Marian Smith collection
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1446 MS 268 |
Held at | : Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.therai.org.uk/ › |
Full title | : Marian Smith collection |
Date(s) | : 1845-1988 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 19 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Smith | Marian Wesley | 1907-1961 | anthropologist x Akehurst | Marian |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in New York,1907; graduated BA from Columbia University, New York, 1934; PhD, 1938; university teacher; president of the American Ethnological Society; undertook fieldwork in north-western India; moved to Britain, 1952; married H. Farrant Akehurst; honorary secretary of the Royal Anthropological Institute in London, 1956; taught part-time in the Anthropology Department of the London School of Economics; died, 1961.
Publications: The Puyallup-Nisqually (1940)
Archaeology of the Columbia-Fraser Region (1950)
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Field notes, papers, charts, maps, photographs and references of Marian Smith, 1845-1988, notably on the following subjects: Salish, Coast Salish, North West Coast American Indians, British Columbian Sikhs, Indian subcontinent and Punjab and Bengal.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue available in the RAI reading room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by the Dr Marian W. Smith Bequest, July 1965.
Allied Materials
Related material:
All photographs filed in separate sequence. See also RAI Photograph Collection 4137-4390.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Sep 2008
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