Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- IUPUI (Campus). Department of Anthropology
- Abstract:
- The Department of Anthroplogy Records include the 1996 self study report and 1997-1998 issues of the Anthropology club newsletter. The records cover the department, its professors, and related programs between 1996 to 1998.
- Extent:
- .19 Cubic Feet (1 box [1 letter half document box-SHARED])
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Department of Anthropology Records, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Indianapolis.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Anthropology classes began being taught at IUPUI in the early 1970s, but didn't become a department until 1974. Dean Joseph T. Taylor established the Anthropolgy Department as a unit of the School of Liberal Arts due to the growing demand for culutral anthropology classes. In 1974, Dean Taylor hired Barbara Jackson as the first full-time Ph.D. anthropologist in the newly created anthropology program. The first upper division anthropology course was taught in Fall 1975 Faculty continued to expand in 1980 to 1981 to meet growing class sizes.
- Scope and Content:
The Department of Anthropology Records houses the 1996 department self-study report and the 1997-1998 Anthropoid Newsletter. This collection covers the brief history and growth of the department in the School of Liberal Arts.
- Acquisition information:
- Accession: 21AB15
- Arrangement:
The collection is organized alphabetically.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS-Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- General note:
Rights Statement: The text of this webpage is available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
-
Personnel and student records and other personal information in these records are restricted. All other material is open to the public without restriction.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
-
Department of Anthropology Records, Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Indiana University Indianapolis.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Indianapolis
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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University Library 0133755 West Michigan StreetIndianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Indianapolis
- CONTACT:
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speccoll@iu.edu