Jellicoe, Marguerite K

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0102 PP MS 57
Held at	: School of Oriental and African Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html ›
Full title	: Jellicoe, Marguerite K
Date(s)	: Created 1950s-1986
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 10 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Jellicoe | Marguerite K | d 1994 | ethnologist and anthropologist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Marguerite K Jellicoe had a varied career in East Africa, during which time she worked as a Community Development Officer in the Singida District of Central Tanzania (c1962). She was later attached to the Makere University College, Kampala, Uganda, where she completed her PhD. Marguerite Jellicoe later worked for the United Nations in Zambia; and then returned to Britain to carry out her writing. She repeatedly paid visits to the Singida region, concentrating on the villages of Ihanja and Ikungi where she carried out a detailed study of the life of the local people, chronicling a community in transition, particularly the Rimi/Nyaturu.

Marguerite Jellicoe published The Long Path: a case study of social change in Wahi, Singida District, Tanzania (Nairobi, East African Publishing House, 1978). She died in May 1994.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1950s-1986, of Marguerite Jellicoe, relating to her work in the Singida District of Tanzania, including research material forming the basis for her book The Long Path. The notes and transcripts of tapes give an insight into the Rimi/Nyaturu tribe before it became integrated into mainstream life. Topics such as spiritual life, diet, medical knowledge, customs and beliefs are covered.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Transcriptions of tapes in local dialects (with some Swahili) and English translations.

System of arrangement:

The material has been kept in its original order from the depositor.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated in 1995.

Allied Materials

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Date(s) of descriptions:
16 May 2000