Ann Chowning Papers
Scope and Content of the Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
HUMAN RELATIONS AREA FILES
Molima Materials
Molima. Fergusson Island. Milne Bay Province
Subjects 103 through 512 (Photocopies) 1957 - 1958
Subjects 522 through 597 (Photocopies) 1957 - 1958
Subjects 600 through 750 (Photocopies) 1957 - 1975
Subjects 760 through 789 (Photocopies) 1957 - 1975
Subjects 792 through 886 (Photocopies) 1957 - 1958
Sengseng Materials
Place Names (103) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1968
Acculturation (177) - Contains typescript 1963 - 1966
Language (19) - Contains photocopy 1980 - 1981
Food Quest (22) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1964
Domesticated Animals (231) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1964
Tillage (241) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1964
Adornment (30) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1966
Property (42) - Contains typescript 1958 - 1966
Literary Texts (539) - Contains typescript 1964 - 1968
Ingroup Antagonisms (578) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1966
Marriage (58) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1981
Residence (591) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1966
Kinship (60) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1966
Headmen (622) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1966
War (72) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1966
Sickness (75) - Contains typescript 1957 - 1966
Sorcery (754) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1981
Death (76) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1981
Religious Beliefs (77) - Contains typescript 1963 - 1966
Mythology (773) - Contains typescript 1963
Spirits and Gods (776) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1981
Religious Practices (78) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1966
Avoidance and Taboo (784) - Contains typescript 1980 - 1981
Time (805) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1963
Ethnozoology (825) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1963
Sex (83) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1981
Childbirth (844) - Contains typescript 1963 - 1964
Infancy and Childhood (85) - Contains typescript 1962 - 1965
Kove Materials
Kove. West New Britain
Subjects 103 through 591 (Photocopies) 1966 - 1976
Subjects 600 through 760 (Photocopies) 1966 - 1976
Subjects 772 through 844 (Photocopies) 1966 - 1976
LANGUAGE NOTES
Miu - Language Notes, collected by Jane Goodale - Contains typescript
Sengseng - Language Notes
Contains photocopy and handwritten notes
Contains typescript
Some Examples of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Reflexes in Sengseng - Contains typescript
WRITINGS BY CHOWNING
General Writings
List of publications relating to Chowning's work in Melanesia - Contains typescript
Acculturation and the Role of Spirits in the Passismanua. American Anthropological Association meeting paper 1964
Adolescence in Four Papua New Guinea Societies 1994
Antagonistic Siblings and Wandering Creators undated
Austranesian Languages of New Britain - Contains typescript 1969
Changes in Staple Crops in West New Britain undated
Changes in West New Britain Trading Systems in the 20th Century. Published in Mankind, Vol. 11, No. 3. Contains typescript 1978
Choice of Kin Roles in Lakalai 1966
The Contaminating Woman. Written with Jane C. Goodale undated
Culture and Biology Among the Sengseng of New Britain - Contains typescript undated
The Elections in Kombe, West Britain undated
Family Fertility Among the Kove. Published in Reproductive Decision Making and the Value of Children. Contains typescript 1988
Honoring the Firstborn: Changes in the Nature and Focus of Ceremonies in Two West Britain Societies 1987
Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of Melanesia. Published in Addison-Wesley Module in Anthropology, No. 38. Contains a copy of the publication 1973
Journey of the Soul: Dreams, Divination, and Dying. Conference paper undated
'A Kept Woman of the Administration': A Personal View of Relations Between One Ethnographer and Administration Personnel, 1954-1975. Assocation for Social Anthropology in Oceania meeting paper undated
Kove Political Organization, conference paper 1970
Lakalai Kinship. Published in Anthropological Forum, Vol. 1, No. 3-4. Contains reprint 1965 - 1966
Lakalai Religion and World View and the Concept of "Seaboard Religion." Australian National University seminar ca. 1970
Leadership in Melanesia. Published in The Journal of Pacific History, Vol. 14, Part 1 and 2. Contains reprint 1979
Living with the Dead undated
The Massim as a Culture Area. First International Kula Conference paper ca. 1978
Maturing as a Lakalai Woman, 1954-1992. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meeting paper 1994
The Molima of Fergusson Island 1958
Pleasures, Pains, and Surprises of Returns to the Field. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meeting paper undated
Rapid Lexical Change and Aberrant Melanesian Languages: Sengseng and Its Neighbours. Published in Pacific Linguistics, C-88. Contains typescript 1985
Real Melanesia: An Appraisal of Parsonson's Theories. December. Published in Mankind, Vol. 6, No. 12. Contains reprint 1968
Recent Grandparenting in Three PNG Societies. Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meeting paper undated
The Sengseng of New Britain undated
Tradition and Change in One Woman's Life: Biato of Lakalai. American Anthropological Association meeting paper undated
Witchcraft Among the Molima of Fergusson Island. Philadelphia Anthropological Society meeting ca. 1959
Grant Reports
National Science Foundation progress report 1958
National Science Foundation - The Ethnography of New Britain. Two reports, written with Jane C. Goodale 1964, 1965
Report on research in Sengseng, West Britain, Papua New Guinea, November 1980-February 1981 ca. 1981
Victoria University of Wellington research grant ca. 1987
SLIDES
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