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May M. Edel papers
- Title
- May M. Edel papers, 1933-1965.
- Author
- Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964.
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 311 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 311 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 311 Box 3 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 311 Box 4 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 311 Box 5 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 311 Box 6 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 311 Box 7 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 311 Box 8 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964.
- Description
- 3 lin. ft.
- Summary
- Bulk of collection consists of stories, tales, and various drafts of the manuscript about the Chiga people entitled "The Bachiga of East Africa," including drafts of individual chapters, and page proofs of her book, THE CHIGA OF WESTERN UGANDA (1957), based on these manuscripts. Also, letters from several Africans to Edel, probably in Bantu, letters from Ruth Benedict concerning the manuscript, "The Bachiga of East Africa," and reviews written by Edel. Edel's field notes of the Chiga (1933-1934) include vocabulary lists and information about kinship and religion.
- Subjects
- Black people > South Africa
- Anthropologists
- Folk literature, African
- Uganda > Social life and customs
- Bantu-speaking peoples
- Uganda > Languages
- Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
- Africa, East > Social life and customs
- Field notes
- Chiga (African people)
- Anthropology > Africa, East
- Ethnology > Africa, East
- Anthropology > Uganda
- Ethnology > Uganda
- Folklore > Africa, East
- Genre/Form
- Field notes.
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Abraham Edel retains copyright to the manuscript, "The Bachiga of East Africa."
- Source (note)
- Edel, Abraham
- Biography (note)
- Anthropologist who studied the Chiga people of western Uganda.
- Language (note)
- English and Bantu.
- Publications (note)
- Edel, May Mandelbaum. The Chiga of Western Uganda. New York N.Y.: Oxford University Press for International African Institute, 1957.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Accessioned
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- Sc MG 311
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A89
- Author
- Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964.
- Title
- May M. Edel papers, 1933-1965.
- Terms Of Use
- Abraham Edel retains copyright to the manuscript, "The Bachiga of East Africa."
- Biography
- Anthropologist who studied the Chiga people of western Uganda.
- Language
- English and Bantu.
- Publications
- Edel, May Mandelbaum. The Chiga of Western Uganda. New York N.Y.: Oxford University Press for International African Institute, 1957.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Anthropologists.
- Added Author
- Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 311