admissions, 1973

Box 3

Folder 7

Title: African Studies Inquires. 1979-1981

Box 3

Folder 8

Title: Requests for Bibliography, 1967-1969

Box 3

Folder 9

Title: African Studies Committee Chairman Correspondence, 1969

Box 3

Folder 10

Title: Correspondence, Donald Levine, 1969-1971

Box 3

Folder 11

Title: Correspondence, Ralph Austen, 1971-1974

Box 4

Folder 1

Title: Correspondence, Ralph Austen, 1975-1976

Box 4

Folder 2

Title: Correspondence, Charles H. Long, 1972-1973

Box 4

Folder 3

Title: Correspondence, Marilyn Hammersley, 1972-1973

Box 4

Folder 4

Title: Correspondence, Robert Thorton, 1979-1980

Box 4

Folder 5

Title: Mailing list, 1967-1968

Box 4

Folder 6

Title: African studies Mailing List, 1970-1971

Box 4

Folder 7

Title: Mailing Lists, 1980

Box 4

Folder 8

Title: Mailing Lists, undated

Box 4

Folder 9

Title: African Students group Correspondence, 1969-1970

Box 4

Folder 10

Title: African Studies Group, Publicity, 1970-1971

Box 4

Folder 11

Title: African Studies Association (ASA) Correspondence, 1968-1972

Box 4

Folder 12

Title: African Studies Association, Meetings and Reports, 1972-1974

Box 4

Folder 13

Title: Information Packets- U of C and CAS, undated

Box 4

Folder 14

Title: Job Announcements, Received, 1972-1974

Box 4

Folder 15

Title: African Studies Newsletters, Information on Programs. 1979

Box 4

Folder 16

Title: Communiqués and Bulletins, received, 1967-1970

Box 4

Folder 17

Title: Publications, African, 1970s

Box 4

Folder 18

Title: Newsletters, 1968-1971

Box 4

Folder 19

Title: Bulletins and Brochures, 1960s-1970s

Box 5

Folder 1

Title: Bulletins and Brochures, 1960s-1970s

Box 5

Folder 2

Title: Bulletins and Brochures, 1960s-1970s

Box 5

Folder 3

Title: Bulletins and Brochures, 1960s-1970s

Box 5

Folder 5

Title: Bulletins and Brochures, 1960s-1970s

Box 5

Folder 6

Title: Brochure, 1983

Series II: Faculty, Students, Curriculum

Box 5

Folder 7

Title: Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations, Membership List, 1963-1967

Box 5

Folder 8

Title: Faculty and Staff Roster, 1970-1972

Box 5

Folder 9

Title: Visiting Professors, 1968-1969

Box 5

Folder 10

Title: Visiting Scholars, 1969-1975

Box 6

Folder 1

Title: Deanship Committee Members, undated

Box 6

Folder 2

Title: Bibliographies, CAS Members, 1970

Box 6

Folder 3

Title: CAS Faculty and Curriculum Vitae, 1971-1975

Box 6

Folder 4

Title: Faculty and Staff Roster, Anthropology, 1972

Box 6

Folder 5

Title: Reprint of Journal Articles, 1965-1971

Box 6

Folder 6

Title: Paper by Ralph Austen, "African Commerce without Europeans," 1975

Box 6

Folder 7

Title: Faculty Recall Slip from Regenstein Library, 1974

Box 6

Folder 8

Title: Survey, Dissertations on Africa, 1969-1970

Box 6

Folder 9

Title: Foreign Student List, 1965

Box 6

Folder 10

Title: Student Roster, 1972-1973

Box 6

Folder 11

Title: Student list, Students concentrating on Africa, undated

Box 6

Folder 12

Title: African Students at the U of C, undated

Box 6

Folder 13

Title: Course Listings, 1968-1972

Box 6

Folder 14

Title: African Studies Information and Handouts, 1979-1982

Box 6

Folder 15

Title: African Studies Courses, 1973-1978

Box 6

Folder 16

Title: African Civilization Course, 1969-1973

Box 6

Folder 17

Title: African Civilization Course, Syllabus and Reading Materials, 1970

Box 7

Folder 1

Title: African Civilization Course, Syllabus and Reading Materials, 1970

Box 7

Folder 2

Title: African Civilization Course Materials, 1972-1973

Box 7

Folder 3

Title: African Civilization 225, Study Questions, 1974-1975

Box 7

Folder 4

Title: African Civilization I, 1976-1978

Box 7

Folder 5

Title: African Civilization I, 1979-1991

Box 7

Folder 6

Title: African Civilization I-III, 1971-1978

Box 7

Folder 7

Title: African Civilization I-III, 1979-1981

Box 7

Folder 8

Title: African Civilization II, 1979-1988

Box 7

Folder 9

Title: African Civilization III, 1979-1991

Box 7

Folder 10

Title: Prof. Austen, Course Reading list and short readings, 1975-1976

Box 7

Folder 11

Title: History Courses, 1972

Box 7

Folder 12

Title: African Studies Seminar Schedules, 1972

Box 7

Folder 13

Title: Art 296, African Art, 1972-1973

Box 8

Folder 1

Title: African Studies Workshops, 1987-1988

Box 8

Folder 2

Title: Courses taught by Rolf Carlson, 1994-1995

Box 8

Folder 3

Title: Poster Map of Africa, undated

Box 8

Folder 4

Title: Articles on Oral Traditions, undated

Box 8

Folder 5

Title: Article Draft, John Ralph Willis, 1966

Box 8

Folder 6

Title: The Changing African Family Project Proposal, 1973

Box 8

Folder 7

Title: Article, Imaging Amazons, Suzanne Preston Blier, undated

Box 8

Folder 8

Title: Catalogue Application Request form, undated

Box 8

Folder 9

Title: Book Catalogues, undated,

Box 8

Folder 10

Title: Checklist of Bibliographies, 1966-1967

Box 8

Folder 11

Title: Bibliographies-Africa, 1960s

Box 8

Folder 12

Title: Bibliographical Guide for African Studies, 1969

Series III: Activities, Resources and Administration

Box 9

Folder 1

Title: CAS, Activities, 1964-1965

Box 9

Folder 2

Title: CAS, Activities, 1965-1966

Box 9

Folder 3

Title: CAS, Activities, 1966-1967

Box 9

Folder 4

Title: CAS, Activities, 1967-1968

Box 9

Folder 5

Title: CAS, Activities, 1970-1971

Box 9

Folder 6

Title: CAS, Ghana/Ivory coast Conference, 1968-1969

Box 9

Folder 7

Title: African Studies Association Interest Survey, 1960s

Box 9

Folder 8

Title: African Studies Group, 1971-1972

Box 9

Folder 9

Title: Committee on African Studies Brochures, 1970s

Box 10

Folder 1

Title: Directors of African Programs in the U.S. and Canada, 1969

Box 10

Folder 2

Title: Directors of African Programs in the U.S. and Canada, 1970-1971

Box 10

Folder 3

Title: Director’s Meeting, New Orleans, 1971

Box 10

Folder 4

Title: Association of African Studies Programs, 1970s

Box 10

Folder 5

Title: Africa- Centers and Organizations, 1960s

Box 10

Folder 6

Title: Non-Western Area Programs and other International Studies, Fifth Report: 1966-1967, 1967

Box 10

Folder 7

Title: International Studies Annual Reports, 1971-1975

Box 10

Folder 8

Title: Materials from CAS for International Studies Annual Report, 1973-1976

Box 11

Folder 1

Title: Political Science Handbook, 1969

Box 11

Folder 2

Title: US Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Higher Education Guidelines, Africa, 1972

Box 11

Folder 3

Title: Affirmative Action, 1973-1974

Box 11

Folder 4

Title: Books Ordered, 1970

Box 11

Folder 5

Title: Posting Lists, 1964

Box 11

Folder 6

Title: Space Utilization Information, 1970-1974

Box 11

Folder 7

Title: Pick 218 Reservations, 1974

Box 11

Folder 8

Title: Resources for Films in African Studies, 1971-1973

Box 11

Folder 9

Title: Film Proposal, 1973

Box 11

Folder 10

Title: Travels and Sojourns to Africa, 1970s

Box 11

Folder 11

Title: African Outreach, 1977

Box 11

Folder 12

Title: Chicago African Studies Seminar, 1977-1978

Box 11

Folder 13

Title: Chicago African Studies Seminar, 1979-1980

Box 11

Folder 14

Title: University of Chicago Collection Development Policy Statement, 1979

Series IV: Fellowship Applications and Information

Box 12

Folder 1

Title: CAS Ford Foundation Proposal, 1964-1966

Box 12

Folder 2

Title: Fellowship Applications, Rejected, 1965

Box 12

Folder 3

Title: CAS Fellowships, 1967-1968

Box 12

Folder 4

Title: CAS Research Grants, 1967-1968

Box 12

Folder 5

Title: Fellowships, 1969-1970

Box 12

Folder 6

Title: Info on Students Receiving Aid, 1970

Box 12

Folder 7

Title: Peace Corps Application, 1971

Box 12

Folder 8

Title: Fellowships, 1971-1972

Box 12

Folder 9

Title: Foundation Proposal Information, 1971-1973

Box 12

Folder 10

Title: Fulbright-Hays Graduate fellowship Programs, 1972

Box 12

Folder 11

Title: Research and Fellowship Grants, 1972-1974

Box 12

Folder 12

Title: NDEA Application, 1972-1974

Box 12

Folder 13

Title: Ford Foundation- African Studies, 1973

Box 12

Folder 14

Title: Memos re: NDEA Title VI Fellowships, 1973

Box 12

Folder 15

Title: Fulbright-Hayes Application Information, Forms, 1974

Box 12

Folder 16

Title: Africa State Development Summer Internship Applications, 1983

Series V: Financial Materials

Box 13

Folder 1

Title: I02 and 99 Forms, 1960s

Box 13

Folder 2

Title: Procedure Explanation Forms, 1962-1963

Box 13

Folder 3

Title: Journal Vouchers, 1965-1968

Box 13

Folder 4

Title: CAS Travel, 1968

Box 13

Folder 5

Title: CAS Library, 1968-1972

Box 13

Folder 6

Title: Bookstore Charges, Requisition Forms, 1970s

Box 13

Folder 7

Title: Telephone Charges, 1970-1972

Box 13

Folder 8

Title: Work-Study Info, 1971

Box 13

Folder 9

Title: Information from Pendaflex, 1971

Box 13

Folder 10

Title: Ledger Notice, 1971-1972

Box 13

Folder 11

Title: Publications, 1971-1972

Box 13

Folder 12

Title: Faculty Travel, 1971-1973

Box 13

Folder 13

Title: Signature Authorization, 1971-1974

Box 13

Folder 14

Title: Publications Ordered, 1971-1975

Box 13

Folder 15

Title: Travel Expenses, 1971-1976

Box 13

Folder 16

Title: Telephone Charges, 1971-1976

Box 13

Folder 17

Title: Monthly Ledgers, 1972-1975

Box 13

Folder 18

Title: Transportation and Messenger Service, 1972

Box 13

Folder 19

Title: Correction Vouchers, 1972-1973

Box 13

Folder 20

Title: Travel Authorizations and Requests for Travel Advance, 1972-1975

Box 13

Folder 21

Title: Telephone Services, 1973

Box 13

Folder 22

Title: CAS Stationary Orders, 1973

Box 13

Folder 23

Title: African Civilization Course, Book/Film Orders, 1973-1974

Box 14

Folder 1

Title: Administrative Information, 1973-1974

Box 14

Folder 2

Title: Desk Copy Book Orders, Mr. Austen, 1974

Box 14

Folder 3

Title: Departmental Signature Authorization, 1975

Box 14

Folder 4

Title: Films, Order and Payment, 1975-1976

Series VI: Restricted

Subseries 1: Correspondence

Box 15

Folder 1

Title: CAS Annual Report, 1972. Restricted until 2022

Box 15

Folder 2

Title: Fellowship Correspondence, 1973-1974. Restricted until 2024

Box 15

Folder 3

Title: Faculty Applications, Employment sought. Restricted until 2017

Box 15

Folder 4

Title: Correspondence, 1979-1982. Restricted until 2012

Box 15

Folder 5

Title: Letters of Recommendation, 1972-1976. Restricted until 2056

Subseries 2: Administrative

Box 15

Folder 6

Title: Employment Records, 1968-1966. Restricted until 2016

Box 15

Folder 7

Title: Employment Records, 1970-1972. Restricted until 2022

Box 15

Folder 8

Title: Employment Records, 1973-1975. Restricted until 2025

Box 15

Folder 9

Title: Employment Records, 1991. Restricted until 2041

Box 15

Folder 10

Title: Employment Confirmation Form, 1975. Restricted until 2025

Box 15

Folder 11

Title: Time Card, 1994. . Restricted until 2044

Box 15

Folder 12

Title: Employee Termination Reports, 1974. Restricted until 2024

Subseries 3: Students

Box 15

Folder 13

Title: Student grades, 1979-1980. Restricted until 2060

Box 15

Folder 14

Title: Student Work, Grades, 1987-1994. Restricted until 2074

Subseries 4: Fellowships

Box 15

Folder 15

Title: CAS Fellowships, Awards Grants, 1966-1967. Restricted until 2047

Box 15

Folder 16

Title: Fellowships, 1968-1969. Restricted until 2049

Box 15

Folder 17

Title: Fellowships, 1970-1971. Restricted until 2051

Box 15

Folder 18

Title: Applications for Fellowships, 1973-1974. Restricted until 2054

Box 15

Folder 19

Title: Grants and deadlines, 1979. Restricted until 2059

Box 16

Folder 1

Title: CAS Travel Grants, Research Grants, 1964-1965. Restricted until 2045

Subseries 5: Financial

Box 16

Folder 2

Title: Account Balance, 1966-1968. Restricted until 2018

Box 16

Folder 3

Title: Budget, 1967-1970. Restricted until 2020

Box 16

Folder 4

Title: Travel Requests and expense vouchers, 1968. Restricted until 2015

Box 16

Folder 5

Title: Budget Transfers, 1964-1966. Restricted until 2016

Box 16

Folder 6

Title: Financial Documents, 1966-1968. Restricted until 2018

Box 16

Folder 7

Title: Payroll, 1966-1970. Restricted until 2020

Box 16

Folder 8

Title: Ford Foundation Int’l Study-Africa, 1966-1968. Restricted until 2018.

Box 16

Folder 9

Title: Ford Foundation International Studies Grant Statement, 1966. Restricted until 2016

Box 16

Folder 10

Title: Proposed Budget, 1967-1968. Restricted until 2018

Box 16

Folder 11

Title: Budget Transfer Request, 1967-1975. Restricted until 2025

Box 16

Folder 12

Title: CAS Budget, 1969-1974. Restricted until 2024

Box 16

Folder 13

Title: Check Request Forms, 1970s. Restricted until 2029

Box 17

Folder 1

Title: Xerox Charges, 1970s. Restricted until 2029

Box 17

Folder 2

Title: Records of Film Receipts and Correspondence, 1970-1980. Restricted until 2030

Box 17

Folder 3

Title: Financial Documents, 1971-1975. Restricted until 2025

Box 17

Folder 4

Title: Information for Incoming Chairman. Restricted until 2026

Box 17

Folder 5

Title: Payroll, 1971-1976, restricted until 2026

Box 17

Folder 6

Title: CAS Budget, 1971-1974. Restricted until 2024

Box 17

Folder 7

Title: CAS, Report on Activities w/ Budget Information, 1974. Restricted until 2024

Box 17

Folder 8

Title: Distribution Report, 1972-1973. Restricted until 2023

Box 17

Folder 9

Title: CAS Budget, 1979-1980. Restricted until 2030

Box 17

Folder 10

Title: CAS Budget, 1980-1981. Restricted until 2031

Box 17

Folder 11

Title: Film and Book Orders, 1984-1990

Box 17

Folder 12

Title: Payroll Request, undated

Contents

Collection Access

University of Chicago. Committee on African Studies. Records

Descriptive Summary

Information on Use

Access

Citation

Historical Note

Scope Note

Related Resources

Indexed Terms

INVENTORY