Dr. William Willard (1926-2016) was a professor of Cultural Anthropology at Washington State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1970. Willard began his career at WSU in 1977, directing the Native American Studies program and holding a joint appointment with the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Comparative American Cultures. Willard also served as Chair of the Comparative American Cultures program and was a founding editor for the Wicazo Sa Review.
This collection contains papers of Dr. William Willard, a Professor of Anthropology and Comparative American Cultures at Washington State University, from 1968 to 2004. The collection primarily consists of materials related to his research on a variety of subjects, including United States policies for nuclear waste management in relation to its cultural, environmental, and economic impact on American Indian and migrant groups. The collection includes correspondence with officials at universities in the U.S. and Russia, representatives of American Indian tribes, and federal government offices. The collection also contains research files organized by subject, as well as copies of journals and magazines pertaining to American Indians, nuclear energy, and radiation contamination. Additionally, the collection includes photographs and other documentation of Willard's trip to St. Petersburg in 1992 with six other Washington State University professors to develop a public administration training program for local governments in Russia.
Preliminary Inventory:
MS.1999.23
Box 1: State and federal reports and correspondence pertaining to nuclear waste
management and related health issues, copy of the
Box 2: Teaching materials, research notes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
Box 3: Correspondence, reports, professional documents, and research notes.
Box 4: Environmental and cultural impact reports and inventories.
Box 5: Research materials and reports.
Box 6: State and federal reports pertaining to nuclear waste management and related health issues, photographs, copies of Willard's publications, and books.
Box 7: Issues of the journal
MS.2004.21
[location note: filed in box 7 of MS.1999.23]
Conference paper by Willard, titled "An American Indian Odyssey," about Archie Phinney. Presented at Honoring the Heritage of The Plateau People: Past, Present, and Future Conference, held at Washington State University in 2004.
This is an unprocessed collection. Arrangement reflects a pre-existing order from the records’ creators or previous custodians.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the William Willard Papers, 1968-2004 (MSSM.053)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
William Willard donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 1999 (MS.1999.23) and 2004 (MS.2004.21).
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