Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ruth McDonald Boyer papers
- Dates:
- 1935-1987, bulk 1955-1981
- Creators:
- Boyer, Ruth McDonald
- Abstract:
- The Boyer papers include publications by Dr. Boyer, publications collected by Dr. Boyer, teaching materials, reference files, notes (including field notes) and photographs.
- Extent:
- 5 cartons, 9 boxes 10 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ruth McDonald Boyer Papers, BANC MSS 2012/188, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Boyer papers include publications by Dr. Boyer, publications collected by Dr. Boyer, teaching materials, reference files, notes (including field notes) and photographs.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ruth Boyer received her B.A. in Fine Art from U.C. Berkeley in 1950 and her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the same insitution in 1962. She started teaching at U.C. Berkeley in the Department of Decorative Art in 1962. While at U.C. Berkeley she taught History of Textiles, History of Costume, Folk Art and Modes of Communication. Dr. Boyer was Assistant Curator of Textiles at the R.H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology in Berkeley from 1964-1972. Dr. Boyer began teaching at the California College of Arts and Crafts in the spring of 1973. During her first semester she taught Historic Textiles of the New World, Oceania and Africa and A Survey of Historic Textiles in Asia, India and Europe. She was the Chair of the Textile Department starting in 1978. Dr. Boyer published regularly from 1964-1983. She also gave talks on both psychological anthropology and textiles.
- Acquisition information:
- The Ruth McDonald Boyer Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by the California College of the Arts in 2012. Additional materials were transferred from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum in 2013.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2014.
- Accruals:
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No additions are expected.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2014
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: March 2014
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ruth McDonald Boyer Papers, BANC MSS 2012/188, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481