Papers, 1920s-1995 (ongoing)

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Papers, 1920s-1995 (ongoing)

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Diaries, notes, correspondence, biographical articles, writings, printed material, photographs and research material. Much of the collection is comprised of field notes, photographs and somatotypes taken in the village of Pere in Papua New Guinea, where Roll worked with Margaret Mead, 1966 and 1975. Copies of Margaret Mead's diaries are included. There is extensive correspondence, and an oral history, done 1989-91.

29.25 linear ft. (31 boxes; 1 vol., flat file)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

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American anthropologist. From the description of Letter 1968 June 12. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38156541 Anthropologist. From the description of Collection re Margaret Mead, 1978-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131863 Anthropologist, author, and educator. From the description of Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996 (bulk 1911-1978). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068917 M...

Roll, Barbara Honeyman

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Anthropologist. Born Barbara Ritchie Honeyman, Portland, Oregon, 1910; grew up in Ilwaco, Washington; graduated Smith College, 1932; graduate work, New York University, 1953-54; honorary degree, Smith College, 1989. Married Harold S. Hirsch, 1934 (divorced); adopted 2 children; married Scott Alexander Heath, 1953 (died 1974); married G. Frederick Roll, 1975. Worked in field of physical anthropology, specializing in somatotype, the study of physical types in relation to c...