- unitid
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{"value"=>"20718", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 311", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11848364x", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1933-1965", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1933/1965"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"May M. Edel papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.92 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"May M. Edel was an anthropologist who studied the Chiga people of western Uganda. This collection consists of stories, tales, field notes, correspondence, and various drafts of the manuscript about the Chiga people entitled \"The Bachiga of East Africa\"."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
{"value"=>"Material in English and Bantu."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>May Mandelbaum Edel was born on December 1, 1909, in New York. As a student at Barnard College, she took graduate anthropology classes at Columbia University under Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict. She continued her graduate studies at Columbia University and was awarded her Ph.D. in 1940. Her first fieldwork experience was with the Okanagan in 1930, and in the following year she conducted linguistic research among the Tillamook. As a fellow of the National Research Council, she traveled to Western Uganda in 1932, and stayed in the village of Bufuka (with the Bachiga people) where she did ethnographic work. In 1934, she married philosopher Abraham Edel, whom she would later collaborate with on the book <span class=\"title\">Anthropology and Ethics</span>. She taught anthropology at Brooklyn College and at the New School for Social Research, and in 1960, founded the Anthropology Department at Rutgers University. May Mandelbaum Edel passed away on May 23, 1964, at the age of 54.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of this collection consists of stories, tales, and various drafts of the manuscript about the Chiga people entitled \"The Bachiga of East Africa\". Also included are drafts of individual chapters and page proofs of her book, <span class=\"title\">The Chiga of Western Uganda</span> (1957), based on the manuscript. Additionally included are letters from several Africans to Edel, probably in Bantu; letters from Ruth Benedict concerning the manuscript, \"The Bachiga of East Africa\"; and reviews written by Edel. Lastly included are Edel's field notes of the Chiga (1933-1934), which consist of vocabulary lists and information about kinship and religion.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The May M. Edel papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20718#c1615893'>Biographical information</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20718#c1615894'>Field work and research</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20718#c1615910'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20718#c1615920'>Writing</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 4 series: (1) Biographical; (2) Field work and research; (3) Correspondence; and (4) Writing.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Abraham Edel, November 1986.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Diana Lachatanere, November 1986.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Abraham Edel retains copyright to the manuscript, \"The Bachiga of East Africa.\"</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>May Mandelbaum Edel papers, 1928-1996, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"id"=>"aspace_aaee9e1977e8053208aff43e3b1e6b08", "value"=>"<p>Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives. \"Guide to the May Mandelbaum Edel papers, 1928-1996.\" Accessed February 22, 2021, https://sova.si.edu/record/NAA.2005-27.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 February 22"}
- date_start
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1933
- keydate
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1933
- date_end
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1965
- date_inclusive_start
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1933
- date_inclusive_end
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1965
- extent_statement
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3.92 linear feet (8 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], May M. Edel papers, Sc MG 311, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}