IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 PP MS 17
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies
Title: Huntingford, George Wynn Brereton
Date(s): Created 1920s-1974
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 13 boxes
Name of creator(s): Huntingford | George Wynn Brereton | d 1978 | linguist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
George Wynn Brereton Huntingford was Lecturer in East African Languages and Cultures at the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1950-1966. Following his retirement, he lived in Malaga. He died in 1978.
His publications include The Eastern Tribes of the Bantu Kavirondo (1944); Elementary Lessons in Dho-Luo (1949, 1955); Nandi Work and Culture (1950); The Nandi of Kenya: Tribal Control in a Pastoral Society (1953); The Northern Nilo-Hamites (1953); The Southern Nilo-Hamites (1953); Nandi-English Vocabulary (1955); The Galla of Ethiopia (1955); The Glorious Victories of Amda Seyon, King of Ethiopia (1965); and Historical Geography of Ethiopia (completed 1969, published 1989).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, 1920s-1974, of George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, comprising correspondence, 1961-1971, seminar papers and reports relating to the history, languages and culture of the peoples of east Africa. Includes a section of material relating to the Nandi language and people.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English; East African languages including Nandi, Ethiopic, Maasai (Massae)
System of arrangement:
The collection has been arranged into the following sections: correspondence; history of the peoples of Africa, south of the Sahara; material relating to Nandi language and people; other language material (arranged alphabetically); archaeology, cultures and historical traditions; miscellaneous material on Africa.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated in 1981.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: 15 May 2000