David Gamble Archive at University of California Los Angeles
The late Professor David Gamble was an eminent scholar of The Gambia, her people, history and culture. Before his death in October, 2011, Professor Gamble made arrangements for his extensive archive to be housed at UCLA. Below are links to find materials from the Gamble archive.
Finding Aid for the David P. Gamble Collection 1946-2003
Finding Aid for the David P. Gamble papers
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- Gambian Studies No. 1: A Conversation with Kaba So, an Elder of the Roroobe, From Jalakoto, Niani District, The Gambia
- Gambian Studies No. 2: Mandinka Narratives from Kibaro – with a literal translation
- Gambian Studies No. 3: Mandinka Dilemma Stories, Puzzles, Riddles & Proverbs
- Gambian Studies No. 4: Accounts of Supernatural Beings, Spirits, Witches, Werewolves, Ninkinanko, etc., from the Mandinka Newspaper, Kibaro
- Gambian Studies No. 5: Medical Mandinka (Useful phrases and vocabulary)
- Gambian Studies No. 6: Mandinka Stories from Books Published Prior to 1960
- Gambian Studies No. 7: Mandinka Tales from the Newspaper ‘Kobaro’: 1951-1955
- Gambian Studies No. 8: Mandinka Stories – Dictated, Written or Recorded
- Gambian Studies No. 9: A Mandinka Narrative – “Manding Kuno” by A.K. Rahman
- Gambian Studies No. 10A: Wolof Stories from Senegambia Mainly from Old Published Sources Part I / Part II / Part III
- Gambian Studies No. 10B: Wolof Legends from Published Sources
- Gambian Studies No. 12: Gambian Fula – English Dictionary (Firdu Dialect)
- Gambian Studies No. 13: Gambian Fula Stories Told by Mary Umah Baldeh
- Gambian Studies No. 14: Firdu-Fula Grammar (Gambia Dialect)
- Gambian Studies No. 15: Gambia Government Serial Publications of the Colonial Period: A Provisional List
- Gambian Studies No. 17: Peoples of the Gambia – The Wolof Gambian Studies No. 18 A General Bibliography of The Gambia up to 31st December 1977 Supplement 1
- Gambian Studies No. 19: A General Bibliography of the Gambia Supplement II 1978-1982 Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV
- Gambian Studies No. 20: Elementary Mandinka
- Gambian Studies No. 21: Intermediate Gambian Mandinka-English Dictionary
- Gambian Studies No. 22: Verbal and Visual Expressions of Wolof Culture Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV
- Gambian Studies No. 24: A General Bibliography of the Gambia, Supplement III 1983-1987 Part I / Part II / Part III
- Gambian Studies No. 25: Elementary Gambian Wolof Grammar
- Gambian Studies No. 26: Early Published Vocabularies of the Wolof Language
- Gambian Studies No. 27: John Hill’s Vocabularies of Wolof, Compiled in 1808 on the Island of Goree (Senegal)
- Gambian Studies No. 28: Terms Found in Old Writings About Senegambia
- Gambian Studies No. 29: A General Bibliography of the Gambia Supplement IV 1988-1992 Part I / Part II
- Gambian Studies No. 30: The South Bank of the Gambia: Places, People, and Population (A) Kantora and Fuladuu
- Gambian Studies No. 31: The South Bank of the Gambia: Places, People and Population Nyaamina, Jaara, and Kiyang Districts Part I / Part II / Part III
- Gambian Studies No. 32: The South Bank of the Gambia: Places, People and Population The Fonyui Districts Part I / Part II
- Gambian Studies No. 33 A: General Bibliography of the Gambia Supplement V: 1993-1995 Part I / Part II / Part III
- Gambian Studies No. 34: Mandinka Ceremonies
- Gambian Studies No. 35A: The Gambia: Place Names on Maps and in Travellers’ Accounts up to 1825 (A) Descriptive Text
- Gambian Studies No. 35B: The Gambia: Place Names on Maps and in Travellers’ Accounts (B) A selection of maps
- Gambian Studies No. 35C: The Gambia: Place Names Given by Travellers & Residents in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Gambian Studies No. 36: The North Bank of the Gambia: Places, People and Population (A) Nianija, Niani, Sami, Sandu, & Wuli Districts
- Gambian Studies No. 37: The North Bank of the Gambia: Places, People, and Population (B) The Wolof Area: Sabah & Sanjal, Lower Saalum, Upper Saalum
- Gambian Studies No. 38: The North Bank of the Gambia: Places, People, and Population: (C) The Nyoomi, Jookadu, and Badibu Districts
- Gambian Studies No. 39: Postmortem: A Study of the Gambian Section of Alex Haley’s ‘Roots’
- Gambian Studies No. 40: Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the Gambia: (Past and Present)
- Gambian Studies No. 41: Maps of the Gambia in the Map Collection and Senegambian Book Collection of David P. Gamble
- Gambian Studies No. 43 A: General Bibliography of the Gambia, Supplement VI 1996-1999 Part I / Part II
- Gambian Studies No. 44 A: General Bibliography of the Gambia, Supplement VII 2000-2002 (with some earlier items)
- Gambian Studies No. 45: Errors, Confusions, and Misinterpretations in Writings about the Gambia
- Gambian Studies No. 48: Thoughts on Gambian Folktales
- Gambian Studies No. 49: Traditional Mandinka Agriculture
- Gambian Studies No. 50: John Hill’s Account of Life on Goree Island 1807-1808
- Gambian Studies No. 51: The South Bank of The Gambia: People, Places and Population (D) The Kombo Districts
- Gambian Studies No. 52: Gambian Linguistic Material in the David P. Gamble Collection