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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Renato Rosaldo papers
Identifier/Call Number: M2057
Physical Description:
26 Linear Feet
(47 boxes: 35 manuscript storage boxes, 6 record storage boxes, 4 cassette boxes, and 2 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1948-2006
Abstract: The Renato Rosaldo papers document the professional activities of the cultural anthropologist, field researcher and poet Renato
Rosaldo. The materials consist of field notes, correspondence, administrative files, photographs, audio cassettes, and other
materials.
Language of Material: The materials are primarily in English but there are also some materials in Spanish, and Ilongot.
The materials in this collection consist of field notes, journals, notebooks, field maps, correspondence, drawings, phonologies
and word lists, genealogical charts, newspaper clippings, photographs, contact sheets, negatives, slides, audio cassettes
of field recordings, publications, texts, manuscripts, index cards, and other materials.
The collection covers Renato Rosaldo's field work with the Ilongot people in northern Luzon, Philippines, as well as field
work in Ecuador and the San Jose Cultural Citizenship Project. There are also general files, papers, and research.
The collection is divided into 4 series, and is arranged in original order.
Renato Rosaldo is a cultural anthropologist, field researcher, professor, and a poet. He was born in Champaign, Illinois in
1941 and graduated from Harvard College in 1963 with a Bachelor's of Arts in Spanish History and Literature. In 1971 Rosaldo
graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. He studied the Ilongot in northern Luzon, Philippines,
as well as an ethnological study in San Jose, California. Rosaldo taught at Stanford from 1970 to 2003 and served as the director
of the Stanford Center for Chicano Research as well as Chair of the Stanford Department of Anthropology. Rosaldo also was
President of the American Ethnological Society from 1991 through 1995 and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences. He is currently (2019) the Director of Latino Studies at New York University and a Fellow at the New York Institute
of the Humanities. In 2004 he won an American Book Award for his book of poetry, "Prayer to Spider Woman/Rezo a la Mujer Arana".
[Identification of item] Renato Rosaldo papers (M2057), Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The collection is open for research. Note that material is stored off-site and must be requested at least 36 hours in advance
of intended use. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Anthropology -- Study and teaching.
Anthropology -- Field work
Stanford University -- Faculty.
San Jose (Calif.)
Ecuador
Ilongot (Philippine people)
Ethnology -- Philippines -- Luzon
Mexican Americans