Guide to the Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo Papers SC0772
Patricia White, Claudia Willett
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
February 2011, September 2022
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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Title: Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo papers
Creator:
Rosaldo, Michelle Zimbalist
Identifier/Call Number: SC0772
Identifier/Call Number: 13263
Physical Description:
12.5 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1963-1983
Abstract: The papers include class files from the
course The Female Experience: Victorian Heritage, Part II, containing the syllabus, lecture
notes, exam questions, minutes of the teaching collective (1978-79), and the course reader;
one file of Rosaldo's lectures on women's position in "simpler" societies, which includes
one letter from Rosaldo to Jane Collier, Oct. 31, 1975; and typescript papers with some
published versions of Rosaldo's book reviews and articles, 1972-1983. An addition to the
collection in 2006 (largely unprocessed) includes course files, 1973-1981; research notes,
including field notes from 1963 and 1966; correspondence; reprints of her articles; her
undergraduate papers; and condolence letters to Renato Rosaldo after her death,
1981.
Material Specific Details: Content warning: This collection
includes exploitative images as well as correspondence containing racist and white
supremacist concepts. Stanford Libraries collects and makes these materials available to
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Letters of recommendation in Accession ARCH-2006-166, Box 8 are restricted. This collection
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Cite As
[Identification of item], Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo Papers (SC0772). Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo earned her doctorate in social anthropology at Harvard in 1972.
She joined Stanford's faculty in the Department of Anthropology in the same year and quickly
rose to national prominence as an anthropologist, sociolinguist, and feminist scholar. She
was co-chair of Stanford's first Committee on Feminist Studies (1980-1981) and helped
develop the curriculum for the Program in Feminist Studies. In 1979 she was awarded the
Dinkelspiel Award for outstanding service to undergraduate education. She died from an
accidental fall while conducting research in the Philippines in 1981.
Acquisition Information
This collection was given to the Stanford University Archives by Jane F. Collier in 2005
and by Renato Rosaldo in 2006.
Description of the Collection
The papers include class files from the course The Female Experience: Victorian Heritage,
Part II, containing the syllabus, lecture notes, exam questions, minutes of the teaching
collective (1978-79), and the course reader; one file of Rosaldo's lectures on women's
position in "simpler" societies, which includes one letter from Rosaldo to Jane Collier,
Oct. 31, 1975; and typescript papers with some published versions of Rosaldo's book reviews
and articles, 1972-1983. An addition to the collection in 2006 (largely unprocessed)
includes course files, 1973-81; research notes, including field notes from 1963 and 1966;
correspondence; reprints of her articles; her undergraduate papers; and condolence letters
to Renato Rosaldo after her death, 1981.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women -- History -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Anthropology -- Study and teaching.
Collier, Jane Fishburne.
Rosaldo, Michelle Zimbalist
ARCH-2005-280 ARCH-2005-09-301286905
box 1, folder 1-2
Female Experience: Victorian Heritage, Part II – class file 1286927
1979 spring
box 1, folder 3
Female Experience: Victorian Heritage, Part II – course reader 1286925
box 1, folder 4
Lectures on women's position in "simpler" societies 1286923
1975-1977
box 1, folder 5
Book reviews 1286921
1976-1980
box 1, folder 6
Articles on Ilongot speech 1286919
box 1, folder 7
Magic and Medicine: a Problem in Cultural Analysis, conference
paper
1286917
1973
box 1, folder 8
Metaphors and Folk Classification, Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Vol.
28
1286915
1972
box 1, folder 9
Moral/Analytic Dilemmas Posed by the Intersection of Feminism and Social
Science, conference paper
1286913
1980
box 1, folder 10
The Shame of Headhunters and the Autonomy of Self, published and unpublished
versions
1286911
1980-1983
box 1, folder 11
Towards an Anthropology of Self and Feeling, published and unpublished
versions
1286909
1981
box 1, folder 12
The Use and Abuse of Anthropology: Reflections on Feminism and Cross-cultural
Understanding, Signs
1286907
1980 spring
ARCH-2006-166 Accession ARCH-2006-1661286801
box 1
Mostly unsorted class materials with some correspondence and 1 bound
notebook
1286903
1970s
box 2, folder 1
Ling 50/Anth 180 1286901
1977
box 2, folder 3
Anthro 252 hostage parade article 1286897
box 2, folder 4
Symbolic 1286895
1981 winter
box 2, folder 7
Victorian Heritage II 1286889
1978-1979
box 2, folder 9
Correspondence 1286885
1974-1976
box 2, folder 10
Royalty statements, letters of reference 1286883
box 2, folder 12
Faculty records, course evaluations 1286879
box 2, folder 13
Official correspondence and recommendations 1286877
box 2, folder 14-15
Correspondence 1286875
1978-1979
box 2, folder 16
Women's bibliography 1286873
box 2, folder 17
Rosaldo/Collier work – correspondence 1286871
1976
box 2, folder 18
Rosaldo/Collier work – text 1286869
box 2, folder 19
Rosaldo/Collier work – outlines, lectures, notes 1286867
box 2, folder 20
Rosaldo/Collier work – research 1286865
box 2, folder 26
Soil test forms, Kasibu, Nueva Viscaya 1286857
1969
box 2, folder 27
Notes on Ilongot songs 1286855
box 2, folder 28
Notes on Ilongot spells 1286853
box 2, folder 29
Notes on Ilongot spells 1286851
box 2, folder 30
Notes on Ilongot magic 1286849
box 2, folder 31
Metaphors and Hypotheses (re Ilongot genres) 1286847
box 2, folder 33
"Phonology: Kakidugon Bugkalut," typescript paper 1286843
box 2, folder 34
Ilongot phonology 1286841
box 2, folder 35
Miscellaneous notes on Ilongot 1286839
box 2, folder 36
Topo maps of Luzon 1286837
box 3
Correspondence (3 folders) 1286835
1972-1973
box 3
Envelope of correspondence 1286833
box 3
"Shelly's current correspondence" (1 folder) 1286831
box 3
Women's Book [Women, Culture and Society] correspondence (2 envelopes, 2
folders)
1286829
box 3
Correspondence (2 envelopes) 1286827
box 4, Folder 1-32
Correspondence, 1963-1983 1286825
box 5
Field notes, 1963, and photographs and postcards that accompanied
them
1286823
box 5
Z notes field notes and interviews?) 1286821
1966
box 5
Other notebooks and loose notes (many not written in English) 1286819
box 5
Typescript papers (her own undergraduate) 1286817
1960s
box 6
2 Notebooks (Spanish class?) 1286815
box 6
Class evaluations from her anthropology class 1286813
1977
box 6
Box of condolence letters to Renato Rosaldo after her death 1286811
1981
box 6
Other materials relating to her death and memorial fund, including
audiocassette of memorial service
1286809
box 7
Her reprints, typescript papers, book reviews, panel commentary, and
correspondence
1286807
1965-1981
box 7
Class materials – syllabi, lecture outlines, bibliographies, exam
questions
1286805
1970s
box 8
Letters of recommendation [restricted] 1286803