Ann Chowning papers, 1957-1994.

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Ann Chowning papers, 1957-1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35007636

The files included in this collection mainly pertain to Chowning's fieldwork among the Molima (Milne Bay Province, Fergusson Island), the Sengseng (West New Britain), and the Kove (West New Britain) peoples. Materials contain Murdock's human relations area files, language notes, essays, and slides. Writings by Chowning are based on her long-term fieldwork conducted in West New Britain Province. A significant part of this collections is slide materials from nearly 240 rolls taken while in West New Britain.

2.4 lin. ft. (6 archives boxes)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Chowning, Martha Ann.

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American anthropologist educated at the University of Pennsylvania. Her doctoral thesis was based on 1954 fieldwork with the Lakala people of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. She carried out long-term fieldwork in four distinct Papua New Guinea societies from 1954 through 1992. She studied economic and religious organizations, beliefs, practices, and relations. Chowning especially focused on Austronesian languages and their comparative aspects, on folklore and religion, and on patter...