Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- David Brokensha papers
- Dates:
- 1957-2014, bulk 1960-1999
- Creators:
- Brokensha, David (1963-2017)
- Abstract:
- Papers of David W. Brokensha, South African anthropologist and former University of California, Santa Barbara Anthropology professor.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet; (1 carton, 1 legal half-doc box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], David Brokensha papers, UArch FacP 65. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains materials generated by David Brokensa throughout his career as an anthropologist and professor at UC Santa Barbara. Materials include personal and professional writings, correspondence, prints and slides, and other related materials regarding David W. Brokensha's anthropolgical research.
Of note are Dr. Brokensha's notes, correspondence, and writings from his time working and researching in Africa, mostly in Kenya and Ghana.
- Biographical / historical:
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David Warwick Brokensha (May, 23 1923 – June 15, 2017) was a South African anthropologist and professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Born and raised in Durban, South Africa, Brokensha left his studies at Rhodes University College in 1940 to fight in World War II. After the war ended, he returned to Rhodes and earned a degree in Political Science and Economy. From Rhodes, Brokensha shifted focused and earned an MA in Social Anthropology at Cambridge University in 1949. Throughout the 1950s and into the mid-1960s, David Brokensha and his life parter, Bernard Riley, lived in Africa, working in various governmental and academic positions. In 1958, Brokensha taught as a lecturer at the University of Ghana under St. Clair Drake, which served as the basis for his PhD dissertation. In 1963, he received his PhD in anthropology from Oxford University and subsequently moved to the United States where he became a faculty member in UCSB's Anthropology department, and Riley joined as a member of the Geography department and later as a lecturer in Environmental Studies.
While at UCSB, Dr. Brokensha taught in both the Anthropology and Environmental Studies departments; served two years as Chair of the Anthropology Department and as the Graduate Advisor for five years; served as Chairman of the Library Committee; was a member of the African Area Studies Committee; acted as an advisor for Education Abroad Programs in Africa; served as the Director of the Social Process Institute; and was honored with a UC Santa Barbara Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award in 1980. Dr. Brokensha published more than a dozen books and monographs, authored over 50 articles and book chapters, and reviewed more than 40 books, continuing after his official retirement in 1989.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Christine Moir, the Executor of Dr. Brokensha's estate, in 2017.
- Physical location:
- UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-06-20 16:03:21 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], David Brokensha papers, UArch FacP 65. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062