Finding Aid for the Barbara G. Myerhoff papers
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Finding aid prepared by Laurel A. McPhee
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
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specol@usc.edu
2004
Title: Barbara G. Myerhoff papers
Collection number: 0275
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
100.0 Linear feet
169 boxes and 7 clamshell binders
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1969-1984
Date (inclusive): 1911-1985
Abstract: Papers of Barbara G. Myerhoff, a University of Southern California professor and noted anthropologist, consist of manuscripts,
notes, printed material, publications, audiotapes, correspondence, and photographic material related to her teaching, field
research, and publishing activities.
creator:
Myerhoff, Barbara G.
Access
Open for use by appointment only. Collection stored off-site.
Box 162, personal correspondence between Barbara Myerhoff and Deena Metzger (1974-1976) is sealed until further notice.
Audiotapes may not be used by researchers until preservation reformatting is complete. Recording quality status was unknown
at time of processing.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Barbara G. Myerhoff papers, Collection no. 0275, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Acquisition Information
File sources include Barbara G. Myerhoff's Department of Anthropology office at the University of Southern California, and
storage areas throughout her home and study. All files were located at Myerhoff's residence during completion of the original
boxing and inventory.
Processing Information
Processed by: Laurel A. McPhee, Winter 2004
Biography
Barbara Gay Myerhoff was born on February 16, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio. She received a B.A. degree in Sociology from the University
of California, Los Angeles in 1958, a M.A. in Human Development at the University of Chicago in 1963, and returned to the
University of California, Los Angeles to receive her Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1968. Myerhoff taught in the Department of Anthropology
at the University of Southern California for the duration of her professional career. Her areas of research included the Huichol
Indians of Mexico; youth movements of the 1960s; ritual and symbols; performance and narrative; women, feminism, and friendship;
and aging and ethnicity among Jewish communities in Los Angeles. A prolific writer and researcher, Myerhoff edited and authored
several monographs in addition to numerous articles and essays, and contributed to major collaborative projects on aging and
ethnicity. In the 1970s, Barbara G. Myerhoff began an extensive study of the elderly Jewish immigrants living in Venice, California.
Her award-winning documentary film and book of the same title,
Number Our Days, showed how aging Eastern European immigrants made everyday life meaningful, surviving amidst hardship, invisibility and
poverty. She redefined academic and public perceptions of the elderly and was a pioneer in her scholarship on women and religion.
Her research took a personal turn with her final documentary,
In Her Own Time, which documented Myerhoff's fatal cancer diagnosis and her participation in Hasidic healing rituals. In addition to the
above, Myerhoff was also a consulting editor to Parabola (a journal of myths and traditions), a lecturer at the Center for
the Healing Arts in Westwood, California, and a consultant and lecturer for psychiatric residents in the Department of Social
Psychiatry at the Los Angeles County General Hospital. Barbara Gay Myerhoff died on January 7, 1985 at the age 49.
Scope and Content
Papers of Dr. Barbara G. Myerhoff, a University of Southern California professor and noted anthropologist, consist of manuscripts,
notes, printed material, publications, audiotapes, correspondence, and photographic material related to her teaching, field
research, and publishing activities. Files comprise clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, negatives, and promotional
materials documenting Barbara G. Myerhoff's rich and varied interests, which included the Huichol Indians of Mexico; youth
movements of the 1960s; ritual and symbols; performance and narrative; women, feminism, and friendship; and aging and ethnicity
among Jewish communities in Los Angeles. The collection also includes annotated books from Barbara G. Myerhoff's personal
library, voluminous copies of articles and reprints, interview audiotapes, drafts, and her personal correspondence with Victor
W. Turner, Deena Metzger, and Marc Kaminsky.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Organization
The papers are organized in eight series: Series 1: Undergraduate and graduate course materials, 1954-1969; Series 2: USC
administrative and academic files, 1917-1985; Series 3: Research project files, 1911-1984; Series 4: Manuscripts and drafts,
1963-1984; Series 5: Publications, 1947-1984; Series 6: Personal correspondence, 1974-1984 Series 7: Photographic materials,
1965-1984; Series 8: Books, 1944-1984.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kaminsky, Marc, 1943- -- Correspondence
Metzger, Deena -- Correspondence
Myerhoff, Barbara G. -- Archives
Myerhoff, Barbara G. -- Correspondence
Turner, Victor Witter -- Correspondence
University of Southern California. Dept. of Anthropology. -- Faculty
Anthropology--Study and teaching--California--Archival resources
Audiotapes
Bali (Indonesia : Province)--Photographs
Clippings
Correspondence
Costa Rica--Photographs
Feminism--Study and teaching--California--Archival resources
Huichol Indians--Religion--Archival resources
Jews--California--Los Angeles--Identity--Archival resources
Manuscripts
Mexico--Photographs
Negatives (photographic)
Notes
Older Jews--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Older Jews--California--Los Angeles--Biography--Archival resources
Older Jews--United States--Social life and customs--Archival resources
Photographs
Printed ephemera
Publications
Ritual--Archival resources
Slides (photographs)
Sociology--Study and teaching--California--Los Angeles
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social life and customs--Archival resources
Youth movements--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Undergraduate and graduate course materials Series 1.
1952-1969
Physical Description:
16.0 boxes (8 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series 1 consists of syllabi, exams, student papers, readings, lecture notes, and printed materials related to Barbara G.
Myerhoff's undergraduate and graduate student career at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Chicago.
Files are arranged chronologically, then by course number and course title.
Box 1, Folder 5
Sociology 1 notebooks
1954
Box 1, Folder 6
History, Western civilization notebooks
1954
Box 1, Folder 7
History and Western civilization notebooks
1953
Box 2, Folder 1
Anthro 125 Comparative Society
1956
Box 2, Folder 2
Anthro 139 Peoples of Africa, notebooks
1956
Box 2, Folder 5-7
Sociology 12 Social organization
Physical Description:
3.0 files
Box 2, Folder 8-9
Sociology 181 Sociopathic behavior
Box 2, Folder 10
Committee on Human Development
1956-1957
Box 3, Folder 1-2
American social history since 1800
1957
Box 3, Folder 3
Anthro 110 Language and Culture
1957
Box 3, Folder 5
Sociology of the Middle East
1957
Box 3, Folder 6
Sociology 126 Culture and personality
1957
Box 4, Folder 1
History 177 American intellectual history
1957
Box 4, Folder 2
History 177 American intellectual history notebooks
1957
Box 4, Folder 4
Sociology 172 Contemporary sociological theory
1957
Box 4, Folder 5
Anthro 420 Social anthropology
1958
Box 4, Folder 6
Human Development Committee paper
1958
Box 4, Folder 7
Human Development 312A
1958
Box 4, Folder 8
Human Development 312G
1958
Box 5, Folder 1
Psychology 307 Theories of personality
1958
Box 5, Folder 3
Human Development 312B Literature survey
1959
Box 5, Folder 4
Human Development 312B Literature survey papers
1959
Box 5, Folder 5 -6
Human Development 312C Adulthood and old age
1959
Box 6, Folder 1
Anthro 175 Descriptive linguistics
1962
Box 6, Folder 2
Anthro 499 Social anthropology of contemporary America
1962
Box 6, Folder 3
Human Development 313
1962
Box 6, Folder 4
P.A. 455 Juvenile delinquency
1962
Box 6, Folder 5
Delinquency
1959-1962
Scope and Contents note
Printed materials.
Box 6, Folder 6
Anthro 294-194 Field training in ethnology
1963
Box 6, Folder 7
Anthro 2 General anthropology
1963
Box 6, Folder 8-9
Social anthropology notes
1963-1964
Box 7, Folder 1-3
Anthro 107 South American Indians
Scope and Contents note
Notes.
Box 7, Folder 4
Kietzman, Dale, "Indian Survival in Brazil" (1)
n.d.
Box 7, Folder 5
Kietzman, Dale, "Indian Survival in Brazil" (2)
n.d.
Box 8, Folder 3
Witchcraft, symbol, and myth
n.d.
Box 9, Folder 1
Anthro 257 Cultural anthropology
1965
Box 9, Folder 2
Anthro 257 Cultural anthropology student papers
1965
Box 9, Folder 3
Papers on Levi-Strauss
1963-1965
Box 9, Folder 4
Levi-Strauss
Scope and Contents note
Notes and articles about Claude Levi-Strauss.
Box 10, Folder 1-3
Anthro 128 Kinship and social organization
Box 10, Folder 4-5
Anthro 1/2 Ecology and evolution
1965-1967
Scope and Contents note
Lectures and notes.
Box 11
Anthro 109 Indians of modern Mexico
1966
Box 12, Folder 1-2
Anthro 257B Problems in cultural anthropology
1966
Box 12, Folder 1
Part 1
1966
Scope and Contents note
Papers A-K, arranged by alphabetically by author.
Box 12, Folder 2
Part 2
1966
Scope and Contents note
Papers L-Z, arranged by alphabetically by author.
Box 12, Folder 3-4
Physical anthropology
1966
Scope and Contents note
Notes and printed materials.
Box 12, Folder 5-6
Anthro 162 History of anthropology
Box 12, Folder 6
Printed materials and exams.
1966-1968
Box 12, Folder 7-8
Anthro 11 Ecology seminar
Box 12, Folder 8
Lectures and printed materials.
1967
Box 13
Anthro 200 Introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology
1960-1969
Scope and Contents note
Notes and course materials for Anthro 200. Numerous reprints and articles on the subject of human evolution.
Box 14, Folder 1-2
Anthro 122 Political anthropology
Box 14, Folder 5
Reprints and articles
1958-1960
Box 14, Folder 6
Anthro 440 History and theory of anthropology
1967
Box 14, Folder 7-9
Anthro 465 Culture and personality
Box 15
German shamanism research files
1933-1967
Scope and Contents note
Reprints, articles, notes, and paper drafts about German shamanism.
Box 16
Masters thesis and exams
1964-1969
Scope and Contents note
One copy and one draft of Barbara G. Myerhoff's masters thesis, on the subject of father-daughter incest. Graduate school
notebooks from 1966. Contents of a binder labled "Masters Examinination Study Binder."
Professional and academic files Series 2.
1917-1985
General Physical Description note:
48 boxes (24 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series 2 consists of files relating to Barbara G. Myerhoff's professional and academic activities at the University of Southern
California, and is comprised of four subseries. Subseries 1: USC administrative files, 1969-1985; Subseries 2: Professional
correspondence, [DATE]; Subseries 3: Teaching and course materials, 1968-1984; Subseries 4: Workshops, conferences, and symposia,
1965-1984.
USC administrative files Subseries 1.
1964-1985
General Physical Description note:
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 1 consists of administrative and professional papers related to Barbara G. Myerhoff's tenured position within the
Anthropology Department at the University of Southern California. This series includes student files, departmental memoranda
and correspondence, annual activity reports, teaching histories, and tenure review materials. Materials are arranged chronologically.
Box 17
Departmental administration
1971-1983
Scope and Contents note
Assorted files on peer evaluations, faculty meetings and memos, grant proposals, and various departmental affairs.
Box 18
Speaking engagements
1978-1984
Scope and Contents note
Files from Barbara G. Myerhoff's USC Department of Anthropology office, documenting her speaking engagements.
Box 19, Folder 1
Promotional materials and awards
1965-1985
Scope and Contents note
Publicity clippings, letters of recommendation, awards, and promotional material for Barbara G. Myerhoff.
Box 20
Promotional binder
1965-1981
Scope and Contents note
Contents of two indexed binders labeled "Promotional Binders," which include files on topics of her research and writing,
reviews, awards, tenure evaluations, letters of recommendation, and additional publicity material.
Box 21
Selected Reprints and Articles binder
1964-1977
Scope and Contents note
Contents of an indexed binder labeled, "Selected Reprints and Articles." Files include copies of Barbara G. Myerhoff's published
works, arranged in the following areas: Huichol materials, ethnicity and aging, ritual and symbol, shamanism and symbolic
medicine, youth culture, youth and deviance, and reviews.
Box 22
Activity reports and teaching
1966-1983
Scope and Contents note
Activity reports, teaching summaries, student evaluations, tenure evaluations, and employment contracts.
Box 23
Joint Educational Project (JEP)
1972-1976
Scope and Contents note
JEP Idea Book and related files of printed materials and notes. One student paper by Rosario Armato, entitled "Racism in Literature."
Box 24
Student files
1970-1980
Scope and Contents note
Barbara G. Myerhoff's files on individual students, including Riv-Ellen Prell-Foldes, and numerous letters of recommendation
for students.
Box 25
Audiotapes
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Twenty-two audiotapes with recordings on assorted subjects, including workshops, conferences, meetings, and radio talks.
General note
Not accessible to researchers until preservation reformatting is complete. Recording quality status unknown at time of processing.
Professional correspondence Subseries 2.
1973-1984
General Physical Description note:
5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 2 consists of professional correspondence removed from binders kept in Barbara G. Myerhoff's Department of Anthropology
office at USC. Additional correspondence with collaborators, publishers, and peers is also found throughout Series 3: Research
project files.
Box 26, Folder 1
National Endowment for the Humanities
1973
Scope and Contents note
Written request for Barbara G. Myerhoff to evaluate grant proposals.
Box 26, Folder 2
Academic correspondence
1976-1984
Scope and Contents note
Unsorted correspondence generally regarding Barbara G. Myerhoff's published work and speaking engagements. Correspondents
include Barbara Babcock-Abrahams, Herbert Blau, and others with both a professional and personal connection to Barbara G.
Myerhoff.
Box 26, Folder 3
Publisher correspondence
1974-1984
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence from publishers regarding contracts, edits, etc. of various texts.
Box 26, Folder 4
Ruby, Jay
1979-1980
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and materials from Dr. Jay Ruby, primarily regarding a book on reflexivity.
Box 27
Professional correspondence
1981-1982
Scope and Contents note
Professional correspondence from three binders stored in Barbara G. Myerhoff's Department of Anthropology office at USC, labeled
"Summer 1981," "Fall 1981," and "Spring 1982."
Box 28
Professional correspondence, A-L
1975-1980
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labeled, "Professional Correspondence, A-L." Letters are arranged by surname of correspondent. Majority
of letters are regrets, cancellations, confirmations, etc.
Box 29
Professional correspondence, M-Z
1976-1980
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labeled, "Professional Correspondence, M-Z." Letters are arranged by surname of correspondent. Majority
of letters are regrets, cancellations, confirmations, etc.
Box 30
Unsorted professional correspondence
1976-1980
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labeled, "Professional correspondence, N-T." No discernable order detected.
General note
Folders are currently unlabeled, and reflect the original order of materials in the binder. Requires further processing.
Teaching files Subseries 3.
1917-1984
General Physical Description note:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 3 consists of syllabi, exams, student papers, grade reports, readings, lecture notes, and printed materials related
to Barbara G. Myerhoff's teaching responsibilities at USC. Major topics include social and physical anthropology, indigenous
populations of North and South America, folklore, witchcraft, gender studies, ritual, symbolism, film in anthropology, and
life history. Files are arranged chronologically, then by course number and course title.
Box 31-34
Anthro 201 Social anthropology
1917-1977
Box 31
1969-1977
Scope and Contents note
Folders 1-5 consist of the contents of a binder labeled "Social Anthropology," and include lecture notes on witchcraft, law
and politics, and social structures. Folders 6-9 contain copies of syllabi, exams, handouts, and assignments.
Box 32
1917-1974
Scope and Contents note
Gradebooks, student records, papers, articles, and Social Science reprints related to social anthropology.
Box 33
ca. 1960s
Scope and Contents note
Five folders of photocopied articles related to social anthropology. Articles are arranged alphabetically by author.
Box 34
1970-1976
Scope and Contents note
Lectures and notes on various subjects for teaching social anthropology. Topics include tribes, bands, hunting, kinship and
lineage, cultural anthropology, and ethnography.
Box 35-36
Anthro 320 Ethnic contributions to American culture
Box 35
1968-1969
Scope and Contents note
Syllabus, notes, and printed materials related to Anthro 320. Includes files of reprints, articles, and resources on African
Americans.
Box 36
1965-1971
Scope and Contents note
Resource files related to Anthro 320. Topics include African Americans and African American studies, poverty and ethnicity,
and urban ethnic communities.
Box 37
Anthro 314 North American Indians
1947-1970
Scope and Contents note
Notes, printed materials, papers, and articles about North American Indians. Includes a file on Indian education.
Box 38-39
Anthro 420 People and cultures of Mexico
Box 38
1966-1970
Scope and Contents note
Printed materials and additional resources about the people and cultures of Mexico.
Box 39
1965-1971
Scope and Contents note
Notes, lectures, papers, and Chicano periodicals related to the people and cultures of Mexico.
Box 40
Planned Communities
1970-1973
Scope and Contents note
Notes, printed materials, and papers related to "communitas," communes, and aspects of planned communities.
Box 41-42
Myth, ritual, and symbol
1971-1973
Box 41
1971-1973
Scope and Contents note
Lecture notes, course materials, and student papers related to myth, ritual, and symbolism.
Box 42
1964-1973
Scope and Contents note
Articles, notes, and resources about ritual (including rituals of inversion and reversal, secular ritual, and ritual symbols),
and pluralism.
Box 43
Anthro 375A Applied anthropology
1970-1979
Scope and Contents note
Papers, readings, notes, lectures, and course materials related to applied anthropology. Includes student papers and articles
about the student culture of USC, from 1978 and 1979.
Box 44-46
Anthro 470/Anthro 499 Life history
Box 44
1973-1980
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labeled, "Life History Courses." Includes index to files of student assignments, data sheets, notes,
and course materials from Anthro 470 and Anthro 499.
Box 45
1973-1981
Scope and Contents note
Course materials, student course evaluations, notes, and the contents of a binder labeled, "Life History Materials."
Box 46
1975-1983
Scope and Contents note
Materials related to teaching about life histories. Files include materials related to personal narrative, life history plays
by older adults, notebooks, articles, and notes.
Box 47, Folder 1
Anthro 410 Language and culture
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Course materials.
Box 47, Folder 2
Anthro 380 New religious movements
1974
Scope and Contents note
Course materials.
Box 47, Folder 3
Anthro 380 Controlled peoples
1974-1975
Scope and Contents note
Notes and course materials.
Box 47, Folder 4
Folklore courses
1974-1979
Scope and Contents note
Course materials.
Box 47, Folder 5
Anthro 499 Ritual, witchcraft, and magic
Scope and Contents note
Notes and course materials.
Box 47, Folder 6
Human Development Teaching Manual
1977
Box 48
Anthropology and film
1972-1984
Scope and Contents note
Files from various courses on the subject of anthropology and film, including Anthro 635, Anthro 128, Anthro 263g, and Anthro
363 (includes articles about filming Eskimos.) Includes materials on the films "Dead Birds," "Trobraind Cricket," "Adaptation
and Aging: Life in a Nursing Home," and "The Memory of Injustice." Also includes a copy of Victor Turner's 1976 paper, "The
Anthropology of Performance."
Box 49
Anthro 363 Exploring culture through film
1960-1982
Scope and Contents note
Contents of two binders for Anthro 363 Exploring culture through film. Includes syllabi, lecture notes and outlines, exams,
readings, and grade reports.
Box 50
Humanities Special Theme: Self
1956-1981
Scope and Contents note
Contents of two binders of articles and course materials related to a special humanities course on the Self. Each binder includes
an index to its contents, and contains articles on self-awareness and reflexivity. Binder A contains a paper draft by J.S.
Lansing on his 1979 research in Bali.
Box 51-52
Core 101A Symbols and structures of the self
1975-1981
Box 51
1975-1981
Scope and Contents note
Papers, printed materials, notes, and course materials related to Core 101A and the concept of Self. Includes the contents
of a binder labeled, "Core 101A Symbols and Structures."
Box 52
ca. 1981
Scope and Contents note
Class readers and supplementary readings.
Box 53-55
Anthro 499 Explorations in pre-patriarchal religions
Box 53
1983-1984
Scope and Contents note
Course materials, lecture outlines, flyers, articles, and readings for Anthro 499. Contains the contents of a binder that
includes assorted course-related material and notes.
Box 54
1941-1978
Scope and Contents note
Readings for Anthro 499. Includes writings by Karl Kerenyi, Henry Miller, Raphael Patai and Richard Winston's "The Secret
of Crete."
Box 55
1901, 1963-1983
Scope and Contents note
Readings for Anthro 499 Explorations in pre-patriarchal religions. Includes articles on relgion, myth, and goddesses, as well
as writings by H.D. Amos, G.P. Lang, Author J. Evans, Charles F. Herberger, and R.W. Hutchinson.
Workshops, conferences, and symposia Subseries 4.
1965-1984
General Physical Description note:
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series 4 consists of administrative and editorial materials, paper abstracts, planning and travel documents, and correspondence
with collaborators documenting Barbara G. Myerhoff's active participation in workshops, conferences, and symposia. Of particular
note are excerpts from personal travel journals maintained while attending conferences in Israel and Japan with Victor Turner
and Edith Turner; paper abstracts from participants in the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association (AAA);
and materials related to the Burg Wartenstein symposia. Files are arranged alphabetically by conference title.
Box 56-58
American Anthropological Association
Box 56
1970-1975
Scope and Contents note
Abstracts, papers, and notes on AAA conferences and symposia. Includes files on conference topics such as Thailand, communal
ideology, symbolic inversion, body states, and secular ritual (including a proposal by William Partridge).
Box 57
1974-1975
Scope and Contents note
Papers, abstracts, correspondence, and notes related to the AAA conference symposium entitled, "The Work of Ritual."
Box 58
1976-1984
Scope and Contents note
Abstracts, papers, and notes on AAA conferences and symposia. Includes files on topics such as ritual and myths of self, reflexivity,
the anthropology of experience, and a special memorial session on Victor Turner.
Box 59
Burg Wartenstein Symposia no. 64 and no. 74
1973-1977
Scope and Contents note
Papers, notes, and printed materials from Burg Wartenstein Symposia no. 64 (Secular Rituals Considered), and no. 74 (Fundamentals
of Symbolism).
Box 60
Burg Wartenstein Symposium no. 76
1977
Scope and Contents note
Papers, notes, and abstracts from Burg Wartenstein Symposium no. 76 (Cultural Frames and Reflections).
Box 61, Folder 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1978
General note
Paper draft and printed materials.
Box 61, Folder 2
American Psychiatric Association
1976
Scope and Contents note
"Social change and the world of women" session proposal.
Box 61, Folder 3
Bertrand Russell Peace Project/Beyond War
1982-1983
Scope and Contents note
Printed materials, correspondence, and clippings.
Box 61, Folder 4
Campbell Myth Conference
n.d.
Box 61, Folder 5
Campbell Symposium on the Hero's Journey
1983
Box 61, Folder 6
Conference and Festival of Jewish Theater
1982
Box 61, Folder 7
Conference on Culture and Communication
1981
Scope and Contents note
Article on festivals.
Box 61, Folder 8
Conference on Prayer, Ritual, and Spiritual Life
1974
Box 62, Folder 1
Contemporary Japanese Theater
1972-1982
Box 62, Folder 3
The Gathering, publications
1981
Box 62, Folder 4
Gerontological Society of America
1983
Scope and Contents note
Conference materials.
Box 62, Folder 5
Humanities Speak to the Lifelong Process of Aging, Colloquium
1976
Box 62, Folder 6-7
International Conference on Gerontology
Box 62, Folder 6
1975
Scope and Contents note
Conference materials and clippings.
Box 62, Folder 7
1976
Scope and Contents note
Travel materials.
Box 63, Folder 1
Israel Pilgrimage
1963
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied excerpts from Barbara G. Myerhoff's personal travel journal.
Box 63, Folder 2
Israel conferences
1980-1982
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and a notebook.
Box 63, Folder 3
Israel travel documents
1981
Box 63, Folder 4
Life history courses
1982-1983
Scope and Contents note
Notes, printed materials, planning doucuments, and correspondence regarding various workshops and classes about narrative
and life history. Includes thank-you notes from students and correspondence from Marc Kaminsky. See also Box 138 for related
files on "Self Creation Through Personal Narrative," a course taught in New York, 1981-1983.
Box 63, Folder 5
Life history workshops
1982-1984
Scope and Contents note
Life history workshop at Hunter College in New York. Notes, printed materials, planning documents, and correspondence from
Marc Kaminsky. See also Box 138 for related files on "Self Creation Through Personal Narrative," a course taught in New York,
1981-1983.
Box 63, Folder 6
Living Tradition: Jewish/Folk Creativity Conference
1984
Box 63, Folder 7
National Institute on Aging
1980-1983
Scope and Contents note
Workshop on age and anthropological theory.
Box 63, Folder 8
Ritual: Art and the Shamanic Vision Conference
1983
Box 63, Folder 9
Smithsonian Conference on Celebrations
1979-1980
Scope and Contents note
Proposal.
Box 63, Folder 10
Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife
1976-1984
Box 63, Folder 11
Smithsonian Symposium, Kin and Communities
1977
Box 63, Folder 12
Story, Song, and Theater Festival
1983
Box 64
Tsukuba Conference (Japan)
1966-1983
Scope and Contents note
Materials related to a conference on spectacle and entertainment in Tokyo, Japan. Includes Barbara G. Myerhoff's presentation
materials and drafts of her paper on Disneyland, in addition to souvenirs and excerpts from a personal travel journal. See
also Series 7: Photographic materials, for lecture slides and personal photographs documenting the trip.
Box 65, Folder 1
UCLA Conference on American Folk Medicine
1973
Scope and Contents note
Paper abstracts.
Box 65, Folder 2
University of Chicago Symposium on Narrative
1979
Scope and Contents note
Conference materials.
Box 65, Folder 3-5
Wenner-Gren Symposium no. 89
Box 65, Folder 3
Ephemera
1982
Scope and Contents note
Notes, conference materials, and playbills.
Box 65, Folder 4
Papers
1982
Scope and Contents note
Papers on the theme of theater and ritual.
Box 65, Folder 5
Papers 2
1982
Scope and Contents note
Papers on the theme of theater and ritual.
Box 65, Folder 6
Wenner-Gren Foundation Report
1974
Box 65, Folder 7
William Posner Institute Lecture
1984
Box 65, Folder 8
Women and Folklore Conference
1979
Box 65, Folder 9
Women's Spirituality and Jewish Tradition Conference
1984
Box 65, Folder 10
Workshop of Myth, Music, and Writing
1978
Scope and Contents note
Learning to climb the world's tree: Contemporary versions of the shaman's way. Notes and materials.
Research project files Series 3.
1911-1984
General Physical Description note:
77 boxes, and two flat boxes (41 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series 3 consists of Barbara G. Myerhoff's extensive research project files, which include field notes, grant proposals, audio
tapes, scrapbooks, promotional material, correspondence with publishers and collaborators, and assorted printed material such
as reprints, articles, papers, book excerpts, clippings, magazines, and book and film reviews. Original photographic material
topically related to the research project files may be found in Series 7: Photographic Material. Files are divided into eight
topical subseries, reflecting Barbara G. Myerhoff's evolving research interests and major projects. Subseries 1: Mexico, 1941-1981;
Subseries 2: Youth and rebellion, 1968-1970; Subseries 3: Women, feminism, and friendship, 1970-1984; Subseries 4: Projects
on Aging, 1969-1982; Subseries 6: Venice, 1938-1984; Subseries 7: Culture of Fairfax, 1965-1984; Subseries 8: Micellaneous,
1911-1984.
Mexico Subseries 1.
1941-1981
General Physical Description note:
5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Field notes, papers, and printed materials related to Barbara G. Myerhoff's early research in Oaxaca, Mexico, and on the subjects
of Mexican prisons and shamanism among the Huichol Indians. This research resulted in the publication of Peter T. Furst's
"Myth as History: the Jimson Weed Cycle of the Huichols of Mexico" (1966), Myerhoff's Ph.D. thesis, "The deer-maize-peyote
Complex Among the Huichol Indians of Mexico" (1968), and Myerhoff's first book, "Peyote hunt: The Sacred Journey of the Huichol
Indians" (1974). See Series 7: Photographic materials, for additional items in this area.
Box 66
Mexico
1960-1967
Scope and Contents note
Materials on Mexican prisons, the Oaxaca project, and prehispanic Mexico. One questionairre on mental illness in Mexican-American
communities, and one reel of audio tape labeled "Aztec Poetry."
Box 67
Peyote Hunt
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, reviews, outlines, printed materials, and field notes related the Huichol Indians of Mexico and Barbara G.
Myerhoff's book, "Peyote Hunt." One folder on Operacion Huicot.
Box 68
Medical anthropology
1960-1978
Scope and Contents note
Files of articles on topics related to medical anthropology, such as hallucinogens; ethnicity and healing; religion and the
brain; and shamanic equilibrium.
Box 69
Articles and resources, Huichol
1968-1973
Scope and Contents note
Articles and resources related to the subject of Huichol Indians and shamanistic healing. Arranged alphabetically by author.
Box 70
Articles and resources
1941-1981
Scope and Contents note
Notes, articles, and printed materials about topics such as words and religion; symbolism in medicine, ritual, and myth; Yamano
and Pascua Yaqui Indian populations; and peasants.
Youth and rebellion Subseries 2.
1968-1970
Physical Description:
2.0 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Field notes, papers, and printed materials related to Barbara G. Myerhoff's research on rebellion among youth, particularly
among college students. This research resulted in the papers "USC in May" and "The Revolution as Trip." Of particular note
are primary source materials such as scrapbooks and original newspapers containing information about USC's 1969 strike.
Box 71
Articles and resources
1968-1970
Scope and Contents note
Articles and resources about youth and rebellion. Files include a dissertation proposal on the Brown Berets; a bibliography
on student activism; materials on the Generation Gap; and papers on youth and change.
Box 72
USC in May
1969-1970
Scope and Contents note
Articles and resources about the 1969 strike at USC. Files include magazines and college newspapers; a scrapbook with photographic
material documenting the strike; and notes about Community Encounter and the Peace Project.
Women, feminism, and friendship Subseries 3.
1970-1984
General Physical Description note:
8 boxes, and 1 flat box (5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 3 consists of files related to the research and publication of "The Feminization of America," (1985) and "The Changing
Image of the Family," (1979) co-edited with Elinor Lenz and Virginia Tufte, respectively.
Box 73
Feminization of America
1979-1984
Scope and Contents note
Prospectus, notes, correspondence, interviews, outlines, and other material related to the research and publication of "The
Feminization of America."
Box 74
Changing Image of the Family/Women and friendship
1975-1983
Scope and Contents note
Prospectus, correspondence, notes, and reviews about "The Changing Image of the Family." Magazine articles, clippings, and
essays about women and friendship.
Box 75
Project binders
1972-1982
Scope and Contents note
Contents of two indexed project binders labeled "Tarcher Book and Articles on Feminism," and "Feminism Articles to Read,"
respectively. Files contain articles and conference papers about women and feminism.
Box 76
Resources binder
1973-1982
Scope and Contents note
Contents of an indexed binder labeled, "Resources." Files include articles about sexuality, femininity, feminism, female rituals,
and androgeny.
Box 77
1977-1982
Scope and Contents note
Articles, notes, and resources about women and feminism. Files include material on contemporary feminist art; gender and scholarship;
menstruation; Jewish lesbians; rape; and sexuality and mythology.
Box 78
1977-1983
Scope and Contents note
Articles, notes, and resources about women and feminism. Files include material on women and religious ritual; women in Minneapolis;
women warriors; and women's bodies.
Box 79
Articles on women I
1978-1979
Scope and Contents note
Contents of an indexed binder labeled, "Articles on Women I."
Box 80
Articles on women II
1970-1979
Scope and Contents note
Contents of an indexed binder labeled, "Articles on Women II."
Box 171
Articles and resources
1982-1983
Scope and Contents note
Flat oversize box of original magazines and newspapers containing articles about women and feminism.
Projects on aging Subseries 4.
1969-1982
General Physical Description note:
11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 4 consists of files from to two major research projects: Social and Cultural Contexts of Aging (funded by the National
Science Foundation), and Aging and Ethnicity (funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities). These projects supported
Barbara G. Myerhoff's research among elderly Jewish communities in Los Angeles. Completed under the auspices of the USC Gerontology
Center, the files include papers and correspondence by Sally Faulk Moore, Jose Cuellar, Andrei Simic, Carlos Velez, and others.
Box 81
SCCA administration and correspondence
1972-1976
Box 82-83
SCCA budget and expenditure
Box 84
SCCA progress reports
1971-1974
Box 85
SCCA publications binder I
1973-1976
Scope and Contents note
Contents of an indexed binder labeled, "Aging and Ethnicity Publications."
Box 86
SCCA publications binder II
1974-1976
Scope and Contents note
Partial contents of an indexed binder labeled, "Aging and Ethnicity Publications."
Box 87-88
Ethnicity and Aging grants
Box 87
1978-1980
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labled, "Grant Budget Materials."
Box 88
1977-1982
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labled, "Grant Budget Materials."
Box 89
Ethnicity and Aging promotional materials
1979-1983
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labeled, "Ethnicity and Aging Promotional."
Box 90
Ethnicity and Aging/Articles from Israel
1969-1980
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labeled, "Ethnicity and Aging/Articles and Papers from Israel."
Box 91
Micellaneous
1974-1979
Scope and Contents note
Articles on aging, correspondence with Jose Cuellar, grant materials, and reviews of "Life's Career."
Venice Subseries 6.
1938-1984
General Physical Description note:
33 boxes, 1 flat box (18 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 6 consists of files from Barbara G. Myerhoff's research among the elderly Jewish community of Venice, Los Angeles.
Files include field notes, interviews, and audiotapes from the Israel Levin Center; printed materials and notes about specific
people and events; material related to grants and funding; publicity, reviews, and fan letters; and materials from related
film and theater projects including the Academy Award winning documentary "Number Our Days." See also Series 7: Photographic
materials.
Box 92
Fan mail
1976-1982
Scope and Contents note
Fan mail for the film and book, "Number Our Days."
Box 93
Film
1976-1979
Scope and Contents note
Files related to the filming of "Number Our Days."
Box 94
Film resources
1969-1982
Scope and Contents note
Files about film project resources at USC and in Los Angeles. General articles about film and anthropology.
Box 95
Grants and funding
1977-1980
Scope and Contents note
Files about grants and funding sources, such as the Ford Foundation and the NEH Folk Culture grant. Includes a draft of a
letter to Barbara Streisand.
Box 96-99
Israel Levin Center audiotapes
ca. 1972-1976
Box 96
Tapes I
General Physical Description note: 15 audiotapes
Scope and Contents note
Recordings of interviews with ILC members.
General note
Not accessible to researchers until preservation reformatting is complete. Recording quality status unknown at time of processing.
Box 97
Tapes II
General Physical Description note: 20 audiotapes.
Scope and Contents note
Recordings of interviews with ILC members, including recordings of the Life History class.
General note
Not accessible to researchers until preservation reformatting is complete. Recording quality status unknown at time of processing.
Box 98
Tapes III
General Physical Description note: 20 audiotapes
Scope and Contents note
Recordings of interviews with ILC members.
General note
Not accessible to researchers until preservation reformatting is complete. Recording quality status unknown at time of processing.
Box 99
Tapes IV
General Physical Description note: 16 audiotapes
Scope and Contents note
Recordings of interviews with ILC members.
General note
Not accessible to researchers until preservation reformatting is complete. Recording quality status unknown at time of processing.
Box 100
Israel Levin Center field notes
1972-1974
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labled, "ILC Field Notes."
Box 101
Israel Levin Center interviews
1972-1973
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labeled, "ILC Interviews."
Box 102
Israel Levin Center writings and correspondence
1959-1979
Scope and Contents note
Copies of correspondence, living histories, poetry, and journals by the people of the Israel Levin Center. Includes the work
of Harry Asimow, Joseph Harris, Samuel Kovitz, and Pauline Wiener.
Box 103
Jews in Los Angeles
1972-1982
Scope and Contents note
Resources on Jews in Los Angeles, including: a 1972 report on the study of Jewish Centers; Eliezer Chammov's "Sephardic Jews
in Los Angeles,"; Donald Peterman's thesis on the ILC; and Maxine Segal's "Old Men in the Morning Minyan."
Box 104
Life history class binder
1973-1974
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labeled "Life History Class," in reference to the course held at the ILC. Includes field notes and articles.
Box 105
Life history class notes
1972-1983
Scope and Contents note
Files of field notes and printed materials about life history in general, and the ILC course in paticular.
Box 106
Life not Death in Venice administrative files
1972-1981
Box 107
Life not Death in Venice resources
1968-1980
Scope and Contents note
Articles, clippings, bibliographies, and book excerpts about aging.
Box 108
Life not Death in Venice clippings
1972-1979
Scope and Contents note
Articles and clippings about various topics, including Jewish aged, Yiddish folklore, and Venice.
Box 109
Life not Death in Venice papers
1971-1980
Scope and Contents note
Books, magazines, and material on assorted topics. Includes a 1975 Ocean Park Redevelopment Paper, articles on aging by Vern
Bengston and others, and a copy of "Bachy 16."
Box 110
Life not Death in Venice video project
1980-1983
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a folder labeled, "Video Project." Includes assorted printed materials, such as promotional items, "Number Our
Days" related papers, grant submissions, notes on the Posey Passover, a file on summer film work, and correspondence with
Warwick Wadlington.
Box 111
Miscellaneous
1968-1978
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous files related to "Number Our Days" and Jewish people in Venice. Includes periodicals, Jewish newspapers, local
newsletters, Florence Myerhoff's (Barbara's mother) sketches of elderly Jews, course material.
Box 113
"Number Our Days" Publicity and promotion
1977-1985
Scope and Contents note
Materials for the publicity and promotion of the film and book, "Number Our Days."
Box 114
Publicity and promotion binder
1976-1982
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a small binder containing letters, reviews, and promotional materials concerning "Number Our Days."
Box 115
Publisher material
1975-1980
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and contracts with Simon & Simon and J.P. Tarcher, book jacket proofs, requests for reprints, and receipts.
Box 116-117
Related projects and proposals
Box 116
1974-1981
Scope and Contents note
Proposals and correspondence regarding projects related to "Number Our Days," including "Life Histories as Literary and Cultural
Documents," the UAHC Holocaust Film Project, and letters from Jay Ruby.
Box 117
1976-1979
Scope and Contents note
Proposals and correspondence regarding projects related to "Number Our Days," including: "Matriarchs and Grandmothers," "The
Rise and Fall of Eli Kominsky," and "Tales from a Shtetl by the Sea."
Box 118
1938-1980
Scope and Contents note
Articles, papers, and bibliographies on aging.
Box 119
1969-1980
Scope and Contents note
Articles, papers, and clippings on a variety of topics, including aging Jewish women, aging among the powerless, the "evil
eye," Isaac Bashevis Singer, life history, poverty, and Venice.
Box 120
1959-1979
Scope and Contents note
Articles, papers, and abstracts on various topics, including aging, Orthodox Jews, communities in transition, and ritual.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Box 121
1967-1982
Scope and Contents note
Articles, papers, and abstracts on various topics, including life history, Jewish family life, shtetls, and myth. Arranged
alphabetically by author.
Box 122
1976-1980
Scope and Contents note
Reviews for "Number Our Days."
Box 123
1977-1979
Scope and Contents note
Reviews for "Number Our Days."
Box 124
Stage adaptations
1976-1982
Scope and Contents note
Scripts and proposals for stage adaptations of "Number Our Days."
Box 125
Walk for Solidarity
1981
Scope and Contents note
Abstracts, scrapbooks, and printed materials documenting the Walk for Solidarity.
Box 172
Scrapbooks, art, and photographic material
ca. 1976-1984
Scope and Contents note
Flat oversize box containing two of Barbara G. Myerhoff's scrapbooks, and three promotional posters, documenting "Number Our
Days." (Also includes a Culture of Fairfax oversize photograph, and an orginal watercolor from Personal Ritual files.)
Culture of Fairfax Subseries 7.
1965-1984
General Physical Description note:
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Subseries 7 consists of files from the Culture of Fairfax project, a study of the Jewish community in the Beverly-Fairfax
neighborhood of Los Angeles. See also Series 7: Photographic materials.
Box 112
Passover
1972-1984
Scope and Contents note
Papers, notes, and articles about Passover, Jewish prayer, and seder. Includes notes and papers by Riv-Ellen Prell-Foldes,
and correspondence regarding Barbara G. Myerhoff's paper, "Passover Performances."
Box 126
Culture of Fairfax administrative materials
1982-1984
Scope and Contents note
Printed materials related to fundraising, proposals, project volunteers, and correspondence.
Box 127
Ethnicity, Continuity, and Successful Aging
1982-1984
Scope and Contents note
National Institute of Health grant materials, Local Initiative grant materials, and project proposal.
Box 128
Field notes
1983-1985
Scope and Contents note
Vimala Jayanti's field notes, interviews, project notebook, schedule, and articles.
Box 129
Grants and reports
1982-1984
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposals for the National Insitute on Aging, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Jewish Community Foundation.
Box 130
Jews in Los Angeles
1973-1983
Scope and Contents note
Articles, papers, and clippings about Jews in Los Angeles and the Beverly-Fairfax neighborhood, including a 1982 Beverly-Fairfax
Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy.
Box 131
Related projects and course syllabi
1975-1983
Scope and Contents note
Syllabi for courses topically related to the Culture of Fairfax project. Additional grant materials and proposals for related
or similar projects, including the Ford Foundation task force on Race and Ethnicity research report, the Elderly Poetry Project,
and the Project Chaver report.
Box 132
Aging Resources
1965-1983
Scope and Contents note
Articles on aging.
Box 133
Jewish community Resources
1965-1983
Scope and Contents note
Articles and papers on assorted topics, including Jewish women, Orthodox Jews, urban communities, and additional material
on Jews in Los Angeles.
Micellaneous Subseries 8.
1911-1984
General Physical Description note:
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Research files on assorted topics, including Bali, folktales, performance, personal ritual, storytelling and narrative (including
autobiography and life history), and two binders of articles.
Box 134
Bali
1971-1979
Scope and Contents note
Articles, notes, transcriptions, and scripts related to Bali and S. Lansing's 1979 Bali film project. See Series 7: Photographic
materials, for photographs from Bali.
Box 135
Folktales
1911-1978
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder labeled, "Folktale Articles."
Box 136
Performance
1974-1983
Scope and Contents note
Articles, papers, and printed material about performance. Includes files about the Center for Healing Arts, Japanese theater,
Traveling Jewish Theater, and El Teatro Campesino. Also includes paper drafts on performance by Richard Schechner.
Box 137
Personal ritual
1974-1984
Scope and Contents note
Files on death and ritual, personal ritual, and Dio de Los Muertos. See also Box 172 for an original watercolor by Louise
Shepard (removed from Personal Ritual files for preservation purposes), and Box 165 for Dio de los Muertos slides.
Box 138
Personal ritual/Storytelling and narrative
1977-1984
Scope and Contents note
Folders 1-4 are files about personal ritual. Folders 5-7 are files about storytelling and narrative, including files on a
class called "Self Creation Through Personal Narrative," taught in New York, 1981-1983. Files include personal correspondence
regarding the class, and photographs of class activites. See also Box 63, for related files on life history workshops and
classes.
Box 139
Storytelling and narrative: "Autobiography: Life History/Self Materials."
1963-1979
Scope and Contents note
Contents of an indexed binder labeled, "Autobiography: Life History/Self Materials." Contains files on autobiography, storytelling,
and narrative.
Box 140
Storytelling and narrative: "Self in Context" and "Storytelling"
1965-1982
Scope and Contents note
Contents of two binders, labeled "Self in Context" and "Storytelling," respectively. Files include materials on autobiography,
storytelling, and include a prospectus for a book on narrative.
Box 141
Various Articles by Various Authors I
1976-1982
Scope and Contents note
Contents of an indexed binder by the same title. Files are arranged by topic and include religion, memory, mortality, and
war.
Box 142
Various Articles by Various Authors II
1973-1983
Scope and Contents note
Contents of a binder by the same name. Files are arranged by topic and include oral literature, and "miscellaneous."
Manuscripts and drafts Series 4.
1963-1984
Physical Description:
10.0 boxes (5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series 4 consists of manuscripts, typescripts, preliminary versions, revisions, and drafts of Barbara G. Myerhoff's published
work. Files are arranged alphabetically by the title of the published work.
Box 143
Manuscripts, A-F
1963-1983
Box 144
Manuscripts, "Feminization of America"
1972-1983
Box 145
Manuscripts, G-M
1969-1984
Box 146-147
Manuscripts, "Number Our Days"
Box 146
1973-1980
Scope and Contents note
Manuscripts for "Number Our Days."
Box 147
1972-1978
Scope and Contents note
Manuscripts for "Number Our Days."
Box 148
Manuscripts, O-P
1963-1981
Box 149
Manuscripts, "Peyote Hunt"
1967-1974
Box 150
Manuscripts, Q-Su
1977-1984
Box 151
Manuscripts, Sv-Sz
1975-1984
Box 152
Manuscripts, T-Z
1970-1983
Publications Series 5.
1947-1984
Physical Description:
8.0 boxes (4 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series 5 consists of original and photocopied articles, papers, and publications by Barbara G. Myerhoff and others. For additional
printed materials on various anthropological, ethnographic, and historical subjects, see Series 2, Subseries 3: Teaching files;
and Series 3: Research project files. Series 5 is comprised of two subseries: Subseries 1: Publications by Barbara G. Myerhoff,
1965-1984; and Subseries 2: Publications by assorted authors, 1947-1984.
Publications by Barbara G. Myerhoff Subseries 1.
1965-1984
Physical Description:
2.0 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Originals and reproductions of Barbara G. Myerhoff's published work, including articles, papers, essays, and book reviews.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 153
Myerhoff publications, A-M
1965-1984
Box 154
Myerhoff publications, N-Z
1965-1984
Publications by assorted authors Subseries 2.
1947-1984
Physical Description:
6.0 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Reproductions of publications and unpublished papers by a variety of authors on assorted anthropological, scientific, social,
historical, and ethnographic topics. This series includes papers sent to Barbara G. Myerhoff for editing and critique, and
photocopied book excerpts, articles, and essays found outside of Barbara G. Myerhoff's cohesive research project files. Arranged
alphabetically by author.
Box 155
Publications, A-C
1975-1984
Box 156
Publications, D-K
1972-1983
Box 157
Publications, L-Q
1964-1983
Box 158
Publications, R-S
1965-1983
Box 159
Publications, T
1947-1983
Box 160
Publications, V-Z
1967-1977
Personal correspondence Series 6.
1974-1984
Physical Description:
2.0 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series 6 consists of personal correspondence unrelated to specific academic projects. Correspondence with a wide array of
collaborators and professional peers--many of whom were also personal friends of Barbara G. Myerhoff--is located throughout
the collection, including Series 2: USC administrative and academic files, and Series 3: Research project files.
Box 161
Personal correspondence
1976-1984
Scope and Contents note
Personal correspondence from Barbara Babcock, Joan Cassell, John and Hilda (?) from the University of Chicago, Marc Kaminsky,
Deena Metzger, and Victor Turner.
Box 162
Personal correspondence with Deena Metzger
1974-1976
Scope and Contents note
Lengthy and detailed personal correspondence between Barbara G. Myerhoff and Deena Metzger. Removed from a binder labled "Metzger-Myerhoff
Correspondence."
General note
Sealed until further notice.
Photographic materials Series 7.
1953-1984
General Physical Description note:
7 clamshell binders, and 1 flat box (8 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series 7 consists of photographs, slides, and negatives related to Barbara G. Myerhoff's field research, publications, book
publicity, and lectures. Of particular note are several black and white publicity portraits of Barbara G. Myerhoff; photographs,
negatives, and slides of elderly Jewish people from the Venice and Beverly-Fairfax communities; slides from a 1979 film project
in Bali; and photographs and slides documenting the Huichol Indians of Mexico. The bulk of photographic materials were originally
stored separately from the research project files, and this arrangement was maintained for preservation and access purposes.
Materials are topically arranged in boxes for viewing.
Box 163
Bali slides
1979
General Physical Description note: ca. 420 color slides
Scope and Contents note
Slides from a 1979 trip to Bali for S. Lansing's video project.
Box 164
Miscellaneous
1970-1984
General Physical Description note: Photographs, slides, and negatives
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically by topic. Burg Wartenstein Conference group photo, 1977; Disneyland slides from conference lecture
in Japan, 1981; photographs for Culture of Fairfax project, 1984 (see also one oversize photo, box 172); Glasgow School of
Art slides; Indian holy man photograph, n.d.; Israel, 1975 and 1983; Japan, 1983; Myerhoff, Barbara, photographs and negatives,
ca. 1978; Native American celebration, 1970; and unidentified lecture slides and negatives, n.d. One roll of film labeled,
"Robin Margolia, Fire, Abstract, Y.S.C."
Box 165
Mexico and Costa Rica
1958-1973
General Physical Description note: Photographs, negatives, and slides
Box 166-170
Venice
ca. 1970s
General Physical Description note: Photographs, slides, and negatives
Box 166
Venice Photographs I
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and negatives of Israel Levin Center members in Venice. Includes photographs of Life Note Death in Venice (the
protest and art show), publicity photos of Barbara G. Myerhoff, reproductions of family photographs, and pictures of people
and events documented in "Number Our Days."
Box 167
Venice Photographs II
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of the Israel Levin Center members in Venice. Includes publicity photos of Barbara G. Myerhoff, and 8 x 10 inch
negatives of people and events documented in "Number Our Days."
Box 168
Venice Slides I
General Physical Description note: ca. 360 color slides
Scope and Contents note
Color slides of Israel Levin Center members in Venice. Includes slides of Life Not Death in Venice (the protest and art show),
and images of people and events documented in "Number Our Days." Sorted by approximate date.
Box 169
Venice Slides II
General Physical Description note: ca. 560 color slides
Scope and Contents note
Color slides of Israel Levin Center members in Venice. Includes slides of Life Note Death in Venice (the protest and art show),
and images of people and events documented in "Number Our Days." Unsorted, original order maintained.
Box 170
Venice Mounted Photographs
Scope and Contents note
Two mounted color photographs of Israel Levin Center Members. The male is identified as Harry Asimow, the female is unidentified.
Books Series 8.
1944-1984
General Physical Description note:
4 banker boxes (6 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series 8 consists of a selection of books from Barbara G. Myerhoff's personal library, some of which are heavily annotated.
In addition to copies of texts that Barbara G. Myerhoff authored or edited, the series includes books by Clifford Geertz,
Marc Kaminsky, Claude Levi-Strauss, Victor W. Turner, and others. Books are arranged in boxes alphabetically by author; edited
texts are interfiled by title.
Box 173
Books, Age-De Mille
1959-1982
Box 174
Books, Eliade-Kushner
1944-1984
Box 175
Books, Langer-Political
1948-1981
Box 176
Books, Pushcart-Zborowski
1964-1979