Description
The Sylvia M. Broadbent papers include
correspondence, field and research notes, manuscripts, publications, photographs,
slides, realia, and other material pertaining to Dr. Sylvia M. Broadbent, Professor
Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside. Topics include
her research in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics, university
teaching, professional and recreational activities, and activism on behalf of
cultural and environmental resources in the United States and abroad.
Background
Sylvia M. Broadbent, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of
California, Riverside, was born in London on February 26, 1932. In 1947, her family
immigrated to the United States and settled in Carmel, California, where Broadbent
finished high school the following year at the age of 16. She began her
undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley in the fall of 1948,
graduating with highest honors in 1952. Broadbent remained at Berkeley for graduate
school, earning her Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1960. She wrote her dissertation on the
Southern Sierra Miwok language.
Extent
35.25 linear feet
(22 record storage boxes, 1 document box, 8 slide drawers, 1 map-case
folder, unboxed material)
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries,
Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections
& Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the
University of California as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by
the researcher.
Availability
This collection is open for research, with the exception of select files that are
restricted.