Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology media files collection
Content Description
Media such as slides, audio tapes, motion pictures, negatives, and other materials. Files of the Whitman National Monument and Wanampum on the Columbia River excavations, Cataldo. Interviews with Margaret Mead and others. Radio interview with Grover Krantz and Roderick Sprague about Sasquatch. Various slides taken by Robert L. Stephenson. 4x5 bw negatives of British Columbia, Longview WA, Crater Lake OR. Amongst others.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-1993
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
"The Laboratory of Anthropology began in 1949 under the direction of Alfred W. Bowers. In 1967, the lab was designated by the regents of the university as an official research organization in what was then the College of Letters and Science. In 1981, the lab became an independent unit within the university" (Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology).
Extent
3 Cubic Feet
2.54 Gigabytes (12 Files, 2 Folders) : mp3 and wav formats
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Mostly media such as slides, audio tapes, motion pictures, negatives, and other materials.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials transferred from the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology in 2003 (UA 2003-010).
Existence and Location of Copies
The access files of the digitized items in this collection are located on the archive drive. Folder path: Z:\Processed Collections\University Groups\UG 098 (Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology media files). University of Idaho Library Special Collections and archives for access or questions.
Bibliography
Topical
- Title
- Guide to Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology media files
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared by Ariana Burns; updated by Sara Szobody in 2023.
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository