Colson, Elizabeth, 1917-....

Elizabeth Colson, born 1917 in Hewitt, Minnesota, received her Ph.D. in Anthropology at Radcliffe College in 1945. Colson served as a professor in Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley from 1964-1984. Colson's area of study is in the forced migration and resettlement of people. Colson has led a study for forty years on the Tonga people of Gwembe Valley, Zambia, forced to move in order to create the man-made Lake Kariba in 1958.

From the description of Elizabeth Colson papers, ca. 1940-2002. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 53394538

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