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Harold Scheffler Papers, 1926 - 1981

6.90 Electronic file (16 archives boxes, 1 card file box and 7 oversize folders) 6.90 linear feet (16 archives boxes, 1 card file box and 7 oversize folders)
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The papers of Harold Scheffler, anthropologist and ethnographer, relate to Scheffler's field research on ambilineal descent groups on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands between 1958 and 1961 and to his comparative study of religious revitalization movements, especially the Christian Fellowship Church, conducted on Rendova Island between 1967 and 1968. Scheffler studied social structure, kinship and ethnographic semantics among Varisi language speakers on Choiseul Island (1958-1961), among Baniata language speakers on Rendova Island (1967-1968), and among Simbo islanders (1960). Materials include correspondence with colleagues and students; manuscripts of journal articles and published works; ethnographic data collected in diaries, field notes, genealogies, photographs, and audiorecordings. Also included are grammars, vocabularies and linguistic materials for the Varisi and Baniata languages of the Solomon Islands. Of particular interest are manuscript notes by Bernard Deacon, a British anthropologist, and typescript transcriptions of Deacon's notes by Camilla Wedgewood on Ambryn Island, New Hebrides. The papers span the period from 1926 to 1981 with the bulk of the material generated between 1958 and 1971. The papers are arranged in eight series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS BY SCHEFFLER, 3) CHOISEUL ISLAND FIELDWORK, 4) RENDOVA ISLAND FIELDWORK, 5) MISCELLANEOUS FIELDWORK, 6) WRITINGS OF OTHERS, 7) PHOTOGRAPHS, and 8) AUDIORECORDINGS.
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Communist Party of the United States of America Records, 1900-2007, circa 1900-2007-1940 - 1991

1 Linear Feet 525.0 linear feet (approx. 525 records cartons; some flat boxes, possibly)

Maya Angelou collection, 1940-2012

5 Box
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2 boxes of materials containing signed first edition novels, typed letters, handwritten notes, two thumb drives, and photographs of the author

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The O'Brien Family Papers, 1835-1987

77 Box 38 Maps
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The O'Brien Family Papers document the remarkably parallel lives of three generations of the O'Brien men. George, Chenault, and Chilton O'Brien were leaders who improved Southeast Texas by their service in the military, political, business, religious, and organizational life of Beaumont, Texas.

Flannery O'Connor Card Collection, 1942-1952

5 Volumes This collection contains cards sent and received by Flannery O'Connor to her family, friends and editors throughout the years 1942-1952. It contains 5 volumes of materials.

Ralph J. Mouw Collection, 1940s

7 Box 6 archival boxes, 1 tube (contains maps)
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Ben Yellen Papers, 1945-1994

14.40 Electronic file 14.40 linear feet (37 archives boxes)
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The Ben Yellen Papers document grassroots social and political activism in the arenas of western farm labor and water policy. Yellen's correspondence dates from 1948 to 1994 and encompasses a variety of topics: migrant farm workers, water policy, tax assessment, electricity rates, local politics, the law, medical malpractice, and the compounding of prescriptions. The correspondence in each series is supported by an array of published materials, as well as documents from the Brawley city government and newsletters from a variety of small organizations.

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