Preserving the Anthropological Record, Second Edition

Edited by Sydel Silverman and Nancy J. Parezo

Copyright © 1995 by the Wenner-Gren
Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.

Preface

Introduction
Sydel Silverman

Institutional Resources

The National Anthropological Archives
Mary Elizabeth Ruwell

The Melanesian Archive
Donald Tuzin

The Role of Museums
Thomas H. Wilson and Nancy J. Parezo

Discipline History Centers in the Sciences
Joan Warnow-Blewett

The Preservation and Use of Cultural Materials

Ethical Considerations
Catherine S. Fowler

Documenting Disciplinary History
Regna Darnell

The Uses of Ethnographic Records
Shepard Krech III and William C. Sturtevant

Preservation Issues in the Fields of Anthropology

The Records of Archaeology
Don D. Fowler and Douglas R. Givens

The Records of Biological Anthropology
Michael A. Little, Jane A. Buikstra and Frank Spencer

The Records of Medical Anthropology
Sue E. Estroff

The Records of Applied Anthropology
John van Willigen

The Records of American Indian Linguistics
Victor Golla

Guidelines and Strategies

Saving the Past: Guidelines for Individuals
Nancy J. Parezo and Ruth J. Person

Preserving Organizational Records
Sydel Silverman, Lucy M. Cohen, Eluned Schweitzer and Nathalie F.S. Woodbury

The Physical Preservation of Anthropological Records
Mary Elizabeth Ruwell

The Potentials and Problems of Computers
Robert V. Kemper

Future Prospects
Don D. Fowler and Nancy J. Parezo

References Cited

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