This collection encapsulates Bascom’s research during his lifetime, where he predominantly focused on the Yoruba culture and religion within Nigeria. In addition to objects, there are photographs and motion pictures by Bascom. The collection is predominantly in English, though notes...
The Archaeological Archives at the Hearst Museum include about 470 manuscripts*, mostly from archaeological research on archaeological sites in California and Nevada conducted by professors and students of the Department of Anthropology, staff of the Museum, and, in more recent...
Documentation of Emerson’s collection is extensive. Within the accession files, there are papers detailing exchanges between Emerson and others, such as letters between Emerson and Phoebe Apperson Hearst, in addition to information on the provenance of objects. Other items include...
The D. (David) Donald Heron Archive documents Heron’s career in the United States Navy which included military administrative roles on Yap and Palau, Micronesian Islands during World War II and into the early decades of the Cold War throughout the...
The Joy Hilden Research Archive (DOC2019.1) contains research Hilden conducted from 1982 and 1994 on Bedouin weaving in Saudi Arabia and is the basis for Hilden's publication "Bedouin Weaving of Saudi Arabia and Its Neighbors", 2010.
Accessions Acc.4115 and Acc.4054; DOC1931.1 contain photographic and written documentation from Paul L. Hoefler’s expeditions to the Africa continent: first as a photographer for Dr. Cadel in the Denver Africa Expedition from 1925-1926 and later as the principal explorer in...
"Alfred Kroeber and the Photographic Representation of California Indians" ...
From 1968 to 1972, three (3) accessions pertaining to Thomas “Tom” Dean Lanagan’s anthropological research were received by PAHMA. Lanagan primarily studied Hausa culture and language while attending the University of California, Berkeley and teaching at McGill University. The accessions...
The Kenneth W. Payne Research Archive (DOC1989.1) contains research Payne conducted from 1972 to 1985 on the traditional medical practices of the Bagobo people of Mindanao, Philippines, including diseases, symptoms, treatments and cures; healer and patient relationships; and nutrition. Based...
The collection encapsulates George Reisner’s archaeological work with Phoebe Apperson Hearst in Egypt. Items within the collection include grave goods from tombs and cemeteries, ceramic jars and pots, necklaces, faiences, bronzeware and weapons, statues & statuettes of various media, coffins,...
The goal of the Black Cultural Research Project was to document and make available resources documenting the work of Black American artists and craftspeople from the 18th century until the mid 20th century. The Director of the Black Culture Research...
Research, manuscript, and drafts created by Jan Philip Schinhan for a paper presented at the American Musicological Society Conference on November 9, 1935 on Papagos (Tohono Oʼodham) and Yurok recorded music held at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
The collection consists of 140 albumen prints on their original 22 x 28 inch mounts. The collection comprises views of the western United States including Upper Geyser Basin National Park, a rare set of images of Mammoth Hot Springs National...
In 1989, the Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley accessioned 281 objects (Acc.4428) and accepted nine boxes of supporting archival records (DOC1957.1) from Joan Arato Wescott, an anthropologist who studied Yoruba art, culture, and witchcraft. She donated her collections...