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Title: George D. Jenkins papers
Date (inclusive): 1893-2016
Collection Number: 69015
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English and Yoruba
Physical Description:
39 manuscript boxes, 4 card file boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 23 microfilm reels
(23.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, notes, correspondence, minutes of meetings, ordinances, reports, pamphlets, clippings, other printed matter, and
data cards relating to political, economic, cultural, and social affairs in Nigeria, in general, and Ibadan and the Yoruba,
in particular. Includes drafts of a book,
The Price of Liberty, by Kenneth W. J. Post and George D. Jenkins.
Creator:
Post, Ken, 1935-
Creator:
Jenkins, George D.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were initially acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1969, with increments received in 2011,
2015, and 2017.
[Identification of item], George D. Jenkins papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
George D. Jenkins, an American political scientist, was born in Wyoming in 1934. After receiving his B.A. from Whittier College
in California, he went to Berlin as a social worker. He served in a refugee camp for two years, which led to a year at the
Otto Suhr Institut (Hochschule fuer Politik) at the Free University of Berlin, with a German Academic Exchange Fellowship
in 1958 and 1959.
Jenkins lived in Ibadan, Nigeria from August 1962 to August 1963 and conducted research on colonial politics at the Nigerian
Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER). During his stay in Ibadan, he conducted interviews with various well-known
Nigerian politicians, including Akinpelu Obisesan, Bishop Akinyele, his brother the Olubadan, and the daughter of Adegoke
Adelabu.
In 1965, Jenkins received his Ph. D. in Political Science from Northwestern University. He taught political science at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and
Stanford University (1964-1970). He was also the founder and co-editor of
African Urban Notes (1966-1968).
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of George D. Jenkins include speeches and writings, correspondence, the original draft of a book,
The Price of Liberty, written by Jenkins with Kenneth W. J. Post, ordinances, and biographies of various individuals who were involved in the
de-colonization process of Nigeria, a literal who's who of Nigeria politics of the 1960s.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ibadan (Nigeria) -- Politics and government
Nigeria -- Politics and government
Adelabu, Adegoke, 1915-1958