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Creator:

Livingstone, Frank B., 1928-2005  Search this

Names:

River Basin Surveys  Search this

University of Michigan. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

1 Boxe

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Field notes

Correspondence

Photographs

Manuscripts

Place:

Liberia

Date:

circa 1948-1990s

Summary:

Frank B. Livingstone (1928-2005) was an anthropologist who conducted fieldwork in Liberia, studying the correlation between malaria and sickle cell anemia. This collection contains files relating to his research in Liberia on malaria and sickle cell anemia; correspondence; a photo of Livingstone; his 1950 application for temporary field work on the Missouri River Basin Survey; reprints and articles by others; a miscellany of materials pertaining to University of Michigan's Anthropology Department; and some conference materials.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of Frank Livingstone's bibliographic research and field notes from Liberia on malaria and sickle cell anemia; correspondence, which include his Havard grade transcript; typescript drafts by Livingstone on sickle cells and human evolution; a photograph of Livingstone as a young man (standing on right) working at an excavation site; his 1950 application for temporary field work on the Missouri River Basin Survey; reprints and articles by others; a miscellany of materials pertaining to University of Michigan's Anthropology Department, including a 4-page typescript "[Michigan] Department of Anthropology, 1940-1975"; and some conference materials

Arrangement note:

Folders are arranged in the following order: 1) Correspondence, 1948-1962, 1993; 2) Field Journals (4 folders); 3) Typescript drafts; 4) Reprints, articles, & brochure; 5) University of Michigan; 6) Conferences and seminar; 7) River Basin Survey application and excavation photo; 8) Fortran printouts.

Biographical/Historical note:

Frank B. Livingstone was born on December 8, 1928 in Winchester, Massachusetts. He obtained his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Harvard University (1950) and his Ph.D. in anthropology from University of Michigan in 1957. In 1959, he joined the faculty of University of Michigan's Anthropology Department, retiring in 1998. Livinstone conducted fieldwork in Liberia, studying the correlation between malaria and sickle cell anemia; in recognition of his research, he received the Martin Luther King Award from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. His publications include Abnormal Hemoglobin in Human Populations (1967), "On the Non-existence of Human Races" (1962), "Did Australopithecines Sing" (1973), and "What Happened to the Universality of the Incest Taboo" (1991). The American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) awarded Livingstone the Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999. In 2002, a symposium was held in his honor at AAPA's annual meeting. He passed away on March 21, 2005

Topic:

Physical anthropology  Search this

Sickle cell anemia  Search this

Malaria  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Genetics  Search this

Human evolution  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Correspondence

Photographs

Manuscripts

Citation:

Frank Livingstone papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.2009-22

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw324154c06-4e68-47c2-b8de-d13c02e23918

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2009-22

Creator:

Ebihara, May, 1934-2005  Search this

Interviewee:

Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997  Search this

Conklin, Harold C., 1926-2016  Search this

Davenport, William  Search this

Griffin, James B. (James Bennett), 1905-1997  Search this

Foster, George McClelland, 1913-  Search this

Hanks, Jane Richardson, 1908-2014  Search this

Hanks, L. M.  Search this

Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979  Search this

Hockett, Charles Francis  Search this

Kirsch, Thomas G.  Search this

Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960  Search this

Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn  Search this

Mandelbaum, David G.  Search this

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978  Search this

Meggitt, Mervyn J., 1924-  Search this

Miller, Robert J., 1923-1994  Search this

Miller, Beatrice Diamond, 1919-  Search this

Miner, Horace M.  Search this

Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985  Search this

Murphy, Robert  Search this

Murra, John V. (John Victor), 1916-2006  Search this

Posposil, Leopold  Search this

Rouse, Irving, 1913-2006  Search this

Sharp, Lauriston  Search this

Shils, Edward, 1910-1995  Search this

Smith, Robert J.  Search this

Names:

Columbia University. Department of Anthropology  Search this

University of Chicago. Department of Anthropology  Search this

University of Michigan. Department of Anthropology  Search this

University of Pennsylvania. Department of Anthropology  Search this

French, David H. (David Heath), 1918-  Search this

Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939  Search this

Stern, Theodore, 1917-  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (document box and 34 sound cassettes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Oral histories (document genres)

Interviews

Date:

circa 1959-1986

Scope and Contents:

May Mayko Ebihara's oral history interviews with Conrad Arensberg (3/7/84); Harold Conklin (1/26/82); William Davenport (8/19/82); James B. Griffin (10/7/81); Jane Richardson Hanks (8/6/82); Lucien M. Hanks (8/7/82); Robert Heizer and George Foster (10/2/74); Charles Hocket (8/25/81); Thomas Kirsch (8/25/81); Alfred Kroeber, et al. on Sapir (dub 5/11/1959); Floyd Lounsbury (1/27/82); David Mandelbaum (11/9/78); Margaret Mead (12/8/66); Mervyn Meggitt; Robert and Beatrice Miller (7/29/86); Horace Miner (10/7/81); George P. Murdock (8/20/82); Robert Murphy (10/17/80); John V. Murra (8/24/81); Leopold Pospisil (1/28/82); Irving Rouse (1/27/82); Lauriston Sharp (5/6/82); Edward Shils (11/19/83); Robert J. Smith (8/26/81). Also includes typewritten transcripts for some of the above, as well as for interviews with Theodore Stern and David H. French. The collection also contains notes on anthropology departments at Columbia University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and University of Pennsylvania.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2009-15

Other Archival Materials:

May Ebihara's Reed College bachelor's thesis (1955), "An Ethnohistorical Study of the Shoshoni Indians of the Northern Basin," was received with the collection and transferred to the John Wesley Powell Library of Anthropology.

Topic:

Anthropology -- History  Search this

Genre/Form:

Oral histories (document genres)

Interviews

Citation:

Manuscript 2009-15, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2009-15

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37fb11cf4-b333-4377-8d02-e495b97ec03c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2009-15

Author:

Starkweather, Frank  Search this

University of Michigan Department of Anthropology  Search this

University of Michigan Museum of Art  Search this

Subject:

Starkweather, Frank Art collections  Search this

Physical description:

[64] p. illus., col. map. 19 x 26 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Date:

1968

Topic:

Art, Igbo  Search this

Call number:

NB1255.N5 S79

NB1255.N5S79

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_3461

Author:

University of Michigan Department of Anthropology  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. : ill. ; 28 cm

Type:

Electronic resources

Periodicals

Date:

1971

[1971]

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

Call number:

GN1 .M52

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_932506

Author:

University of Michigan Department of Anthropology  Search this

University of Michigan Library Scholarly Publishing Office  Search this

Type:

Electronic resources

Periodicals

Date:

1975

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_932504