Allan R. Holmberg research materials on the Siriono Indians, 1939-1967
Collection Number: 6826

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Allan R. Holmberg research materials on the Siriono Indians, 1939-1967
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6826
Creator:
Holmberg, Allan R.
Quanitities:
.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Allan Holmberg was a professor of anthropology at Cornell University from 1948 until his death in 1966. He authored the book Nomads of the Long Bow which was about the Siriono Indians.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This collection contains mostly field notes and photographs relating to Allan Holmberg's work with the Siriono Indians of eastern Bolivia as a Fellow of the Social Science Research Council. The correspondence folder in the collection mostly concerns re-analysis of Holmberg's research data and access to his papers.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Allan R. Holmberg research materials on the Siriono Indians, #6826. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Siriano language.
Siriono Indians.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Field notes

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence
1943, 1960-1967
Box 1 Folder 2
Siriono kinship
1946-1948, 1963
Box 1 Folder 3
Articles and press releases
1950
Box 1 Folder 4
Photographic prints and negatives
1939-1940
Box 1 Folder 5-7
Field notebooks
1939-1941
Box 2
Field notes (HRAF)
1940