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Finding Aid to the Ruth McDonald Boyer papers, 1935-1987 (bulk 1955-1981)
BANC MSS 2012/188
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Collection Title: Ruth McDonald Boyer papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1987
Date (bulk): 1955-1981
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2012/188
Creator:
Boyer, Ruth McDonald
Extent:
5 cartons, 9 boxes
10 linear feet
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Boyer papers include publications by Dr. Boyer, publications collected by Dr. Boyer, teaching materials, reference files,
notes (including field notes) and photographs.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
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[Identification of item], Ruth McDonald Boyer Papers, BANC MSS 2012/188, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Boyer, Ruth McDonald, 1918--Archives
University of California, Berkeley--Department of Decorative Art--Faculty.
Folk art
Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology
Textile crafts
University of California--Faculty
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.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2014.
Biography/Organization History
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.
Scope and Content Note
The Boyer papers include publications by Dr. Boyer, publications collected by Dr. Boyer, teaching materials, reference files,
notes (including field notes) and photographs.