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Life History Anthropology Project Collection, 1996-2004

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Boise State University. Anthropology Department
Title
Life History Anthropology Project Collection
Dates
1996-2004 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.25 linear feet, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS 306
Summary
Collection of life histories conducted by students taking anthropology courses at Boise State University under the direction of Professor Robert McCarl. Many projects include oral histories.
Repository
Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research with the exception of selected material. Contact archives staff for additional information.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Historical Note

Students wrote biographical "life history" papers about elder family members or other community members while taking an anthropology course at Boise State University under the direction of Professor Robert McCarl.

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Content Description

The Life History Anthropology Project Collection is the result of anthropology coursework at Boise State University under the direction of Professor Robert McCarl. The histories cover a wide range of topics, sometimes including family members (usually grandparents), while others include individuals who are interesting for other reasons; for example, the experiences of a housewife who lives openly as a homosexual later in life, or those of an individual raised in a strict, rural Idaho home who, upon reaching adulthood, joined the "hippie" movement in San Francisco and traveled the country playing rock music and living in communes. Researchers may also find the interviews of Boise, Idaho's Bosnian population interesting.

The paper files from the collection include release forms, video logs, and student papers. The audio-visual materials that accompany the projects come in a wide variety of formats, though most are interviews recorded on audio cassettes.

Forms part of the Ethnographic Archive of the Intermountain West.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[item description], Life History Anthropology Project Collection, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series: Projects with Audio-Visual Materials and Projects without Audio-Visual Materials.

Acquisition Information

Material donated in June and July of 2007 by BSU professor Dr. Robert McCarl.

Related Materials

See also: Idaho Farmworker Policy Research Project Collection

Ethnographic Video Collection

General Anthropology and Ethnography Collection

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Adoption
  • African Americans--Segregation
  • African Americans--Segregation--Idaho
  • Alcoholics--Rehabilitation
  • Belly dance
  • Bosnian Americans
  • Campus Crusade for Christ
  • Columbian Americans
  • Drug addicts--Rehabilitation
  • Gays
  • Great Depression
  • Herbal Medicine
  • Hippies
  • Homosexuality--Religious aspects
  • Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Lesbians
  • Lesbians--Idaho
  • Moonshining
  • Pocatello (Idaho)
  • Sewing
  • Sheep Farming
  • Spanish Americans
  • Spanish Americans--Idaho
  • Storytelling--Native American
  • Yoga
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