Mbuti Field Notes and Related Materials: Anne Eisner and Patrick Putnam, Colin Turnbull, and Joseph Towles, circa 1928-1982

Includes Anne Eisner and Patrick Putnam field notes, correspondence, interviews, diagrams, and publications (circa 1929-1958), some annotated by Turnbull regarding elima and nkumbi initiation rituals, Mbuti legends, kinship, ecology, history and social structure, vocabulary and linguistics. Includes Turnbull and Towles' bibliographic research notes (1950s-1970s) and Turnbull's correspondence with various museums (1958-1959) regarding collecting cultural artifacts and botanical specimens. Includes nkumbi film and slide lists (undated) with notes by Turnbull [see Audio-Visual and Other Materials series]. Turnbull's field notes (1970-1972) include reports on the pygmy emancipation program; field observations; notes and correspondence about Mbuti kinship, life and society, transportation; language (notes and copies of KiNgwana-English and French dictionaries); and an undated publication by Paul Schebesta on the pygmy language.