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School of Oriental and African Studies

Huntingford, George Wynn Brereton


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Unpublished handlist.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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated in 1981.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 15 May 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Academic teaching personnel | Teachers | Educational personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
African cultures | National cultures
African history | National history
Tribes | Ethnic groups
African languages
Archaeology
History

Personal names
Huntingford | George Wynn Brereton | d 1978 | linguist

Corporate names

Places
Africa South of the Sahara | Africa
East Africa