Subject files, 1951
Scope and Contents
Comprises: correspondence with British anthroplogists and ethnologists, including former pupils and junior colleagues of Meyer Fortes, arranged in chronological order by year; a series of subject files, many relating to research in the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] and Ashanti and on the Tallensi (or Talensi) people, notes, offprints, typescripts of articles, lecture notes ; desk notebooks, journals and diaries; two volume typescript of 'Kinship and social order'. The series of subject files which cover many aspects of Meyer Fortes' work in the field is only listed in brief detail.
Dates
- Creation: 1951
Creator
- From the Fonds: Fortes, Meyer, 1906-1983 (anthropologist) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Catalogued material (except for noted restricted correspondence) is available for consultation, but readers are advised that copyright remaining in the writings of Meyer Fortes is the property of his daughter, whose permission is necessary for publication.
Language of Materials
English
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