D. George Sherman (AC 1969) Papers, ca. 1965-1992
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topic: Series 1: Undergraduate Notebooks
subject: Series 1: Undergraduate Notebooks
topic: Undergraduate notebooks (Anthropology, Gender, History, Thailand Seminar, Ancient Sea History)
subject: Undergraduate notebooks (Anthropology, Gender, History, Thailand Seminar, Ancient Sea History)
topic: Undergraduate notebooks (Physics, Bio-genetics, Thermo, Math, English)
subject: Undergraduate notebooks (Physics, Bio-genetics, Thermo, Math, English)
topic: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
subject: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
topic: Research notebooks (German dictionary, interview sheets, Indonesia materials)
subject: Research notebooks (German dictionary, interview sheets, Indonesia materials)
topic: Original Indonesia Research (150 cassette tapes of conversations, feasts, speeches - a few commercial tapes
subject: Original Indonesia Research (150 cassette tapes of conversations, feasts, speeches - a few commercial tapes
topic: Research - primary and secondary sources, transcripts of tapes, lists of Pestas, news clippings
subject: Research - primary and secondary sources, transcripts of tapes, lists of Pestas, news clippings
topic: Research - second sources
subject: Research - second sources
topic: Research files on individuals
subject: Research files on individuals
topic: Research files
subject: Research files
topic: Original Indonesia Research - residence patterns, education, labor and education, map book, marriage and education records, workers by age and family, fields, work statistics
subject: Original Indonesia Research - residence patterns, education, labor and education, map book, marriage and education records, workers by age and family, fields, work statistics
topic: Series 3: Dissertation
subject: Series 3: Dissertation
topic: Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University (4 notebooks)
subject: Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University (4 notebooks)
topic: Original Thesis, notebooks (3), books (2)
subject: Original Thesis, notebooks (3), books (2)
topic: Thesis - papers and indexes
subject: Thesis - papers and indexes
topic: Thesis - notebooks and files
subject: Thesis - notebooks and files
topic: Series 4: Teaching Files
subject: Series 4: Teaching Files
topic: Teaching - files on courses and seminars
subject: Teaching - files on courses and seminars
topic: Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
subject: Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
topic: Lecture materials, writing, and correspondence
subject: Lecture materials, writing, and correspondence
topic: Student evaluations, syllabi
subject: Student evaluations, syllabi
topic: Selections from personal/teaching files
subject: Selections from personal/teaching files
topic: Selections from personal files
subject: Selections from personal files
topic: Nazism (files and notebooks)
subject: Nazism (files and notebooks)
topic: Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
subject: Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
topic: Rice, Rupees & Rituals, Stanford University Press - some personal information
subject: Rice, Rupees & Rituals, Stanford University Press - some personal information
topic: Series 7: Personal Correspondence
subject: Series 7: Personal Correspondence
topic: Desk top, most recent and current files, personal correspondence
subject: Desk top, most recent and current files, personal correspondence
topic: Series 8: Photographs
subject: Series 8: Photographs
topic: Photographic prints, ca. 1,000 [Acc. 2003-163]
subject: Photographic prints, ca. 1,000 [Acc. 2003-163]
topic: 1 box photographic negative rolls; scholarly manuscripts; photographic negatives and contact sheets; agricultural booklets; personal correspondence, 1970s-1980s; photographs of villages (album pages)
subject: 1 box photographic negative rolls; scholarly manuscripts; photographic negatives and contact sheets; agricultural booklets; personal correspondence, 1970s-1980s; photographs of villages (album pages)

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is publisher of: D. George Sherman (AC 1969) Papers, ca. 1965-1992
administers: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
provides access to: D. George Sherman (1947-1992) Papers
provides access to: Series 1: Undergraduate Notebooks
provides access to: Undergraduate notebooks (Anthropology, Gender, History, Thailand Seminar, Ancient Sea History)
provides access to: Undergraduate notebooks (Physics, Bio-genetics, Thermo, Math, English)
provides access to: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
provides access to: Research notebooks (German dictionary, interview sheets, Indonesia materials)
provides access to: Original Indonesia Research (150 cassette tapes of conversations, feasts, speeches - a few commercial tapes
provides access to: Research - primary and secondary sources, transcripts of tapes, lists of Pestas, news clippings
provides access to: Research - second sources
provides access to: Research files on individuals
provides access to: Research files
provides access to: Original Indonesia Research - residence patterns, education, labor and education, map book, marriage and education records, workers by age and family, fields, work statistics
provides access to: Series 3: Dissertation
provides access to: Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University (4 notebooks)
provides access to: Original Thesis, notebooks (3), books (2)
provides access to: Thesis - papers and indexes
provides access to: Thesis - notebooks and files
provides access to: Series 4: Teaching Files
provides access to: Teaching - files on courses and seminars
provides access to: Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
provides access to: Lecture materials, writing, and correspondence
provides access to: Student evaluations, syllabi
provides access to: Selections from personal/teaching files
provides access to: Selections from personal files
provides access to: Nazism (files and notebooks)
provides access to: Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
provides access to: Rice, Rupees & Rituals, Stanford University Press - some personal information
provides access to: Series 7: Personal Correspondence
provides access to: Desk top, most recent and current files, personal correspondence
provides access to: Series 8: Photographs
provides access to: Photographic prints, ca. 1,000 [Acc. 2003-163]
provides access to: 1 box photographic negative rolls; scholarly manuscripts; photographic negatives and contact sheets; agricultural booklets; personal correspondence, 1970s-1980s; photographs of villages (album pages)

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D. George Sherman (AC 1969) Papers, ca. 1965-1992
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D. George Sherman (1947-1992) Papers
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date: ca. 1965-1992
date created accumulated string: ca. 1965-1992
extent: 26 records storage boxes, 1 archives box
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scopecontent: Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection contains Sherman's notes from his coursework and studies at Amherst College and Cornell University; field notes for and drafts of his book Rice, Rupees and Ritual: Economy and Society Among the Samosir Batak of Sumatra (1990); the text of published articles and public lectures; and extensive background and lecture notes related to the anthropology courses he taught.
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associated with: Amherst College--Students.
associated with: Amherst College. Class of 1969. Sherman.
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associated with: Samosir Island (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.
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has part: Series 3: Dissertation
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has part: Series 4: Teaching Files
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has part: Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
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has part: Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
aggregates: Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
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body: Biographical Note David George Sherman was born in 1947 and graduated from Amherst College in 1969. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1974 and 1982 respectively. He taught anthropology at Southern Illinois University, 1984-1986, Dartmouth College, 1988-1989 and University of California Irvine, 1989-1990. He was teaching at Keene State College (N.H.) at the time he was killed in an automobile accident in 1992.
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has part: Undergraduate notebooks (Physics, Bio-genetics, Thermo, Math, English)
aggregates: Undergraduate notebooks (Physics, Bio-genetics, Thermo, Math, English)

Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
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has part: Original Indonesia Research (150 cassette tapes of conversations, feasts, speeches - a few commercial tapes
aggregates: Original Indonesia Research (150 cassette tapes of conversations, feasts, speeches - a few commercial tapes
has part: Research - primary and secondary sources, transcripts of tapes, lists of Pestas, news clippings
aggregates: Research - primary and secondary sources, transcripts of tapes, lists of Pestas, news clippings
has part: Research - second sources
aggregates: Research - second sources
has part: Research files on individuals
aggregates: Research files on individuals
has part: Research files
aggregates: Research files
has part: Original Indonesia Research - residence patterns, education, labor and education, map book, marriage and education records, workers by age and family, fields, work statistics
aggregates: Original Indonesia Research - residence patterns, education, labor and education, map book, marriage and education records, workers by age and family, fields, work statistics

Series 3: Dissertation
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has part: Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University (4 notebooks)
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aggregates: Original Thesis, notebooks (3), books (2)
has part: Thesis - papers and indexes
aggregates: Thesis - papers and indexes
has part: Thesis - notebooks and files
aggregates: Thesis - notebooks and files

Series 4: Teaching Files
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aggregates: Teaching - files on courses and seminars

Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
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has part: Student evaluations, syllabi
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has part: Selections from personal/teaching files
aggregates: Selections from personal/teaching files
has part: Selections from personal files
aggregates: Selections from personal files
has part: Nazism (files and notebooks)
aggregates: Nazism (files and notebooks)

Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
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has part: Rice, Rupees & Rituals, Stanford University Press - some personal information
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Series 7: Personal Correspondence
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
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has part: Desk top, most recent and current files, personal correspondence
aggregates: Desk top, most recent and current files, personal correspondence

Series 8: Photographs
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
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has part: Photographic prints, ca. 1,000 [Acc. 2003-163]
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has part: 1 box photographic negative rolls; scholarly manuscripts; photographic negatives and contact sheets; agricultural booklets; personal correspondence, 1970s-1980s; photographs of villages (album pages)
aggregates: 1 box photographic negative rolls; scholarly manuscripts; photographic negatives and contact sheets; agricultural booklets; personal correspondence, 1970s-1980s; photographs of villages (album pages)

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Undergraduate notebooks (Anthropology, Gender, History, Thailand Seminar, Ancient Sea History)
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is part of: Series 1: Undergraduate Notebooks
is aggregated by: Series 1: Undergraduate Notebooks
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Undergraduate notebooks (Physics, Bio-genetics, Thermo, Math, English)
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 1: Undergraduate Notebooks
is aggregated by: Series 1: Undergraduate Notebooks
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Research notebooks (German dictionary, interview sheets, Indonesia materials)
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
is aggregated by: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Original Indonesia Research (150 cassette tapes of conversations, feasts, speeches - a few commercial tapes
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
is aggregated by: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Research - primary and secondary sources, transcripts of tapes, lists of Pestas, news clippings
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
is aggregated by: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Research - second sources
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is part of: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
is aggregated by: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Research files on individuals
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is part of: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
is aggregated by: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Research files
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is part of: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Original Indonesia Research - residence patterns, education, labor and education, map book, marriage and education records, workers by age and family, fields, work statistics
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
is aggregated by: Series 2: Research notebooks and other research materials
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University (4 notebooks)
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is part of: Series 3: Dissertation
is aggregated by: Series 3: Dissertation
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Original Thesis, notebooks (3), books (2)
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Thesis - papers and indexes
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Thesis - notebooks and files
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Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Teaching - files on courses and seminars
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Lecture materials, writing, and correspondence
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Student evaluations, syllabi
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
is aggregated by: Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Selections from personal/teaching files
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is part of: Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
is aggregated by: Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Selections from personal files
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Nazism (files and notebooks)
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is part of: Series 5: Lecture Materials, Writings, and Correspondence
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Rice, Rupees & Rituals, Stanford University Press - some personal information
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is part of: Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
is aggregated by: Series 6: "Rice, Rupees and Ritual" (book)
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Desk top, most recent and current files, personal correspondence
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is part of: Series 7: Personal Correspondence
is aggregated by: Series 7: Personal Correspondence
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Photographic prints, ca. 1,000 [Acc. 2003-163]
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 8: Photographs
is aggregated by: Series 8: Photographs
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

1 box photographic negative rolls; scholarly manuscripts; photographic negatives and contact sheets; agricultural booklets; personal correspondence, 1970s-1980s; photographs of villages (album pages)
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 8: Photographs
is aggregated by: Series 8: Photographs
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections