The archives of the historian Dr Jean Herskovits have recently been deposited at the Herskovits Library of African Studies. Jean was the daughter of Melville J. Herskovits and Francis S. Herskovits. She was awarded a PhD in African History from Oxford University in the 1960’s. Her country of interest was Nigeria, a country to which she returned to quite often throughout her life. Dr Herskovits taught at a number of institutions in the United States, at Brown, Swarthmore, the City College of New York, the State University of New York at Purchase. Her papers reflect her research and writings on causes related to Africa in general and Nigeria in particular. Books from her library published in Nigeria will strengthen the collections of the Herskovits Library. This archive will be processed in the coming years.
It has also been possible to strengthen our collection of materials on Cameroon at the Herskovits with items from the personal library of Dr Virginia Delancy. A retired, long-standing member of the Program of African Studies, Virginia and her family spent a considerable amount of time living in and doing research on Cameroon.