Vincent Sarich papers, approximately 1979-1999

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Summary

Creators:
Sarich, Vincent
Abstract:
Papers of anthropologist Vincent Sarich dating from approximately 1979 to 1999.
Extent:
7.50 linear feet (6 cartons)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Vincent Sarich papers, BANC MSS 2015/120, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Files relating to Sarich's teaching as well as to his work on race, evolution, linguistics, and phylogenies. Collection also includes some general professional files and personalia. There are some files relating to Sarich's work on affirmative action. Materials in the files date from 1979 to 1999 and include correspondence, writings, and notes.

Biographical / historical:

Vincent Sarich (1934-2012) was a professor in the department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley from 1966 to 1994. Before coming to UC Berkeley, he was professor of anthropology at Stanford University from 1967 to 1981. Sarich focused his research on human variation, comparative biochemistry, molecular evolution, mammalian systematics, primate evolution, and the evolution of human behavior. Early in his career, Sarich and his doctoral supervisor, Allan Wilson, published a seminal paper in the journal Science in which he challenged standard interpretations of the fossil record that estimated the divergence time of humans and apes as 10 to 30 million years. Sarich established a reputation as a controversial scholar of race and racial differentiation. He as an vocal opponent of affirmative action and published a notable and favourable review of Charles Murray's and Richard Herrnstein's controversial 1994 book The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life.

Acquisition information:
The Vincent Sarich papers were gifted to the Bancroft Library by Jorjan Sarich in 2015.
Processing information:

Processed by Bancroft Library Staff in 2015.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Vincent Sarich papers, BANC MSS 2015/120, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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