GB 0102 MS 380641 - Fisher, Humphrey

4 volumes

GB 0102 MS 380641 (1938-1946) 1973-1978 Collection (fonds) 4 volumes Fisher , Humphrey John , fl 1963-2002 , historian

Dr Humphrey Fisher was Reader in the History of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Publications include: Ahmadiyyah: a study in contemporary Islam on the West African coast (1963); with Allan George Barnard Fisher, Slavery and Muslim society in Africa: the institution in Saharan and Sudanic Africa, and the trans-Saharan trade (1970); edited Benjamin Anderson's Narrative of a journey to Musardu, the capital of the Western Mandingoes ... with Narrative of the expedition despatched to Musahdu by the Liberian government ... in 1874 ... (1971); joint translator of Gustav Nachtigal's Sahara and Sudan [1971-]; joint editor of Rural and urban Islam in West Africa (Asian and African studies, vol xx no 1, 1986).

Presented by Dr Humphrey Fisher in 1993.

Journals of Humphrey Fisher, 1973-1978, describing in detail trips to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Ghana, on study leave, as visiting lecturer at Cuttington College (Liberia), or as external examiner to Fourah Bay College (Sierra Leone), with appendices of relevant documents and source material, including transcripts of correspondence between or concerning the Ahmadiyya movement and the Muslim League in India (1938-1946).

Chronological.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist and database.

The original correspondence between and concerning the Ahmadiyya movement and the Muslim League in India is in the Archives of the Muslim League.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Mar 2002 Academic teaching personnel Africa Ahmadiyya Movement , international Islamic organization Ancient religions Cuttington College , Liberia Diaries Documents Educational evaluation Educational personnel Examination standards Fisher , Humphrey John , fl 1963-2002 , historian Fourah Bay College , Sierra Leone Gambia Ghana Historians India Information sources Islam Liberia Literary forms and genres Literature Muslim League , political organization in India and Pakistan x All-India Muslim League Nonfiction Primary documents Prose Religions Religious institutions Religious movements Sierra Leone Social scientists South Asia Student evaluation Teachers Travel Travel abroad West Africa Personnel People by occupation People

Presented by Dr Humphrey Fisher in 1993.

Journals of Humphrey Fisher, 1973-1978, describing in detail trips to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Ghana, on study leave, as visiting lecturer at Cuttington College (Liberia), or as external examiner to Fourah Bay College (Sierra Leone), with appendices of relevant documents and source material, including transcripts of correspondence between or concerning the Ahmadiyya movement and the Muslim League in India (1938-1946).

Chronological.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

Unpublished handlist and database.

The original correspondence between and concerning the Ahmadiyya movement and the Muslim League in India is in the Archives of the Muslim League.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English