Melville Herskovits Papers, 1906-1963.

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Melville Herskovits Papers, 1906-1963.

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Professional correspondence and manuscripts of publications make up the bulk of the collection, which is divided into five subseries: General Files, Foreign Relations Committee Report Files, Student Field Notes, Writings, and Photographs. The general files consist primarily of Herskovits' professional and, to a lesser extent, personal correspondence. In addition to correspondence, various other materials are to be found here, including minutes and agendas of meetings, press clippings, official reports, and similar items. The general files are especially valuable as a source of information about the issues and personalities that shaped the disciplines of anthropology and African studies. The Foreign Relations Committee Report files concern the report that Herskovits prepared in 1960 for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. These files include research materials; various drafts of the report, including the final one; and administrative files produced in the course of the project. The file contains notes produced by Herskovits' students while engaged in field work (generally, though not always, in Africa) for their dissertations. The Writings file consists of six parts: Books, Articles and Miscellaneous Writings, Book Reviews, Research Materials, Card Files, and Course Materials. The research materials consist primarily of physical anthropology data collected during the 1910's and 1920's. The card files were used to organize information for various manuscripts.

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