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The collection consists of materials from Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Wendy Ashmore. Materials in the collection include maps, field notes, and other research materials related to Ashmore's work studying the ancient Maya and neighboring peoples.

Abstract The Sylvia M. Broadbent papers include correspondence, field and research notes, manuscripts, publications, photographs, slides, realia, and other material pertaining to Dr. Sylvia M. Broadbent, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. Topics include her research in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics, university teaching, professional and recreational activities, and activism on behalf of cultural and environmental resources in the...

Abstract The Collection on the Chinantec is comprised of materials regarding the research of Carole H. Browner, Howard F. Cline, and Arthur J. Rubel on the Chinantec, the indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico. This collection primarily includes field notes from research conducted in San Pedro Yolox, Oaxaca, Mexico in the 1940s, Santiago Comaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico in the 1980s, and the Chinantec-speaking communities of Oaxaca, Mexico. Additionally, the collection contains correspondence, manuscripts,...

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Graduate student field reports from the Department of History's Public History Program. Students in this program are required to complete a ten-week long internship that culminates in the creation of a field report. The length and content of the field reports vary by student.

Abstract This collection contains notes, photographs, articles, manuscripts, maps, published papers, clippings, correspondence, sound recordings, and other material from cultural anthropologist Ralph C. Michelsen. Materials in the collection mostly pertain to Michelsen's anthropological research on numerous indigenous tribes in North and Central America, including the PaiPai and Kiliwa of Baja California, various Luiseño groups in southern California, the Mohave and Cocopah, the Seri of Mexico, and...

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The collection consists of the papers of Thomas C. Patterson, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the UC Riverside Department of Anthropology. Materials in the collection include field notebooks and other materials related to Patterson's archaeological and ethnohistorical research on Peru.

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This collection includes the diary, record book, and photographs of botanist and agronomist Wilson Popenoe, who studied avocados, navel oranges, mangoes, and other plant life throughout Mexico, Central and South America. Popenoe was employed by the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Seed and Plant Introduction in the role of agricultural explorer from 1913-1925, where he collaborated with David Fairchild, Archibald Shamel, and Palemon Howard Dorsett.

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The collection consists of field log books from the U.S. Tidal Model Laboratory, which was a research laboratory located at the University of California.