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Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Wendell H. Camp  Search this

Max. Elevation:

1372  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1219  Search this

Place:

Cañon of the rio Chanchan near Huigra; (Mostly scrub-chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river.)., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

7 May 1945 to 14 May 1945

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Euclasta condylotricha (Hochst. ex Steud.) Stapf

Barcode:

04335945

USNM Number:

2011202

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Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/385ef2c17-195e-4f5d-92a6-f31b535777eb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16174183

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

M. Acosta Solis  Search this

Min. Elevation:

600  Search this

Place:

Naranjapata., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

7 Sep 1952

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Tripsacum australe H.C. Cutler & E.S. Anderson

Barcode:

04240058

USNM Number:

2076419

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3acdb5ab6-b8bb-4d10-9a6d-c70394713d7e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16168143

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Albert S. Hitchcock  Search this

Max. Elevation:

1200  Search this

Min. Elevation:

600  Search this

Place:

Explorations in South America. Between Huigra and Naranjapata., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

17 Jul 1923

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Tripsacum australe H.C. Cutler & E.S. Anderson

Barcode:

04240064

USNM Number:

1163421

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3267fe064-ae10-41c5-8f49-cd6f2099b98a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16168148

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

M. Acosta Solis  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1300  Search this

Place:

Todo el camino desde Bucay a Guayllanac., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

14 Aug 1943

Common name:

Job's tears

Kovie

Pipiti'o

opaero

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Coix lacryma-jobi L.

Barcode:

04240498

USNM Number:

1911249

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31904adb7-c490-4486-9485-84665753a28d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16168559

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

-- Spruce  Search this

Place:

Ecuad [interpreted]., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Common name:

Job's tears

Kovie

Pipiti'o

opaero

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Coix lacryma-jobi L.

Barcode:

04240527

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d3299d50-5345-484c-ab04-48bee1a21ea8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16168597

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Paul M. Peterson  Search this

Emmit J. Judziewicz  Search this

Max. Elevation:

2360  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Growing on steep, rocky, east-facing slopes with Tillandsia, Salvia & Uniola condensata.  Search this

Min. Elevation:

2360  Search this

Place:

5.0 km SW ofAlausí on road to Huigra., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

29 May 1990

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Chloridoideae

Published Name:

Uniola condensata Hitchc.

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Flowering plants and ferns

GGI Project

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39f50f55f-086e-4589-b031-348fc6859c37

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14067477

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Paul M. Peterson  Search this

Emmit J. Judziewicz  Search this

Robert M. King  Search this

P. M. Jørgensen  Search this

Max. Elevation:

1690  Search this

Microhabitat Description:

Growing on disturbed roadside near crossing of Río Pangor.  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1690  Search this

Place:

6 km NEof Pallatanga, then 8.5 km W on road to Chillanes., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

22 May 1990

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Panicoideae

Published Name:

Andropogon glaucescens Kunth

Barcode:

00501321

USNM Number:

3237236

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Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33ff38420-907b-49b8-80df-791af2bed43d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2061882

Creator:

Harris, Marvin, 1927-2001  Search this

Names:

Columbia University  Search this

University of Florida. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

42.27 Linear feet (85.5 document boxes, 1 oversize box, 4 record storage boxes, 90 computer disks, 19 cassette tapes, 1 7" sound reel, 3 vinyl records, and 1 map folder)

Note:

Boxes 88-91 (formerly designated off-site boxes 1-4) are stored off-site. Advanced notice must be given to view these materials.

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

New York (N.Y.)

Mozambique

Rio de Contas (Brazil)

Arembepe (Brazil)

Chimborazo (Ecuador)

Date:

1945-2001

Summary:

This collection contains the professional papers of anthropologist Marvin Harris. Harris was a prominent anthropologist, best known for developing the controversial paradigm of cultural materialism. He authored several important books in the field of anthropology and taught at Columbia University and The University of Florida. The papers include correspondence, research materials, his publications, unpublished manuscripts, conference papers, lectures, subject files, teaching files, computer files, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains the professional papers of anthropologist Marvin Harris. The papers include correspondence, research materials, his publications, unpublished manuscripts, conference papers, lectures, subject files, teaching files, computer files, and photographs.

His research files document his ethnographic field work in Rio de Contas, Brazil, both for his dissertation and his racial categorization project; his research on forced labor in Mozambique; his videotape study in New York City households; and his India sacred cattle research. The collection also contains his research on food preferences and aversions, his files as a research consultant for the McKinsey Global Institute, and photos from his field work in Chimborazo, Ecuador and Arembepe, Brazil.

Over the course of his career, Harris also participated in several conferences and invited lectures. The collection contains some of the papers he presented as well as audio recordings of his lecture "Levi-Strauss and the Clam: An Open and Shut Case" and a recording of a radio interview. Also present in the collection are materials relating to conference sessions and symposiums that he organized, including the 1967 AAA session on Anthropology and War and his 1983 Wenner-Gren symposium on Food Preferences and Aversions.

Additional materials that may be of interest are materials documenting Harris' activism in the 1960s at Columbia University, which include his anti-Vietnam War activities, as well as his involvement in the student protests of 1968 at Columbia University. The collection also contains Harris' CIA, FBI, and Department of State records that he obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, photographs from Harris' service in the army in the 1940s, and photos taken in Brazil by Pierre Verger.

Harris corresponded with several prominent anthropologists, many of whom were Latin American specialists. Some of his noteworthy correspondents include Napoleon Chagnon, Derek Freeman, Morton Fried, Conrad Kottak, Sidney Mintz, Anthony Leeds, Claude Levi-Strauss, Darcy Ribeiro, Anisio Teixeira, Charles Wagley, and Karl Wittfogel. Also of special interest is his correspondence with leading figures in the Mozambique and Portuguese liberation movements, including Antonio Figuereido, Eduardo Mondlane, and General Humberto Delgado.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 10 series: (1) Correspondence, 1952-2001; (2) Research, 1949-1997; (3) Writings, 1955-2001; (4) Professional Activities, 1960-1999; (5) Name Subject Files, 1951-2001; (6) University, 1947-1999; (7) Biographical Files, 1954-1999; (8) Writings by Other People, 1961-2000; (9) Photographs, 1945-1996; (10) Computer Files, 1980-2000

Biographical Note:

Marvin Harris was a prominent anthropologist, best known for developing the controversial paradigm of cultural materialism. He authored several important books in the field of anthropology, most notably The Rise of Anthropological Theory (1968) and Cultural Materialism (1979) as well as books that reached a wider audience, such as Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches (1974) and Cannibals and Kings (1977).

Harris was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 18, 1927. After serving in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps (1945-47), he received his B.A. (1948) and Ph.D. (1953) from Columbia University. His first anthropology course was taught by Charles Wagley, who was influential in Harris' decision to become an anthropologist. Harris joined the faculty at Columbia University after earning his doctorate and served as chair of the Department of Anthropology from 1963 to 1966. In 1980, he left Columbia for a position as Graduate Research Professor at University of Florida, where he stayed until his retirement in 2000.

It was in The Rise of Anthropological Theory that Harris coined the phrase "cultural materialism," a subject he further elaborated on in Cultural Materialism. Cultural materialism, Harris explains, is a scientific research strategy "based on the simple premise that human social life is a response to the practical problems of earthly existence" (1979, xv). Harris applied the paradigm to explain various cultural patterns, such as food preferences and taboos, changes in U.S. family structure, and the collapse of Soviet and East European state socialism. One of his most controversial theories was that the Hindu prohibition of slaughtering and consuming cows in India arose because it was more economically beneficial to use cattle as draft animals than as meat. He challenged Napoleon Chagnon's views that Yanomami men were inherently more aggressive and violent by explaining that it was the pursuit of animal protein that was the cause of Yanomami warfare. Harris similarly argued that protein deficiency was the reason why the Aztecs practiced cannibalism.

Harris presented his theories beyond academic circles to a general audience by contributing a monthly column to Natural History Magazine. He also authored several popular books. In addition to Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches and Cannibals and Kings, Harris also wrote America Now (1981), Good to Eat (1985), and Our Kind (1989). Harris also authored and edited several editions of two college-level introductory textbooks: Culture, People, Nature (first published as Culture, Man, and Nature in 1971) and Cultural Anthropology (first published in 1983, later editions coauthored with Orna Johnson). According to Harris, the 1975 edition of Culture, People, Nature "was the first anthropology textbook to be written cover to cover in a gender-neutral mode of discourse" (12/3/93 letter from Harris to Deborah S. Rubin, "Furlow - [The Teaching of Anthropology]", Series 3. Writings, Marvin Harris Papers).

Although Harris is primarily known for his work as a theoretician, he also conducted ethnographic fieldwork throughout his career. Harris traveled to Rio de Contas, Brazil in 1950-51 to conduct research for his dissertation, "Minas Velhas: A Study of Urbanism in the Mountains of Eastern Brazil." This research was also the subject of his book Town and Country in Brazil (1958) and his chapter, "Race Relations in Minas Velhas, a Community in the Mountain Region of Central Brazil" in Race and Class in Rural Brazil (Charles Wagley, 1952). He continued his research in Brazil in 1953-54 while serving as a research advisor for the Ministry of Education in Rio de Janeiro. As field leader of the Columbia-Cornell-Harvard-Illinois Summer Field Studies Program, Harris returned to Brazil in 1962 to study fishing villages in Arembepe. Prior to that, he also served as field leader for the program in Chimborazo, Ecuador in 1960.

In 1956-57, Harris conducted field research in Mozambique, at the time under Portuguese rule. He initially intended to study the influence of Portuguese rule on race relations, comparing the race relations in Brazil and Mozambique. He soon became aware, however, of the political brutalities that the Portuguese government was imposing on the people of Mozambique. Consequently, Harris decided to focus his research on labor exploitation in the colony. Antonio de Figueiredo, who later became an important figure in the Mozambique liberation movement, served as an informal assistant to Harris. Harris was also friends with Eduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front. Because Harris was openly critical of the Portuguese government, he was forced to leave Mozambique before he completed his research. When he returned to the United States, Harris published Portugal's African "Wards" (1958), a critical evaluation of Portugal's colonialism. His publication was influential in eradicating the forced labor system in Mozambique a few years later.

Harris' activism extended to the social and political unrest at home during the 1960s. He was vice-chairman of Vietnam Facts, an organization of professors in the United States who were against the Vietnam War, and was one of the organizers of the Ad Hoc Teaching Committee on Vietnam. In 1967, he brought an academic focus to war by organizing a symposium on the subject with Morton Fried and Robert Murphy at the American Anthropological Association's (AAA) annual meeting. Together, they edited War: The Anthropology of Armed Conflict and Aggression (1968), a compilation of the papers presented at the conference. During the 1968 student uprising at Columbia University, Harris was one of the few faculty members that openly sided with the students. Harris criticized the actions of the university administrators in his article, "Big Busts on Morningside Heights" (1968).

Due to his experiences in Mozambique, Harris also began to think about the distinctions between emic and etic perspectives, which he discusses in his book, The Nature of Cultural Things (1964). During the 1960s-70s, Harris experimented with the use of video recordings as an etic approach to collecting ethnographic data. He collaborated with the Bronx State Hospital to videotape domestic life in two Puerto Rican and two African American families. He also videotaped and coded behavioral streams of two Caucasian and two African-American families in New York City for his NSF funded project, "Patterns of Authority and Subordination in Low-Income Urban Domiciles." In 1965 and 1992, Harris returned to Brazil to study racial categorizations and identifications, specifically the emic and etic differences in the perception of race. He published several papers on the subject, including "The Structural Significance of Brazilian Racial Categories" (1963), "Referential Ambiguity in the Calculus of Brazilian Racial Identity" (1970), and "Who are the Whites?" (1993).

During the 1980s, Harris was troubled by the rising popularity of postmodernist theory within anthropology. He believed that anthropology was a science and was concerned about the harmful consequences of postmodernist theory to the field. He organized a AAA session on postmodernism called "Anti-anti Science" in 1989 and participated in multiple conference sessions on the subject, including a 1993 session on "The Objectivity Crisis: Rethinking the Role of Science" at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting. "Anthropology and Postmodernism," a revised version of his AAAS paper was published as a chapter in Science, Materialism, and the Study of Culture (Martin F. Murphey and Maxine L. Margolis, 1995). Harris also criticized postmodernist theory in his final book, Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times (1999).

While Harris thought that postmodernism was moving anthropology further away from science, behavior scientists began to see the relevancy of cultural materialism in their own research. In 1986, Harris was invited to give an address at the annual conference of the Association for Behavioral Analysis (ABA). His paper was titled, "Cultural Materialism and Behavior Analysis: Common Problems and Radical Solutions." He also participated in a symposium on "The Integration of Cultural Materialism and Behavior Analysis" at the 1991 ABA annual meeting.

From 1988-90, Harris served as president of the General Anthropology Division of AAA. In 1991, he was given the honor of presenting the Distinguished Lecture at the AAA annual meeting. His talk was titled, "Anthropology and the Theoretical and Paradigmatic Significance of the Collapse of Soviet and East European Communism." That same year, The Rise of Anthropological Theory was designated a Social Science Citation Classic.

Harris died at the age of 74 on October 25, 2001.

Sources Consulted

Margoline, Maxine L. and Conrad Phillip Kottak. "Marvin Harris (1927-2001)." American Anthropologist. 105(3) (2003): 685-688.

Curriculum Vitae. Series 7. Biographical Files. Marvin Harris papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Harris, Marvin. "Cultural Materialism is Alive and Well and Won't Go Away Until Something Better Comes Along." In Assessing Anthropology,edited by Robert Borofsky, 62-76. New York: McGraw Hill, 1994.

Chronology

1927 -- Born August 18 in Brooklyn, New York

1945-1947 -- Served in U.S. Army Transportation Corps

1948 -- B.A. from Columbia College

1950-1951 -- Field research in Brazil

1953 -- Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University Field research in Brazil

1953-1954 -- Research Advisor, National Institute of Pedagogical Studies, Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian Ministry of Education

1953-1959 -- Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University

1956-1957 -- Field research in Mozambique

1959-1963 -- Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University

1960 -- Field leader of Columbia-Cornell-Harvard-Illinois Summer Field Studies Program in Chimborazo, Ecuador

1962 -- Field leader of Columbia-Cornell-Harvard-Illinois Summer Field Studies Program in Arembepe, Bahia, Brazil. NSF

1963-1980 -- Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University

1963-1966 -- Chair, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University

1965 -- Field Research in Brazil

1965-1972 -- Video Tape Methodology and Etic Ethnography

1969-1974 -- Principle Investigator, Videotape Studies of Urban Domiciles

1968-1969 -- Visiting Distinguished Professor, Central Washington State College

1976 -- Field Research in India

1980-2000 -- Graduate Research Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida

1983-1984 -- Consultant, United Nations Fund for Population Activities

1984 -- McMurrin Professor, University of Utah, Fall

1991-1992 -- Consultant, McKinsey and Company Global Institute

1991 -- Presented AAA Distinguished Lecture, "Anthropology and the Theoretical and Paradigmatic Significance of the Collapse of Soviet and East European Communism" The Rise of Anthropological Theory designated Social Science Citation Classic

1992 -- Field Research in Brazil

2001 -- Died October 25

Selected Bibliography

1952 -- Harris, Marvin. "Race Relations in Minas Velhas." In Race and Class in Rural Brazil, edited by Charles Wagley, 51-55. Paris: UNESCO, 1952.

1956 -- Harris, Marvin. Town and Country in Brazil. New York: Columbia University Press, 1956.

1958 -- Harris, Marvin, and Charles Wagley. Minorities in the New World. New York: Columbia University, 1958. Harris, Marvin. Portugal's African "Wards". New York: The American Committee on Africa, 1958.

1959 -- Harris, Marvin. "The Economy Has No Surplus?" American Anthropologist 51 (1959): 189-199. Harris, Marvin. "Labor Emigration Among the Mozambique Thonga: Cultural and Political Factors." Africa 29 (1959): 50-56.

1963 -- Harris, Marvin, and Conrad Kottack. "The Structural Significance of Brazilian Racial Categories." Sociologia 25 (1963): 203-209.

1964 -- Harris, Marvin. "Racial Identity in Brazil." Luso-Brazilian Review 1 (1964): 21-28. Harris, Marvin. The Nature of Cultural Things. New York: Random House, 1964. Harris, Marvin. Patterns of Race in the Americas. New York: Walker and Company, 1964.

1965 -- Harris, Marvin. "The Myth of the Sacred Cow." In Man, Culture and Animals, edited by A. Vayda and A. Leeds, 217-228. Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1965.

1966 -- Harris, Marvin. "The Cultural Ecology of India's Sacred Cattle." Current Anthropology 7 (1966): 51-66. Harris, Marvin, and George Morren. "The Limitations of the Principle of Limited Possibilities." American Anthropologist 58 (1966): 122-127.

1967 -- Harris, Marvin, Morton Fried, and Robert Murphy, eds. "The Anthropology of War and Aggression." Special Supplement, Natural History (December 1967): 30-70.

1968 -- Harris, Marvin. "Big Bust on Morningside Heights." The Nation 206 (1968): 757-763. Harris, Marvin. The Rise of Anthropological Theory. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968. Harris, Marvin, Morton Fried, and Robert Murphy, eds. War: The Anthropology of Armed Conflict and Aggression. New York: Natural History Press, 1968.

1970 -- Harris, Marvin. "Referential Ambiguity in the Calculus of Brazilian Racial Identity." Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 26 (1970): 1-14.

1971 -- Harris, Marvin. Culture, Man and Nature: An Introduction to General Anthropology. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1971.

1974 -- Harris, Marvin. Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: The Riddles of Culture. New York: Random House, 1974.

1976 -- Harris, Marvin, and William Divale. "Population, Warfare, and the Male Supremacist Complex." American Anthropologist 78 (1976): 521-538.

1977 -- Harris, Marvin. Cannibals and Kings: The Origins of Cultures. New York: Random House, 1977.

1979 -- Harris, Marvin. Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture. New York: Random House, 1979.

1981 -- Harris, Marvin. America Now: The Anthropology of a Changing Culture. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.

1982 -- Harris, Marvin, A. Vaidynathan, and K.N. Nair. "Bovine Sex and Species Ratios in India." Current Anthropology 23 (1982): 365-383.

1983 -- Harris, Marvin. Cultural Anthropology. New York: Harper and Row, 1983.

1984 -- Harris, Marvin. "Animal Capture and Yanomamo Warfare: Retrospect and New Evidence." Journal of Anthropological Research 40 (1984): 183-201.

1985 -- Harris, Marvin. Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985.

1987 -- Harris, Marvin. "Cultural Materialism: Alarums and Excursions." In Waymarks: The Notre Dame Inaugural Lectures in Anthropology, edited by Kenneth Morre, 107-126. Notre Dame: Notre Dame Press, 1987. Harris, Marvin, and Eric Ross, eds. Food and Evolution: Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987. Harris, Marvin, and Eric Ross. Death, Sex and Fertility: Population Regulation in Preindustrial and Developing Societies. New York: Columbia University Press, 1987.

1988 -- Harris, Marvin. Why Nothing Works: The Anthropology of Daily Life. New York: Touchstone, 1988.

1989 -- Harris, Marvin. Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, and Where We're Going. New York: Harper and Row, 1989.

1991 -- Harris, Marvin. "Anthropology: Ships that Crash in the Night." In Perspectives on Social Science: The Colorado Lectures, edited by Richard Jessor, 70-114. Boulder, CO.: Westview, 1991. Harris, Marvin, Thomas Headland, and Kenneth Pike, eds. Emics and Etics: The Insider/Outsider Debate. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1991. Harris, Marvin. "The Evolution of Human Gender Hierarchies: A Trial Formulation." In Sex and Gender Hierarchies, edited by Barbara Miller, 57-79. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.

1992 -- Harris, Marvin. "Distinguished Lecture: Anthropology and the Theoretical and Paradigmatic Significance of the collapse of Soviet and East European Communism." American Anthropologist 94 (1992): 295-305.

1993 -- Harris, Marvin, Josildeth Gomes Consorte, Joseph Lang, and Bryan Byrne. "Who are the White? Imposed Census Categories and the Racial Demography of Brazil." Social Forces 72 (1993): 451-462.

1994 -- Harris, Marvin. "Cultural Materialism is Alive and Well and Won't Go Away Until Something Better Comes Along." In Assessing Anthropology, edited by Robert Borofsky, 62-76. New York: McGraw Hill, 1994.

1995 -- Harris, Marvin. "Anthropology and Postmodernism." In Science, Materialism, and the Study of Culture, edited by Martin Murphy and Maxine Margolis, 62-77. Gainsville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1995.

1999 -- Harris, Marvin. Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 1999.

Related Materials:

More of Marvin Harris' correspondence can be found in the papers of William Duncan Strong. Researchers may also want to consult the Human Studies Film Archives, which holds video oral histories of Charles Wagley (HSFA 89.10.5) and Lambros Comitas (HSFA 89.10.20), both of whom discuss Harris in their interviews.

Separated Materials:

An open reel video from the collection was transferred to the Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA 2011.10.1). The video relates to Series 2: Research; Sub-series 2.6: Videotape Research--"[Macy's Santa Claus study]"

Provenance:

The papers of Marvin Harris were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by his daughter, Susan Harris.

Restrictions:

Access to student records (consisting of graded materials and student recommendation letters), grant proposals sent to Harris for review by grant agencies, and part of his faculty recruitment files are restricted until 2081. Series 10. Computer Files are also restricted due to preservation concerns.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Food habits  Search this

Race  Search this

Anthropology  Search this

Cattle -- India  Search this

Citation:

Marvin Harris papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.2009-27

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2009-27

Collection Creator:

Harris, Marvin, 1927-2001  Search this

Extent:

0.83 Linear feet

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1945-1996

Scope and Contents:

This series contains photographs of Harris, his family, friends, and colleagues as well as his research photos. Most were taken in Brazil and include images of festivals, Arembepe fishermen, towns, plazas, buildings, Sugar Loaf Mountain, and people at work. Photos of Brazilians from Harris' racial classification project are also in this series. There are copy prints of photos taken in Brazil circa 1910-20s and photos by Donald Curry and Pierre Verger. Verger was the photographer for Race and Class in Rural Brazil, however, none of the photos here were published in the book. This series also contains photos of peasants in Chimborazo, Ecuador as well as photos from India, Harris' service in the Army, and the 1968 protests at Columba University.

Arrangement:

This series is arranged in 4 subseries: (9.1) Brazil, circa 1950-1969; (9.2) Ecuador, 1960; (9.3) Non-Research, 1945-1947, 1968, 1983, 1996, undated; (9.4) Unidentified, undated

Please note that some of Harris photos were originally mixed together or in mislabeled folders. Consequently, there are many photos that are unidentified. It is also possible that some of his other photos are misfiled.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to student records (consisting of graded materials and student recommendation letters), grant proposals sent to Harris for review by grant agencies, and part of his faculty recruitment files are restricted until 2081. Series 10. Computer Files are also restricted due to preservation concerns.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Marvin Harris papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.2009-27, Series 9

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2009-27-ref3140

Collection Creator:

Harris, Marvin, 1927-2001  Search this

Extent:

6.13 Linear feet

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1949-1997

Scope and Contents:

This series contains Harris' research materials, including his field notes, research proposals, and research related correspondence. There are no research notes from his research in Chimborazo, Ecuador and Arembepe, Brazil in this series. However, related photographs can be found in Series 9. Photographs.

Arrangement:

This series is arranged in 7 sub-series: (2.1) Brazil, 1949-1967, 1990-1993; (2.2) Foodways, 1973-1986; (2.3) India (Sacred Cattle), 1962-1983; (2.4) McKinsey, 1990-1995; (2.5) Mozambique, 1954-1972; (2.6) Videotape Research, 1965-1976; (2.7) Other Research, 1961-1997

Collection Restrictions:

Access to student records (consisting of graded materials and student recommendation letters), grant proposals sent to Harris for review by grant agencies, and part of his faculty recruitment files are restricted until 2081. Series 10. Computer Files are also restricted due to preservation concerns.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Marvin Harris papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.2009-27, Series 2

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2009-27-ref1740

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Erik Asplund  Search this

Min. Elevation:

3100  Search this

Place:

Iter Regnell. quartum. Guamote, cultivated., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

13 Jun 1939

Common name:

barley

common barley

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Pooideae

Published Name:

Hordeum vulgare L.

Barcode:

03453792

USNM Number:

1912720

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a26ed571-a0f7-4088-89e9-bba56e529066

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15985973

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Wendell H. Camp  Search this

Max. Elevation:

1372  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1219  Search this

Place:

Cañon of the río Chanchan near Huigra., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

7 May 1945 to 14 May 1945

Common name:

herb of grace

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Scrophulariales Scrophulariaceae (plantaginaceae)

Published Name:

Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell

Barcode:

03902116

USNM Number:

2057024

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3805cbff1-994e-4085-9133-a434d1ca1e0e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15678648

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Erik Asplund  Search this

Min. Elevation:

3100  Search this

Place:

Guamote, towards Palmira., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

13 Jun 1939

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Juncaceae

Published Name:

Juncus arcticus var. andicola (Hook.) Balslev

Barcode:

03859061

USNM Number:

1930951

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ed4d6fcc-8246-44dd-af60-686f1c4da0d3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15675843

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Wendell H. Camp  Search this

Place:

Cañon of the río Chanchan near Huigra., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

7 May 1945 to 14 May 1945

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Scrophulariales Scrophulariaceae (orobanchaceae)

Published Name:

Escobedia grandiflora (L. f.) Kuntze

Barcode:

03907079

USNM Number:

2057031

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/335e94788-5f22-45b3-a76d-85cdea450510

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15676428

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

M. Acosta Solis  Search this

Min. Elevation:

3239  Search this

Place:

Pampas de Palmira; Región Interandina., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

27 Jul 1952

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Juncaceae

Published Name:

Juncus arcticus var. andicola (Hook.) Balslev

Barcode:

03859060

USNM Number:

2104050

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393098559-4efc-400a-89a3-161386b9dd3e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15673293

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Erik Asplund  Search this

Min. Elevation:

2300  Search this

Place:

Alausí, bank of irrigation ditch., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

10 Jun 1939

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Scrophulariales Scrophulariaceae

Published Name:

Calceolaria lanata Kunth

Barcode:

03870460

USNM Number:

1930918

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3de8b6d46-4f32-4563-b074-4da27ca31b1e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15673381

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

John L. Clark  Search this

Z. Aguirre  Search this

B. Greene  Search this

T. Harris  Search this

Clare Watt  Search this

Max. Elevation:

3200  Search this

Min. Elevation:

2800  Search this

Place:

Pallatanga Cantón. Comunidad Jesús de Gran Poder. From Panza Redonda on main highway, 2 km S on cobble road. Ca. 4 km NE of Pallatanga., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

14 Jul 1995

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae (basal) Laurales Lauraceae

Published Name:

Ocotea smithiana O.C. Schmidt

Barcode:

03996826

USNM Number:

3405894

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f2575c67-e17f-48d3-ba6b-f4db1cfa0bd6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15445012

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

John L. Clark  Search this

Gallego Alvarez  Search this

M. Mailloux  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1900  Search this

Place:

Cantón: Alausi. Parroquia: huigra. Headwaters of Sigsig Pamba; Quebrada Huigra Viejo. Remnant patch of forest east (2 air-km) of the town of Huigra., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

10 May 2003

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Arales Araceae Aroideae

Published Name:

Xanthosoma helleborifolium (Jacq.) Schott

Barcode:

01070096

USNM Number:

3459303

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3702b1d2b-9d4e-4a32-9a69-56ee762c0458

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15443580

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

James F. Smith  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1610  Search this

Place:

Area known in collections at turn of century as Hacienda de Licay, near Rio Chanchon, hill behind (north) of Huigra on old road from Guayaquil to Riobamba, trail starting from railroad track ~ 1 km to east of town and uphill to stream crossing through pasture and pea and, Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

Transcribed d/m/y: 26/5/89

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Arales Araceae Pothoideae

Published Name:

Anthurium lancea Sodiro

Barcode:

03820075

USNM Number:

3240758

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/357206d16-0a14-46fa-b6b4-05420d074e9d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15442379

Biogeographical Region:

83 - Western South America  Search this

Collector:

Albert S. Hitchcock  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1200  Search this

Place:

Huigra., Chimborazo, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

4 Jul 1923 to 27 Jul 1923

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Urticales Urticaceae

Published Name:

Phenax laevigatus Wedd.

Barcode:

03645859

USNM Number:

1195351

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/308003ddc-20c5-4434-856c-b6b2b915bda3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15303530