Box 25

Scope and Contents Includes professional materials related to Colin Turnbull and Joseph Towles' employment at Virginia Commonwealth University, Vassar, Pace, and SUNY Buffalo. Includes academic material such as course outlines; anthropology lectures on various subjects, including nkumbi, notes on class, students; course papers; exams given by Towles (including ones taken by Turnbull); and a roll book. Also includes academic correspondence between Towles, Turnbull, and others regarding employment, lectures,...

Scope and Contents Includes a critique by Frederick Barth of The Mountain People with Colin Turnbull's response; Turnbull's critique of Derek Freeman's biography of Margaret Mead; and Turnbull's reviews of other works on Mead [see also box 48]. Also includes correspondence and documents related to the publishing of academic works of Joseph Towles and Turnbull, including letters from editors rejecting Towles' publications, a publishing agreement between Simon and Schuster...