Roy Rappaport Papers, 1961-1985

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Roy Rappaport Papers, 1961-1985

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Papers of Roy A. Rappaport, an ethnographic anthropologist whose area of specializationwas the religious ritual of the Tsembaga people of the Maring speaking region in PapuaNew Guinea. The Rappaport Papers represent the research and materials generated from hisfieldwork with the Tsembaga Maring of the Simbai Valley during two field trips (1962-1963and 1981-1982). Rappaport's first field trip was in conjunction with Columbia Universityfor his dissertation, and the second trip served as a follow-up study. Rappaport'sresearch was concerned with the means by which ritual mediates the relationships of acongregation, or population, to entities external to itself. The papers includecorrespondence with colleagues, students, friends, and local Papua New Guinea officials;manuscripts of published and unpublished works; ethnographic data collected in fieldnotebooks; typescript summaries; diaries; photographs and audiorecordings. The papersspan the period 1961 to 1985, with the bulk dates of 1962 -1982. The papers are arranged in seven series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE; 2) FIELD NOTES, 1962-1963; 3)FIELD NOTES, 1981-1982; 4) WRITINGS; 5) TEACHING MATERIAL; 6) PHOTOGRAPHS; and, 7)AUDIORECORDINGS.

13.50 linear feet; (32 archives boxes, 5 card file boxesand 3 oversize folders)

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Rappaport, Roy A.

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American anthropologist born in New York City in 1926 and educated at Cornell University (B.A. Hotel Admin., 1949)) and Columbia University (Ph. D. Anthropology, 1966). Rappaport was a member of the 1962-1963 Columbia University Expedition to Papua New Guinea, during which time he conducted fieldwork concerning the role of ritual and ecology in the lives of the Tsembaga, a Maring-speaking people living in the Simbai River Valley, Madang Province. In 1965, Rappaport accepted a faculty position in...