Burton Benedict papers, [ca. 1944-1956].

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Title:: Burton Benedict papers,
Dates:: [ca. 1944-1956].
Creators:: Benedict, Burton., Worthington, E. B., and Firth, Raymond William, Sir, 1901- Correspondent.
Abstract:: Miscellaneous papers related to the anthropologist's research in Mauritius and the Seychelles, ca. 1950s - 1970s. Includes information on agricultural indebtedness of rural workers in Mauritius; census data from English River area of the Seychelles; papers related to the Social and Economic Survey in Mauritius, ca. 1944, including letter from British anthropologist, Sir Raymond Firth; financial and progress reports by the Colonial Fisheries Advisory Committee regarding fisheries in Mauritius and the Seychelles, 1944 and 1945; and address by E.B. Worthington on the marine fisheries of the East African Coast, 1945; History of the Blyth Brothers Co., May 14, 1930.
Extent:: 1 portfolio
Language:: English

Biographical / historical:: Anthropologist, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Director of the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, 1988 -
Physical description:: 1 portfolio

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Location of this collection:: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US