Ethnological documents of the Department and Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1875-1956.

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Ethnological documents of the Department and Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1875-1956.

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The Ethnological Documents of the Department and Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, is composed of 216 separate collections of varying size, spanning the period 1875 to 1958, with the exception of a Quiché Maya manuscript leaf, dating from the 17th century. The collection is comprised of manuscripts, field notes, and other linguistic, ethnographic and ethnobotanical documents, including card files, newsclippings, genealogical tables, charts, maps, drawings, photographs, as well as some original microfilm, primarily of Indian groups of California and other western regions. Some of the data was gathered by Berkeley anthropology graduate students for the Culture Element Distribution Survey, under the direction of Alfred L. Kroeber. Many of the manuscripts contain notations in Kroeber's hand.

Originals: 93 boxes, 14 oversize folders (36 linear feet)Copies: 139 microfilm reels : negative (Box 2184) and positive.

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