Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Terence Hays Papers
- Dates:
- 1956 - 2008
- Creators:
- Hays, Terence E.
- Abstract:
- Papers of anthropologist and professor Terence Hays. The archive primarily concerns Hays' three field studies in the Papua New Guinea highlands in 1971-1972, 1981, and 1985, where he researched language and interactions between the sexes. The collection includes correspondence, field notes and unpublished papers.
- Extent:
- 3.2 Linear feet (8 archives boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Terence Hays Papers, MSS 706. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The papers document the professional correspondence and research of anthropologist and professor Terence Hays. The bulk of the collection is centered largely around three field studies conducted by Hays in Papua New Guinea, and is arranged in three series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) FIELD NOTES and 3) WRITINGS.
- Biographical / historical:
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Terence Hays was born September 30, 1942, in Shenandoah, Iowa. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Omaha in 1966, a Master of Arts in anthropology from the University of Colorado in 1968, and a Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology from the University of Washington in 1974.
Hays received two Fulbright Senior Scholar awards and spent the majority of his career at Rhode Island College in the Department of Anthropology and Geography beginning in 1973. Hays has been a professor emeritus there since 2006.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired 2009.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Ethnobiology -- Papua New Guinea -- Eastern Highlands Province
Ethnobotany -- Papua New Guinea -- Eastern Highlands Province
Folk literature -- Papua New Guinea -- Eastern Highlands Province
Man-woman relationships -- Papua New Guinea -- Eastern Highlands Province
Ndumba (Papua New Guinean people) -- Ethnobiology
Ndumba (Papua New Guinean people) -- Ethnobotany
Ndumba (Papua New Guinean people) -- Folklore
Ndumba (Papua New Guinean people) -- Sex role - Names:
- Hays, Terence E. -- Archives
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- Copyright 2011
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-06-17T12:13-0700
Access and use
- Terms of access:
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Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
- Preferred citation:
-
Terence Hays Papers, MSS 706. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
- Location of this collection:
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9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
- Contact:
- (858) 534-2533