National Anthropological Archives

Guide to the Valerie Fennell papers, 1969-2007

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.2013-08
Creators:
Fennell, Valerie I.
Dates:
1969-2007
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3.75 Linear feet
3 boxes
80 Sound cassettes
Repository:
Valerie Fennell is an anthropologist whose work focused primarily on age and gender relations among elder communities. She has worked for Georgia State University since 1974 as a professor of anthropology and a faculty ombudsperson. The papers of Valerie Fennell chiefly document her research in Southport, North Carolina among elder communities, as well as fieldwork in Atlanta, Georgia. The papers consist of dissertation drafts, notes, and comments; field notes; interview sound recordings; photographs; and research proposals.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The papers of Valerie Fennell chiefly document her research in Southport, North Carolina among elder communities at Curlew Point, as well as fieldwork in Atlanta, Georgia. The papers consist of dissertation drafts, notes, and comments; field notes; interview sound recordings; photographs; and research proposals. Papers are arranged at the collection level as organized by the creator.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Valerie Fennell is an anthropologist whose work focused primarily on age and gender relations among elder communities. She has worked for Georgia State University since 1974 as a professor of anthropology and a faculty ombudsperson. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with John Honigmann serving as her advisor. Her fieldwork was conducted in North Carolina and Georgia, chiefly among elder and ethnic communities.
Sources Consulted: Fennell, Valerie. Curriculum Vitae, circa 2005.

Administration

Author
Adam Fielding
Sponsor
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Valerie Fennell in 2013.
Processing Information
Process and encoded by Adam Fielding, 2014

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Valerie Fennell papers is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation
Valerie Fennell papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Instutition

Related Materials
Valerie Fennell papers, Georgia State University

More Information

Selected Bibliography

Selected Bibliography
1974.
Hierarchical Aspects of Age Relations in Curlew Point.
Ph.D dissertation. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1977. International Atlanta and Ethnic Group Relations. Urban Anthropology 6(4):345-354.
1981. Friendship and Kinship in Older Women's Organizations: Curlew Point, 1973. In Dimensions of an Anthropology of Aging. Christine L. Fry, ed. New York: Praeger Publishers, Inc.
1989. Musings on Ethnocentric Sexism in Traditional Ethnography. In Women in the South, Proceedings of the Southern Anthropological Society. Holly Mathews, ed. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
1994. Meanings of Aging in a Southern Town. In Many Mirrors. Nicole Saulte, ed. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
1995. Women in Congregations. In Religion in the Contemporary South: Diversity, Community, and Identity, Southern Anthropological Proceedings, No. 28. O. Kendall White, Jr. and Daryl white, eds. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press.


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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Southport (N.C.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Atlanta (Ga.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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