Bai T. Moore Papers, 1919-2004
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MacDonald.
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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
Moore, Bai T.
Title
Bai T. Moore
Papers
, 1919-2004
Collection No.
LCP2005/008
Extent
23 cubic feet;
22 records cartons, 1 oversized materials box.
Language
Materials are primarily in English.
Abstract
Bai T. Moore was a renowned poet and
author whose work was greatly influenced by his experiences growing up in Liberia.
In addition to Moore’s career as a writer, he served as a government official for
several years, first as Chief of the Liberian Bureau of Agriculture, and later, as
Deputy Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism. This collection
consists of government papers, ethnographic materials, published works, manuscripts,
and drafts of his writings.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Bai Tamiah
Moore was born in the village of Dimeh, 20 miles
from Monrovia, and
given the name Tamiah. Though the exact date of Moore’s birth was not recorded, it
has been approximated as either sometime in 1916 or in
October, 1920. The village in which he grew up was ruled
by the Dei ethnic group, but was also inhabited by the Gola, Vai, Mandingo, and
Bassa peoples. Moore’s parentage was both Vai and Gola, but he identified himself
as Vai, using the criteria of patrilineal descent, language, and name. He spoke the
indigenous languages of Gola, Vai, Vassa, and Dei. His maternal grandmother was a
great and respected storyteller in her home village of Janney. Both his ethnic
background and the importance of storytelling in his family were great influences in
his life.
Moore was the
sixth of seven children, with two older brothers, three older sisters, and one
younger brother. Moore's
father died while he was a young child, forcing his mother and his older
siblings to support the family. Because two of his older sisters were attending an
indigenous school for women in nearby Sande, his mother chose to remain in
Dimeh after her husband’s death, rather than return to her
home village of Janney. While he was still a young boy, Moore's oldest cousin convinced his
mother to allow Moore
to visit their relatives in Janney. This trip was
supposed to last only “a few moons,” but it stretched into a few years. Moore's stay in
Janney proved to be very influential in his life because he
was immersed and nurtured in the rich culture of the Gola ethnic group while living
with his mother’s family. Also as a result of his move to
Janney, Moore had his first taste of
western culture. After learning his distant cousin attended a mission school in
nearby Bendoo, Moore obtained permission to visit the school and to stay with the
missionaries who ran it. Soon after his arrival, he was enrolled as a student. There
was a large ethnic mix present at the school–Vai, Gola, Mandingo, Kpessi, Basso, Kru
and Americo-Liberian students attended. Moore learned English at Bendoo,
and there his name was changed to Johnson Moore—Johnson after Reverend R.
O. Johnson, and Moore after the Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia that
supported the mission. Mommie Bouey, one of the missionaries who ran the school, was
so impressed by Moore that she decided he should be given the opportunity to travel
to America.
After Moore's
mother and grandmother died, he returned to Janney uncertain
about whether he wanted to continue his schooling at Bendoo. During this period, he
was initiated into the Poro, the male society that educates adolescent boys in the
culture of the Gola and officially declares them to have reached manhood. It was at
the ceremony signifying his acceptance into the Poro that Moore was given the name Bai/Bye,
to be placed before his birth name Tamiah. Henceforth, he would be known as
Bai T. Moore
. After entering the Poro, he traveled extensively through Gola Country,
a journey that would forever flavor his writings.
On August 3, 1929, Mommie Bouey’s
promise of sending him to America
was finally fulfilled and he departed from Monrovia with Bouey’s husband, Reverend
Bouey. Mrs. Bouey and the reverend’s brother, John Bouey, met them when their ship,
the S. S. West Ke-Bar, docked in Philadelphia on September
4. From Philadelphia, the Boueys took Moore to Richmond, Virginia, where Moore attended the
public high school.
After graduating from high school in 1934, he went on to Virginia Union
University where he received a B.A. in biology in 1938. Though he considered going on to medical school, he was unable to
do so for lack of scholarship and personal funds. Moore instead began working in
Washington, D. C.
, while taking graduate courses at Howard
University.
Moore had a
number of interesting jobs during the twelve years he remained in the U.S.,
including working as newspaper boy,
busboy, dishwasher ,
bellhop and chauffeur.
Moore's
aptitude for writing was evident early in his education, particularly when he began
contributing to his high school’s publications. Moore's first attempts at writing
poetry imitated the voices and styles of American and European poets. When he began
to draw from his experiences in Liberia, it was clear that they would be a major source of
inspiration and material for his work in the future. He wrote primarily in English,
though he did occasionally write in the Vai language, as well.
After returning to Liberia in
1941, Bai T. Moore decided to explore his
ethnic heritage extensively. He traveled all over Liberia collecting Vai folktales, and those of other
ethnic groups, as well.
Moore then settled down to life as a writer, and in time, he accepted
a post as a government official. He first took on the position of Chief of the
Bureau of
Agriculture in the Liberian Department of the Interior, and in 1980, that of Deputy Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism. Upon retiring in 1986, he became a senior advisor and mentor for the
Liberian
Association of Writers/Society of Liberian Authors, where he worked
until his death of a heart attack on Sunday, January 10,
1988.
Major Works
1937.
Golah Boy in America.
Richmond,
VA: Quality Printing Co., 1937 .
A biographical sketch of his youth in Africa describing customs of the Golah
tribe and his journey to “Big” America.
1947.
Echoes from the Valley.
Robertsport, Liberia: D. Muir Printing
Office, 1947.
A collection of poems with Roland T.
Dempster and H. C. Thomas.
1962.
Ebony Dust.
Monrovia:
Ducor Publishing House, 1962.
A collection of poems. Reprinted in 1976.
1967.
Chips from the African Story
Tree
.
A collection of Liberian folktales with S. Jangaba M. Johnson.
1968.
Murder in the Cassava Patch.
Monrovia: Ducor Publishing
House, 1968.
First published in serial form in the newspaper
Liberian Star, that same year it
was also published as a novel which was reprinted in 1976.
1974.
Voices from Grass Roots.
Liberia:
privately printed, 1974.
A collection of poems.
1976.
The Money Doubler
. Lagos & Unicom Books,
1976.
A novel.
1979.
Liberian Culture at a Glance .
Monrovia: Ministry of Information, Cultural
Affairs, and Tourism, 1979.
N.D.
Monkey Work,
Baboon Draw
.
A novel. Unpublished.
N.D.
Godchild.
A novel. Unpublished.
Arrangement
The Bai T. Moore Collection consists of 23 cubic feet and is divided
into ten series:
-
Conferences
-
Correspondence
-
Ethnographic Materials
-
Government Agencies
-
Organizations
-
Personal Materials
-
Photographs
-
Subject Files
-
Writings
-
Published Books
Scope and Content
The
Conferences series consists of conferences, annual meetings, colloquiums and festivals Bai T.
Moore attended. The majority of materials in this series are from the Second
Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture and include
copies of the submitted conference papers.
The
Correspondence series includes both personal and professional correspondence including exchanges
between Moore and Samuel Doe, Hubert
Humphrey, William Tolbert, and William Tubman. Excluded from
this series is correspondence with other organizations or agencies as those materials will
be found within those particular folders.
The
Ethnographic Materials series consists of
nine subseries. They are:
Art and Crafts,
Culture and History,
Daily Life,
Ethnic Groups and Languages,
Music
and Dance
,
Oral History and Folk Tales,
Other African Materials ,
Poro and
Sande
and
Village Profiles. Of particular note in
this series is the extensive collection of field notes in the
Music
and Dance
subseries and the Vai materials in the
Ethnic
Groups and Languages
subseries.
The
Government Agencies series reflects the
organization and hierarchy of the Liberian government. Much emphasis has been placed on
the
Minsitry of Education subseries and the
Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism subseries as
Moore worked for both agencies. The
University of Liberia
is another large subseries and is it's own separate government agency and not part of the
Ministry of Education.
The
Organizations series contains materials from all of the numerous organizations Moore was affiliated with. Some of the
larger subseries include Organization of African Unity, Society of Liberian Authors and
UNESCO.
The
Personal Materials series contains invitations, programs, receipts, greeting cards, legal information
and any other personal ephemera belong to Bai T.
Moore or his family.
In the
Photographs series the majority of photos are unknown and undated. There is, however, a
folder of photos from Bai T. Moore's funeral and an album from
the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture.
The
Subject Files series has a variety of
different materials that weren't easily housed elsewhere in the collection. Included are
materials such as bibliographies, handwritten notes, magazines and newsclippings,
religious materials and speeches. Two subseries, Presidents and Receipts, are also
included in this series. The Presidents subseries is divided into individual Liberian
presidents.
The
Writings series is divided into 4
subseries. The
Manuscript subseries are all original works
by Bai T. Moore and include manuscripts from his most famous work,
Murder in the Cassava Patch. The
Plays subseries include a number of titles, many not penned by Moore The
Poetry subseries includes Moore's original poems as well as anthologies he has worked on, general
reports on poetry and poems that he collected that were not his own. While it can be
assumed that all of the materials in the
Unknown Manuscripts
subseries originated with Moore, there is no way to verify it thus
these materials have been separated out.
The
Published Books series is divided into two subseries,
By Bai T Moore
and
Other Liberian and African Writings. The first being a
variety of titles and editions of Moore's work, the later being a listing of
books that Moore collected personally.
Separated Materials
All audio materials have been removed from the collection and stored elsewhere for
better storage and preservation. Slides have also been removed from this collection
due to their poor quality.
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], Bai T. Moore Papers, 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 Megan MacDonald.
Completed in 2011.
Series:
Box 1
Conferences
Association of the World Festival of Negro Arts,
1963-1965 ,
undated
Black Expo, 1973-1979 , undated
Broadcasting Conferences, 1961-1980
Conference of African Ministers of Culture,
1975-1977
Conference of the Liberian Research Association,
1971
Conference of Ministers on the Harmonisation of Cultural Policies
, 1973
Conference on Manding Studies , 1972 , undated
3 folders
Conference on Manding Studies , undated
The Cultural Contributions of the Black Diaspora to
Africa, 1980 , undated
The Cultural Contributions of the Black Diaspora to
Africa, 1983
Development Objectives and Strategy, 1971
Encounters Between the Cultural Communities of Africa,
Europe and the Arab World, 1981-1982 , undated
International Conference on Cultural Diversity and
National Understanding Within West African Countries,
1970
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological
Sciences, 1973
Lagos Colloquium on Black Civilization and Education,
undated
Lagos Festival, 1977 , undated
Lagos Festival Receipts, 1976-1977 ,
undated
Louisiana World Exposiiton , 1983 , undated
Miscellaneous, 1962-1979 , undated
Miscellaneous, 1980-1986 , undated
Nigeria Symposium on Anglophone and Francophone
Literature, 1987 , undated
Pan African Cultural Festival, 1969 undated
Problems of Cultural Policy in Africa, 1966
Second Congress of Black Writers and Artists,
1959 ,
undated
Subseries:
Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and
Culture
Basic Information Booklet, 1975-1977
Bills for Purchase of Musical Instruments,1976
Conference Papers
“African Folk Music and Dance – Their Future
Roles”, undated
“Africanity in Modern African
Literature”, 1977
Box 2
“Afro-American Nationalism: Social Strategy and
Struggle for Community”, 1977
“Black Civilization and Education",
1975
“The Development of Pan-African Ideas in the
Americas and in Africa Before 1900”, 1977
“Dravidian and Negro-African: Ethnic and
Linguistic Affinities", 1977
"Educational Views", 1977
“Edward James Roye and His Family, A Portrait of
a Black Midwestern Man During the First Half of the 19th
Century”, undated
“Folklore and Traditional Education in
Africa”, 1977
“The Great Future of America and Africa: From a
Nineteenth Century Perspective”,1977
“The Heritage of Disunification:
Politico-Structural Fragmentation and Colonialism in Sierra
Leone”, 1975
“The Historical Awareness of Black Civilization in
the Face of the Facts and Problems of Modern
History”, 1977
“The Kabala Complex: Koranko-Limba Relationship
in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Sierra Leone”,
1977
"Paul Robeson and Africa", 1977
“Poro and Sane Among the Dewoin People of Liberia:
Example of an Indigenous Education System”,
1977
"Psychoblackology", 1977
“The Retrieval of History: Response to the Culture
of Racialism”, 1977
“The Role of African Historical Consciousness in
the Development of Contemporary Africa Societies”,
1977
“The Role of Women in Traditional Education from
the Prenatal Period of Adolescence in the Traditional
Societies of Pre-Colonial Ivory Coast”, 1977
"The Scholar in African Society",
1977
“Self-Concepts and Attitudes Towards
Counseling”, 1977
“The Silent Minority: Canadians of African
Descent”, 1977
"Temporality and Vision of History,
1977
“Traditional Informal System of Education in
Pre-Colonial Ghana: An Introduction”, 1977
“The University of Khartoum and Cultural
Development in the Sudan”, 1977
“Was the Black African Ever a Pagan? If No – What
Was He?”, 1977
“What is Black Civilization?”, 1977
Correspondence, 1976
Dances, 1976-1977
Detailed Proposal, 1977-1980
Entry Form, 1976-1977 , undated
Exhibitions, 1976-1977
Guidelines for Consultations, undated
Meetings
Second Meeting of the International Festival Committee,
1973
Third Zonal Meeting, 1973
Fourth Meeting of the International Festival Committee,
1974
Fifth Meeting of the International Festival Committee,
1974
Fifth Zonal Meeting, 1974
Sixth Zonal Meeting, 1976
Eighth Meeting of the International Festival Committee,
1975-1976
Modern Dressing Forms, 1976
News, 1976-1977
Notes on Draft Agenda, 1973
Opening Remarks, 1977
Popular Dressing Forms, undated
Preliminary Report, 1973
Profiles, 1975
Report of Summary and Accounts, 1977
Staff, 1973
Supplementary Memorandum, undated
"Together For Peace" Conference, 1987
22nd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association
, 1979
World Conference of Mayors , 1981-1984
World
Crafts Council, 1979
Series:
Box 3
Correspondence
A, 1979-1981
B, 1941-1987
Bouey, 1955-1984
Brown, A.K., 1961-1985 , undated
C, 1958-1984
Calvin, Nimene, 1982
Carey, Robert D., 1966-1969
Cooper, Sandei, 1975-1981
D, 1948-1986
Davis, William R., Jr.,
1979-1980
Doe, Samuel K., 1980-1984
E, 1969-1986
F, 1972-1986
G, 1944-1986
Gbessey, Boima,
1969-1973
Gbewolo, Joe-Weiga, 1980
Gordon, John C., 1976-1977
Green/Moore, Tabitha, 1956-1981
H, 1955-1986
Holsoe,
Svend, 1970-1987
Humphrey,
Hubert , 1963
Hyman, Mark, 1982-1985
I, 1977-1987
J, 1955-1986
James, Edna E., 1980-1986
K, 1969-1986
L, 1958-1986
M, 1975-1986
McClain, Johnny A.,
1976-1977
Miscellaneous, 1958-1984 , undated
Moore (Tulay), Gillian Loba, 1977-1985
N, 1955-1987
Naigrow, Peter L.,
1984
O, 1984-1987
Ofri, Dorith,
1969-1987
P,1979-1981
R, 1943-1994
Richards, Vanjah R.,
1977-1981
S, 1956-1987
T, 1949-2001
Tolbert, William R., Jr.,
1973-1974
Townsend,
E. Reginald, 1967 , undated
Tubman, William V.S.,
1946-1971
Tulay, Frederick K.,
1966-1977
V, 1978-1986
W, 1973-2001
Wilson, Donald R., 1983-1986
Z, 1948-1987
Series:
Ethnographic Materials
Subseries:
Arts and Crafts
Archaeological Discoveries, 1966
Benin
Bronzes, undated
Bentol Weaving Center, 1978-1979 , undated
Liberian Handicrafts, 1969 , undated
Liberian Masks, 1977-1979 , undated
Miscellaneous, undated
"Negro Art in the Life of the People The Present:
Confrontation With the West", undated
“The Potters and the Painterss: Art By and About
Women in Urban Africa”, 1977
Technical Innovation in Popular African Art, 1977
Subseries:
Culture and History
Bomi Territory, undated
Cultural Charter, undated
General Reports on Liberia, undated
Geographic Names, 1955-1976
Guide to Monrovia, 1977 , undated
Hinterland Exploration and Reogranization,
undated
Historical Landmarks and Sites, 1981 , undated
Historical Sketches of Cape
Mount, undated
History of Maryland County ,
undated
"Liberia: The Land, Its Art, and Its People",
1975
Liberian Historical Review, 1964
"Life in Liberia", undated
Box 4
"Life in Liberia", undated
Miscellaneous, undated
"The Senkolo Story", 1982
"The Senkolo Story", 1982 , undated
"The Senkolo Story", undated
"The Senkolo Story"- Photographss, undated
William V.S. Tubman Center of African Culture – Lake Piso
Bulletins,
1967-1982 , undated
Subseries:
Daily Life
Agricultural Research Station, 1955-1956
Cookery, undated
Death and Burial Rites, undated
Discussion Group Questions, undated
Family structure, 1987 , undated
Farming, undated
Game Descriptions, undated
Health and Nutrition, 1972-1985 , undated
Liberian Hairstyles, undated
"Liberian Way of Cooking", undated
Marriage, undated
Miscellaneous, undated
Village Council Notes, 1953 , undated
Work Books/Coloring Books, 1976 , undated
Subseries:
Ethnic Groups and Languages
Bassa,
1966 , undated
Bassa, undated
Chiefdoms, 1965 , undated
Cultural Patterns in the Loma Tribe, undated
The Dan and Religion, undated
Death in Dan Culture, undated
Dei Miscellaneous, undated
“Dewoin People of Liberia”,
undated
“Dewoin People of Liberia”, Ch. 1-3,
undated
Gbandi, undated
Gola, undated
"Historical Sketch of the Dey Tribe as to Their Origin
and Peculiar Customs", undated
Krahn/Tchien, undated
Kru/Krao, 1969-1979 , undated
“Liberia’s Contribution to the Science of
Communication”,
1969
“Liberia’s Heritage of African Language”,
1974
Mandingo, undated
Traditional Cooperative Societies, undated
Translations, undated
Translations, undated
Box 5
Tribes of Liberia, 1967-1985 , undated
“The Tribes of the Western Province and the Denwoin
People”, undated
Vai
“Book of Ndole”, undated
Calendar Project, 1966-1987 , undated
Cassava-Leaf People, 1967
Education, 1979 , undated
Geometric Symbols, undated
“A Grammar of Vai”, 1976
Handwritten Notes, 1960-1980, undated
History, undated
Miscellaneous, undated
Names, undated
Notes/Letters, 1963-1986
"Problems of Vai Identity", undated
Reports, 1963-1976
Reports, undated
Script Hut Tax Receipts of Senkolo, 1950
"The Standard Vai Script", 1962 ,
undated
Vocabulary Project, 1967
Zola Duma Materials, 1927
"Work Cooperatives Among the De",
undated
Subseries:
Music and Dance
African Field Recordings, undated
Ballet, 1977
Catalogs of Music and Visual Arts, 1970-1973
Categories of Traditional Songs, 1969
Field Notes, 1965
2 folders
Field Notes – Handwritten, 1965 , undated
Indigenous Folk Music, undated
Kpelle Musical Events, undated
List of Folk Songs, undated
Musical Composition, undated
Box 6
“Musical Instruments of Liberia” , 1968
Names and Description of Drums, undated
Programs,
1969-1974 , undated
“Relationship Between Poetry and Music”,
undated
“Role of the Drum in Traditional African
Communities", undated
Theatre, 1967-1976 , undated
Subseries:
Oral History and Folktales
Folktales,
1973
Folktales, undated
12 folders
Folktales by Bai T. Moore,
1983 ,
undated
Glebo Tribe Traditional History and Folklore,
undated
Hinterland’s Mythology, undated
Kpelle Folktales, 1973
Box 7
"Liberian Folklore: A Source of Historical Information,
Wisdom and Entertainment", undated
Oral History Research Project, 1977 , undated
Oral Traditions of Liberian Tribes, undated
Proverbs of Liberia
, 1963-1984 , undated
Reports on Folklore, 1964-1978 , undated
Selection of Vai Poems and Folktales, 1974 , undated
Stories/Folktales Published, 1963-1971 , undated
Subseries:
Other African Material
African Culture and National Liberation, undated
Ethnographic Research Materials, undated
General African Superstitions and Beliefs,
undated
Miscellaneous, undated
Outline of Report on Africa, undated
Religion – Yoruba, undated
Somali Weather Lore, 1969
Subseries:
Poro and Sande
“Influence of Islam on Poro and Sande in Western
Liberia”, undated
Miscellaneous, 1983, undated
“Poro and Sande Among the Dewoin People of Liberia Example
of an Indigenous Educational System”, 1977
Poro and Sande – General, 1969 , undated
Poro and Sande Initiation, undated
Poro Report, undated
Poro Rules and Regulations, 1962
The Work of Gram Sevaks in the
Community Project Area, undated
Subseries:
Village Profiles
Chugbon, undated
Dekpeja, undated
Fuema, undated
Gbasa Koma, undated
Geeja, undated
Gola Valo, undated
Goyaja, undated
Jegbeja, undated
Jila, undated
Joniga, undated
Konojefolo, undated
Lakpasi, undated
Matai, undated
Njailoahuh, undated
Penija, undated
Structures & Types of Villages, undated
Tobema, undated
Village Sites, undated
Yokoja, undated
Series:
Government Agencies
Bureau of Folklore, Interior Department ,
undated
Bureau of
Natural Resources and Surveys, undated
Constitution, undated
Subseries:
Department of Agriculture
Dime Rabbit Project,1971-1981
Dime Rabbit Project, undated
Extension Training Centre, Agricultural Research Station,
1954 ,
undated
Mineral Resources in Liberia, undated
Research and Development, 1943-1972 , undated
Department
of the Interior, 1931-1968 , undated
Department of the Interior-Fragile, undated
Department of Planning and Economic Affairs, 1971-1985
Department
of Planning and Economic Affairs, undated
Embassy of the United States of America, 1976-1987
Executive Mansion, 1960-1991
Legislature-Annual Reports, 1972
Box 8
Legislature-Annual Reports, 1974-1976
Legislature-Annual Reports, 1978 , undated
Liberian Embassy, 1969-1986 , undated
Ministry of
Commerce, undated
Subseries:
Ministry of Education
“African Studies in Liberia”, undated
American Cooperative School, 1970
Armstrong High
School,
1983 , undated
Bendoo Industrial Mission, 1969 , undated
Booker
Washington Institute, 1973
Bright Functional School, 1976-1981
B.W. Harris Episcopal School, 1957-1982 , undated
Certificates, 1985
Cleveland Public Schools Broadcasting Scripts,
1957-1959 , undated
Cleveland Public Schools WBOE Radio Station,
1953-1959 , undated
College of West Africa, 1969-1987 , undated
"The Community School (It’s Scope and
Significance"), 1977
Correspondence, 1965-1985 , undated
Cuttington College, 1958-1981 , undated
Department of
Public Instruction , 1955
“Development of Unification in Liberia”,
1963
Educator Publications, 1965-1984
“Education in Liberia”, 1979
Evaluation and Planning, 1964-1976 , undated
Follett Educational Corporation, 1971
Guidance Institute, undated
Haywood Mission School, 1987
High School Publications, 1972 , undated
Hilton-Van Ee School, 1975 , undated
Kapeja School Plans, 1985-1986 , undated
Liberian Educational and Cultural Materials Research Project,
1970
The Liberian Fulbrighters’ Newsletters, 1983-1987 ,
undated
“The Liberian Junior High School Guidance
Series”, 1962
“Liberians at Work”, 1976
"Living in Liberia", undated
Mano River
Union, 1974-1977
Mano River
Union, 1978 , undated
Miscellaneous, 1955-1986 , undated
Miscellaneous Reports, 1953-1974
Miscellaneous Reports, 1977-1984
Miscellaneous Reports, undated
National Fundamental Education Project, 1957 ,
undated
Programs, 1973-1984
Radio and TV Class Materials, 1958
Richmond High School, 1981-1984
St. Patrick’s High School, 1982-1986
Saint Paul’s College, 1978
Box 9
Speeches, 1957-1986
Teacher’s Plan Book, 1984
Virginia
Union University
“Record”, 1979
Walter F. Walker School, 1974 , undated
Webbo Fundamental
Education Project Reconnaissance Reports, 1955
William V.S. Tubman High School, 1970-1976
Ministry of Finance, 1975-1986 , undated
Subseries:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, 1948-1984
Certification of Incorporation of Yamba Development
Corporation, 1975
Foreign Publications, 1957-1977
Foreign Publications, 1979-1987 , undated
Foreign Relations, 1966-1985
"Index to Diplomatic Dispatches from Liberia:
1852-1906", undated
Miscellaneous, 1975-1985 , undated
1984
U. S.
Campaign, 1984
U.S.
Trade Mission, 1979
Subseries:
Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
Administrative Information, 1983 , undated
Annual Reports, 1976-1983
Broadcasting
"Communications Media in Tropical Africa"
, 1962
Legends and Songs of Liberia, 1964-1965 ,
undated
Legends and Songs of Liberia transcripts,
1963-1965
Legends and Songs of Liberia transcripts,
1966-1968
Legends and Songs of Liberia transcripts,
undated
Liberian
Rural Communications Network, 1985
Miscellaneous, undated
Budget/Finance, 1961-1983 , undated
Calendars, 1981-1985
Correspondence
A-H, 1973-1987 , undated
I-O, 1965-
1992 , undated
P-Z,
1968-1986 , undated
"Facts About Liberia", 1971
Four Year Plan for the Information Wing, 1973-1974
Four Year Plan for the Information Wing, undated
Liberia News Agency, 1979-1985 , undated
Box 10
The Liberia Official Gazette, 1969-2004
Liberian Information
Service, 1958-1965 , undated
Miscellaneous, 1983-1987
National Cultural Troupe, 1966-1981 , undated
National Cultural Troupe Programs, 1966-1979
National Cultural Troupe Programs, 1980-1981 ,
undated
National Redemption Day, 1979-1985
National Redemption Day, undated
Notes, 1963-1981 ,
undated
Press Releases, 1979-1984 , undated
Press Service, 1975-1976
Proposals, 1964-1980
Proposals, undated
Publications, 1969-1978
Publications, 1980-1982 , undated
Reports, 1966
Reports, 1967
Reports, 1968-1974
Reports, 1975-1981
Box 11
Reports, 1983-1985
Reports, undated
Reports, undated
Speeches, 1966-1970 , undated
Ministry of
Justice, 1958-1985 , undated
Ministry of
Justice -Investigation, 1973
Ministry of Land and Mines, 1975-1985 , undated
Ministry of Local Government, 1979-1982 , undated
Ministry of National Defense, 1981-1987 ,
undated
Ministry of Public Works, 1976-1984
Miscellaneous, 1963-1985 , undated
Miscellaneous Government Reports, 1979-1983 , undated
National Assembly, 1984-1985 , undated
People’s Redemption
Council, 1980-1984
People’s Redemption
Council, undated
Press and Publications Bureau, undated
Progressive People’s Party, 1979-1980
Proposed Liberian Government Organization Manual,
undated
Senate, undated
Supreme
Court, 1975-1977
True Whig Party, 1953-1979
Subseries:
University of
Liberia
College of Business and Public Administration,
undated
Correspondence, 1958-1987
“The Haywood Struggling Kids”, undated
Institute of African Studies, 1958-1967 , undated
Institute of African Studies Seminar Report, 1974
Miscellaneous, undated
National Curriculum Review Project, 1972
Native Medicine Project, undated
Protocol for Commencement Convocation, 1978-1981
Publications, 1958-1985
Seminars, 1976 , undated
“A Short History of Libraries in Liberia”,
1973
Speeches, 1969-1981
“Statistics of Education in Liberia”,
1970
Student Papers, 1980 , undated
The University Spokesman, 1978-1980 , undated
William V.S. Tubman Teachers College, 1967 , undated
Series:
Box 12
Organizations
African Cultural Institute , 1977
African
Studies Association,
1969-1979
Agribusiness Council, Inc., 1976-1980 , undated
BAMCO, 1973-1984 ,
undated
Bassa Vah Association, 1966
Bench Kailondo Social and Athletic Club, 2001 , undated
Boy Scouts, 1984 undated
Brochures, 1966-1983
By Laws, 1964 , undated
Cassell and Collier MacMillan Publishers, 1976
Century, Incorporated, 1979
Concerned Youths of Liberia, 1991
Concerned Youths of Liberia, 1992 , undated
District Trust Corporation, 1981 , undated
Economic
Community of West African States , 1982
Harlem Urban
Development Corporation , undated
Horst Erdmann Verlag and Co., 1968-1970
Institute for International Relations, 1985
Liberia Data and Research Services, Inc., undated
Liberian Development
Corporation , 1977
Liberia Finance and Trust Corporation, 1977-1979
Liberia Finance and Trust Corporation, 1980-1981 ,
undated
Liberian
Institute of Public Administration, 1974
Liberian-Ivory Coast Corporation, 1971-1983
Liberian Studies Association , 1975-1983
Meeting Minutes, 1970-1985 , undated
Miscellaneous, 1958-1983
Miscellaneous, undated
Miss World University Contest, 1986 , undated
Subseries:
Organization of African Unity
Conference Materials, 1969-1979
Cultural Charter for Africa, 1975
Poems, 1979 , undated
Reports, 1969-1978 , undated
Speeches, Addresses and Plays, 1969-1979 , undated
Peace Corps, 1970-1982 , undated
Polypeptides, Inc., undated
River Cess People Organization, 1979-1980
Subseries:
Society of
Liberian Authors
Anthology of Liberian Literature, 1968-1977
Correspondence, 1974-1987
KAAFA Bulletins,
1971
KAAFA Bulletins, 1972
Box 13
KAAFA Bulletins, 1973-1976 , undated
KAAFA Poems, 1977
Minutes and Meetings, 1975-1977 , undated
Miscellaneous, 1975-1988 , undated
"Problems Faced by Indigenous Writers", 1984
"The Role of Libraries in the School System",
undated
United
Nations,196801981 , undated
Subseries:
UNESCO
Bureau of Fundamental
Education
Examinations, 1957 , undated
Forms and Reports, 1953-1955 , undated
Plan of the National Center of Fundamental Education,
1954
Program and Budget, 1956-1958
Statement of Accounts, 1953
Surveys, undated
Teachers Institute Training, 1954-1958 , undated
Correspondence, 1951-1983
Meeting, Agendas and Minutes, 1968/1983 , undated
"Meeting of Experts" Report, 1974-1983
Miscellaneous, 1983 undated
Oral History Research Project, 1977 , undated
Programs, 1974
Publications, 1952-1983 , undated
Reports, 1956-1977
Reports, 1981-1984 , undated
Training Manuals, 1954
Training Manuals, 1955
U.S. Agencies, 1975-1981 , undated
United States Educational and Cultural Foundation in Liberia
, 1973-1986
U.S. Firms Operating in Liberia, 1983
United States Information
Agency , 1952-1986 , undated
West Atlantic Technology, 2004
Women's Organizations, undated
Yamba Development Corporation, 1972-1976 , undated
Youth Organizations, 1976-1987 , undated
Series:
Personal Materials
Church Programs, 1981-2005
CVs and Resumes
Family Certificates, 1965-1984 , undated
Funeral Programs A-F, 1970-2002
Funeral Programs G-L, 1977-2004
Funeral Programs M-Z, 1982-2005
Box 14
Greeting Cards, 1972-1983
Guest list for Bai T. Moore’s
Funeral,
1988
oversized
Home Layout, 1981 , undated
Information on Bai T. Moore,
1976 ,
undated
Invitations, 1959-2002 , undated
Legal, 1954-1987 , undated
Life Insurance, 1976-1980
Miscellaneous, 1972-1993 , undated
Subseries:
Receipts
Education Receipts, 1969-1984 , undated
Electric Bills, 1962-1979
Electric Bills, 1980-1987 , undated
Housing Rent Receipts, 1974-1987 , undated
Insurance Receipts, 1976-1989
Medical Receipts, 1970-1982 , undated
Motor Vehicle Records and Receipts, 1970-1987
Paycheck Stubs,
1979-1985
Tax Receipts, 1971-1987 , undated
Telecommunication Bills, 1972-1980
Water and Sewer Bills, 1965-1986
Subseries:
School Work
Bai T. Moore, Jr., 1973-1984
2 folders
Butch Moore, 1982 , undated
Jackie Moore, 1977-1981
Moore Family and Miscellaneous, 1978-1981 , undated
Tito Moore, 1977-1989, undated
2 folders
Wedding Programs, 1979-1987
Series:
Photographs
Bai
T. Moore's Funeral, 1988
Photographs, undated
5 folders
Box 15
Photographs, undated
4 folders
Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and
Culture Album, 1973
Series:
Subject Files
Albert
Porte Reports, 1978
"The April 14 Crisis in Liberia", 1979 1979
Articles and Advertisements, 1973-1984 , undated
Bibliographies, 1983 , undated
Diamond Mining, 1977-1985 , undated
“Don Wilson’s African Journal”, 1979
“Following the Trail of B.K. Anderson”, 1974
Foreign Countries, 1969-1986 , undated
Handbook for Delmarva Archaeology, 1971
Handwritten Notes, 1967-1982 , undated
4 folders
Itineraries, 1969-1983 , undated
Liberia-Israeli
Relations, 1961-1987
Lists of People, 1978 , undated
Literature, 1977-2003 , undated
Magazines and Newspapers, 1967-1977
Box 16
Magazines and Newspapers, 1981-1987 , undated
2 folders
“Manifesto for a New Liberia”, 1974
Map of Lofa-Gola Chiefdom, 1956
Miscellaneous, 1940-2003 , undated
2 folders
Music Pamphlets,
1973/1983
News Clippings, 1962-1986 , undated
3 folders
1969 Poetry Calendar,
1968
Notes/Drafts, undated
Palm Magazine, 1967-1968
Pamphlets, 1964-1997
Subseries:
Presidents
Doe, Samuel, 1970-1985 , undated
Roberts, Joseph Jenkins, Last Will and Testament
(copy), 1980
Tolbert, William, 1975-1978 , undated
Tubman,
William, undated
Programs, 1975-1984
Subseries:
Receipts
Bentol Weaving Center Receipts, 1977-1979 , undated
Book Receipts, 1970-1986 , undated
Liberian National Dance Company Receipts, 1966
Miscellaneous, 1950-1987, undated
4 folders
Senkolo House Project Receipts, 1970-1977 , undated
Religion, 1978
, undated
Religious Publications, 1967-2004 , undated
Resumes, CVs and Bios, 1975-1985 , undated
Sheet Music and Lyrics, 1982 , undated
Speeches, 1919-1979 ,
undated
Series:
Writings
Subseries:
Manuscripts
Box 17
A Journey through the Lands of Ancient History:
Samarkand, undated
Bartwe, undated
Chips from the African Story Tree, undated
Clean Sweep, undated
Dolu, undated
Ebony Dust, undated
Godchild, undated
6 folders
Magnificent Fraud, undated
Modern West African Short Stories from
Liberia, 1977 , undated
Money Doubler, 1985 , undated
Monkey Work Baboon Draw, 1984 ,
undated
Monkey Work Baboon Draw, undated
2 folders
Murder in the Cassava Patch,
undated
2 folders
Murder in the Cassava Patch Correspondence,
1968-1978
The Outside One, undated
Sankawulo, undated
Stranger Sons, undated
2 folders
Box 18
Stranger Sons, undated
2 folders
Subseries:
Plays
Come Spring Time, undated
The Constitutional Convention of 1847, undated
Cornered, undated
The Landing of the Pioneers, undated
Snake Woman, undated
That I May Lead Them Well, 1969
The Woman With The Black Snake, 1969
The Woman With The Black Snake,
undated
Zolu Duma, undated
Subseries:
Poetry
Anthology of Detroit Poets, 1968
Collection of Poems (not BTM), 1965-1985 ,
undated
Collections of Poems (not BTM ),
undated
2 folders
"Descriptive Phrases in Prose and Poetry",
undated
Echoes from the Valley, undated
Essays on Liberian Poetry, undated
Leaves from Love’s Garden, 1976
Miscellaneous, undated
Poems A-F, undated
Poems G-J, undated
Poems L-R, undated
Poems S-T, undated
Box 19
Poems W-Z, untitled, undated
Publications, 1973 , undated
The Seeds of Time, 1971
"Selection of Vai Poems", 1974
Titles of Poems, undated
Miscellaneous, undated
8 folders
Series:
Published Works
Subseries:
Box 20
By Bai T. Moore
Johnson,
J. and Moore, B. T.
(1967 or
1968 ).
Chips from the African story
tree
. Accra: New Outlook
Press.
11 copies
Moore, B.
T. (1962 ).
Ebony
dust
.
------. (1976 ).
Ebony dust (reprint).
Monrovia: Ducor Publishing
House.
3 copies
------. (1976 ).
The money
doubler
.
Lagos, Nigeria:
Unicom Books Limited
.
------. (1968 ).
Murder in the
cassava patch
.
Holland:
N.V. Drukkerij Bosch.
------. (1976 ).
Murder in the
cassava patch
(reprint). Monrovia: Ducor Publishing
House.
------. (1974 ).
Voices from
grass roots
.
Liberia:
MICAT.
28 copies
Moore, J. (1937 ).
Gollah boy in America.
Richmond,
VA: Quality Printing Co.
5 copies
Subseries:
Other Liberian and African Writings
Box 21
A. &
A. Enterprises. ( 1970-1971 ).
Directory with who’s who in
Liberia
.
Monrovia,
Liberia: A. & A. Enterprises
Incorporated.
Abrahams, R. D. ( 1983 ).
African folktales: Traditional Stories of the black
world
. New York:
Pantheon Books.
Allen, C. W. (1983 ).
An obituary for Hawa Barchue: A novel.
Monrovia, Liberia:
Central Printing.
Asante,
B. , ed. (1987 ).
The growth of
social security in Liberia
. London:
Pan-African Communications Services,
PACS.
Booker Washington Agricultural and Industrial
Institute. (
1965 ).
Bowaii: The 1965
yearbook.
Kakata,
Liberia: Booker Washington
Agricultural and Industrial
Institute.
Department of Information and Cultural Affaris
(1970 ). Liberia 1970. A Pictorial
Record.
Dorliae,
P. G. (1970 ).
Animals mourn
for da leopard and other West African tales
.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill
Company, Inc.
2 copies
Dunn, D. E.
(1979 ).
The foreign
policy of Liberia during the Tubman era
1944-1971.
London: Hutchinson
Benham.
Guannu, J. S., ed. (1980 ).
The inaugural addresses of the presidents of Liberia: From
Joseph Jenkins Roberts to William Richard Tolbert, Jr.,
1848-1976
.
Hicksville,
NY: Exposition
Press.
Guerry,
V. with Hodges, N., trans.
( 1975 ).
Life with the Baoulé
. Washington: Three
Continents Press.
Henries, A. D. B (1980 ).
Civics for Liberian schools (reprint).
New York: Collier-Macmillan
International.
Hobley, J. M. ( 1970 ).
Dè-wùd̳ù d̳ìè : Dè-wùd̳ù d̳ìè b̳é o̳ nì
Gèd̳èpó̳ò̳ kè nyo̳ò̳n-dyù pú̃a ke̳.
Monrovia: Bible Society in
Liberia.
Information
Department. ( 1971 ).
Midwestern
Nigeria at a glance
. Benin City,
Nigeria: Information
Department.
Karlee,
V. (1932 ).
Love in ebony:
A West African romance.
London: John
Murray.
LOTUS: Afro-Asian Writings,
26(4), October-December 1975 .
The Liberian yearbook for 1962.
Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs, and
Tourism. (
1979 ).
Background to
Liberia
.
Monrovia,
Liberia: Ministry of Information,
Cultural Affairs, and
Tourism.
Moked,
G., ed.
NOW: 4 Hebrew
writers
. Jerusalem:
“Ah’shav” Publishers.
Box 22
Nichols, L., ed. (1981 ).
Conversations with African writers
.
Washington: Voice
of America.
Nwankwo, A.
A. (1972 ) .
Nigeria: The
challenges of Biafra
.
London: Rex
Collings.
Palomar Community College. ( 1975 ).
Building a native American educational
satellite center
. San Marcos,
CA: Palomar Community
College.
Sankawulo, W. (1974 ) .
The marriage of wisdom and other tales from Liberia
. Paris :
Heinemann Educational
Books.
Sankawulo, W., Barrows, L. C.,
and Cristea, I. ( 2004 ).
Preface and reader’s introduction to Great tales of
Liberia: as told by Wilton Sankawulo
.
Sibiu, Romania: Editura
Universității "Lucian Blaga" din
Sibiu.
Schulze , Willi. (1973 ).
A new geography of Liberia
.
London: Longman Group
Limited.
Smith, M. C. ( 1971 ).
A few words.
Baltimore,
Maryland: Aframa
Press.
Smith, R. A. (1969 ).
We are obligated: An interpretive analysis of twenty-five
years of progressive leadership
.
Hamburg: Hanseatische
Druckanstalt.
------. (1967 ).
William V. S.
Tubman
(2nd ed.) Amsterdam: Van
Ditmar.
Townsend, E. R., ed. and Jones, A.
B., asst. (
1968 ).
The official
papers of William V. S. Tubman, president of the Republic of
Liberia: Covering addresses, messages, speeches and
statements 1960-1967.
Monrovia, Liberia: Department of
Information and Cultural
Affairs.
Unesco.
(1981 ).
African languages: Proceedings
of the meeting of experts on the transcription and
harmonization of African languages, Niamey (Niger), 17-21
July 1978
.
Paris:
Unesco.
Von
Gnielinski, S. (1972 ).
Liberia in maps.
London: University of London
Press.