The Svend Holsoe Collection: Vai Materials, 1924-1995

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Title: The Svend Holsoe Collection: Vai Materials
Collection No.: IULC039
Dates: 1924-1995
Quantity:

Quantity: 6 cubic feet;

Quantity: 6 records cartons

Abstract: The Svend Holsoe Collection: Vai Materials contains information about the Vai, both the ethnic group and language of Liberia and South-Eastern Sierra Leone. Included is Holsoe's dissertation, research, photocopied 19th century documents on the region, people, and language, as well as reference materials and writing samples of the unique Vai script.
Language: Materials are in English and Vai
Repository: Liberian Collections
Indiana University
1320 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405
afstlib@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/african-studies

Biographical History

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Scope and Content

Svend Holsoe Collection: Vai Materials is divided into six series. The Holsoe's Papers and Publications series contains his dissertation as well as papers on Moano Sando and Zolu Duma. The Papers and Reports series includes many photocopied papers from 19th century sources as well as papers about Theodore Canot, and Sierra Leone. Dictionaries, definitions, and other like material can be found in the Reference series. The Research series contains gathered materials on Cape Mount and Bopolu, as well as Gallinas letters. Many of these are also photocopied from 19th century sources. Subject Files contain miscellaneous materials such as notebooks, lecture notes, and other vai projects. The Writing Samples series has samples of the vai script, translations, and other handwritten works in vai.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into six series: Holsoe's Papers and Publicatons, Papers and Reports, Reference, Research, Subject Files , and Writing Samples

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

Closed for research.

User Restrictions:

All research at the Indiana University Liberian Collections is by appointment only.

Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Copyright Transferred

Copyright interests for this collection have been transferred to the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, contact the Indiana University Librarian for African Studies

Preferred Citation

[item], The Svend Holsoe Collection: Vai Materials . Bloomington, IN : Liberian Collections, Indiana University Libraries , 2014 .

Acquisition Information

Donated by Svend Holsoe

Processed By

Megan MacDonald

Collection Inventory

box 1

Series:

Holsoe's Papers and Publications
box 1
The Cassava-Leaf People: An Ethnographical Study of the Vai People With a Particular Emphasis on the Tewo Chiefdom , 1967

General: Holsoe's dissertation

5 folders

box 1
Crocodiles as Ancestors Among the Vai of West Africa, Liberia , undated
box 1
An Early Vai Manuscript From Liberia , , undated , 1976
box 1
Moano Sando, A 19th Century Vai Leader , 1980
box 1
Notes on the Vai Sande Society in Liberia , 1979

General: 3 folders

box 1
Slave Trading in the Vai Area of Sierra Leone and Liberia , 1973
box 1
A Supplementary Reader in Vai , 1967
box 1
A Survey of the Gallinas , 1972
box 1
Vai Ethnography , undated

General: Includes drafts

6 folders

box 1
The Vai Script , 1963
box 1
Zolu Duma: A Problem in Historical Interpretation , undated
box 1
Zolu Duma Papers and Drafts , 1966
box 2

Series:

Papers and Reports
box 2
African Frontier , Igor Kopytoff. , 1987
box 2
An Essay on Vai Phonology , Dorith Ofri . , 1978
box 2
Annexations to Sierra Leone and Their Influence on British Trade With West Africa , 1889 , John M. Harris . undated
box 2
Cape Mount Chronicle 1849-1899 . undated

General: Includes research and notes. 3 folders

box 2
Captain Canot; or, Retrieving Value From the Dubious , Bruce L. Mouser. , undated , 1981
box 2
Crossing the Water' Music, Islam, and Vai Celebrations of Death , Lester P. Monts. Undated
box 2
Das Zivilprozessverfahren der Eingeborenen von Westliberia , F. Ronnefeldt. , 1931
box 2
Encore Theodore Canot: Quelques Annees de la Vie d'un Negrier et Quelques Questions , Serge Daget . , 1977
box 2
An Ethnography of Literacy in a Vai Town , Michael Smith. , 1978
box 2
The Galinhas Country and Its Inhabitants , undated
box 2
Les Vai, Leur Langue et Leur Systeme D'Ecriture , 1899 , Maurice Delafosse. undated
box 2
Liberia in History , undated
box 2
Literacy Without Schooling: Testing for Intellectual Effects , Sylvia Scriber and Michael Cole. , 1978

General: Part of the Vai Literacy Program

box 2
Miscellaneous, undated , 1975-1990
box 2
Moana Sando Papers Barbara C. Hughes. , 1975
box 2
Occupational Continuities: Traditional to Modern , undated
box 2
On the Object of Ethnology. Apropos of Vai Culture in Liberia , Dorith Ofri-Scheps . , 1991

General: 3 folders

box 2
A Propos de Thedore Canot Negrier en Afrique , R. Pasquier. , 1968
box 2
Report of a Study on the Intellectual Skills Involved in Vai Script Literacy , Mohamed Nyei
box 2
Some Reflections on the Oral Traditions of the Galinhas Country, Sierra Leone , Adam Jones . , 1985
box 2
Some Remarks on the Origin, Manners, Customs, and Superstitions of the Gallinas People of Sierra Leone , 1866 . J.M.Harris , undated
box 2
Sources for Loma History: Fala Wubo and the Mane Invasions in Loma Traditions of Origin , Tim Geysbeek. undated

General: 2 folders

box 2
A Specimen of the Vai Writing , S. Koelle . Undated
box 2
Theodore Canot Condamne Comme Negrier en 1834 , G. Debien . , 1969
box 2
Theophile Conneau Alias Theodore Canot Megrier en Afrique, Fonctionnaire en Nouvelle-Caledoniem, 1804-1860 , 1953
box 2
Theophile Conneau at Galinhas and New Sestos, 1836-1841: A Comparison of the Sources , Adam Jones. , 1981
box 2
Theophile Conneau: The Saga of a Tale , Bruce L. Mouser. , 1979
box 2
Tim Geysbeek's Papers , 1985-1995
box 2
A Traditional History of the Konyan (15th & 16th century): Vase Kamara's Epic of Musadu , Tim Geysbeek. , 1993
box 2
Unpacking Literacy , Tim Geysbeek and Michael Cole , 1978
box 2
Vai in History , undated
box 2
Vai Script, Dualu Buake 1789-1853 , undated
box 2
Vai-Texte , August Klingenheben. , 1963
box 2
Vai Women's Roles in Music, Masking and Ritual Performance , Lester P. Monts. undated
box 2
Writing Formal Operations: A Case Study Among the Vai , Jack Goody , Michael Cole , and Sylvia Scriber. , 1977
box 2
Zwei Quellen des 17. Jahrhunderts uber die Vai in Liberia: Samuel Brun und Olfert Dapper , Jurgen Zwernemann . , 1966
box 3

Series:

Reference
box 3
English to Vai , Tom Wheeler. , 1969
box 3
A Grammar of Vai , William Welmers . , 1976
box 3
A Short Vai-English Dictionary , Tom Wheeler.
box 3
Vai Definitions: A-Z , undated
box 3
Vai-English Dictionary , William Welmers and C.K. Kandakai. , 1974

General: 2 folders

box 3
The Vai Language in Liberia , Richard W. Heydorn . , 1972
box 3
Vai Syllabary , , undated , 1962
box 3
Verbs from Anthony, undated

Series:

Research
box 3
Bassa from Bill Siegmann , , undated , 1934-1991

Subseries:

Bopolu Documents
box 3
American Colonization Society 19th Century Letters, undated
box 3
Executive Mansion Correspondence 1873-1910 . undated
box 3
Miscellaneous, undated
box 3
Mission Reports, 19th Century, undated
box 3
U.S. Min. 1897-1901 , undated

Subseries:

Cape Mount Documents
box 3
1800-1839 . , undated , 1991

General: 4 folders

box 3
1840-1859 . , undated , 1964-1975

General: 5 folders

box 3
1860-1899 . undated

General: 4 folders

box 3
undated
box 4
Chronicle of Interior Events 1884-1925 . , undated , 1971

General: 4 folders

box 4
Ecological and Physical Setting of the Vai, undated
box 4
Ethnographic Survey Materials, undated , 1968

Subseries:

Gallinas Letters and Documents
box 4
1678-1819 . undated
box 4
1820-1839 . undated

General: 2 folders

box 4
1840-1859 . undated

General: 2 folders

box 4
1860-1909 . undated

General: 4 folders

box 4
Gallinas Materials , 1932-1971
box 4
Gallinas Materials, undated
box 4
Gloto Chronology Materials, undated

General: 2 folders

box 4
Interviews and Transcripts, undated , 1993
box 4
Kiatamba Migration, undated , 1966-1970
box 4
Maps, undated , 1983
box 4
Miscellaneous, undated , 1961-1984
box 4
Miscellaneous, undated
box 4
Moana Sando Papers, undated , 1966-1980
box 4
North Western Liberia , undated , 1969
box 4
Notes on Africa , 1819 , G.A. Robertson . undated
box 4
Public Records Office 1828-1838 . undated

General: 2 folders

box 5
Sierra Leone , Havana , and Netherlands , 1840 . undated

General: 2 folders

box 5
Sierra Leone Papers, 1839 . undated
box 5
Slavery and Oral Tradition, undated
box 5
Slaves of the Grain Coast and Gallinas, 1820-1830 . , undated , 1981
box 5
Texts Concerning Musadu, undated , 1970-1991
box 5
Urbanization of Vai , 1969-1972
box 5
Vai and Slavery , undated , 1969
box 5
William Allen Fair DFMS Papers 1877 . undated
box 5
Zola Duma , 1924-1979
box 5
Zola Duma, undated

Series:

Subject Files
box 5
Amadu's Vai Lessons, undated
box 5
Andreas Massings , undated
box 5
Archaeological Project Among the Vai , 1975-1976
box 5
Handwritten Notes, undated
box 5
The Illustrated London News , April 14, 1849 . undated
box 5
Lecture Notes, undated
box 5
Miscellaneous, undated , 1960-1974
box 5
Museum of Modern Art , , undated , 1973
box 5
Names of Chiefs, undated
box 5
Program of African Studies News and Events , 1993
box 5
Proposed ASA Paper, undated
box 5
Slavery Chapter, undated , 1984-1985
box 5
Vai Notebook, undated
box 5
Vai Script Project, undated , 1972

Series:

Writing Samples

Subseries:

Alphabetical
box 5
Ge-Ka , May 10, 1966

General: 2 folders

box 6
Ka , May 11, 1966

General: 3 folders

box 6
Ki , March 6, 1966

General: 3 folders

box 6
Ki-Me , May 10, 1966

General: 3 folders

box 6
N-Pa , June 3, 1965

General: 3 folders

box 6
Pa-Z , March 3, 1966

General: 3 folders

box 6
Manuscripts
box 6
Anthony Emanual's Work, undated
box 6
Dasey mss-Gowo, undated
box 6
Fode Foboi's Book, undated
box 6
Gbumdo Kekai's Book, undated

General: 2 folders

box 6
Getawe History Book, Possession of Fode Getawa , Boloma, undated
box 6
Ismael Malik , undated

General: 3 folders

box 6
Jeleba Book from Old Sandemani, undated
box 6
Jusu Fahnbullah , undated

General: 2 folders

box 6
Jusu M.K. Fahnbullah's Book in posession of Foni Fahnbullah , 1959

General: 2 folders

box 6
Kiadii Book, undated

General: 2 folders

box 6
Kiawn Book, undated
box 6
Kiawu Ms.-Sewulu, undated
box 6
Miscellaneous Vai Script

General: 4 folders

box 6
Sambola Book, undated
box 6
Siafu Kiawu , undated

General: 6 folders

box 6
Soko Mss Owned by Blaiwa, undated
box 6
Zuana Coleman , Maima Goobla , undated
box 6
Zuke Momalu Kandakai Kiazolo, undated
box 6
Miscellaneous Translations and Samples, undated
box 6
Religious Pamphlet , 1955
box 6
Vai Monu Ta Kpoloe, undated