Richard D. Cushman papers, [ca. 1950-1981]
Collection Number: 4518

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Richard D. Cushman papers, [ca. 1950-1981]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4518
Abstract:
Notebooks, files relating to the Yao language, reprints in English and Chinese on the Yao Rebellion of 1832, Cornell University anthropology course materials and a set of 23 Yao/Mien paintings (ca. 1950) collected by Richard Cushman from northern Thailand, includes one Yao/Mien shaman headdress.
Creator:
Cushman, Richard D.
Quanitities:
17.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Richard David Cushman received an AB in 1962, MA in 1968 and Ph.D. in anthropology from Cornell University in 1970. His main work was with the Yao tribal people in northern Thailand, an ethnic group which is mainly located in south China. The Yao have a strong literary tradition, expressed in Chinese characters but in Yao language; their religious tradition is apparently something close to Taoism. One of Cushman's main preoccupations during field work in Thailand in the early 1970s was to collect Yao texts. He collected these by two main methods: 1) he hired older men to copy their religious texts into hardbacked notebooks; and 2) when he could obtain access to the original manuscripts, he photographed them. He also tape recorded Yao music and chanting on reel-to-reel audio tape.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Notebooks, files relating to the Yao language, reprints in English and Chinese on the Yao Rebellion of 1832, and Cornell University anthropology course materials. Also reel-to-reel and cassette tape recordings of Yao music and chanting.
The collection also includes a set of 23 Yao/Mien paintings (ca. 1950) collected by Richard Cushman from northern Thailand, includes one Yao/Mien shaman headdress.
Alternative form available:

The audio tapes in this collection have been digitized and are available upon request with advance notice of two (2) business days.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Richard D. Cushman papers, #4518. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Restrictions on Use:

Please ask for library staff assistance when unrolling scroll (9ft long) in Box 20.
Restrictions on Use:

Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. The audio tapes in this collection have been digitized and are available through the Cornell Library's digital collections portal.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University. Department of Anthropology
Cornell University. Class of 1962
Places:
Southeast Asia.
Thailand, Northern.
Subjects:
Yao paintings (Southeastern Asia)
Yao literature (Southeastern Asia)
Yao language (Southeastern Asia)
Yao (Southeast Asian people)
Form and Genre Terms:
Audiocassettes
Paintings.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Notebooks and research materials
Box 1
Language study notebooks (Yao)
Box 2
Language study notebooks (Yao)
Box 3
Language study notebooks (Yao)
Box 4
Books
Box 5
"Notes from the Xanadu Rookery" - 19 composition books of pencil holographic transcriptions, 1 notebook
Box 6
"Notes from the Xanadu Rookery" - 19 composition books of pencil holographic transcriptions, 1 notebook
Box 7
"Efeo Yo Materials" - 1 envelope photocopies
Box 7
"Gaze" - 3 envelopes of photocopies
Box 7
2 notebooks of photocopies
Box 8
"Hisc" - 2 envelopes of photocopies
Box 8
"Klhtt" - 3 envelopes of photocopies
Box 11
Address book
Scope and Contents
Located with photographic materials.
Box 12
"OMF Mien Materials"
Box 15
18 notebooks, language study
Box 15
3 paperbound volumes
Box 12
2 spiral notebooks, ink writing
Box 14
Subject file folders (letter size)
Box 17
Subject file folders (legal size)
Box 18
Subject file folders (legal size)
Photographs and artwork
Box 4
Photographs
Box 9
Snapshot photograph albums of photographs of a book, sequenced/indexed
Box 10
Snapshot photograph albums of photographs of a book, sequenced/indexed
Box 11
Snapshot photograph albums of photographs of a book, sequenced/indexed
Box 11
Negatives (indexed), photographs, slides.
Box 16
Loose pictographic material
Box 20
Yao/Mien scroll (9ft long)
Conditions Governing Use
Please ask for library staff assistance when unrolling scroll.
Box 21
Smaller Yao/Mien paintings
Scope and Contents
Includes one Yao/Mien shaman headdress
Mapcase Folder 1
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 2
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 3
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 4
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 5
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 6
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 7
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 8
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 9
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 10
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Mapcase Folder 11
Oversized Yao/Mien paintings
Audiotapes
Scope and Contents
Indexed and identified
Conditions Governing Use
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital copies available upon request with advance notice of two (2) business days.
Box 4
Cushman tape recording
Box 13 T001
Cushman tape recording
Tandy_Concertape
tape reels
Box 13 T002
Cushman tape recording
Tandy_Concertape
tape reels
Box 13 T003
Cushman tape recording
Tandy_Concertape
tape reels
Box 13 T004
Cushman tape recording
Sony C-90HF
Audiocassettes
Box 13 T005
Cushman tape recording
Sony C-90HF
Audiocassettes
Box 13 T006
Cushman tape recording
Sony C-90HF
Audiocassettes
Box 13 T007
Cushman tape recording
Sony C-90HF
Audiocassettes
Box 13 T1
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 T2
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T3
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 T4
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T5
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T7
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T8
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T9
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T10
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T11
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 T12
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T13
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T14
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T15
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T16
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T17
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 T18
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 T19
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 T20
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 T21
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 T22
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T23
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T24
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T25
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T26
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T27
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 T28
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 T29
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 T30
Cushman tape recording
Scotch 290
tape reels
Box 13 T31
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 T32
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 T33
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T34
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T35
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T36
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T37
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T38
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T39
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T40
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T43
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 T44
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 T45
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T46
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T47
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T48
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T49
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T55
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T56
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T57
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T58
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T59
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T60
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 T64
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 TP1
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 TP2
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 TP3
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 TP4
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 TP5
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
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Box 13 TP9
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 TP10
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 13 TP11
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 TP12
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 TP13
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 13 TP14
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 TP15
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 TP16
Cushman tape recording
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Box 13 TP17
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T41
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 14 T42
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T50
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T51
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T52
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T53
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T54
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T61
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T62
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T63
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T65
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T66
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T67
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T68
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T69
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T70
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T71
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T72
Cushman tape recording
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Box 14 T73
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
Box 14 T74
Cushman tape recording
Galaxy
tape reels
Box 14 TP6
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 14 TP7
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
Box 14 TP8
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
M1-10
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
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M1-11
Cushman tape recording
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M1-12
Cushman tape recording
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M1-13
Cushman tape recording
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M1-14
Cushman tape recording
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M1-15
Cushman tape recording
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M1-16
Cushman tape recording
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M1-17
Cushman tape recording
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M1-18
Cushman tape recording
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M1-19
Cushman tape recording
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M1-20
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
M1-21
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
M1-22
Cushman tape recording
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tape reels
M1-23
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
M1-24
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
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M1-25
Cushman tape recording
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M1-26
Cushman tape recording
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M1-27
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels
M1-28
Cushman tape recording
Sony PR-200
tape reels