Guide to the Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo Papers
compiled by Stanford University Archives staff
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
February 2011
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Overview
Call Number: SC0772
Creator:
Rosaldo, Michelle Zimbalist
Title: Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo papers
Dates: 1963-1983
Physical Description:
12.5 Linear feet (9 boxes)
Summary: The papers include class files from the course The Female Experience: Victorian Heritage, Part II, containing the syllabus,
lecture notes, exam questions, minutes of the teaching collective (1978-79), and the course reader; one file of Rosaldo's
lectures on women's position in "simpler" societies, which includes one letter from Rosaldo to Jane Collier, Oct. 31, 1975;
and typescript papers with some published versions of Rosaldo's book reviews and articles, 1972-1983. An addition to the collection
in 2006 (largely unprocessed) includes course files, 1973-1981; research notes, including field notes from 1963 and 1966;
correspondence; reprints of her articles; her undergraduate papers; and condolence letters to Renato Rosaldo after her death,
1981.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
This collection was given to the Stanford University Archives by Jane F. Collier in 2005 and by Renato Rosaldo in 2006.
Information about Access
Letters of recommendation in Accession ARCH-2006-166, Box 8 are restricted. This collection is otherwise open for research;
materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
[Identification of item], Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo Papers (SC0772). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo earned her doctorate in social anthropology at Harvard in 1972. She joined Stanford's faculty in
the Department of Anthropology in the same year and quickly rose to national prominence as an anthropologist, sociolinguist,
and feminist scholar. She was co-chair of Stanford's first Committee on Feminist Studies (1980-1981) and helped develop the
curriculum for the Program in Feminist Studies. In 1979 she was awarded the Dinkelspiel Award for outstanding service to undergraduate
education. She died from an accidental fall while conducting research in the Philippines in 1981.
Description of the Collection
The papers include class files from the course The Female Experience: Victorian Heritage, Part II, containing the syllabus,
lecture notes, exam questions, minutes of the teaching collective (1978-79), and the course reader; one file of Rosaldo's
lectures on women's position in "simpler" societies, which includes one letter from Rosaldo to Jane Collier, Oct. 31, 1975;
and typescript papers with some published versions of Rosaldo's book reviews and articles, 1972-1983. An addition to the collection
in 2006 (largely unprocessed) includes course files, 1973-81; research notes, including field notes from 1963 and 1966; correspondence;
reprints of her articles; her undergraduate papers; and condolence letters to Renato Rosaldo after her death, 1981.
Access Terms
Collier, Jane Fishburne.
Rosaldo, Michelle Zimbalist
Anthropology--Study and teaching.
Women--History--Study and teaching (higher)
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1-2
Female Experience: Victorian Heritage, Part II – class file
1979 spring
Box 1, Folder 3
Female Experience: Victorian Heritage, Part II – course reader
Box 1, Folder 4
Lectures on women's position in "simpler" societies
1975-1977
Box 1, Folder 6
Articles on Ilongot speech
Box 1, Folder 7
Magic and Medicine: a Problem in Cultural Analysis, conference paper
1973
Box 1, Folder 8
Metaphors and Folk Classification, Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 28
1972
Box 1, Folder 9
Moral/Analytic Dilemmas Posed by the Intersection of Feminism and Social Science, conference paper
1980
Box 1, Folder 10
The Shame of Headhunters and the Autonomy of Self, published and unpublished versions
1980-1983
Box 1, Folder 11
Towards an Anthropology of Self and Feeling, published and unpublished versions
1981
Box 1, Folder 12
The Use and Abuse of Anthropology: Reflections on Feminism and Cross-cultural Understanding, Signs
1980 spring
Accession ARCH-2006-166
Additional Papers
Box 1
Mostly unsorted class materials with some correspondence and 1 bound notebook
1970s
Box 2, Folder 3
Anthro 252 hostage parade article
Box 2, Folder 7
Victorian Heritage II
1978-1979
Box 2, Folder 10
Royalty statements, letters of reference
Box 2, Folder 12
Faculty records, course evaluations
Box 2, Folder 13
Official correspondence and recommendations
Box 2, Folder 17
Rosaldo/Collier work – correspondence
1976
Box 2, Folder 18
Rosaldo/Collier work – text
Box 2, Folder 19
Rosaldo/Collier work – outlines, lectures, notes
Box 2, Folder 20
Rosaldo/Collier work – research
Box 2, Folder 26
Soil test forms, Kasibu, Nueva Viscaya
1969
Box 2, Folder 31
Metaphors and Hypotheses (re Ilongot genres)
Box 2, Folder 33
"Phonology: Kakidugon Bugkalut," typescript paper
Box 2, Folder 35
Miscellaneous notes on Ilongot
Box 3
Correspondence (3 folders)
1972-1973
Box 3
Envelope of correspondence
Box 3
"Shelly's current correspondence" (1 folder)
Box 3
Women's Book [Women, Culture and Society] correspondence (2 envelopes, 2 folders)
Box 3
Correspondence (2 envelopes)
Box 4
Correspondence, unorganized and not in folders
Box 5
Field notes, 1963, and photographs and postcards that accompanied them
Box 5
Z notes field notes and interviews?)
1966
Box 5
Other notebooks and loose notes (many not written in English)
Box 5
Typescript papers (her own undergraduate)
1960s
Box 6
2 Notebooks (Spanish class?)
Box 6
Class evaluations from her anthropology class
1977
Box 6
Box of condolence letters to Renato Rosaldo after her death
1981
Box 6
Other materials relating to her death and memorial fund, including audiocassette of memorial service
Box 7
Her reprints, typescript papers, book reviews, panel commentary, and correspondence
1965-1981
Box 7
Class materials – syllabi, lecture outlines, bibliographies, exam questions
1970s
Box 8
Letters of recommendation [restricted]
