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Angela Gilliam Papers, 1988-2003

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Gilliam, Angela, 1936-
Title
Angela Gilliam Papers
Dates
1988-2003 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.825 cubic feet
Collection Number
PP.G555
Summary
This collections consists of professional portfolios and audio/visual materials that document the professional career of anthropologist Angela Gilliam from 1980 to 2001.
Repository
The Evergreen State College, Malcolm Stilson Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Daniel J. Evans Library
L2309
The Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, WA
98505
Telephone: 3608676126
Fax: 3608676790
archives@evergreen.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public.

Languages
The majority of this collection is in English, although there are audio/visual material in Portuguese. Materials are noted at the appropriate levels.
Sponsor
Funded through a National Endowment for the Humanities “We the People” grant for Washington Women’s History to the Washington Women’s History Consortium, a part of the Washington State Historical Society. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Angela Gilliam was born in Boston, MA. She attended the University of California at Los Angeles from 1954 to 1958 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies. From 1958 to 1962 she attended the National School of Anthropology and History in Mexico City to receive her Master of Science in Ethnology and Anthropology. She received her Ph.D. from Union Graduate School in 1975. She was a faculty member in anthropology/social sciences at The Evergreen State College (TESC) from 1988 to 2004, where she received Emeritus status. Prior to TESC she was a tenured professor at State University of New York, College at Old Westbury from 1970 to 1990. She was a visiting lecturer at University of Papua New Guinea from July, 1978 to July 1980 and at the University of Coimbra, Portugal from January, 1976 to August 1976. From 1966 to 1970 she worked in various positions that utilized her bilingual skills. She spoke fluent English, Spanish, and Portuguese and had reasonable fluency in French. She was a Fulbright Scholar in 1994 to 1995 lecturing and researching in Brazil. She is widely published in the field of anthropology. She belongs to professional and civic organizations including: American Anthropological Association, Association of Black Anthropologists, World Archeological Congress, American Ethnological Association, and Women for Mutual Security. While at TESC she participated in the following campus governance activities: International Disappearing Task Force, President's Advisory Council, and the Unsoeld Seminar Committee.

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Content Description

This collection consists of portfolios containing curricula vitae, evaluations, academic articles, presentations, conference materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoranda, and audio/visual multimedia including wave and MP3 audio files and DVD and DVCam cassettes documenting professional activities of Angela Gilliam from 1980 to 2001. Some items are in Portuguese and noted at the appropriate level. Much of the collection documents her time as faculty at The Evergreen State College (TESC) although portions of the audio material precedes her career at TESC.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Duplication by the archives in no way transfers either copyright or property right, nor does it constitute permission to publish in excess of "fair use" or to display the materials.

Preferred Citation

In all cases, publication or display of our materials must carry the credit line: "From The Evergreen State College Archives". Citations of specific materials should include the accession number, provenance and series title, file folder heading (if any) followed by the specific item's identification (title or description).

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is divided into two series: Series I: Portfolios and Series II: Multimedia.

Series II: Multimedia is further subdivided into two subseries: Subseries I: Video Recordings and Subseries II: Audio Recordings.

Subseries II: Audio Recordings is further subdivided into seven sub-subseries: Sub-subseries I: Palestine trip; Sub-subseries II: Papua New Guinea trip; Sub-subseries III: Portuguese interviews; Sub-subseries IV: Black and Jews Conference at The Evergreen State College; Sub-Series V: The Evergreen State College Lectures; Sub-subseries VI: WBAI interviews; and Sub-subseries VII: Miscellaneous interviews.

Processing Note

This collection was processed by W. Randolph Stilson.

Bibliography

This bibliography includes works not directly available in the collection.

Bond, G. C., & Gilliam, A. (1994). Social construction of the past: Representation as power. London: Routledge. Gilliam, A. (2001). A Black feminist perspective on the sexual commofication of women in the new global culture. McClaurin, I. (Ed.), Black feminist anthropology: theory, politics, praxis, and poetic (pp.150-186). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Foerstel, L., & Gilliam, A. (1992). Confronting the Margaret Mead legacy: Scholarship, empire, and the South Pacific. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Gilliam, A. (1976). Language attitudes, ethnicity and class in São Paulo and Salvador da Bahia (Brazil). S.l.: Union Graduate School.

Related Materials

In the Accession 1976-32 Program Histories the following collections have related materials: World Beat, Africa in the Imagination, and The International Political Economy of Drugs.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Anthropology teachers--Washington (State)--Olympia
  • Anthropology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Washington (State)--Olympia
  • Fulbright scholars--Brazil
  • Social science teachers--Washington (State)--Olympia
  • Social sciences--Study and teaching (Higher)--Washington (State)--Olympia

Personal Names

  • Gilliam, Angela, 1936---Archives

Corporate Names

  • Evergreen State College--Faculty.
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