Field Notes and Related Research Materials: Colin Turnbull and Joseph Towles, 1965-1976

Includes field notes, correspondence, articles, publications, lecture materials, and newspaper articles regarding the Ik. Field notes include photograph lists; notes on linguistics; the Teuso, Pare, and Turkana people; ciga wire drawings and iron smelting; lineage charts; and maps of Ik villages. Includes various publications by Turnbull/Towles and others; book reviews of The Mountain People. Correspondence includes research proposals (1964-1967); budgets, letters to and from Turnbull and American Museum of Natural History describing field work (1965-1966); filming ciga wire drawings; Ik relocation and starvation; letters to and from publishers, researchers, and Ugandan officials; Turnbull's supervisor report on Towles' work among the Ik (1966); and letter from National Geographic (1967) rejecting photos of IK for publication with itemized list of photographs and slides.

Also includes notes on images used for The Mountain People. Teuso (Ik) field notes (1965-1966) transcribed from reel-to-reel audio tapes with index [see Audio-Visual and Other Materials series]. Includes map of Uganda and Kidepo Park and an uncorrected proof of The Mountain People. Notes detail travel and excursions, songs, and other material used during research. Also includes article by Curtis Abraham regarding Towles/Turnbull among the Ik.