Colson, Elizabeth, 1917-....
Variant namesElizabeth 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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| creatorOf | Colson, Elizabeth, 1917-. Elizabeth Colson papers, ca. 1940-2002. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Epstein, A. L. (Arnold Leonard). Arnold Leonard and Trude Scarlett Epstein Papers, 1949-1981. | University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library | |
| creatorOf | Colson, Elizabeth, 1917-. Pith helmet, mortarboard and tent hook from the Elizabeth Colson papers. [realia]. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Arnold Leonard and Trude Scarlett Epstein Papers, 1949-1995 | Mandeville Special Collections Library | |
| creatorOf | Colson, Elizabeth, 1917-. Pith helmet, mortarboard and tent hook from the Elizabeth Colson papers. [realia]. | UC Berkeley Libraries |
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| associatedWith | Colson, Elizabeth, 1917- | person |
| associatedWith | Epstein, A. L. (Arnold Leonard) | person |
| associatedWith | Epstein, T. Scarlett, (Trude Scarlett) | person |
| associatedWith | Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973. | person |
| associatedWith | Gluckman, Max, 1911-1975. | person |
| associatedWith | Stanford University. Press. | corporateBody |
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| Tonga (Zambezi people) |
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