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BANC MSS 2015/120
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Vincent Sarich papers
Creator:
Sarich, Vincent
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2015/120
Physical Description:
7.50 linear feet
(6 cartons)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1979-1999
Abstract: Papers of anthropologist Vincent Sarich dating from approximately 1979 to 1999.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Vincent Sarich papers were gifted to the Bancroft Library by Jorjan Sarich in 2015.
Processed by Bancroft Library Staff in 2015.
[Identification of item], Vincent Sarich papers, BANC MSS 2015/120, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sarich, Vincent
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Anthropology
Race
Physical anthropology
Phylogeny
Affirmative action programs
Evolution
Faculty papers