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Local politics and economic change in an East Indian rice farming village (Guyana) : research materials

Series consists of records created and accumulated by Silverman primarily between 1969 and 1970, when she conducted field research in Bush Lot, Guyana, for her PhD thesis entitled “Resource change and village factionalism in an East Indian community, Guyana”. The results of this research were also published in her book, Rich people and rice: factional politics in rural Guyana, 1900-1970. This ethnographic and historical research examined local-level politics and the effect of economic resources on politics in Bush Lot, an East Indian rice-farming community on the coast of Guyana. These records document Silverman’s approach to research, which included casual conversation, participant observation, attendance at political events, formal interviews, primary source research and household surveys, and her process of aggregating the resulting data, as well as providing a comprehensive history of the village of Bush Lot and its inhabitants in the early- to mid-20th century. The records in this series are notes, copies of village council minutes and letter books, court documents, surveys and household questionnaires, government reports, census records, audio recordings, interview transcripts and notes, card indices and computer printouts, research reports, maps of Bush Lot and greater Guyana, correspondence, and a copy of Silverman’s PhD dissertation.

Marilyn Silverman fonds

  • F0672
  • Fonds
  • 1936-1979

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Marilyn Silverman pertaining to her field research in socio-cultural anthropology. The records in this fonds document in particular her research in Guyana for her MA thesis (1966) and her PhD thesis (1969-1970), as well as a research project on banana production in Ecuador (1978). These records include correspondence, field notes and reports, questionnaires, card indices, interview notes and transcripts, government reports and statistics, police reports, data and work sheets, audio recordings, photographs and maps.

Silverman, Marilyn

Maps

File consists of maps and plans pertaining to the layout of Bush Lot, adjacent villages and regions, and Guyana as a whole.

Deviancy and peer groups in a mining enclave (Guyana) : research materials

Series consists of records created and accumulated by Silverman in Guyana in 1966 while working on her MA thesis, entitled “Deviance and conformity in a Caribbean mining town”, which explored male juvenile delinquency in the bauxite mining town of Mackenzie (now Linden). These records document Silverman’s research methods and the aggregation of data acquired. Records include police and probation records, field and interview notes, reports, completed questionnaires, card indices, crime and employment statistics, an aerial photograph of Mackenzie, a research proposal, copies of Silverman’s completed thesis, and audio recordings of interviews.

Producers : by sectors : 1961

Item is a published register of banana producers in Ecuador in 1961, organized by producer surname and detailing the name of the farm and amount of land farmed.

Banana production and economic differentiation in coastal Ecuador : research materials

Series consists of records created and accumulated by Silverman as a result of field research conducted in Ecuador in 1978, part of her first sabbatical project as a professor at York University, to investigate class formation and economic differentiation amongst banana producers in coastal Ecuador. These records document the early stages of a long-term research project and provide a broad overview of production in Ecuador’s banana export sector in the 1960s and 1970s. These records are primarily government documents and Silverman’s field notes, worksheets and coding forms. Included are Ministry of Agriculture statistics about banana producers, including their names, locations, hectarages and quantity of exports, as well as agricultural census materials from 1954, 1968 and 1976, a list of banana co-operatives in Ecuador, and correspondence and other documents pertaining to the Coop Paraiso banana co-operative.

Criminal law and procedure

File consists of a copy of Marston Garsia's book, Criminal law and procedure, published in 1961, as well as part of a handwritten letter by Silverman requesting access to personnel information about young people employed at DEMBA.

Crime statistics : police

File consists of charts composed of statistical summaries of crimes, both summary and indictable, recorded by the Mackenzie and Wismar police stations in British Guiana between 1959 and 1965, organized by year.

Crime statistics : police

File consists of charts composed of statistical summaries of crimes, both summary and indictable, recorded by the Mackenzie and Wismar police stations in British Guiana between 1959 and 1965, organized by year.

Race club : meetings minutes, history

File consists of Silverman's notes from meetings of the Bush Lot United Turf Club, as well as several printed lists of horses, owners and trainers participating in club races.

Probation reports

File consists of confidential reports sent to Silverman by a probation officer in the British Guiana Probation Service, including records of supervision, school reports and probation officer reports pertaining to teenagers in the juvenile court system.

Producers : 1965 : A-Z : national list

Item is a list of banana producers organized by producer surname and detailing the name of their farm. These statistics were compiled by Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Direccion National del Banano.

Ramsahoye : Persaud vs. Fazil

File consists of Silverman's notes and copies of legal judgments, correspondence and meeting minutes pertaining to this case. Fenton Ramsahoye was the lawyer for the defendant.

Notebook

Item is a notebook maintained by Silverman and consisting of interview notes and answers, as well as Silverman's notes from the field.

Questionnaires

File consists of completed questionnaires by teenagers living in Mackenzie, Guyana, a mining town connected to ALCAN and DEMBA, regarding their goals and aspirations.

Questionnaires

File consists of completed questionnaires by teenagers living in Mackenzie, Guyana, a mining town connected to ALCAN and DEMBA, regarding their goals and aspirations.

Questionnaires

File consists of completed questionnaires by teenagers living in Mackenzie, Guyana, a mining town connected to ALCAN and DEMBA, regarding their goals and aspirations.

Questionnaires

File consists of completed questionnaires by teenagers living in Mackenzie, Guyana, a mining town connected to ALCAN and DEMBA, regarding their goals and aspirations.

Producers : national lists

File consists of spreadsheets detailing banana production in Ecuador, organized by producer surname and detailing the name of farm and amount land farmed. These statistics were compiled by Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Programa Nacional del Banano y Frutas Tropicales, Seccion Sistemas Mecanizados.

Interview notes

File consists of three notebooks maintained by Silverman and consisting of copies of questionnaires and handwritten interview question answers on the subject of juvenile delinquency.

Questionnaires

File consists of completed questionnaires by teenagers living in Mackenzie, Guyana, a mining town connected to ALCAN and DEMBA, regarding their goals and aspirations.

Uncompleted ideas

File consists of transcripts of taped interviews with research subjects, statistics on juvenile course convictions, and notes by Silverman about her thesis.

Statistics

File consists of photographs of statistical tables pertaining to juvenile delinquency in 1965.

Field notes

File consists of two notebooks maintained by Silverman while in British Guyana in 1966 conducting field research. Notebooks consist of diary-style entries as well as notes pertaining to Silverman's work, including interviews and observations.

North Mackenzie market

File consists of a hand drawn diagram, handwritten questions and answers pertaining to Silverman's interviewing of shop owners in the market regarding the problem of robbery.

Producers : 1966 : A-Z : national list

Item is a list of banana producers organized by producer surname and detailing the name of their farm. These statistics were compiled by Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Direccion National del Banano.

Taharally : ex. of writs

File consists of writs from the Fort Wellington Magistrate's Court pertaining to monetary disputes between rice farmers, workers and landlords. M.E. Taharally was a lawyer involved in some of these legal cases.

Ramsahoye : Persaud vs. Hardeo

File consists of copies of legal documents and Silverman's notes pertaining to this legal case regarding a dispute between rice farmers. Fenton Ramsahoye was the lawyer for the defendant.

Producers : 1967 : A-Z : national list

Item is a list of banana producers organized by producer surname and detailing the name of their farm. These statistics were compiled by Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Direccion National del Banano.

Producers : 1968 : A-Z : national list

Item is a list of banana producers organized by producer surname and detailing the name of their farm. These statistics were compiled by Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Direccion National del Banano.

Producers list : by hacienda : 1968

Item is a spreadsheet listing banana producers organized by producer surname and detailing the name of farms and amount of land farmed. These statistics were compiled by Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Direccion National del Banano.

Woodley Park : village council minutes, village history

File consists of a speech by Walter Gofiaud, chairman of the Woodley Park Country Authority, at the 135th quarterly meeting of the Woodley Park Administrative District on 6 April 1968. Also included is an agenda and Silverman's notes pertaining to a village council meeting of Woodley Park on 8 July 1969. A photograph of Silverman with members of the council at this meeting is also part of the file.

Diary

Item is a diary maintained by Silverman, detailing in point-form her daily activities between June and December 1969.

Network analyses

File consists of data analyses pertaining to Silverman's questionnaire about respondents' social and family networks. The completed questionnaires are found in files 2015-019/005(1) to 2015-019/008(5).

Road survey

File consists of notebooks and notes detailing the answers to questions posed to people coming into Bush Lot, Guyana. The survey was conducted by Silverman and her assistants and included basic identity questions as well as questions about where the individual was going, for how long, and why. Included are index cards with summaries of some of the data.

Household questionnaires

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Household questionnaires

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Household questionnaires

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Household questionnaires

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Cyril Rachpaul networks

File consists of forms completed by Cyril Rachpaul, the assistant overseer of Bush Lot, documenting his interactions and meetings with individuals on a daily basis from August to October 1969. One form was completed for every person with whom he interacted.

Burnham's visit : guest list, speeches

File pertains to the visit of Prime Minister L.F.S. Burnham to Bush Lot on 28 September 1969. Items include the welcome address of S.M. Fazil, the chairman of Bush Lot, guest lists and an invitation.

Producers : 1969 : L-Z : national list

Item is a list of banana producers organized by producer surname and detailing the name of their farm. These statistics were compiled by Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Direccion National del Banano.

Household questionnaires

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Household questionnaires

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Household questionnaires

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Questionnaires

File consists of one-page questionnaires with a focus on social networks, including basic information about the family, friends, politics, legal conflicts, employment and economic situation of the respondents.

Questionnaires

File consists of one-page questionnaires with a focus on social networks, including basic information about the family, friends, politics, legal conflicts, employment and economic situation of the respondents.

Road survey

File consists of notebooks and notes detailing the answers to questions posed to people coming into Bush Lot, Guyana. The survey was conducted by Silverman and her assistants and included basic identity questions as well as questions about where the individual was going, for how long, and why. Included are index cards with summaries of some of the data.

Jaundoo's ledger

File includes a published register of voters for the village of Bush Lot for the year 1 November 1942 to 31 October 1943.

Household questionnaires

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

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