Data Disks

Includes 5.25" and 3.5" floppy disks containing data created by Joseph Towles and Colin Turnbull. Note: files have not been accessed by archival staff; descriptions are based on notations on disks. Presumably includes copies of Towles' diaries (1960-1983), Turnbull's commentary on them, and a large amount of Towles' personal and professional data, including lectures and exams on anthropology, religion, and kinship (1986-1988). Also contains field notes and papers on nkumbi and the practice of asa among the Mbo. Personal files consist of correspondence, files labeled life, lists of addresses, and numerous shorts stories and plays. Also includes Towles' diaries (1988-1989), Lover and Beloved, notes on prison research, rental agreements, Buddhism, the Talmud, computer software disk, and correspondence (1990).