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Series VIII. Personal Writings

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains undated, handwritten notes from a lecture given by Withers at Yale University, possibly after his return from Cuba and a stenographic notebook of personal observations written during his last years. Also included are materials by or about Withers.

Yale lecture notes on Cuba; hand-drawn map, 1950 - 1960, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journal entries, Jan 1965 - Feb 1965

Box: 18, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Withers' book proposal for the Cuban study entitled The Green Island: Life in a Cuban Town, 1947 - 1948, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Select correspondence from Withers to Dr. Espinosa at Stanford University. A book review of Plainville, U.S.A. is included., Aug 1952 - Aug 1961

Box: 18, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Samples of survey and children's folklore collected by Withers, undated, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Carl Withers bequest to the Research Institute for the Study of Man, Nov 1969

Box: 18, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

A memoir by Frank Snowden Hopkins sent to Dr. Rubin. Includes (Xerox) images of Carl L. Withers, Oct 1972

Box: 18, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Obituary published in the American Anthropologist, 1972, inclusive

Box: 18, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence related to Withers' Cuban manuscript, Oct 1972 - Sep 1984

Box: 18, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Research Institute for the Study of Man
New York University Archives
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