Elizabeth Colson papers, ca. 1940-2002.

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Elizabeth Colson papers, ca. 1940-2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53394538

Contains field notes, diaries, census data, manuscripts and correspondence relating to Colson's work among the Gwembe Tonga and Plateau Tonga in Zambia. Also includes field notes concerning the Makah Indians of Washington state.

43 cartons, 5 boxes, 1 oversize folder (56 linear feet)

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Colson, Elizabeth, 1917-....

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Elizabeth Colson, born 1917 in Hewitt, Minnesota, received her Ph.D. in Anthropology at Radcliffe College in 1945. Colson served as a professor in Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley from 1964-1984. Colson's area of study is in the forced migration and resettlement of people. Colson has led a study for forty years on the Tonga people of Gwembe Valley, Zambia, forced to move in order to create the man-made Lake Kariba in 1958. From the description of Elizabeth Colso...