Finding Aid for the Hilda Kuper Papers LSC.1343
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
- Gift of Professor Hilda Kuper, 1982, 1987, 1988.
- Gift of Mary and Jenny Kuper, 1994.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indians.
India--articles and research materials.
Notes and original data. 1953-1954.
India materials.
Reports, conference proceedings, M.A. on Indians. 1954-1958.
Notes, original data, including surveys, manuscripts of writings.
Indians in South Africa, notes and research materials.
Indians in South Africa, notes and research materials.
Geography and history.
Research notes. Including Freetown ..., True Negro, West Africa.
S. & E.--Territorial Organization--Africa.
Kinship.
Anthro 139--Peoples of S.E. Africa.
Research notes--Econ.
128 Kinship.
Kinship--research notes.
Kinship lecture notes.
Kinship and marriage.
Kinship--research notes.
Swaziland--clippings, pamphlets. Jubilee. 1981
Reprints, papers by Hilda Kuper.
Papers by Hilda Kuper.
The Diviner and the Detective [by] Hilda Kuper.
Papers on tradition.
Notes, research material on biography.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 3 and 3P.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 4C.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 4N.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 5B.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 5G.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 6G.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 6N.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 6S.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 7G.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 7S.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 8 and 8G.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 8M.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 8R.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 9.
Questionnaire responses--Standard 10.
Proposal--Biography of King Sobhuza II of Swaziland. Submitted by HK to the Ford Foundation. May 1972.
Swazi law.
Notes on Swazi language.
Chart of blood relatives & key--Zulu kinship system
Social structure & values of Durban Hindu
Caste--letter to HK from Bryan. August 27, 1965.
Caste--sketches of decorative tattoo designs.
Caste--Indians in Fiji by Carole J. Turkenik. Paper for Anthro 256B. 1966.
Ideology & Content of Caste Among the Indians in East Africa. By HK.
Caste--Some Notes on the Asians in East Africa. Paper by Theodore Ravetz, Sociology 299A. 1966.
Caste--Leadership in an Asian community by Dr. R.H. Desai.
Caste--The Asians in East Africa by Shizumi Yokoo.
Caste--Caste in a Natal Hindu Community. Paper by Birbal Rambiritch and Pierre L. van den Berghe.
Caste--Race Attitudes in Durban, South Africa. Paper by Pierre L. van den Berghe.
Caste--African & Indian adaptation to Western ... Paper by Dr. Hilda Kuper.
Caste--Change in Caste of the South African Indian. By Hilda Kuper. Published in Race Relations Journal, vol.22 no.4 (1955).
Notebook--NTU, La Pensee Nyambe-Dieu.
New Age--various issues from Published in Cape Town, South Africa. 1959.
Caste--Reprint copies of articles by Hilda Kuper.
Caste--The Indian as a South Africa [by Hilda Kuper].
Caste--Questionnaire and responses--Standard 5. ... to obtain background of high school students.
Manuscript pages re Gandhi.
Research notes--South Africa.
Letter, clippings, news releases re Swaziland. 1977-1979.
Clippings, notes re Swaziland constitution.
Genealogy/chronology. 1945-1967.
The monarchy, the military.
Anthropology and literature by Hilda Kuper.
Swazi religion by Hilda Kuper.
Strangers--notes.
Anthro 107A and 108A.
H. Kuper--Social Anthropology 161.
Hatt, Doyle--correspondence.
Radcliffe-Brown--Anthro 220.
Urbanization--South Africa.
Prinz, Beth--correspondence.
Christmas cards.
--Swaziland. 1964
--Swaziland. 1967
--Swaziland. 1970
III Political elite--Swaziland.
Imbokodvo (political party).
Sobhuza's proposed trust deed. 1967.
Correspondence with Swazi.
Correspondence--Nqaba Dlamini.
Correspondence--Masitsela Dlamini.
Swaziland film.
Kunene.
Swaziland correspondence--Chris Pappas.
Nhleko, Musa--correspondence.
Dlamini, Makhosini correspondence, PM, DPM.
Matsebula, JSM.
Sobhuza II--correspondence.
Swaziland Correspondence--Leo Lovell.
T. Ghinza--correspondence.
S.T.M. Sukati--correspondence.
Swaziland Correspondence--Teachers, C. Giles.
Swazi--general correspondence.
Correspondence--Times of Swaziland.
H.K.--stereotypes and symbolism.
Stereotypes and symbolism.
Anthro 107A, 200A.
Questionnaire--partial.
Peoples of Africa--Fall 1967.
John Bird Historical Society, vol.1 no.1--proceedings.
Anthro. 107A. Fall 1971.
Urbanization.
C. change & urbanization.
Broad cat research HK.
Group Areas Act. 1961.
A note on premarital pregnancy in an urban location.
The challenge to urban family life today. African Institute of Race Relations. 1959.
Urban.
The settlers, Group Areas Act, Sabotage Act.
Urban Africans.
Notes re migration, urbanization.
Health--urbanization II (book).
Urban.
Anthro 256B--paper re Levi-Strauss by E. Hatch, E. Ledell.
Pan-African Biography colloquium--correspondence. 1982.
Note card, manuscript pages, syllabus for Anthro 161.
Indians in East Africa.
clippings re Swaziland. 1981
The Structure of the Indian Community in Kampala. By H.S. Morris.
Urbanization 279-1971.
[clippings re Swaziland. 1983
Swaziland. Tribute to Sobhuza II by HK, Drum The Times (November 1982 September 13, 1982).
Scrapbook of clippings re Swaziland. 1984-1985.
Scrapbook of clippings re Swaziland. 1986-1987.
Planned surveys, D. Pilay (1951).
India cuttings (1958-1960).
Field notes, interviews. ca. 1953.
Field notes, interviews. ca. 1953-1954.
Education. 1953-1956.
Indian centenary articles. 1960.
Birdgee survey. ca. 1953-1954.
Desso surveys. ca. 1953-1954.
Unpublished manuscript.
Sebenta. July 1966.
Postscript.
T. Rangek.
Articles on Swaziland.
Ilo conference, notes and papers.
Allen, Carol. Communication patterns in the Southern RDA.
Indexes for newspaper clippings of Hilda Kuper.
Notes on cattle marketing survey.
Some of the duties of an Induana - Ndabazabantu.
Biography.
1968.
Invitations.
Genealogy and chronology file.
re royal constitutional commission.
Notes important 'kingship'. 1935
Courses.
Newspaper cuttings. 1982
Manuscript fragments.
Chronology.
Kuper--Manuscripts and publications.
Witch.
Papers re Swaziland.
Index for spelling of names.
A.C. Jordan stories.
Review list.
Scripps.
Travel.
Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Zambia Conference (L. Thompson).
Boston.
Graduate and other committees.
UCLA employment form.
Correspondence Desmond Reader, Audrey Richado.
Religion.
Encyclopaedia Africana.
Faculty instructions on graduate students and courses.
Exam.
Correspondence about urbanization--Wulf.
Correspondence--Pierre van den Berghe.
Correspondence--S.N. Varma, Journal of African & Asian Studies.
Correspondence--A. Vilakazi.
Library (Nole Booke). Correspondence--Robert Vosper.
Correspondence--A witch in my heart.
Correspondence--Witwatersrand University.
Ethno films.
Miscellaneous.
Multi-culture Institute.
New York Academy of Sciences.
Orientation.
M.A. Reading List and exams.
Graduate students--committees.
Guggenheim.
Adaptation of law in Africa.
National Science Foundation, Dr. Lieban.
Reviews.
Publication contracts.
Correspondence--Max Gluckman.
Fortes--correspondence.
Correspondence--Raymond Firth.
Diope.
Correspondence--Sally Moore.
Correspondence--Howard Moorepark.
Beidelman.
Correspondence.
Article and letters (c/c) H.K. 1970-1971.
Adam Kuper.
S. Africa.
Ngubane, Jordan.
Prinz.
Dawn Chatty.
Kaby I.
Unpublished study of Western Native Township, by H.K. 1945
Harinck.
G. Strieker.
HK in garden of Los Angeles home with members of Swaziland Olympic team. 1984
Race Relations, vol.12 no.1. 1945.
Special court of Swaziland case. May 20, 1935.
Religion in Swaziland, published by UBLS, vol.2. August 1975.
Wage determinations current in South Africa at 30. June 1973.
Chieftainship in Bantu Africa by Lord Harlech.
Report on the House of Assembly elections , Swaziland. 1966-1967
Swaziland annual report of the prisons department for 1965.
Report of seminar on national objectives at independence. 1967.
Second national development plan. 1973-1977.
Swazi land tenure, A.J.B. Hughes, University of Natal, Durban. 1964.
Transcripts of taped interviews with various people.
Notebook containing clippings and notes on Swaziland.
Stories by HK.
Writings, articles and clippings by Hilda Kuper. ca. 1945- .
Short stories and articles.
A Witch in my Heart--introduction.
Photocopy of field notebook.
Genealogy of Swazi kings.
Resident Commissioner's court. List of criminal cases, list of reported cases referred to in the notes, & notes on selected criminal cases.
Swazi - English translations of phrases.
Swazi stories.
Photographs--Swazi National Church Complex.
Photographs--Swazi Independence. 1973.
Photographs--Unidentified ceremony with Swazi guards.
Photographs--Family of King Sobhuza.
Photographs--King Sobhuza with HK at Reed Dance, Lobamba. September 1981.
Photographs--Airport arrival of African leaders for King Sobhuza's Diamond Jubilee.
Photographs--At Spa reception.
Photographs--Foreign dignitaries meeting King Sobhuza at Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Photographs--King Sobhuza Diamond Jubilee celebrations at Somhlolo Stadium. September 1981.
Photographs-- ceremony. 1973
Photographs--Gzina Regiment.
Photographs--Swaziland countryside. 1973.
Photographs--HK in Swaziland.
Photographs--Ceremony. undated
Photographs--State ceremony.
Photographs--Various.
Sobhuza's Christmas card.
Pamphlets.
Insert to Chapter 11.
Assorted materials. 1946-1950.
Field notes: Swazi cases: witchcraft, etc.
Swazi student essay competition. 1968.
Seminar on national objectives at independence. March 1967.
Inserts.
History: political changes in structure, visual & institutional.
Religion in Swaziland, U.B.L.S. vol.1.
References Chapter 9.
Genealogy.
References, Chapter 8.
Chapter 12.
Undated speeches.
King's speeches. 1960.
King's speeches. 1967.
King's speeches. 1968.
King's speeches. 1969.
King's speeches. 1971.
King's speeches. 1972.
King's speeches. 1973.
King's speeches. 1974.
References, chapter 2.
References, chapter 3.
References, chapter 4.
References, chapter 5.
References, chapter 6.
References, chapter 11.
References, chapter 12.
References, chapter 15.
1972-1974.
Clippings. 1973.
Clippings. 1975.
Photos for biography.
O.A.U. and Swazi foreign affairs.
Case to Privy Council.
King's petition.
Women--Wisconsin.
--NB. 1968
Road to independence.
King's speeches. 1970.
Kingship cases. & customs. 1956 1967-1968.
Mnt. Madeuu Deamini.
1966.
Notarial deeds and leases.
Cyclone Domoina. 1984.
Swaziland National Center.
Clans--Swaziland.
Spicer.
Chiefs.
Regiments.
First election--Sobhuza forms political party.
Swazi government.
Philip Bonner.
1963.
Minerals.
Succession.
Swazi reports.
Chiefs.
Visit to Swaziland. 1966.
History.
Incwala Msimanga.
Material chapter 14. 1964.
Regiments.
Chapter 13 additional material.
Swazi independence--old version of history.
A witch in my heart & other stories.
National Science Foundation application. 1986.
1973.
Biography--miscellaneous material.
Colin Legum.
1965.
1972.
Incwala.
Clan names.
Amos Zwane.
Edward Hower.
Historical documents.
1970.
Tibongo.
1984.
Tibongo. 1970.
Talk.
Games.
Letters from Swaziland.
Kinship.
Urbanization--Swaziland.
Cattle.
Swazi--Western education.
Anthropology notes.
Political--succession & inheritance.
Political--Incwala.
Political--slavery.
Political--traditional, councils, miscellaneous.
Political--traditional, chiefs, indians, etc.
Political--traditional.
Political--Western administration.
Political--history of Western administration.
Political--history of Swazi people.
Political--Swaziland & South Africa.
Economics.
Occupation & technology.
Land tenure, etc.
Land--agriculture.
Land--livestock.
Land--food.
Locations.
Swazi correspondence.
Tibongo.
Correspondence.
Chapter 11 additional material.
Swazi students in America.
African correspondence. 1980s.
Correspondence. 1970s-1980s.
Swaziland Peace Corps.
Swaziland. 1970.
World book.
Cohen, David.
Duckworth.
Swazi law [orban].
Pierre Van den Berghe.
Peace Corps lang.
A. Richards & Vic Turner.
Receipts--Swaziland. 1986.
King's correspondence--Sobhuza II & Matsebula.
Calendars.
B. Rosen-Prinz.
Beth Ph.D.
Swazi animal and plants.
Postscript--Duckworth.
Moore letter.
HK--personal (Featherstone's letter).
Publications re Swaziland independence. 1968-1969.
Publications re coronation of Makhosetive. 1986.
Royal villages of Swaziland.
Politics--party.
Economics.
Land.
Education.
Law.
Swaziland Legislative Council.
Drawings.
Health.
Events--chronology.
Language & custom.
Census.
Research notes.
Swaziland phone book. 1981.
Swaziland constitution. 1970.
Crown Prince Makhosetive--pictorial biography.
Maps--genealogy.
Photographs.
Printed material re Swaziland.
Education scrapbook.
Essay papers scrapbook.
Political ledger.
Economic ledger.
Pondo women--photographs.
Photographs. 1967.
Photographs--Zimbabwe. 1929.
Photographs. August 9, 1990.
Photographs. June 1978.
Photographs--Mhlanga. September 2-3, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland. September 5, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland. September 7, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland. September 8, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland. September 10, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland. September 13, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland, graduation. September 14-15, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland. September 16, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland. September 17, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland. September 21, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland, Mbaban Bank and interview for SBC. September 14, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland. 1936.
Photographs--maps of Swaziland.
Photographs--Hilda Kuper's family.
Photographs--Fellows & staff, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences. 1976-1977.
Photographs--Swaziland. September 9, 1990.
Photographs--Swaziland, royal ceremony.
Slides--Swaziland.
Slides--London.
Color negatives of Swaziland.
Correspondence--Miscellaneous cards, postcards, and letters
Recognitions awarded to Kuper.
Curriculum vitae--updated copies and drafts.
Listing of books kept in Kuper's office.
Miscellaneous.
Christmas cards and birthday cards.
Christmas cards and birthday cards.
Printed material.
New York University.
Photographs.
From water well to tribal center.
Ecuador.
Photographs of Swaziland on loose pages.
Loose black and white Photographs--Swaziland.
Color Photographs--Swaziland.
Photographs of Johannesburg.
On the road from Johannesburg to Swaziland. 1937.
Photos of Swaziland. 1930s.
Various photos of Swaziland selected for slides.
Transkei. 1937.
Good negatives. , color. 1970s
Inserts--photocopies of photographs.
Counsellor award given to Kuper by King Sobhuza II on with letter of response. September 4, 1981
2 Photograph albums of Swaziland.
Black and white negatives of Swaziland.
Black and white prints of Swaziland.
Color negatives of Swaziland.
Photo album of Swaziland.
Appointment books and calendars. 1966-1990.
The Swaziland Student newsletter.
Issues of The Times of Swaziland & The Swazi Observer. 1979, 1982, 1989, & 1990.
January 16, 1984 issue of Time Magazine; Focus on Africa.
Swazi music for military band--cassette tape--played by the band of the Royal Artillery.
Unlabeled cassette tape.
Issues and articles in Swazi newspapers celebrating King Sobhuza's 80th & 81st birthdays. 1979-1980.
Newsletter--News from Swaziland. May 21, 1984- December 15, 1985.
Newsletter--News from Swaziland. January 2-December 1, 1986.
Newsletter--News from Swaziland. January 5-November 9, 1987.
Newsletter--News from Swaziland. March 14-November 21, 1988.
Newsletter--News from Swaziland. January 3-October 16, 1989.
Newspapers and clippings announcing the death of King Sobhuza II; August-September 1982.
Clippings from various Southern African newspapers about Swaziland; July-September 1987.
Clippings from various Southern African newspapers about Swaziland; June-December 1989.
Clippings from various Southern African newspapers about Swaziland; March-April 1991.
Clippings from various Southern African newspapers about Swaziland. undated
Newspaper clippings from The Los Angeles Times and New York Times on Rhodesia and Ian Smith. February 1979.
Clippings from newspapers about Southern Africa--Miscellaneous. 1984-1990.
Clippings on investigation of Winnie Mandela and release of Nelson Mandela. February 1984 February 1990.
Clippings on Sir Seretse Khama'd illness and death. July 1980.
Clippings about minority cultures--Tibetans, Hungarians, and Brazilian native peoples.
Miscellaneous--Brochures, pamphlets, programmes, articles, etc.; mostly on Swaziland.
Index of reports and papers on Southern African rural development areas.
Paper: Customary Land Tenure and Modern Agriculture on Swazi Nation Land. 1971.
Draft report on the living conditions of women in the North Rural Development Area of Swaziland. 1977.
Part of paper: Part A Electricity from Mini-Hydro for Rural Water Supply Systems. undated
Lecture notes--Land Tenure: It's Influence on Economic and General Human Welfare. March 15, 1976.
Paper: Perceptions and attitudes of rural householders in the Northern RDA. undated
Report on the first round of demographic survey, Swaziland. 1975.
Paper: Swaziland Renewable Energy Project, by Thomas Graham. September 3, 1979.
Working paper: Migrant Labour and Rural Homesteads, by Rosen-Prinz and Prinz. September 1978.
Material regarding participation in the Faculty Women's Club.
Letter of nomination for Distinguished Faculty Seminar. 1987.
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research--Material regarding conference in Austria. 1977.
Honorary degree from the University of Swaziland. September 15, 1990.
Unfinished articles and tasks--Notes, papers, and articles.
Photocopied pictures of Swaziland and King Sobhuza.
Notes and drafts of chapters.
Framed certificate of Swazi citizenship. July 16, 1970.
Two reels microfilm: (A) African Arts vol.12, no.1-4 Index () and (B) African Arts vol.14, no.1-4 ( 1978-79 1980-81).
Personal copy of Sobhuza II with corrections and annotations.
Notecards of unknown content.
Folder packet: Academic Specialist Program of USIA.
Folder packet: University of Swaziland graduation ceremony programme. 1990
Folder packet: Welcome to Swaziland.
Manuscripts and editor's review of Kuper's play The Decision.
Correspondence: Publishing firms. regarding various items written by Kuper. 1978-1991
UNESCO reports on indigenous peoples.
Amnesty International--newsletters and correspondence. ; clippings. December 1984-January 1986 1981.
CONAIE - Notes, papers, clippings on Ecuadorian and Cambodian peoples and environmental issues.
Clippings--Regarding indigenous tribes of South and Central America.
Notes--5 legal size notepads with notes of unknown content and dates.
Correspondence: African Studies Association. 1978.
Personal correspondence: Dorothy Woodson. 1989-1990.
Papers and correspondence regarding U.S. Citizenship. 1979.
Correspondence: International African Institute. 1978-1985.
Correspondence and writings: Carole Allen. January 1970.
Correspondence and writings: Rohit Barot. August 1969.
Social Science Research Council Application and correspondence re: grant for Swazi research. 1968-1971.
Correspondence: Corrinne Armstrong. 1964-1979.
Correspondence and writings: Dawn Chatty. 1980-1990.
Correspondence: University of Swaziland, regarding a joint affiliation with UCLA. 1986-1987.
Correspondence regarding permission rights / use of Kuper's works by others.
Correspondence: Margo Russell. 1990.
Papers by Huw Jones--Pre-colonial distribution of Swazi peoples.
Works of Meyer Fortes--Mystical, Superstitious, and Religious Practices of African peoples.
Writings by Mike G. Smith--Central Nigeria.
Writings by Edward A. Alpers--Iron age Mozambique.
Article by Lionel Gossman: The Signs of the Theater.
Works by Robert Gordon on Namibia with other related items.
Works by Marilyn Ravicz on art related issues.
Articles by and about James Freeman.
National Science Fund budget proposals and extensions for Kuper's research in Swaziland. 1966-1971.
Karen Tranberg Hansen. 1981.
Book reviews on and by H. Kuper.
Paper: The Ethnic Identity of Sudanese Nubians, by Sondra Hale. 1979.
Records of donations made to UCLA.
Materials labeled by Kuper as Self.
Course materials for destruction and survival of indigenous societies (Anthropology 162P).
Miscellaneous course materials--photocopies, pictures, etc., not all relating to Kuper.
Materials for paper given at Queens, Queen Mothers, Priestesses and Power. Conference. April 1991.
Statistics on Africa and Swazi diet.
Invitation to The Joint Committee on Foreign Relations. 1975.
International College Tutorial Records. and article by Marolyn Ekdahl Ravicz. 1984-85
International Conference on the status of women. 1975.
Materials by the Democratic Socialists of America.
Receipts and expenses sheets for NSF grant. 1970-1971.
General notes on genocide. undated
New cities, urbanism and migration, notepad.
Survival International Newsletters and related clippings.
Interdisciplinary Committee for the rights of indigenous peoples--flyers, papers, notes.
Research for destruction and survival of indigenous peoples; course and paper.
Notes on South African and South American indigenous peoples.
Reviews and notes of documentary films.
Photographs and negatives of jewelry.
Field notebooks of anthropological research in Swaziland and South Africa 1931-1935
Field notebooks of anthropological research in Swaziland and South Africa 1935-1936
Field notebooks of anthropological research in Swaziland and South Africa 1936-1941
Field notebooks of anthropological research in Swaziland and South Africa 1965-1967
Field notebooks of anthropological research in Swaziland and South Africa 1967-1972
Field notebooks of anthropological research in Swaziland and South Africa 1973-1985