IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 23
Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Title: DAYRELL, Elphinstone (1869-1917 ): 'Anthropology'
Date(s): 1911
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Dayrell | Elphinstone | 1869-1917 | colonial administrator
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1869; District Commissioner, Ikom, Eastern Province, Nigeria; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1909-1918; died, 1917.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript notebook entitled 'Anthropology' by Elphinstone Dayrell based on his observations of the people of Ikom, Nigeria, comprising notes on Nsibidi signs and their meanings; notes on the months and seasons of the year; notes on the social conditions of the Ikom people; vocabularies translated into nine different Nigerian languages, including inserts of published vocabularies; notes on 'Nyam Innerra' 'cats cradle' and notes on the 'incest tabu'; also encloses several published articles on related themes. Notebook completed, 20 May 1911.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and a number of Nigerian languages
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Physical characteristics:
118 pp. drawings, tables. 31 cm Handwritten Marbled paper boards, dark red leather spine; white inscribed label on upper cover.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Manuscript notebook entitled 'More folk stories from Southern Nigeria' by Elphinstone Dayrell (ref: MS 22)
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2008