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Date(s)
- c.1970-1990 (Création/Production)
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Étendue matérielle et support
4 cartons
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Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Kenneth A Gourlay (c 1920-1995) was a British ethnomusicologist who conducted work amongst the Karamojong of Uganda, in Nigeria and in Papua New Guinea. Gourlay went to Uganda in the 1960s to teach English at Makarere University and was by 1984 Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Musicology Section of the Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Histoire archivistique
GB 2603 GOURLAY c.1970-1990 Collection (fonds) 4 cartons Gourlay , Kenneth A , fl 1970-1990
Kenneth A Gourlay (c 1920-1995) was a British ethnomusicologist who conducted work amongst the Karamojong of Uganda, in Nigeria and in Papua New Guinea. Gourlay went to Uganda in the 1960s to teach English at Makarere University and was by 1984 Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Musicology Section of the Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Acquired from Kenneth Gourlay's family c. 1995.
The archive includes field recordings, papers, drafts of articles, notebooks and a set of index cards from Kenneth A Gourlay's ethnomusicological research on the musical cultures of the Karamojong of Uganda, in Nigeria and in Papua New Guinea.
Has been appraised.
Further accruals are not expected.
Arranged as at deposit. Folders are numbered, presumably by Gourlay using his own numbering system and appear to be broadly arranged according to ethnographic group. Tapes are also labelled with a numbering system.
Access is limited, by appointment only.
Copying policy is available in the library.
English
Fourth carton contains 70 open sided reel-to-reel tapes, 7 cassette tapes, 4 notebooks and a card index .
Catalogued on CALM http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/archive
The Kenneth Gourlay Uganda Collectionis held in the British Library's Archival Sound Recordings Collection. This consists of 32 reel-to-reel tapes 9C105), of Ugandan and Nigerian recordings which have been digitised, http://sounds.bl.uk
'A descriptive catalogue of recorded sound' compiled by Gourlay for the musicology section of the Centre for Nigerian Cultural Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. [British Library Shelf no: HUS 789.296-690-016-6]
Tapes are labelled with the same numbering system as used on material at the British Library. The Papua New Guinea field recordings may be unique to this repository.
Description compiled by Jacqueline Cooke, Research Support Librarian
2008
Musicology Gourlay , Kenneth A , fl 1970-1990 Nigeria Papua New Guinea Music West Africa Oceania Performing arts Africa
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Acquired from Kenneth Gourlay's family c. 1995.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The archive includes field recordings, papers, drafts of articles, notebooks and a set of index cards from Kenneth A Gourlay's ethnomusicological research on the musical cultures of the Karamojong of Uganda, in Nigeria and in Papua New Guinea.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Has been appraised.
Accroissements
Further accruals are not expected.
Mode de classement
Arranged as at deposit. Folders are numbered, presumably by Gourlay using his own numbering system and appear to be broadly arranged according to ethnographic group. Tapes are also labelled with a numbering system.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Access is limited, by appointment only.
Conditions de reproduction
Copying policy is available in the library.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
- latin
Notes de langue et graphie
English
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Catalogued on CALM http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/archive
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Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
The Kenneth Gourlay Uganda Collectionis held in the British Library's Archival Sound Recordings Collection. This consists of 32 reel-to-reel tapes 9C105), of Ugandan and Nigerian recordings which have been digitised, http://sounds.bl.uk
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- anglais