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DR. S.M. KIMANI COLLECTION

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Dr. Samson Kimani Mugo was born in Murang’a in 1931 and was educated at Alliance High school and Kagumo teachers’ training College. He obtained his B.Sc at Missouri State Teachers’ College in 1960 and respectively.

Having specialized in economic geography he joined the department of geography at the University of Nairobi as a special lecturer in June 1968 where he remained until he moved to Kenyatta University College in October 1972 as a senior lecturer and chairman of the department. He remained in this position until his untimely death on 25th March 1975. He is survived by a window Mrs. Mary Kimani, two daughters Wahu and Wanjiru, and two sons, Jack and Melvin. Mrs. Kimani, being the generous donor of this collection has imposed no restrictions on the use of any of the series in the collection. We are very indebted to her.

The collection has been created in the process of carrying out a project study of the means by which growth centers can be identified and how the strategic use of such centers can assist in rural development. The project was sponsored by the international development research center and was channeled through the University of Nairobi in collaboration with Carleton University in Canada. The grant allocated for the project totalled can. $95,650 and was controlled by Dr. Kimani.

The collection pivots around growth centers which include 216 in Murang’a district and 55 centers in Nairobi. The papers mainly comprise raw data relating to the socio-economic aspects of these centers. Some of the data relatings have been coded. Of special importance are the seminar and other academic papers on geography. Some of these are in draft form with notes and scribbles, all of which have been retained.

Included too in the collection are papers pertaining to administration but which have been created in the process of conducting this research. The administration of the IDRC grant constitutes the majority of the papers in these series. Mention is made of the computer tapes but they may probably be at Carleton University.

Maps, sketches, and figures relating to the research are numerous but having no proper storage facilities at present they have been left in their original rolled-up state. Except for the field papers, most of the collection was jumbled up hence we have had to impose an order that was most convenient. Nevertheless, although the collection is arranged in series with a running reference number system for each series any original reference numbers that may be existed have been retained and cited in each case. This has been done in order to preserve the integrity of the collection.

It is hoped that this collection proves beneficial to scholars in the relevant fields. The collection is large in volume having filled 29 archive boxes with a separate 62 box files.  See the list below -

NO.

RECORD TITLE

REF. NO.

1.

RESEARCH NOTEBOOKS

KIM/1/1/

2.

LEDGER BOOKS

KIM/1/2/

3.

STATISTICS & DATA (1)

KIM/1/3/

4.

STATISTICS & DATA (2)

KIM/1/4/

5.

SURVEY ON NAIROBI SHOPPING CENTRES

KIM/1/6/

6.

ACADEMIC PAPERS BY S.M. KIMANI

KIM/1/7/

7.

ACADEMIC PAPERS BY OTHER AUTHORS

KIM/1/8/

8.

OTHER RESEARCH & REPORTS

KIM/1/9/

9.

MATTERS PERTAINING TO POPULATION

KIM/1/10/

10.

COMPUTER WORK/CODING SYSTEMS & KEYS TO RESEARCH

KIM/1/11/

11.

MATTERS PERTAINING TO ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

KIM/1/12/

12.

GENERAL INFORMATION ON VARIOUS CENTERS 

KIM/1/13/

13.

CODED STATISTICS ON SELECTED CENTERS & MISC.

KIM/1/14/

14.

ADDITIONAL RECORDS (MISC)

KIM/1/15/ to 76/

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