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Box MS Add.9359/9/52-70, 10/1-27,31: Box 12

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Contains 2 Results:

 Series — Multiple Containers

Tribal matters

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9359/9
Scope and Contents

Daily diaries of members of compounds, distribution of households in Ashanti villages, age distribution in Asokore, history and customs of Mo people, Agogo, Obogu, and Agogo politics, interview with Agogo Queen Mother, and notes on Ashanti including chiefdom, political structure, class, economy, law, etc.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series — Multiple Containers

Marriage, cross-cousin marriage; interchange of meals at Agogo, kinship and family relationships

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9359/10
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Papers relating mainly to Fortes's research and social survey in Ashanti [now a region of southern Ghana], 1945-46. This includes field data, blank questionnaires, completed questionnaires, background research in preparation for the survey and papers relating to the reports and articles produced as a result. Additional material includes a collection of offprints loosely on the subject of West African history and anthropology, mostly Nigeria and Ghana, and papers relating to the establishment...
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).