Hester A. Davis papers, 1954-1964 [manuscript].

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Hester A. Davis papers, 1954-1964 [manuscript].

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Papers, 1954-1964, that are chiefly field work notes, reports, and other materials from research conducted by Hester A. Davis and Haverford College students at the Big Cove community on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in Cherokee, N.C. Included are descriptions of the community's physical environment, demographics, social structure, economy, education, assistance programs, and everyday life.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Davis, Hester A., 1930-

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Hester Davis and John Grant were anthropology graduate students at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, when the images in this collection were taken between 1955-1956. Davis and Grant went with a group of anthropology graduate students to do field work observing the Cherokee community in Qualla Boundary, home of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation in western North Carolina. They used their findings (including images in this collection) to write their masters theses, which were b...