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Object Number
2003.37
Display Title
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas journal
Descriptions
Archival Collections/Series
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas journal
Archival Scope and Content
This notebook contains journal and fieldnote entries from July 4 to August 14, 1955, written by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas while doing research with her family among the G/ui and Ju/’hoansi, !Kung speaking San hunter-gatherers in Namibia and Botswana. This was the 4th of 8 expeditions the Marshall family made in 1950-1961 to study the lifeways of African peoples living in and around the Kalahari Desert. It contains details about their interactions and conversations with people they encountered, as well as information about their journey, camping, weather, landscape, and animals. It includes small sketches of people, clothing, homes, and maps...For more information, please see finding aid.
Classification
- Manuscript
Department
Archival, Paper
Archives
Archival Collection
Finding Aid Link
Date
7/4/1955 - 8/14/1955
Artist
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
(1955 - 12/25/03)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Namibia
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Otjozondjupa
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials
Ink on Paper in book
Dimensions
Overall: 29.8451 × 23.495 × 1.27 cm (11 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Provenance
Donor
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
(1955 - 12/25/03)
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