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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Hilda Kuper papers
Creator:
Kuper, Hilda
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1343
Physical Description:
35.0 Linear Feet
(70 boxes and 8 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1930-1992
Abstract: Hilda Kuper (1911- ) was a professor of Anthropology at UCLA (1963-78) specializing in South Africa, Swaziland, and the Swazi.
The collection consists of Dr. Kuper's correspondence, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, photographs, research, and teaching
materials.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Hilda Kuper Papers (Collection 1343). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Gift of Professor Hilda Kuper, 1982, 1987, 1988.
- Gift of Mary and Jenny Kuper, 1994.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942332703606533
Hilda Kuper was born in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1911; married Leo Kuper (1935); BA (1935) and MA (1934), University of Witwatersrand;
Ph.D, London School of Economics (1942); Professor of Anthropology, UCLA (1963-78) as well as lecturer at various universities;
recipient of numerous awards and fellowships; author of several books and articles, she is best known for her work on South
Africa, Swaziland, and the Swazi.
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, notebooks, photographs, research, and teaching materials related
to anthropologist Dr. Hilda Kuper. Includes her work on the peoples and cultures in South Africa, including Natal and Swaziland.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Swaziland.
Manuscripts for publication
Swazi (African people).
Anthropologists -- Archives.
Correspondence.
Kuper, Hilda--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department. of Anthropology--Faculty -- Archives