Finding Aid to the Ruth McDonald Boyer papers, 1935-1987 (bulk 1955-1981)
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Finding Aid to the Ruth McDonald Boyer papers, 1935-1987 (bulk 1955-1981)
Collection number: BANC MSS 2012/188
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/
- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Bancroft Library Staff
- Date Completed:
-
2014
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
© 2014 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
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
Information for Researchers
Access Information
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ruth McDonald Boyer Papers, BANC MSS 2012/188, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Indexing Terms
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
Administrative 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.
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
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.
carton 1, folder 1
Correspondence- personal
1946-1975
carton 1, folder 2
Correspondence- Dubois, Emily
1985
carton 1, folder 3
Correspondence- Kashmir Shawl
1973-1975
carton 1, folder 4
Correspondence- Rorschach Protocols
carton 1, folder 5
Narrow Band Weaving of the Yoruba of Oyo
1959
carton 1, folder 6
Socialization Processes in Polynesia
1959
carton 1, folder 10
Writings on Smocks
undated
carton 1, folders 11-21
Teaching Materials
1951-1965
carton 2, folders 1-8
Teaching Materials
1962-1981
carton 2, folder 23
Knotting, knitting, netting
carton 2, folder 25
Puberty costume and sarouelles
carton 3, folders 3-7
Culture Group- Eskimo/ Athabascan
carton 3, folders 9-17
Culture Group- Native American
carton 3, folders 26-37
Region- Central/ South America
carton 4, folder 14
Region- Russia/ Soviet Union
carton 4, folder 15-24
Hands On!/ The World in Stiches publications
1981-1987
carton 5, folder 1
Hands On!/ The World in Stiches publications
1987
carton 5, folder 2
The Community House of Lamet
1943
carton 5, folder 3
Pitjandjara articles
1935-1974
carton 5, folder 6
The Dark People of Bourke: A Study of Planned Social Change
1978
carton 5, folder 7
Géza Róheim's Contribution to Australian Ethnography
carton 5, folder 20
Guidelines for Collecting Information to Accompany Rorschach Tests
carton 5, folder 21
Hmong- articles and field notes
carton 5, folder 22
Alaska Native Ivory carvings- photographs
1974
Boxes 1-7
Bibliographical Reference Cards
