David Goodman Mandelbaum Papers, 1899-1991, 1933-1986

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David Goodman Mandelbaum Papers, 1899-1991, 1933-1986

Field notes made during Mandelbaum's research trips to the Kota and Toda tribes in the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India, and the Plains Cree and Chippewa Indians; manuscripts of published and unpublished articles, books, reviews and speeches; incoming and outgoing correspondence; and research and course materials.

Number of containers: 15 cartons, 3 boxes, 1 OS folder; Linear feet: Approximately 20.25

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Mandelbaum, David Goodman, 1911-1987

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Professor David Goodman Mandelbaum was one of the first cultural anthropologists to undertake ethnographic research in India. He studied at Northwestern and Yale Universities. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in India and Burma. He taught at the University of Minnesota before coming to the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to his extensive fieldwork in Southern India, he worked with the Plains Cree and the Chippewa Indians. He died in 1987. From the descr...