Field studies in the modern culture of the South records, 1945-1957 [manuscript].

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Field studies in the modern culture of the South records, 1945-1957 [manuscript].

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Field notes and related items produced between 1945 and 1957 by researchers in a project sponsored by the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina. The notes were made during anthropological field work among residents of Avery County, N.C.; Brewton, Selma, and Camden, Ala.; and York County, S.C. Areas explored included technology, housing, food, labor, religion, community structure, and folklore.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Institute for Research in Social Science

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The Institute for Research in Social Science is the oldest institute of its kind in the United States. It began in 1924 with a grant to the university by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Foundation. In 1927 it became a permanent institute of the University with Howard W. Odum as its Director. The original purpose of the Institute was to sponsor and to publish research on social and economic conditions in the South and on the role of local government in promoting public welfare. From the...