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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2009-15 May Mayko Ebihara oral history interviews with anthropologists
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2009-15
- Creators:
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Ebihara, May, 1934-2005Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997Conklin, Harold C., 1926-2016Davenport, WilliamGriffin, James B. (James Bennett), 1905-1997Foster, George McClelland, 1913-Hanks, Jane Richardson, 1908-2014Hanks, L. M.Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979Hockett, Charles FrancisKirsch, Thomas G.Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960Lounsbury, Floyd GlennMandelbaum, David G.Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978Meggitt, Mervyn J., 1924-Miller, Robert J., 1923-1994Miller, Beatrice Diamond, 1919-Miner, Horace M.Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985Murphy, RobertMurra, John V. (John Victor), 1916-2006Posposil, LeopoldRouse, Irving, 1913-2006Sharp, LauristonShils, Edward, 1910-1995Smith, Robert J.
- Dates:
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circa 1959-1986
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Itemdocument box and 34 sound cassettes
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
May Mayko Ebihara's oral history interviews with Conrad Arensberg (3/7/84); Harold Conklin (1/26/82); William Davenport (8/19/82); James B. Griffin (10/7/81); Jane Richardson Hanks (8/6/82); Lucien M. Hanks (8/7/82); Robert Heizer and George Foster (10/2/74); Charles Hocket (8/25/81); Thomas Kirsch (8/25/81); Alfred Kroeber, et al. on Sapir (dub 5/11/1959); Floyd Lounsbury (1/27/82); David Mandelbaum (11/9/78); Margaret Mead (12/8/66); Mervyn Meggitt; Robert and Beatrice Miller (7/29/86); Horace Miner (10/7/81); George P. Murdock (8/20/82); Robert Murphy (10/17/80); John V. Murra (8/24/81); Leopold Pospisil (1/28/82); Irving Rouse (1/27/82); Lauriston Sharp (5/6/82); Edward Shils (11/19/83); Robert J. Smith (8/26/81). Also includes typewritten transcripts for some of the above, as well as for interviews with Theodore Stern and David H. French. The collection also contains notes on anthropology departments at Columbia University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and University of Pennsylvania.
Administration
Custodial History
Collection donated by May Mayko Ebihara's husband, Marvin Gelfand.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2009-15, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Other Archival Materials
Other Archival Materials
May Ebihara's Reed College bachelor's thesis (1955), "An Ethnohistorical Study of the Shoshoni Indians of the Northern Basin," was received with the collection and transferred to the John Wesley Powell Library of Anthropology.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2009-15
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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