Photographs from the David Goodman Mandelbaum papers [graphic]. 1937-1978.

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Photographs from the David Goodman Mandelbaum papers [graphic]. 1937-1978.

Collection includes views of India, and photographs showing daily life and rituals of various ethnic groups in India. Ethnic groups include: Badaga, some firewalking; Jews of Cochin; Kota; Kurumba; Toda, including ceremonies; and others.

2 boxes (ca. 1,380 photographic prints and slides), 2 boxes (ca. 775 negatives), and 66 lantern slides : b&w ; various sizes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8192301

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Mandelbaum, David Goodman, 1911-1987

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Professor David Goodman Mandelbaum was one of the first cultural anthropologists to undertake ethnographic research in India. He studied at Northwestern and Yale Universities. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in India and Burma. He taught at the University of Minnesota before coming to the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to his extensive fieldwork in Southern India, he worked with the Plains Cree and the Chippewa Indians. He died in 1987. From the descr...

Moldvay, Albert, 1921-1995

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