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Collection Creator:
Turner, Terence  Search this
Container:
Box 62, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1994-1995
undated
Scope and Contents:
Includes correspondece, a paper by Beth A. Conklin and Laura Graham entitled "Forging a Middle Ground: Amazonian Indians and Eco-Politics," a paper by Herbert S. Lewis entitled "On the Parlous State of Anthropology Today," a paper entitled "Toast on Ice: The Ethnopsychology of the Winter-Over Experience in Antarctica," and comments on "Like Mirrors They Break."
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Audiovisual and digital materials are restricted. Please contact the archives for information on the availability of access copies.

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Collection Citation:
Terence Turner papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Terence Turner papers / Series 3: Papers, conferences, and courses / 3.1: Papers / Correspondence
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw392716d39-a372-452e-8d8f-f981051828e6
EDAN-URL:
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Robert I. Levy papers

Creator:
Levy, Robert I. (Robert Isaac), 1924-  Search this
Extent:
262 Sound recordings
37.4 Linear feet (71 boxes, 5 map-folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Manuscripts
Field notes
Correspondence
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Tahiti (French Polynesia: Island)
Bhaktapur (Nepal)
Date:
1947-2001, undated
Summary:
The Robert I. Levy papers document his field work, research and professional activities from 1949-2001 and primarily deal with his work studying social organization, culture, and their psychological effects in Tahiti and Nepal. The collection consists of correspondence, field notes, sound recordings of interviews with informants in Tahiti and Nepal, interview transcripts and analyses, language and culture research materials, maps, and color slides. Also included are files about his books, articles, essays, and lectures; course materials from his time as a professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD); and conference files.
Scope and Contents:
The Robert I. Levy papers document his field work, research and professional activities from 1949-2001 and primarily deal with his work studying social organization, culture and their psychological effects in Tahiti and Nepal. The collection consists of correspondence, field notes, sound recordings of interviews with informants in Tahiti and Nepal, interview transcripts and analyses, language and culture research materials, maps, and color slides.

The correspondence includes Levy's thoughts on his first field work experience in Tahiti from 1961-1964 along with extensive correspondence with Levy's cousin, anthropologist Roy Rappaport, in the same time period. Interview transcripts from Tahiti are written in Tahitian with Levy's notes in English. Transcripts from Nepal are in Newar (Devanagari script) with English translations. Full transcripts in both languages are not always present. Research materials comprise documents Levy gathered before and after his periods of field work and include extensive analyses of psychological terms in Tahitian and Newar. The color slides depict adults, children, daily activities, rituals, and some landscapes in Tahiti and Nepal.

Also included in this collection are files about his books, articles, essays, and lectures; course materials from his time as a professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD); and conference files.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in 4 series: Series 1. Tahiti, 1959-1964, 1970, undated; Series 2. Nepal, 1959-1990, undated; Series 3. Professional activities, 1949-2001, undated; Series 4. Slides, 1961, 1973-1978, undated.
Biographical note:
1924 -- Robert I. Levy was born on June 1st in New York, New York.

1947 -- M.D. Degree, New York University, College of Medicine.

1953-1956 -- Army Medical Corps, Neuropsychiatric and Psychiatric Services, Germany.

1954 -- Specialty certification in psychiatry. American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

1956-1962 -- Private psychiatry practice. Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, School of Medicine. Attending Psychiatrist, Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, San Francisco, California. Adjunct in psychiatry, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, California.

1961 -- Fellow, American Psychiatric Association.

1961-1964 -- From July-August 1961 and July 1962-June 1964, field work in French Polynesia. Grants from the National Institute for Mental Health and the National Science Foundation.

1964-1966 -- Research Associate, Anthropology, Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Senior Scholar, Institute of Advanced Projects, East-West Center;

1966-1967 -- Visiting Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Hawaii.

1967-1969 -- Research Professor, Social Science Research Institute of Hawaii; Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii.

1969-1991 -- Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego.

1973-1976 -- Field work in Nepal. National Science Foundation grant.

1973-1975 -- Honorary Senior Fulbright-Hays Grant, Nepal.

1990-1991 -- Fellow, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC.

1991-2003 -- Research Professor of Anthropology, Duke University. Research Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego;

1996 -- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

2003 -- Died August 29th in Asolo, Italy.

Robert I. Levy was a professor in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) from 1969 until his retirement in 1991 who was known for his ground breaking work in psychological anthropology. Born in 1924 in New York, New York, he originally trained in medicine and psychiatry (M.D. Degree, New York University, 1947). Levy was lured into anthropology in the early 1960s by Douglas Oliver to work on a field project in Tahiti. Levy spent a total of 26 months from 1961-1964 conducting research in Tahiti focused on aspects of Tahitian culture and psychological organization. The resulting book Tahitians: Mind and Experience in the Society Islands (1973) was selected as a finalist for the National Book Award. Levy went on to complete field work in Nepal in the traditional Hindu city of Bhaktapur, from 1973-1976 conducting research on social organization, culture, and their psychological correlates. The culmination of his research, Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal, was published in 1990.

Prior to joining the faculty at UCSD, Levy was a senior scholar at the East-West Center, a research associate at the Bishop Museum, and a professor at the University of Hawaii, all in Honolulu. He was also the associate editor of ETHOS from 1971-1979 and received fellowships at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, CA (1985-1986) and the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, NC (1990-1991). After his retirement from UCSD in 1991 Levy was appointed a Research Professor of Anthropology at both the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Duke University. He died in 2003 in Asolo, Italy.

Source consulted: Hollan, Douglas 2005 "Mind and Experience in Tahiti, Nepal, and Beyond." ETHOS. Vol. 33, No. 4, Special Section in Honor of Robert I. Levy (Dec., 2005), pp. 430-432.
Provenance:
These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Robert Levy's wife, Nerys Levy, in 2014.
Restrictions:
Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
The Robert I. Levy papers are open for research.

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Topic:
Caste -- Nepal  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Field notes
Correspondence
Sound recordings
Slides (photographs)
Citation:
Robert I. Levy papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NAA.2014-11
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
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EDAN-URL:
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23. Personality and ethnopsychology

Collection Creator:
Albert, Ethel Mary, 1918-1989  Search this
Container:
Box 4
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Collection Restrictions:
The Ethel Mary Albert papers are open for reaearch.
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Collection Citation:
Ethel Mary Albert Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Ethel Mary Albert Papers
Ethel Mary Albert Papers / Series 2: Rundi ethnography; rough notes
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37312f103-b58f-4d36-9ef9-7c1aaba189d6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1990-30-ref48

Epic encounters : first contact imagery in nineteenth and early-twentieth century American art / by Katherine Lynn Elliott

Title:
First contact imagery in nineteenth and early-twentieth century American art
Author:
Elliott, Katherine Lynn  Search this
Subject:
Weir, Robert Walter 1803-1889 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Catlin, George 1796-1872 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Moran, Thomas 1837-1926 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Bierstadt, Albert 1830-1902 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Russell, Charles M (Charles Marion) 1864-1926 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 299 p. : col. ill
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
Topic:
Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples--In art  Search this
Race awareness in art  Search this
Art and race  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Cultural relativism  Search this
Call number:
E98.F39 E44 2009a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_964441

Race in the 21st century : ethnographic approaches / John Hartigan, Jr

Title:
Race in the twenty-first century
Author:
Hartigan, John 1964-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 226 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2010
Topic:
Race--Social aspects  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Human population genetics  Search this
Black people--Race identity  Search this
White people--Race identity  Search this
Race awareness  Search this
Race discrimination  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_971163

The meaning of whitemen : race and modernity in the Orokaiva cultural world / Ira Bashkow

Author:
Bashkow, Ira  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 329 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Papua New Guinea
Oro Province
Oro Province (Papua New Guinea)
Date:
2006
Topic:
Ethnic identity  Search this
Psychology  Search this
Attitudes  Search this
Black people--Race identity  Search this
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Race awareness  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_790635

Das Giftspinnen-Orakel und seine Deutung : Erfahrungen bei ethnopsychologischen Feldunterschungen in Zentral-Kamerun

Author:
Wagner, Johanna  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cameroon
Date:
1989
Topic:
Bassa (Cameroonian) divination  Search this
Basa (Cameroonian people)--Medicine  Search this
Basa (Cameroonian people)--Psychology  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Call number:
GN2 .M986
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_519260

Many faces of gender : roles and relationships through time in indigenous northern communities / edited By Lisa Frink, Rita S. Shepard, and Gregory A. Reinhardt

Author:
Frink, Lisa  Search this
Shepard, Rita S  Search this
Reinhardt, Gregory A  Search this
Alaska Anthropological Association Meeting (25th : 1998 : Anchorage, Alaska)  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 257 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
2002
C2002
Topic:
Psychology  Search this
Sexual behavior  Search this
Indian women--Social conditions  Search this
Inuit--Psychology  Search this
Inuit--Sexual behavior  Search this
Inuit women--Social conditions  Search this
Gender identity  Search this
Sex role  Search this
Sex differences  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_714322

Die begriffsform im mythischen denken

Author:
Cassirer, Ernst 1874-1945  Search this
Physical description:
3 p. l., 62 p. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1922
Topic:
Thought and thinking  Search this
Mythology  Search this
Religion  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Call number:
BF455.C3X 1922
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_390816

Tahitians : mind and experience in the Society Islands / Robert I. Levy ; illustrated by Pierre Heyman

Author:
Levy, Robert I (Robert Isaac) 1924-  Search this
Physical description:
xxvii, 547 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tahiti
Date:
1973
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Call number:
GN671.S55 L48
GN671.S55L48
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_37913

Dissentangling : conflict discourse in Pacific societies / edited by Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo, Geoffrey M. White

Author:
Watson-Gegeo, Karen Ann 1942-  Search this
White, Geoffrey M (Geoffrey Miles) 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 505 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Oceania
Date:
1990
Topic:
Conflict management  Search this
Discourse analysis  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Dispute resolution (Law)  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
GN663.D57 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_397805

Cross-cultural psychology : research and applications / John W. Berry ... [et al.]

Author:
Berry, John W  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 588 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2002
Topic:
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_748224

A cognitive theory of cultural meaning / Claudia Strauss and Naomi Quinn

Author:
Strauss, Claudia 1953-  Search this
Quinn, Naomi  Search this
American Anthropological Association Meeting (87th : 1989 : Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
2001
Topic:
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Cognition and culture  Search this
Connectionism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_748226

Géza Roheim et l'essor de l'anthropologie psychanalytique

Author:
Dadoun, Roger  Search this
Subject:
Róheim, Géza 1891-1953  Search this
Physical description:
320 p. 18 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1972
[1972]
Topic:
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Primitive societies  Search this
Call number:
GN273 .D3X
GN273.D3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_90916

Extraordinary anthropology : transformations in the field / edited by Jean-Guy A. Goulet and Bruce Granville Miller ; with a preface by Johannes Fabian

Author:
Goulet, Jean-Guy  Search this
Miller, Bruce Granville 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 456 p. : map ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Dreams  Search this
Ecstasy  Search this
Ethnology--Fieldwork  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_902894

Handbook for proxemic research / by Edward T. Hall

Author:
Hall, Edward T (Edward Twitchell) 1914-2009  Search this
Society for the Anthropology of Visual Communication  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 124 p. : ill ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1974
C1974
Topic:
Personal space--Testing  Search this
Psychology--Research  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Call number:
BF469 .H35 1974
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_899496

The mind of primitive man / [Franz Boas]

Author:
Boas, Franz 1858-1942  Search this
Physical description:
8 p. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1901
[1901?]
Topic:
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Primitive societies  Search this
Race  Search this
Call number:
GN270 .B67 1901
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_901036

Black Hamlet / Wulf Sachs

Author:
Sachs, Wulf 1893-1949  Search this
Physical description:
324 p. 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Date:
1947
Topic:
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Blacks  Search this
Psychoanalysis  Search this
Call number:
GN645 .S12
GN645.S12
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_39533

The people of Alor : a social-psychological study of an East Indian island / Cora Du Bois ; with analyses by Abram Kardiner and Emil Oberholzer

Author:
Du Bois, Cora Alice 1903-1991  Search this
Kardiner, Abram 1891-1981  Search this
Oberholzer, Emil 1883-1958  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes (xxxvi, 654 pages) : illustrations, plates ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Indonesia
Alor
Date:
1961
1944
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1057315

Cultural memory : reconfiguring history and identity in the postcolonial Pacific / edited by Jeannette Marie Mageo

Author:
Mageo, Jeannette Marie  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 222 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Oceania
Date:
2001
Topic:
Ethnicity  Search this
Ethnopsychology  Search this
Memory--Social aspects  Search this
Group identity  Search this
Intergroup relations  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_716150

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