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Joseph Towles: Correspondence Regarding Dissertation

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Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Includes materials relating to both Towles and Turnbull's employment at the American Museum of Natural History (1960-1965), including the 1967 installment of the Man in Africa permanent exhibit. With materials regarding their employment and roles as professors and faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, Vassar, Pace, and SUNY Buffalo, Hofstra, and George Washington University, consisting of academic correspondence, lectures, grant proposals, reports, news clippings, and student work. Also included in the series are academic critiques by Turnbull and those of Turnbull's work on the Mbuti and Ik, including a 1973 critique of The Mountain People by Frederick Barth with Turnbull's response. Correspondence and documents pertain to the publishing of academic works of Towles and Turnbull, including letters from editors rejecting Towles' work. Miscellaneous materials regarding Towles and Turnbull as students, including material from Towles' studies at Makerere University in Uganda (1965-1967). Printed material regarding formal lectures and conferences, such as An Interdisciplinary Approach to Planned Social Change (1971), conclude the series.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949-1979

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Material is in English

Access Restrictions

This collection has restrictions to access. For more information, please read the collection inventory or contact the Avery Research Center: (843) 953-7609.

Extent

From the Series: 11.5 linear feet

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

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