J. Gus Liebenow Collection, 1882-2011
Electronic finding aid encoded by Megan
MacDonald
Summary Information
Repository
Liberian Collections
Indiana University
504 North Fess Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47408
Phone: (812) 856-0782
Email: liberia@indiana.edu
https://libraries.indiana.edu/african-studies
Creator
Liebenow, J. Gus
Title
J. Gus Liebenow Collection , 1882-2011
Collection No.
LCP2007/02
Extent
18 cubic feet; 18 records cartons
Language
Materials are primarily in English
Abstract
J. Gus Liebenow was a professor
emeritus of political science at Indiana University. Starting his tenure in 1958,
Liebenow also served as the dean for Research and Advanced Studies as well as vice
president and dean of Academic Affairs. In 1961, he also found the University's
African Studies Program. This collections consists of lecture notes, personal files,
department records, Liebenow's writings, and materials from numerous organizations
he was affiliated with.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research. One box of personal records is restricted.
Biographical Note
J. Gus Liebenow
joined the faculty of Indiana
University in 1958 and
founded the university's African Studies
Program in 1961, which he
directed for 11 years. He also served as dean for research and advanced studies as
well as vice president and dean for academic affairs on the Bloomington campus.
In 1987, he was named Rudy Professor by
the university trustees, who award the title for excellence. He retired in 1990. An expert on Liberia, Professor Liebenow testified on developments
in the republic before several Congressional committees in the 1970s and 1980s. On
retirement, he received the first Lifetime Achievement Award of the Liberian Studies
Association, a group of scholars from around the world.
He was a prolific writer on African politics, education, history, agriculture and
urbanization. Among his numerous books are
"Liberia:
The Evolution of Privilege"
(Cornell University
Press, 1969 ),
"Liberia: The Quest for
Democracy"
(Indiana
University Press, 1987)
and
"African Politics: Crises and Challenges" (Indiana University
Press, 1986). Professor
Liebenow was born in
Berwyn, Ill. He
graduated from the University of Illinois ,
where he received a master's degree in
1950. After being a Goodwin Fellow at Harvard University in 1951-1952, he earned a Ph.D. in
political science at Northwestern
University in 1955.
Series Arrangment
The J. Gus Liebenow Collection is divided into 6 series: Indiana University,
Outside Organizations, Personal Files, Subject Files, Writings, and Restricted
Materials
Scope and Content
The
J. Gus Liebenow Collection consists of
15 linear feet of documents spanning the years from 1949-1999. As much as possible the organization and
folder titles reflect Liebenow's personal naming convention. This collection is divided
into 6 series:
-
Indiana
University
- Outside Organizations
- Personal Files
- Subject Files
- Writings
- Restricted Files
The
Indiana University series consists of papers for
both the Political
Science and African Studies
departments, including committees, programs, course syllabi, interdepartmental
correspondence, and meeting minutes. Also included in this series are Liebenow'slecture
notes for various classes he taught, and materials from other university
organizations.
The
Outside Organizations series consists of materials
from numerous organizations and conferences Liebenow was affiliated
with. These include the African Studies Association ,
Friends of
Liberia, Liberian Studies Association,
Universities Field Staff International, and the South African
Development Coordination Conference, as well as materials from other
universities.
The
Personal Files series contains records on former
students, colleagues, friends, and co-workers. These include correspondence,
newspaper clippings, dissertation drafts, and manuscripts.
The
Subject Filesseries contains photographs, ephemera
and memorabilia, and other materials that don't easily fall into another series.
The
Writings series contains conference papers submitted
by Liebenow, as
well as his drafts and copies of his published materials. Correspondence with
various publishing houses are also found in this series.
The
Restricted Files series conatins personal files that
are not open for research.
Separated Materials
Audio and video materials have been separated from the collection and stored
elsewhere. Most of these items are cassettes of Liebenow's lectures and Liberian
music. All of the video reels are in German.
Administrative Information
User Restrictions
All research at the Liberian Collections Project is
by
appointment only.
See collection Guidelines for further information
about photocopy requests and permissions for publication:
http://www.onliberia.org/access.htm
Preferred Citation
[item], J. Gus Liebenow Collection, Bloomington, IN: Liberian
Collections,Indiana University
Libraries, 2010
Copyright Transferred
Copyright interests for this collection have been transferred to the Trustees of
Indiana University. For more information, contact the Indiana University
Liberian Collections
Processing InformationProcessed by Bergis Jules, Megan MacDonald and Jessica Lynn
Completed in 2010.
Series:
Box 1
Indiana
University
Subseries:
African
Studies
African Exchange Committee, 1984-1990 , undated
African
Studies Association in Germany, 1988
African Universities, 1959-1976 , undated
American – Soviet Symposium on Contemporary Africa,
1981-1983 , undated
Appeals on Minors, 1976-1983 , undated
Botswana,
1970-1977 , undated
Colloquium on Drought and Hunger in Africa: "Denying
Famine a Future" , 1985- 1986 , undated
Correspondence, 1971-1984
Death of L.E. Clark, 1974
Executive Committee, 1987-1988 , undated
Faculty Meetings, 1984-1988
GLCA
Africanists, 1987-1988 , undated
Graduated Minors Contact List, undated
Hans Wolff Lectureship Committee, 1981-1988 ,
undated
"Identity in Africa Conference, 1987 ,
undated
Institute of World Affairs, 1982
Interdependence: The African Connection, 1982 ,
undated
Language Studies, undated
Lesotho
Maps, undated
Library Committee, 1978-1987 , undated
Malawi,
1971-1983 , undated
Malawi
Exchange, 1982-1986
Members of the Program of African Studies, 1983
Minor Statements, 1974-1988 , undated
Miscellaneous, 1969-1991 , undated
Outreach, 1976-1978 , undated
"Pluralism and Democracy in Africa"
Conference, 1984 , undated
Program News and Events, 1966-2011
Program of African Studies, 1950-1971 , undated
Program of the “History and Culture Seminar”, 1984 ,
undated
Progress Report, 1960-1970
Receipts, 1987 , undated
Regional & County Development Study, 1984
Schedule of Classes, 1984-1985
South African Committee for Higher Education, 1984,
undated
Soviet – American Conference on Sub-Saharan Africa,
1984 ,
undated
Soviet – American Conference on Sub-Saharan Africa -
photographs, 1984 ,
U.S. – China
African
Studies Exchange Committee, 1987-1988 ,
undated
Zimbabwe, 1991
Subseries:
Box 2
Bloomington Faculty Council
Academic Handbook, 1975-1976
Administrative Salary Levels, 1976
Agenda Committee, 1974-1977
Appointing Students to University Committees, 1976
Athletics Committee, 1977
Budgetary Affairs, 1976-1977
Constitution, By-Laws, and Other Campus Documents, 1974-1977
Dean of Faculties – Search and Screen Committee, 1976
Film Policy, 1976
IDS Publications Board, 1969-1977
Institute for Advanced Study, 1977
J.
Gus Liebenow Statement, 1975-1976
Latino Affairs, 1977
Liaison with Bloomington
Administrative Committees, 1974-1976
Merged Schools Tenure/Promotion, 1977
Minutes, Agendas, and Related Documents
- 1971-1976
- January-September
1977
- October-December
1977
- 1978
- 1979-1988
Nominations Committee, 1977-1978
Parking, 1977
Part-Time Faculty, Lecturers, and Professional Librarians,
1977
“Student Life” Study, 1977
Teaching Evaluation – Peer, 1976
Tenure Procedure, 1974
Trustees Faculty Relations Committee, 1976-1977
University-City Relations, 1976
University Governance, 1976-1977
Subseries:
Box 3
Lecture Notes
Administrative Structure of Interior Service,
undated
The African Press – Journalists, Media, etc.,
undated
Americo-Liberian Ethic, undated
Anatomy of Indirect Rule, undated
Application to Rest of U.S., undated
Biographical Information on District Commissioners,
undated
British Pre-Industrial Revolution, undated
The Bureaucracy, undated
Case for Colonialism, undated
Chaga, undated
Code of Laws/Aboriginal Law, 1956 undated
Communication, 1960-1962 undated
Conflicting State Claims, undated
The Congoes, undated
Constitutionalism – Independence of Legislature and
Judiciary, undated
Cooperative Society, undated
Country Systems, 1964 , undated
Crisis, Inviting Intervention, 1983 undated
Dams in Africa, undated
District Council, undated
Economic Planning, 1961, undated
Education, 1960-1961 undated
Equality of New States, undated
Evidence of Change, undated
Evidence of Dependency, undated
Extension of Council, undated
Foreign Contacts and Affairs, 1959-1961 , undated
General Overview of
Liberia, undated
Government Finances, 1960-1961 undated
The Horn of
Africa, 1981-1986 , undated
Judiciary, undated
Knowledge and Political Control, 1961 undated
Land and Geography Factors, 1955 undated
Land Companies, undated
Legal Standing of Ordinance, undated
Liberian Economy/Finances, 1955-1961 , undated
Liberian Elite-Criteria of Leadership Groupings, 1959-1960,
undated
Liberian
Frontier Force, 1961-1970 undated
Lindi, undated
Liwali, undated
Local/Central Relationship, undated
Local Government, undated
Makonde, 1967-1968 , undated
Makua and Masasi, undated
Micropolitics in
Tanzania, 1956-1964 undated
Miscellaneous Lecture Notes, 1948-1980 undated
Multiple Rules of District Commissioners, undated
Nationalism, undated
Box 4
Native Administration, undated
Parameters of Traditional Politics, undated
Party Systems – True
Whigs, 1959-1961 undated
Pawning/Slavery, undated
Performance of Chiefs, undated
Poro-Indirect Rule, undated
Post-1956, undated
Poverty, undated
The Presidency, 1959-1960 undated
Pressure Groups-Communal Activities, 1960-1968
undated
Public Education, undated
Quebec Act, etc., undated
Recruitment of Chiefs, undated
Regional Organizational Study, undated
Religion, 1985 undated
Rewards of the Elite, 1958-1961, undated
Rewards to Chiefs, 1960, undated
Role of the Military in Africa, 1983
Rural Politics in Tanzania, 1961-1968, undated
Sierra
Leone, 1963-1964 , undated
Sierra
Leone and
Liberia- Comparisons and Contrasts,
undated
Significance of Ordinance, 1984 undated
South Africa
, 1980-1982 , undated
South
Africa – Prospectus for Change, 1986 ,
undated
Southern Province-
Tanzania, 1956, undated
Soviet Foreign Policy, 1986 , undated
Stress and Strains, undated
Sukumaland, undated
Supervision of Agriculture Officers, undated
Suspension and Removal of Chiefs, undated
Tanzania,
, 1949-1968, undated
Tanzania,
, 1976-1980
undated
Tax Collection, undated
Traditional Period, undated
Treatment of Indians, undated
Tribal Composition, undated
Tribal Ethnology, 1949-1966, undated
Tribal Notes, 1959-1960, undated
Turu, undated
Unification Policy Evaluation, 1960-1961 undated
Water and Health, 1968-1982 , undated
Subseries:
Box 5
Other Indiana University Materials
American
Association of University Professors
Addresses And Membership Lists, 1976-1981
“AAUP Bulletin”, 1977-1978
“AAUP News”, 1978-1981
Collective Bargaining, 1977-1981 , undated
Correspondence, 1977-1980 , undated
Executive Committee, 1974-1981 , undated
Houston Annual Meeting, 1979 , undated
“Indiana Academe”, 1977-1981
Indiana Conference, 1979 , undated
Miscellaneous, 1971-1980 , undated
Speech, 1977
Academic Affairs – Background, 1974
Administration - News Clippings, 1966-1978
Alumni African Safari, 1973-1974
Area Studies Review, 1973
College of Arts and Science, 1977-1989 ,
undated
Committee Procedures Re: Confidential Records, 1974
Concerned Titled Professors, 1978-1992, undated
Correspondence – IU Offer, 1957-1958
Course Development, 1980-1981
Dissertation Study, 1972-1975 , undated
Faculty Documents, 1979-1984
Faculty Ranks Documents, 1973-1977
Faculty Report
-
View All (11)
- 1958-1970, undated
- 1979-1980
- 1980-1981
- 1981-1982
- 1983-1984
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1988-1989
Financial Retrenchment, 1980
“Focus: Black America” Notes, 1968
Foreign Area Fellowship Program, 1959-1967 ,
undated
Fulbright Committee, 1988-1990 , undated
Box 6
Grad Council, 1975-1976
Grad Council, 1976-1977
Grad Council, 1979-1980 , undated
Grad Council, Inter-Campus Affairs Committee
1975-1978 , undated
Grad Council Meeting Minutes, 1975-1980
Herman B
Wells Remarks at Jean Sutton’s
Memorial, 1970
Indiana Alumni Magazine, March 1971
IU
Foundation, 1969-1980
IU
Foundation – News Clippings, 1979-1986 ,
undated
Inter-Campus Affairs Committee, 1975-1976
J.
Gus Liebenow Personnel Data, 1953-1968
Leo R. Dowling Memorial Committee, 1986-1987
Operation Classroom, 1995
Organization of Academic Affairs, 1972-1974,
undated
Personnel Committee, 1984-1988 , undated
Phi Beta Kappa, 1975-1989 , undated
Regional Campus Administration, 1973-1974 , undated
Resignation as Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs,
1974
“The Review”, 1976
Sabbatical, 1977-1984
Search Committee – Research and Graduate Development Dean,
1976-1977
Semester at Sea, 1980-1988 , undated
Social Service Expansion, 1974
Speech Material
Accountability of University, 1973
“Current University Problems,” 1974
Minority Affairs Conference, 1974
Other, 1973 , undated
Phi Beta
Kappa, 1976
Presidential Remarks, 1973 , undated
Tenure Quotas, 1973
State of the Campus Address, 1979
“Structures of Universities”,
undated
Student Fee Study, 1976-1979
University
Division, 1974-1976 , undated
The University System, 1972-1973
“What Professors Do,”
1979-1980 ,
undated
X125 Residential Learning, 1975 , undated
Subseries:
Political Science
American Political
Science Review, 1963-1975
Atlantic
Richfield Company, 1981-1982 , undated
Center for Latin America, 1976 , undated
China,
1987-1988 , undated
Comparative Politics Working Group, 1977-1982 ,
undated
Correspondence, 1975-1989 , undated
Courses and Schedules, 1979 , undated
Defense Institute of Security Assistant Management,
1983-1987 , undated
Enrollment Information, 1979 , undated
Finances, 1983-1988
Box 7
GM Purchasing International Seminar, 1976-1979 ,
undated
Grade Books, 1958-1968
Graduate Counseling, 1976-1984
Guide to Graduate Study, 1978-1980
Meeting Agenda and Minutes, 1977-1988
Miscellaneous, 1978-1991 , undated
Personal Correspondence, 1988-1990 , undated
Ph.D. Exam Questions, 1981
Policies, 1983-1986 , undated
Political Science Award and Publication Committee, 1987-1988
Promotion/Tenure, 1977-1983
Promotion/Tenure, 1984-1987 , undated
Public Discussion Opportunities Series, 1988
Recruitment Committee, 1977-1979
Regional Integration in Africa, undated
Research Collection Committee, 1982-1984
Rudy Professor of Political Science, 1987-1988 ,
undated
St. Mary’s Symposium, 1990 , undated
Selected Acquisitions, 1976
Sierra Leone
Studies Symposium, 1981 , undated
South
Africa, 1984-1985
U.S. China Conference on Africa, 1986-1988 , undated
U.S. Constitution, 1987 , undated
Universities Society for Propogation of the Gospel, 1976 ,
undated
Weekly Bulletins, 1979-1988
Series:
Outside Organizations
African Advisory Council, 1970-1972 , undated
African-American Institute, 1975-1994 , undated
African-Caribbean Institute, 1985-1989 ,
undated
African Research Committee, 1966
Subseries:
Box 8
African
Studies Association
18th Annual Meeting, 1975
19th Annual Meeting, 1976
21st Annual Meeting, 1978
22nd Annual Meeting, 1978-1979 , undated
24th Annual Meeting, 1977-1981
30th Annual Meeting, 1987 , undated
“ASA News”, 1991
Administrative Information, undated
Annual Meeting Handbook, 1979
Annual Meeting Problems and Procedures, 1976-1979 ,
undated
Archives-Libraries Committee, 1977-1978
Association
of Concerned African Scholars, 1977-1978
Auditor’s Report, 1970-1979
Blank Forms, undated
British Consulate General, 1914
By-Laws, 1970-1980 , undated
Constituency Committee, 1977-1978 , undated
Correspondence, 1971-1978
Correspondence, 1979-1988 , undated
Creation of ASA, 1957
Development Committee, 1990
Equal Rights Amendment, 1977-1978 , undated
Executive Secretary, 1978/1979
Finances, 1971-1980
“Liberia Watch”, 1990
MacArthur Scholar Awards, 1989 , undated
Mailing List, undated
Minutes, 1969-1979
Nominations, 1975-1980 , undated
Notes, etc., 1978-1980 , undated
Past Officers, undated
Photographs, 1981-1990
Political Resolutions, 1976-1978 , undated
Presidential Speech, 1978 , undated
Publications Committee, 1976-1978
Questionnaires, undated
Registration Fee Reimbursement, 1978
Reports, 1968-1976 , undated
Robinson Award Committee, 1976-1978
Romero/Hoskins Controversy, 1978-1979
South
Africa, undated
Travel Reimbursement, 1977 , undated
Wingspread Conference, 1983-1984
Asean Institute, 1988 , undated
Bloomington Area Arts Council, 1989 , undated
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1984-1986 ,
undated
Catholic Relief Services, 1991
Center for Advanced Study of International Development, 1981-1984 ,
Undated
Center for Strategic and International Studies,
1982-1984 ,
undated
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1971-1977 ,
undated
Department of State, 1980-1994 , undated
East African Institute, 1956-1959 , undated
Eisenhower Foundation, 1986-1987 , undated
Ford Foundation
, 1962-1968 , undated
Foreign Service
Insititute, 1966-1984 , undated
Box 9
Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Africa - Liebenow
Testimony, 1981-1994 , undated
Foreign Service
Institute,
1966-1984 , undated
Subseries:
Friends of Liberia
Correspondence, 1987-1997
Funding Proposal, 1997-1998
Liberian News from World Press, 2003
Miscellaneous, 1993-1998 , undated
Newsletters, 1988-1998
George C. Marshall Foundation, 1985-1987 ,
undated
Indiana Consortium for International Programs, 1980-1982
Institute for Development Anthropology, Inc. (consulting
project), 1983-
1985 , undated
Institute for Foreign Policy-Africa Project, 1990 , undated
Institute of Current World Affairs, 1981
Intermediate Technology Development Group, 1981-1985 ,
undated
Subseries:
International African Institute
Administrative Information, 1949-1982
Bulletins, 1976-1979
Correspondence, 1964-1983 , undated
Executive Council, 1978-1983
Finances, 1977-1983 , undated
Meeting Minutes, 1977-1982
Miscellaneous, 1976-1983 , undated
Publications, 1978 ,
undated
Reports, 1965-1982 , undated
“Ventures” Broadcast, 1977-1978
International Communication Agency, 1979-1982 , undated
International Research and Exhanges Board, 1983-1984
Latin American Studies
Association, 1980
Liberia
Working Group , 1984-1993 , undated
Liberian Community Association, 1996,
undated
Subseries:
Liberian
Studies Association
11th Annual Conference, 1979
13th Annual Conference, 1980-1981
14th Annual Conference, 1982
15th Annual Conference, 1983
16th Annual Conference, 1984
17th Annual Conference, 1985
19th Annual Conference, 1987
20th Annual Conference, 1988 , undated
21st Annual Conference, 1989
22nd Annual Conference, 1990
23rd Annual Conference, 1991 , undated
39th Annual Conference, 2007
Addresses, 1983-1984 , undated
Addresses, 1984 , undated
Incorporation, 1987-1989 , undated
Liberian Studies Conference Papers, 1969-1979 ,
undated
“Liberian Studies Journal”, 1983-1986
Miscellaneous, 1981-1989 , undated
Publications, 1983 , undated
Midwest
Political Science Association, 1988 , undated
Midwest Universities Consortium for International
Activities, 1974-1975
includes one oversized item not found in folder
Box 10
Midwest Universities Consortium for International
Activities, 1976-1978
Midwest Universities Consortium for International
Activities, 1983-1991 , undated
Miscellaneous Organizations, 1982-1994 , undated
Moran, Stahl and Boyer (consulting), 1980-1984 ,
undated
Mozambique Education Fund, Inc., 1979-1980 , undated
Multinational Strategies, Inc., 1984
National Endowment for the Humanities, 1978-1992 ,
undated
Subseries:
Newsletters
"Africa Watch", 1990-1994
"Liberia Today", 1991
"Liberian Diaspora", 1990-1991
"The Liberian Voice", 1993-1994
"Lofaland",
1986-1993
Oversized
Miscellaneous Newsletters, 1986-1996
“Negarit Gazeta” (Ethiopia), 1975 (oversize)
Subseries:
Other Universities and Colleges
Ahmadu Bello University, 1962-1968 ,
undated
Butler
University, 1989 , undated
Duke
University, 1979-1980 , undated
Fourah Bay University, 1965-1966
Georgetown
University, 1964-1965
Harvard
University, 1984 , undated
Harvard
University – J. Gus Liebenow
Fellowship, 1952-1956
Howard
University, 1965
Iowa State
University, 1982 , undated
Job Offers from Other Universities, 1957-1966
Job Search Inquiries, 1973-1978
Mary
Baldwin College, 1985
Miscellaneous Universities/Colleges, 1986 , undated
Northwestern
University, 1983-1988 , undated
The Ohio State University, 1983
Purdue
University, 1983-1989 , undated
St. Joseph's
College, undated
Temple
University, 1982
Universitat Bayreuth, 1987-1989
University of Alabama, 1982-1988 , undated
University of Florida, 1986-1987
University of Illinois, 1958-1988 , undated
University of Notre Dame, 1961 , undated
Oxfam,
1979
Pasitam,
1975 ,
undated
Rotary Club, 1986-1989 , undated
Social Science
Research Council - Liebenow Grant,
1953-1966 ,
undated
Society for the Conservation of Nature in Liberia, 1986-1987
Subseries:
South African Development Coordination Conference
(SADCC)
Administrative Information, 1980-1982
Economic Liberation Reports, 1981
Newsclips, 1980-1982 , undated
Notes, 1981 , undated
Reports, 1981 , undated
SADEX, 1981
Statements, Speeches, etc., 1981-1982
Box 11
Special Emergency Life Food Programme, 1991
Union of Liberia Associations in America, Inc., 1987 , undated
United Nations
Environment Program, undated
United States Committee for Refugees, 1992
UNESCO,
undated
Subseries:
Universities Field Staff International (formely
AUFS)
Address Lists, 1981-1987
Biographical Information on Liebenow, 1981-1982 ,
undated
Campus Coordinators, 1984-1987
Correspondence, 1979-1986 , undated
Finances, 1981-1982 , undated
Lectures and Schedules: Brown University, 1981-1985 ,
undated
Lectures and Schedules: California State
University, 1986-1987 , undated
Lectures and Schedules: Dow Chemical Company,
1981
Lectures and Schedules: Library of International Relations, 1981-1982 ,
Undated
Lectures and Schedules: Michigan State
University, 1982-1985 , undated
Lectures and Schedules: Morgan
Guaranty Trust Company, 1981
Lectures and Schedules: Southern Center for International Studies, 1980- 1982 ,
undated
Lectures and Schedules: Standard Oil of Indiana, 1981-1983 ,
undated
Lectures and Schedules: Temple University,
1986 ,
undated
Lectures and Schedules: University of
Alabama-Birmingham, 1982-1985 , undated
Lectures and Schedules: University of Colorado-Boulder, 1984-1987 ,
undated
Lectures and Schedules: University of Kansas,
1986-1987 , undated
Lectures and Schedules: University of Missouri-Columbia, 1982-1987 ,
undated
Lectures and Schedules: University of Oklahoma, 1987-1988 , undated
Lectures and Schedules: University of
Pittsburgh, 1981-1986 , undated
Lectures and Schedules: University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1982
Lectures and Schedules: Utah State University,
1980-1985 , undated
Map of Tanzania, undated
Miscellaneous, 1980-1986 , undated
Newsletters, 1979-1985
Notes: Human Rights, undated
Notes: Marriage and the Family, undated
Notes: Politics and Education in Africa, undated
Notes: South
Africa-The Future of Apartheid, undated
Notes: South Africa-Sources of Change,
1985 ,
undated
Report: “Africa: Four Crises of Political
Development”, 1979
Report: “African Conflict and Superpower Involvement
in the Western Indian Ocean”, 1980
Report: “Biharzia Control in Swaziland-The Dilemma of
Development”, 1981
Report: “The Caucus Race: International Conflict in
East Africa and the Horn”, 1977
Report: “Gaining Political Participation Among Tribal
Minorities – The Role of the Party in Tanzania” – draft,
1969
Report: “Liberia: The Dissolution of
Privilege” parts i-iii, 1980-1981
Report: “Liberia: Dr. Doe and the Demise of
Democracy”, 1984
Report: "Malawi: Clean Water for the Rural Poor"
, 1981
Report: “Malawi’s Search for Food Self-Sufficiency”,
parts i-iii, , 1982
Reports: Miscellaneous, 1980-1984 , undated
Report: “Nyerre of Tanzania: The Legend and the
Ledger” , 1987
Report: “SADCC: Challenging the ‘South African
Connection’ “ , 1982
Report: “South Africa: Home ‘not-so-sweet” Homelands”
, 1986
Report: “Southern Africa: Not Yet Quiet on the Western
Front” , 1989
Report: “Southern African Hegemony part i: South
Africa Tightens the Noose”, 1984
Report: “Southern African Hegemony part ii: Impact of
the Nkomati ‘Accord’ “, 1984
Report: “Zimbabwe: A Political Balance Sheet”
, 1981
Schedules and Itineraries, 1980-1987 , undated
Suggested Lectures and Reports, 1981-1987
Wright
Patterson Contracting Center, 1983-1987 ,
undated
Series:
Personal Files
‘A’, 1972-1987
Abu-Baker, Albadr, 1983 , undated
Alila,
Patrick,
1972-1984
Al-Sohaibani, Abdolrahonzan,
1986
Anderson, Howard, 1988-1989 ,
undated
Anderson, Joel, 1990-1991 , undated
Apreala, Felix,
1978-1979
Ardaiolo, Frank P., 1974
‘B’, 1987-1988
Baikie, David Adamu, 1977-1985
Banda, Hastings
K., undated
Banks, Arthur,
1978
Barkan, Joel,
1975-1976
Bartlett, David, 1972-1982 , undated
Bate, Steve, 1982-1983 , undated
Boeder,
Robert, 1981-1985 , undated
Bonser, Charles,
1980
Booker, Judith,undated
Bowe, Hilary, 1982-1983 , undated
Boyd, David, 1987 , undated
Bradley, T.C.,
1987-1989,
undated
Bradley, Walter,1983-1984, undated
Bravmann,
Rene , 1973-1983 , undated
Brempong, Owusu , 1979-1985 , undated
Brokensha,
David, 1975 , undated
Brooks, Douglas J.,1987 , undated
Brooks, George, 1970-1985 , undated
Brown, Ed, 1982-1988 , undated
Buchanan, Carole,1975 , undated
Buffie, Edward,
1976-1977
Burnett, David,
1979
Byrnes, Robert, 1987-1988 , undated
Box 12
‘C’, 1988 ,
undated
Callahan, Mary, 1977
Calzaretta, Anthony, 1990
Carleton, Frances, 1988
Carmona,
Narciso B., 1985 , undated
Carter,
Gwendolen, 1983 , undated
Carter,
Jeanette, 1981-1984 , undated
Chaitin, Gilbert, 1988 , undated
Chiviya,
Esau, 1980-1983 , undated
Chiviya, Ivy Hamundidi, 1990
Clark, James, 1982
Cohen, William, 1974–1979 , undated
Collier, John, 1983-1984
Collins, Kevin , 1983 , undated
Comedy,
Yolanda, 1991
Condit, Lisa, 1984 , undated
Conners, Michael,
1982-1983
Conteh, Sorie, 1977
Cottingham, Clement,
1976-1980
Crossey, John, 1988
Curtain, Phil/Pat
Romero, 1980-1983 , undated
'D', undated
Daehler, Jennifer, 1990 , undated
Daleck, Jacek, 1990
Davis, Gina, 1989–1990 , undated
Davis, James, 1987 , undated
d’Azevedo,
Warren, 1980 , undated
DeLancey,
Mark, 1975-1989 , undated
DeLancey, Virginia, 1977–1991 , undated
Dewey, Bill, 1983
DeShield, McKinley, 1983
Dhikusoka, Joseph, 1978
Dike,
Azuka, 1986-1990 , undated
Dremonas, George, 1984 , undated
Dresel, Roland
, 1977-1981
Dumett, Ann Marie, 1990 , undated
Dunn, Elwood, 1980-1986 ,
undated
‘E’, 1983
Ebo, Obi, 1981
Elfenbaum, Michael, 1985 , undated
Elhassan, Elmutasim, 1986–1987 ,
undated
Elliot, Swanzy, 1980-1983
‘F’, 1984
Farias, Tito, 1985-1989 , undated
Fenton, Leslie, 1976
Finch, Jim, 1978 , undated
Fiore, Sharon, 1973
Fleetwood, Rick, 1985 , undated
Flint, Mike, 1988–1989
Ford, Jennifer, 1983–1984
Ford, Martin, 1986-1987 , undated
Forh, Cyrenius, 1975-1982 , undated
Franda, Marcus, 1982-1988 , undated
Fulton, Richard,
1978
‘G’, 1982-1989
Gallimore, Timothy, 1983-1988 , undated
Gaskins, John, 1983
Gellar, Sheldon, 1977–1985 ,
undated
Geoffrion, Charles, 1973-1981 , undated
Gertz, Michael, 1980–1985 , undated
Gharib, Clint, 1990 , undated
Ginther, Diane, 1988–1989 ,
undated
Girdner, Janet, 1979–1980
Glover, Arthur, 1979-1981
Goble, Willis, 1977-1978 , undated
Goldman, Etel, 1980 , undated
Gordon, Troy W., 1980–1984 ,
undated
Gosebrink, Jean, 1977 , undated
Green, Daniel, 1986-1990 , undated
Greenstein, Lewis, 1975-1980 , undated
Greiner, Matthew, 1990 , undated
Groeslsema, Robert, 1990 , undated
Gugler, Josef, undated
Guthrie, Charles, 1976-1977
‘H’, 1982-1988
Halisi,
C.R.D.,
1982-1988 , undated
Hansen,
Emmanuel, 1977-1988 , undated
Harris, John, 1982 , undated
Hartwig,
Gerald, 1975-1985
Haugh, Mary, 1975-1976
Healey, Robert, 1988 , undated
Herman, Pamela, 1982 , undated
Hershfield, Allan, 1974-1987
Hlophe,
Stephen, 1978-1980 , undated
Hodge, Carlton, undated
Hopkins, Barbara, 1985-1988 ,
undated
Howell, Dan, 1977 , undated
Hunter, John, 1982 , undated
Hyneman, Charles, 1958-1989 , undated
Box 13
‘I’, 1986-1987
‘J’, 1980-1988
Jackson, Carl, 1981-1982
Janda,
Kenneth, 1988
Kaba,
Lansine, 1982 , undated
Kanno,
Ayalew, 1982
Kante,
Mamadou,1981 , undated
Karp,
Ivan, 1975-1988 , undated
Keim,
Curtis, 1978-1982
Kellar, Edmond, 1975-1979 , undated
Kim, Kwan, 1987
Konuwa, Alfred B., 1976-1977 ,
undated
Knoll,
Arthur, 1990 , undated
Kramer, David, 1975-1987 , undated
Lambert, Louis (Scrappy), 1989 , undated
Laves, Walter, 1983
Leighton, Neil, 1976-1987 , undated
Leopold,
Robert, 1983-1984 , undated
Loescher, Samuel, 1975-1980
Lofchie,
Michael , 1987
Lucas, John, 1989-1991 , undated
Luneburg, Robert, 1988 , undated
Lundgard, Joan, 1983
‘M’, 1975-1982 , undated
McCormick, John, 1987-1991 ,
undated
McHenry, Dean, 1976-1990 , undated
Malik, Barry, 1969-1984 , undated
Martin, Phyllis, 1978-1981
Martin, Richard, 1985
Masaya, T.R,
1987
Massey, Michael, 1982-1989
Massing,
Andreas, 1973-1988 , undated
Matiko, Julius, 1973-1987 , undated
Mato,
Akume, 1984-1985 , undated
Mawaya,
Anthony, 1990 , undated
Miller, David, undated
Miller, Norman, 1981-1990 , undated
Morgan, E.
Philip, 1971-1982
Mukete, Abel, 1975
Munger, David, 1976
‘N’, 1976-1981 , undated
Nava, Julian, 1984-1988
Neher, William, 1990 , undated
Newmann, David, 1988-1990 , undated
Nimtz,
August, 1975-1977 , undated
Njisane, Mlaheni, 1986-1988 ,
undated
Nyerere, Julius K., 1971
‘O’,1990
O’Connor, James, 1983
O’Meara, Patrick, 1980-1988 ,
undated
O’Toole, Thomas, 1984 , undated
Ogundimu, Folu, 1981-1982 , undated
Olorunsola, Victor, 1976-1990 , undated
‘P’, 1977-1984 , undated
Paden, John, 1982 , undated
Page, Cindy, 1987 , undated
Patterson, Craig, 1988-1989
Peel, John D.Y
., 1982-1985 , undated
Perinbaum, B. Marie, 1974-1979 , undated
Polk, James, 1980-1983 , undated
Rai, Abel, 1982
Reed, Cyrus, 1980-1987 , undated
Robertson, Claire, 1982-1983 , undated
Romero,
Patricia, 1979-1988
Ronen,
Dov, 1976-1985
Rosberg,
Carl G., 1977-1985 , undated
Box 14
‘S’, 1975-1988 , undated
Samkange,
Tommie, 1988-1989
Sample,
Ward, 1975-1976
Sawyer,
Amos, 1980-1989 , undated
Schrag,
Norman, 1977-1979 , undated
Segal, Ed, 1976-1982 , undated
Seyon, Patrick, 1984-1986 , undated
Shaw, Tim, 1986-1987 , undated
Siegmann,
William, 1975-1988 , undated
Simpson, Dick, undated
Skylar, Richard, 1975-1981 ,
undated
Smith, Robert S., 1982
Smith, Stewart, 1980-1981
Smithburn,
J. Eric, 1975-1980
Snipe,
Tracy, 1990-1991
Soderlund,
Dorothy, 1974 , undated
Stanley, Nzefeh, 1981-1983 ,
undated
Stewart, Peter, 1989
Stockton,
Rex, 1977-1985 , undated
Stone,
Ruth, 1976
Stryker,
Richard, 1976
Stulz, Newell M., 1983-1988
Sturnfield, James,1987
‘T’, 1977-1979
Thomson, James, 1975-1980 , undated
Thornton, Dennis, 1975-1976 ,
undated
Toler, Deborah, 1975-1981 , undated
Tweh, John, 1987-1988 , undated
[Unknown Last Name], Deb, 2002
Utomi,
Patrick, 1981-1982 , undated
Vaughan, James, 1978-1991 , undated
Viecelli, Jackie, 1974-1989 ,
undated
VonGnielinski, Stefan, 1987-1989 , undated
‘W’, 1986
Warren, D.
Michael, 1971-1988 , undated
Washington, Charles, 1977 , undated
Weisel, William, 1990 , undated
Wilkins, Philip, 1976 , undated
Williams, T. Nelson, 1983-1990 ,
undated
Wilke, Ekkehare-teja, 1972-1985 , undated
Wilson, George M., 1975
Wolpe,
Howard, 1982
Wunsch, James
S., 1976-1984 , undated
Wynne,
Susan, 1976-1988
Yeager, Rodger, 1987-1988 , undated
Yoder, David, 1990
Young,
Crawford, 1982
Young, Roland, 1978 , undated
‘Z’, 1965
Series:
Subject Files
Africa – Articles and
Clippings, 1961-2011
African Brochures, undated
African Journal Articles, 1907-1966 , undated
Subseries:
Biographical Information
Articles about Liebenow, 1960-2009 ,
undated
Biographical Sketches and Related Documents, 1975-1989 ,
undated
Curriculum Vitae, 1980-1990
J. Gus Liebenow
Memorial Speeches and Memorabilia, 1993-2001
Publications of J. Gus Liebenow, 1980, 1989, undated
Box 15
Brochures – Indiana University and Bloomington,
undated
China
Memorabilia, undated
Ephemera, 1999 , undated
Indiana
University Liberian Collections Project,
undated
Liberia,
1958-2000
Liberian Officials, 1972
(oversize)
Liberian Updates, 1994
List of Names, undated
Makua Tribe, 1882-1965 , undated
Malawi –
Clippings and Contacts, 1978-1994 , undated
Maps of
Monrovia, undated
Meeting Minutes, 1954-1955
Miscellaneous, undated
Miscellaneous Liebenow Notes, undated
News Clippings, 1944-1995 , undatd
Notebook, undated
Pamphlets and Programs, 1981-1986 , undated
Permits and Certificates, 1963 , undated
(oversize)
Photographs, 1976-1990 , undated
Photographs - Liebenow,1989-1993
Photographs – Malawi
, 1974 ,
undated
Photographs –
Zimbabwe, undated
Presidential Messages – Liberia, 1903-1960
"The Secretariat" (Tanzania), 1956
Speech – “Freedom to Choose” – High School Commencement,
1973
TANU Publications, 1967
Series:
Writings
Subseries:
Book Reviews
“African Politics: Crises and Challenges”, 1987-1988 ,
undated
“Behavioral Syndromes and Recruitment Patterns of
Liberian District Commissioners, Pre-1964,”
1975
“Colonial Rule and Political Development in Tanzania”
, 1972 ,
undated
“Liberia: The Evolution of Privilege”, 1969-1974 ,
undated
“Liberia: The Quest for Democracy”, 1986-1990 ,
undated
Miscellaneous, 1970-1988 , undated
Subseries:
Conference Papers
“Africa’s Challenge to America”, 1959
“Food Self-Sufficiency in Malawi: Are Successes
Transferable?”, 1985
“Malawi: Strategies for the Attainment of
Self-Sufficiency in Food And the Strengthening of the
Smallholder Sector”, 1981
“Regional Integration in Africa: Reflections on Problems and
Prospects”,
1988
Subseries:
Drafts
“Africa’s Place In The Sun”, 1985 ,
undated
"American Policy in Africa: The Reagan Years"
, 1982
“Behavioral Syndromes and Recruitment Patterns of
Liberian District Commissioners, Pre-1964”, 1975
“The Central African Federation: An Analysis of the
Bases of Opposing Attitudes”, 1951
“Droughts, Dams, and Development: A Study of Water Resources
Policies And Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa”, undated
"Food Self-Sufficiency in Malawi: Are Successes
Transferable?”, 1986
“Liberia: The Special Relationship with the
U.S.A.,”
1992-1994
“The Military Factor in African Politics: A 25 Year
Perspective”, 1984
Miscellaneous Drafts, undated
“Native Authority System”, undated
“Nyerre of Tanzania: Part 1, The Legend and the
Ledger”, undated
“Prospects for Political Democracy in West
Africa”, undated
Box 16
“The Quest for East African Unity: ‘One Step Forward, Two
Steps Backward’ “, 1977
“The Republic of Liberia,”
1962
“A Select Bibliography on Liberia”,
undated
“Some Problems in Introducing Local Government Reform in
Tanganyika”, undated
“Southern Africa: Not Quiet on the Western
Front”,
1988
“Tribalism, Traditionalism and Modernism in Chagga Local
Government”, 1958 , undated
Subseries:
Other Writing Projects
“A War Without Purpose in a Country Without
Identity”, 1995 , undated
“Adapting the Cabinet Secretariat to American
Needs”, undated
“African One-Party States” Correspondence,
etc.,
1961-1963 , undated
Bibliographies, 1969 undated
“Book of Knowledge” – Liberia, 1963-1978 ,
undated
“Central-Local Elite Relationships in the Nation-Building
Process in East Africa”, undated
“China 1983”, undated
“Country Orientation Notebook for Africa”, 1984-1985 ,
undated
Dissertation Drafts and Notes, 1955 , undated
Dissertation Drafts and Notes, undated
Dissertation Proposal, 1953 , undated
“Exploring Healing”, 1991
“The Final Days of Dr. Doe”,
1992
“Fragments of Marseilles,” In
Tempo, 1949
“Journal of African Administration” – Correspondence,
1955-1959
“Kinship, Achievement and Social Change in Tribal
Societies” , 1970
“Language in Liberia in the 19th Century: The
Settlers’ Perspective” , 1981
Liberia Articles, 1970-1996 , undated
"Liberia: The Quest for Democracy" - Art,
1991
Lists, Tables, Maps – Liberia and the people,
undated
Livingston, William, 1959-1963 ,
undated
Manuscript Consulting, 1976-1980 , undated
Miscellaneous Writing, undated
Notes for Malawi Articles, undated
Notes on Vai Script, undated
“Patterns of Authority in West Africa”,
1951
“Prescriptive Alliance and Ritual Collaboration in
Loma Society”, 1991
Photocopies of 19th Century Articles, undated
Poems, undated
“The Rainstick”, 1991
“Rebel Destinies: Remembering Herskovits
Autobiographically” , 1991
“Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in
Liberia”, 1993
Reviews (not Liebenow), 1977-1978 , undated
“Social Impact of Liberia’s Civil War” –
proposal, undated
Somalian
Refuges Articles, 1979-1981 , undated
“Some Aspects of Nyamwezi Witch Belief”,
undated
“Some Note on Krahn Culture,”
undated
South
African News Articles, 1981-1986 , undated
Tanganyika Notes and Documents, 1953-1966,
undated
Box 17
Tanganyika Photocopied Articles, 1937-1960 ,
undated
Tanzania, 1955-1968 , undated
“Toward a Typology of Nation Building in New States of
Africa” , undated
“Traditional History and Social Structure in Ufipa” ,
1964
“Twenty Five Years of African Independence” – Book
and Conference, 1982-1984 , undated
World
Book, Inc., 1978-1991 , undated
Writings by Other Authors Re: African Politics, 1982-1988
Zimbabwe News
Clippings, 1981 ,
undated
Subseries:
Published Materials
“Africa: Four Crises of Political Development,”
1979
"African Economic History" (excerpt), 1976
“Agriculture, Education, and Rurual-Transformation –
With Particular Reference to East Africa”, 1969
"American Diplomacy in a New Era" (chapter),
1961
“‘Aspects of International Retaliations in Africa’ - The
Quest for Africa Unity”
1978
“The Chief in Sukuma Local Government”,
1959
"Current History" (article), 1980-1983
“The Establishment of Legitimacy in Dependency
Situation”, undated
“Federalism in Rhodesia and Nyasaland”,
1963
"Inquiry Magaine" , 1980
"Issues" A Quarterly Journal of Africanist Opinion,
1979
“Legitimacy of Alien Relationship” The Nyaturu of
Tanganyika”, 1961
“Liberia: Growth Without
Development”,
1967
“Liberia: The Path to Civilian Rule”,
1982
“Liberian Political Opposition in the
Post-Election”, 1988
"Politics in Africa" (chapter), 1966
“Responses to Planned Political Change in Tanganyika Tribal
Groups”,
1956
“Survey of Background Material for the Study of the
Government of East Africa”, 1954
“A Tanganyika Federation: The Sukuma”,
1960
Subseries:
Publishing Houses
CLIO Press,
1988-1989
Cornell University Press, 1966-1986 , undated
Greenwood
Press, 1989 , undated
Harcourt, Brace
and World, Inc., 1963-1965
Harper and Row Publishers, 1962-1968 ,
undated
IC Publications, 1980-1981
IU Press, 1975
IU Press Act: “Liberia: Quest for
Democracy”, undated
IU Press: Contract, 1983-1986 , undated
IU
Press: Marketing, 1983-1987 , undated
IU
Press: Promo for “African Politics: Crises and
Challenges”, 1985-1987 , undated
Lerner Publications Company, 1987 , undated
Northwestern University Press, 1969-1980 , undated
Publications Correspondence, 1990 , undated
Reference Publications, Inc., 1981-1983 , undated
Miscellaneous Publication Materials, 1978-1980 ,
undated
Series:
Box 18
Restricted Files
This collection is not open to researchers. Please speak to the archivist if
you have any questions.
Carter, Gwendolen, 1983
Carter,
Jeanette, 1984
Dunn, Elwood, 1981-1988 , undated
Gallimore, Timothy, undated
Glover, Arthur, 1981
Goldman, Etel, 1979-1980
Guthrie, Charles, 1977
Hale, Jon, 1986-1987
Healey, Ellen, 1980
Healey, Robert, 1988
Heilman, Bruce, 1988-1990
Hershfield, Allan, 1986-1988 , undated
Hicks, Barbara,
1983-1984
Hillenberg, Marie,
1975-1980
Holmquist,
Frank, 1975-1976 ,
undated
Hopkins, Barbara, 1985-1988
Hyden,
Goran, 1988
Jones, David, 1988
Kante,
Mamadou, 1981
Kapansa, Kenneth, 1989
Karp, Ivan, 1979 , undated
Kellar,
Edmond, 1976-1980
Kinman, Karen, 1989
Komyatte, Jude, 1987
Konneh,
Augustine, 1990-1991
Knoll,
Arthur, undated
Kramer, David, 1975-1987
Krause, David, 1978
Lake, Mary, 1983
Lambert, Louis, 1977
Leighton,
Neil, 1977
Leopold,
Robert, 1983–1984
Lockett, Sylvia, 1978
Lofchie,
Michael, 1987
Lucas, John, 1987-1989
Luneburg, Robert, undated
Malik, Barry, 1969-1978 , undated
Martin, Brad, 1975
Martin, Phyllis, 1978-1981
Martin, Richard, 1985
Masabi, Humeleng, 1983 , undated
Massing,
Andreas, 1976-1978
McCormick, 1987-1990
McCoy, Frieda, 1984-1987 , undated
McHenry, Dean, 1979-1985 , undated
Mellinger, Virginia Lee, 1980-1981 , undated
Merritt, Hollis, 1977-1978
Meyer, John, 1988-1990 , undated
Miller, David, 1990
Morgan, E.
Philip, 1979
Ndama, William, 1987 , undated
Ndlovu,
Scotch, 1980-1981
Newman, David, 1988
Nimtz,
August, 1975-1977
Nuth, Timothy, 1990
O’Connor, James, 1982
O’Meara, Patrick, 1980-1989 ,
undated
Ogundimu, Folu, 1982
Olorunsola, Victor, 1971-1986 , undated
Page, Cindy, 1987
Painter,
Colin, 1978
Parker, Richard, 1987
Patterson, Craig, 1988 , undated
Perinbaum, B. Marie, 1979
Pigozzi, Mary, 1977 , undated
Preye-Okosi, Debs, 1981
Robbins, Ed, 1980
Reed,
William Cyrus, 1980-1986 , undated
Robertson, Claire, 1983
Romero,
Patricia, 1985
Ronen,
Dov,
1979
Rosberg, Carl, 1985 , undated
Sawyer,
Amos, 1987-1988
Schlager, Edella, 1989
Schlitt, Michael, 1984 , undated
Schrag, Norman,
undated
Schroeder, Deborah, 1989 , undated
Scott, David J., 1990
Segal, Ed, undated
Segal, Marcia, 1984
Segarra, Eric, 1981
Seyon, Patrick, 1986-1987
Shaw, Tim, 1987 , undated
Siegmann,
William, 1976-1978
Simpson, Dick, 1980
Skylar, Richard, 1975-1981
Smit, Alphons, 1976
Spitzer,
Manon, 1982
Stockton, Rex, 1977-1984
Stryker, Richard, 1971
Sundiata,
Ibrahim, 1979-1989 , undated
Stanley, Nzefeh, 1980-1983
Tannenbaum, Eric, 1977-1978 ,
undated
Tarpeh,
James, 1987
Thomson, James, 1977-1980
Toler, Deborah, 1975-1976 , undated
Tolley,
Dayna, 1979 , undated
Trump, Tom, 1980 , undated
Tuck, Michael, 1987 , undated
Ullman, Uri, 1978
Ullrich, Greg, 1984-1985 , undated
Utomi,
Patrick, 1981
Vaughan, James, 1978
Vieceli, Jackie, 1977-1989 , undated
Weakland, Kathleen, 1988-1989 , undated
Weidman, Barton E., 1985 , undated
Wenkert, David, 1984-1985 , undated
Wilz, Tom, 1986 , undated
Winchester, Brian, 1983-1989 , undated
Winter, Michael, 1983
Wunsch, James
S., 1976-1978 , undated
Wynne,
Susan,
1987-1988
Yahne, Scott E., 1989
Yoder, Michael, 1989 , undated
Yeager, Rodger, 1987