Contents
Collection Overview
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Organization of the Collection
Search Terms
Series 1: Undergraduate Notebooks
Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
Series 3: Dissertation
Series 4: Teaching Files
Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
Series 7: Personal Correspondence
Series 8: Photographs
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D. George Sherman (AC 1969) Papers, ca. 1965-1992
Finding aid prepared by Peter Nelson.
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
© 2003
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Creator:
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Sherman, D. George (AC 1969) |
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Title:
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D. George Sherman (1947-1992) Papers |
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Dates:
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ca. 1965-1992 |
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Abstract:
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Anthropologist. Contains Sherman's notes from his coursework and studies at Amherst College and Cornell University; field notes for and drafts of his book Rice, Rupees and Ritual (1990); published articles and public lectures; and extensive background and lecture notes related to the anthropology courses he taught.
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Extent:
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26 records storage boxes, 1 archives box(26.5 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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English and
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David George Sherman was born in 1947 and graduated from Amherst College in 1969. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1974 and 1982 respectively. He taught anthropology at Southern Illinois University, 1984-1986, Dartmouth College, 1988-1989 and University of California Irvine, 1989-1990. He was teaching at Keene State College (N.H.) at the time he was killed in an automobile accident in 1992.
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The collection contains Sherman's notes from his coursework and studies at Amherst College and Cornell University; field notes for and drafts of his book Rice, Rupees and Ritual: Economy and Society Among the Samosir Batak of Sumatra (1990); the text of published articles and public lectures; and extensive background and lecture notes related to the anthropology courses he taught.
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This collection is organized into eight series:
The collection has not been processed beyond a rough box-level sorting. The papers are organized loosely into eight series.
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Series 1: Undergraduate Notebooks
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Undergraduate notebooks (Anthropology, Gender, History, Thailand Seminar, Ancient Sea History)
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Undergraduate notebooks (Physics, Bio-genetics, Thermo, Math, English)
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Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
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Research notebooks (German dictionary, interview sheets, Indonesia materials)
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Original Indonesia Research (150 cassette tapes of conversations, feasts, speeches - a few commercial tapes
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Research - primary and secondary sources, transcripts of tapes, lists of Pestas, news clippings
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Research - second sources
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Research files on individuals
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Original Indonesia Research - residence patterns, education, labor and education, map book, marriage and education records, workers by age and family, fields, work statistics
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Series 3: Dissertation
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Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University (4 notebooks)
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Original Thesis, notebooks (3), books (2)
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Thesis - papers and indexes
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Thesis - notebooks and files
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Series 4: Teaching Files
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Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
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Lecture materials, writing, and correspondence
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Student evaluations, syllabi
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Selections from personal/teaching files
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Selections from personal files
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Nazism (files and notebooks)
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Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
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Rice, Rupees & Rituals, Stanford University Press - some personal information
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Series 7: Personal Correspondence
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Desk top, most recent and current files, personal correspondence
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Series 8: Photographs
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Photographic prints, ca. 1,000 [Acc. 2003-163]
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1 box photographic negative rolls; scholarly manuscripts; photographic negatives and contact sheets; agricultural booklets; personal correspondence, 1970s-1980s; photographs of villages (album pages)
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