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Box 1

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

Research and Field Work Materials, circa 1929-1954

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series I:
Scope and Contents

This series comprises materials related to Powdermaker’s research and field work in Melanesia (Lesu), the American South (Indianola) and Zambia (Luanshya).

Dates: circa 1929-1954

Lesu (New Ireland, Papua New Guinea), circa 1929-1930

 Sub-Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Subseries A:
Scope and Contents

This series includes a typescript outline of research topics (titled "General Plan") with annotations related to Powdermaker's fieldwork in Lesu (New Ireland, Papua New Guinea) and holograph tables of English-Melanesian language vocabulary and pronunciation guide.

Dates: circa 1929-1930

Research Outline

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Subseries A:
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series includes a typescript outline of research topics (titled "General Plan") with annotations related to Powdermaker's fieldwork in Lesu (New Ireland, Papua New Guinea) and holograph tables of English-Melanesian language vocabulary and pronunciation guide.

Dates: circa 1929-1930

English-Melanesian vocabulary and pronunciation guide

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Subseries A:
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series includes a typescript outline of research topics (titled "General Plan") with annotations related to Powdermaker's fieldwork in Lesu (New Ireland, Papua New Guinea) and holograph tables of English-Melanesian language vocabulary and pronunciation guide.

Dates: circa 1929-1930

Indianola, Mississippi, circa 1932-1938

 Sub-Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Subseries B:
Scope and Contents

This series contains field notes on religion taken by Powdermaker in Indianola, Mississippi and a typescript manuscript of a book based on her Indianola field work (a holograph note reads "Tentative title: Black and White, The Study of a Mississippi Community") that differs from the work ultimately published, After Freedom, A Cultural Study of the Deep South.

Dates: circa 1932-1938

Religion Field Notes

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Subseries B:
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series contains field notes on religion taken by Powdermaker in Indianola, Mississippi and a typescript manuscript of a book based on her Indianola field work (a holograph note reads "Tentative title: Black and White, The Study of a Mississippi Community") that differs from the work ultimately published, After Freedom, A Cultural Study of the Deep South.

Dates: circa 1932-1938

Abstract of Book; Preface

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Subseries B:
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series contains field notes on religion taken by Powdermaker in Indianola, Mississippi and a typescript manuscript of a book based on her Indianola field work (a holograph note reads "Tentative title: Black and White, The Study of a Mississippi Community") that differs from the work ultimately published, After Freedom, A Cultural Study of the Deep South.

Dates: circa 1932-1938

Chapter II: The Family

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Subseries B:
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series contains field notes on religion taken by Powdermaker in Indianola, Mississippi and a typescript manuscript of a book based on her Indianola field work (a holograph note reads "Tentative title: Black and White, The Study of a Mississippi Community") that differs from the work ultimately published, After Freedom, A Cultural Study of the Deep South.

Dates: circa 1932-1938

Chapter III: Economics

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Subseries B:
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series contains field notes on religion taken by Powdermaker in Indianola, Mississippi and a typescript manuscript of a book based on her Indianola field work (a holograph note reads "Tentative title: Black and White, The Study of a Mississippi Community") that differs from the work ultimately published, After Freedom, A Cultural Study of the Deep South.

Dates: circa 1932-1938

Chapter IV: Religion

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Subseries B:
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series contains field notes on religion taken by Powdermaker in Indianola, Mississippi and a typescript manuscript of a book based on her Indianola field work (a holograph note reads "Tentative title: Black and White, The Study of a Mississippi Community") that differs from the work ultimately published, After Freedom, A Cultural Study of the Deep South.

Dates: circa 1932-1938