GB 2603 GOURLAY - Gourlay Archive

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 2603 GOURLAY

Titel

Gourlay Archive

Datum(s)

  • c.1970-1990 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Omvang en medium

4 cartons

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

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.

Geschiedenis van het archief

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

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Acquired from Kenneth Gourlay's family c. 1995.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

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.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Has been appraised.

Aanvullingen

Further accruals are not expected.

Ordeningstelsel

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.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Access is limited, by appointment only.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

Copying policy is available in the library.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

Toegangen

Verwante materialen

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

Related units of description

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

Related descriptions

Aantekeningen

Alternative identifier(s)

Trefwoorden

Onderwerp trefwoord

Geografische trefwoorden

Naam ontsluitingsterm

Genre access points

Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

Identificatiecode van de instelling

Goldsmiths College, University of London

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

Status

Niveau van detaillering

Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

Schrift(en)

    Bronnen

    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik