Register of the Gann-Duignan Papers, 1911-1998

Prepared by Grace M. Hawes
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Register of the Gann-Duignan Papers, 1911-1998

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

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  • Hoover Institution Archives
  • Stanford University
  • Stanford, California 94305-6010
  • Phone: (650) 723-3563
  • Fax: (650) 725-3445
  • Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
Prepared by:
Grace M. Hawes
Date Completed:
1987
© 1999 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Gann-Duignan Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1911-1998
Collection number: 72101
Creator: Gann, Lewis H., 1924-

Duignan, Peter
Collection Size: 98 manuscript boxes, 11 card file boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope. (46.8 linear feet)
Repository: Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Drafts and galleys of books by L. H. Gann and Peter Duignan, and related correspondence, photographs, and research materials, relating to colonialism in Africa, the history of Northern and Southern Rhodesia (Zambia and Zimbabwe), the Rhodesian administrator Godfrey Huggins, aspects of the history of other African countries, the history of Hispanics in the United States, and the post-World War II Atlantic community.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language: English.

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Access Points

Huggins, Godfrey Martin, Viscount Malvern, 1883-1971.
Colonies in Africa.
Africa.
Africa--History.
Rhodesia.
Rhodesia--Politics and government.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland--Politics and government.
Zambia.
Zambia--Politics and government.
Zimbabwe.
Hispanic Americans--History.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations--Europe.
Europe--Foreign relations--United States.
Europe.

Biographical Note

Lewis H. Gann

1924, January 26 Born, Mainz, Germany
1944-1947 Served in British Army (Royal Fusiliers)
1950-1952 Research Officer at the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Northern Rhodesia (now Institute for Social Research at the University of Zambia)
1952-1954 Assistant Lecturer, University of Manchester, England
1954-1963 Archivist and editor, National Archives of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1964 Doctorate in modern history, Oxford University
1964- Research Associate, later Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Peter Duignan

1926, August 6 San Francisco, California
1951 B.S., University of San Francisco
1960 Ph.D., Stanford University
1955-1957

1959-1960
Instructor, Western Civilization, Stanford University
1959 Member, Staff, Hoover Institution
1966- Curator, African Collection, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; later Curator, African and Middle East Collections, Senior Fellow

Container List

 

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1982

Box 1

"The Gann-Duignan Interpretation of History: Milieu; Method; Meaning". Unpublished essay by Robert Deutsch, typescript. Later published in Historische Zeitschrift, 1982

Box 79

Employment records of L. Gann & P. Duignan

 

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1911-1986

Box 1

Huggins of Rhodesia - The Man and His Country. by L.H. Gann and M. Gelfand, 1964. Interviews with Lord Malvern (formerly Sir Godfrey Huggins). Interviews with Sir Roy Welensky for the above book. Unpublished documents on the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Box 1-2

A History of Northern Rhodesia: Early Days to 1953. by Lewis H. Gann, 1964. Original version. (The author was granted access to official United Kingdom and Rhodesian sources which were closed at the time, and to which no source references could be given in the author's published study. The typescript contains the full citations).

Box 3

Colonialism in Africa, 1870-1960, 1969-1975, by Peter Duignan and Lewis H. Gann

 

Correspondence

Box 4

Correspondence

 

Volume I

 

General

 

Progress reports

 

Regrets

 

Front matter and maps

 

Preface

 

Introduction

 

Index

 

Chapter 1. "African Society at the Time of the Scramble," by Elizabeth Colson

 

Chapter 2. "Trade and Authority in West Africa, 1850-1880," by Colin Newbury

 

"French Exploration and Conquest in Tropical Africa, 1865 to 1898," by Henri Brunschwig

Box 5

Chapter 3. "Reflections on Imperialism and the Scramble for Africa," by Lewis H. Gann and Peter Duignan

 

"West African States and the European Conquest," by John D. Hargreaves

 

Chapter 5. "French Colonization in Africa to 1920: Administration and Economic Development," by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch

 

Chapter 6. "West African States and the Europan Conquest," by John D. Hargreaves

 

Chapter 7. "Nigeria: The Colonial Experience, 1880-1914," by John E. Flint

Box 6

Chapter 9. "African Reactions to the Imposition of Colonial Rule in East and Central Africa," by T.O. Ranger

 

"The Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo Before 1914," by Jean Stengers

 

Chapter 10. "The British Imperial Factor in South Africa, 1870 to 1910," by D.W. Kruger

 

Chapter 11. "Uneconomic Imperialism: Portugal in Africa Before 1910," by Richard J. Hammond

 

Chapter 12. "The Germans in Africa Before 1918," by Robert Cornevin

 

Chapter 13. "Imperialism and Expansion in Ethiopia, 1865 to 1900," by Harold G. Marcus

 

Chapter 14. "Missionary and Humanitarian Aspects of Imperialism, 1870-1914," by C.P. Groves

 

Chapter 15. "Colonialism: An Episode in African History," by J.F. Ajayi

Box 7

Volume II

 

Introduction

 

Preface

 

"Missionary and Humanitarian Interests, 1914-1960," by C.G. Baeta

 

"Decolonization in Africa", by Crawford Young

 

"The Colonial Era: Conquest to Independence," by A. Adu Boahen

Box 8

"The Colonial Era in Africa: Changes in the Social Structure," by Immanuel Wallerstein

 

"British Policy and Representative Government in West Africa, 1920 to 1951," by K.W.J. Post

 

"British Settlers North of the Zambezi, 1920 to 1960," by George Bennett

 

"Changing Patterns of a White Elite: Rhodesian and Other Settlers," by Lewis H. Gann and Peter Duignan

 

Chapter 4. "Portuguese Africa, 1930 to 1960," by James Duffy

 

Chapter 5. "Belgian Rule in the Congo and the Aspirations of the 'Evolue' Class," by Roger Anstey

Box 9

"Finance in Black Africa and Madagascar Between 1920 and 1945," by Hubert Deschamps

 

Chapter 7. "French Colonial Policy in Black Africa, 1945 to 1960," by Robert L. Delavignette

 

"Military and Police Forces in Colonial Africa", by William F. Gutteridge

 

Chapter 9. "The White Chiefs of Tropical Africa," by Michael Crowder

Box 10

Epilogue

 

Volume III

 

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1964-1969

 

Introduction

 

"Some Effects of Colonial Rule Among the Lugbara," by John Middleton

 

"Censorship in Sine-Saloum (Senegal), 1871-1914," by Martin A. Klein

 

"From Empire to Colony: Bornu in the 19th and 20th Centuries," by Ronald Cohen

 

"Tribalism, Ruralism and Urbanism in South and Central Africa," by Max Gluckman

 

"New Elites in East and West Africa," by Lucy Mair

 

"The Impact of the Colonial Period on the Definition of Land Rights," by Elizabeth Colson

 

"The Impact of Imperialism Upon Urban Development in Africa," by Aidan Southall

 

"Urbanization and the Colour Line in Africa," by Michael Banton

Box 11

"Colour, Categories and Colonialism: The Swazi Case," by Hilda Kuper

 

"Missionary Stimulus and African Responses," by F.B. Welbourn

 

"The Ngoni and Western Education," by Margaret Read

 

"Politics and Modern Leadership Roles in Ugogo," by Peter Rigby

Box 12

Volume IV

 

Galley proofs with corrections

 

Uncorrected duplicate

Box 13

Contributors. Correspondence, maps, drafts, appendices, 1971-1974

 

Bauer, Peter

 

Dotson, Floyd

 

Gann, Lewis

 

Gutkind, Peter

 

Hammond, Richard

 

Hogendorn, Jan

 

Katzenellenbogen, S.E.

 

Kilby, Peter

 

Lloyd, P.C.

 

Meier, Gerald

 

Newbury, Colin

 

Pedler, Frederick

 

Peemans, Jean-Philippe

 

Van Zwanenburg, Roger

 

Wilson, Charles

 

Yudelman, Montague

Box 14

Business

 

Contents

 

Preliminaries

 

Outlines

 

African (Pan) - Negritude

 

General (2)

 

Correspondence relating to non-contributors

 

Flow chart

 

Readers

Box 15

Miscellaneous

 

Peemans, Frederick

 

Papers

 

Style guide

 

Rejects

 

Discards

 

Introduction materials

Box 16

African economics

 

Bibliographical guide - correspondence

Box 17-18

Volume V

 

Galley proofs with corrections

Box 19

African Proconsuls: European Governors in Africa, edited by Lewis H. Gann and Peter Duignan, 1978. Draft.

Box 20

The Rulers of British Africa, 1870-1914, by Peter Duignan and Lewis H. Gann, 1978. Draft

Box 21

South West Africa - Namibia, by Peter Duignan and Lewis H. Gann (pamphlet), 1978

Box 22

The Rulers of Belgian Africa, 1884-1914, by Lewis H. Gann and Peter Duignan, 1979. Draft and galleys

Box 23

Africa South of the Sahara: The Challenge to Western Security by Lewis H. Gann and Peter Duignan, 1981. Typescript and galleys

Box 24

The Middle East and North Africa: The Challenge to Western Security by Peter Duignan and Lewis H. Gann, 1981

 

Galleys

Box 25-26

Galleys and typescript

Box 27

Why South Africa Will Survive: A Historical Analysis by Lewis H. Gann and Peter Duignan, 1981

Box 28-30

The U.S. and Africa by Peter Duignan and Lewis H. Gann, 1984. Typescript

Box 31-35, 75-77

Hispanics in the U.S. by Peter Duignan and Lewis H. Gann, 1986. Typescript, research material, and readers' comments

 

Research materials for writings. Bibliographies, clippings, printed materials, notes, drafts, photographs, maps, charts used by Lewis Gann and Peter Duignan for research.

Box 36-37

African bibliography card file

Box 38

Angolan and miscellaneous bibliography card file

Box 39-42

Portuguese bibliography card file

Box 42-43

Miscellaneous bibliography card file

Box 44-46

Index cards

Box 47-51

Miscellaneous materials including typescript drafts, galleys, notes, correspondence, studies, clippings, and printed matter, used by Peter Duignan, Lewis Gann and Robert H. Jackson, 1911-1984

Box 52-53

Maps, drawings, and photographs used in books by Peter Duignan and Lewis Gann

Box 79

"War and Society = Preliterate Man," 1982

 

SUBJECT FILE, 1884-1974

Box 54

Belgian Africa

Box 55, 78

British Africa

Box 56

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1953-1956

Box 57-60

French Africa

Box 61, 74

German Africa

Box 62

German Africa, 1884-1914

Box 63

German and Portuguese Africa

 

Northern Rhodesia

Box 64-66

1890-1914

Box 67-68

1924-1953

Box 68

Nyasaland, 1890-1914

 

Rhodesia. "Drop 'Reformist Intervention' in Rhodesia," Dean Acheson. Reprint from The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., 22 December 1968

Box 78, 79

South Africa

 

Southern Rhodesia

 

Administrative histories of key government departments

Box 69

1890-1914

Box 70-71

1924-1953

Box 72-73

Notes on visit, 1971, and miscellaneous materials

Box 75-79

United States

 

OVERSIZE

Box 74

Maps used in publications of Lewis Gann and Peter Duignan

 

Duignan:

 

Africa south of the Sahara

 

North Africa and the Middle East