Collection ID: LMC 2282
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Summary

Creator:
Andrzejewski, B. W.
Abstract:
The Andrzejewski mss., 1950-1995, consists of papers relating to the languages, literatures, and cultures of the peoples of the Horn of Africa as collected and compiled by linguistics scholar Bogumil Witalis "Goosh" Andrzejewski, 1922-1994.
Extent:
2 Boxes (2 standard) and 1 folio
Language:
English , Somali .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Andrzejewski mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Bogumil Witalis "Goosh" Andrzejewski, 1922-1994, was a scholar of Somali linguistics and professor of Cushitic languages and literatures at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was born in Poznan. He joined the Free Polish Forces as a teenager during World War II and served in the Palestinian military and the British Royal Air Force. He began his university studies in 1944, earning a degree in English linguistics in 1947. He was then hired as a linguist for a project run by C.R.V. Bell that concerned the structure of the Somali language. He continued to work on linguistic projects in and about Somali and Oromo through the sixties and seventies. He was promoted to Professor of Cushitic Languages and Literature in 1980 and retired in 1982. He continued to research and catalogue materials until his death in 1994.

Scope and Content:

Consists of writings, notes, etc. relating to the languages, literatures and cultures of the peoples of the Horn of Africa. The collection is filed as Professor Andrzejewski arranged and identified the materials and consists of the following series: I. Somali Notes: Andrzejewski’s handwritten notes and annotations about the background of various published Somali texts and vocabulary developed during the Somali literacy campaign of the mid-1970s; II. Oral Literature, relating themes of oral narratives in non-Somali Cushitic languages, and a group of oral poems transcribed in Osmania script; and III. Miscellaneous. An inventory is available.

Acquisition information:
Gift: 1994
Arrangement:

The collection is organized into the following series: I. Somali Notes; II. Oral Literature; III. Miscellaneous

Physical location:
Lilly - Folio; Lilly - Stacks

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Andrzejewski mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu