The information in this bibliography is compiled from the Library manuscript card catalogs, the tables of contents to manuscript collections, and through consultation of the manuscript collections themselves. Its object is to provide a unified list of manuscript materials of potential interest to historians of anthropology and archeology. Although I tried to be thorough, I may have overlooked materials which deserved to be included here; but the collection is large and my time was limited.

Entries are organized alphabetically and include the names of both institutions and individuals. For institutions, entries contain the following information: name; brief title or description of manuscript holdings, followed by call number; inclusive dates covered by the material; amount of manuscript material indicated by letter or page count, linear feet, or number of boxes; descriptive information about types of documents, with some document titles or names of correspondents; summary listing of subject topics covered; and subject indexing(l-12).

For individuals, the format is slightly different. The person's name and dates are followed by a one- or two-word description of his professional background and career. Next follows a brief description of type of material included. The usual description is either "correspondence," "mss.," or both. "Mss." refers to drafts of papers and books, speeches, field notes, research data, etc. Subsequent listings under the same name are references to specific holdings in different collections. The listings are alphabetically arranged. For example, under Gregory Bateson there are three entries: Bateson Family Papers, Franz Boas Papers, and Sturgis McCulloch Papers. Each collection contains Gregory Bateson materials. It is important to note that collections have been included only when they contain material relating to anthropology and archeology. There may be other collections containing Bateson material which were excluded because their contents are not relevant to this study. Each collection entry includes collection name, call number, relevant document dates, amount of material, descriptive information, and subject indexing. Where a collection covers a wide range of subject topics, many of which do not relate to anthropology or archeology, references are usually made to the letters and manuscripts, and their dates, which are specifically relevant. Thus, it can happen that an entry does not refer to the complete holdings of a collection. For more complete information on specific collections, consult Whitfield Bell and Murphy Smith's Guide to the Archives and Manuscript Collections, or Stephen Catlett's forthcoming up-dated manuscript guide.

I have used the following abbreviations: anthr. for anthropology, arch. for archeology, coll. for collection, dir, for director, emer. for emeritus, ethn. for ethnology, Jour. for Journal, L. or Ls. for letter or letters, lf. or lvs. for leaf or leaves, ln. ft. for linear feet, phys. for physical, publcs. for publications, res. for research. By the term leaf, I refer to a sheet of manuscript writing. It should be interpreted as synonymous with a printed page. A double-sided manuscript sheet would constitute two leaves.

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