{"value"=>"<p>Includes the personal diaries and field notes compiled by the Herskovitses on their trips to Surinam (1927), Dahomey, Gold Coast, Nigeria (1931), Haiti (1936), Trinidad (1939), and Brazil (1941-42), as well as notes and diaries from the Herskovitses' later trips to Africa (1953, 1956-57). Notes from their anthropological field trips are often found in three forms: original handwritten notes on 3x5 paper, or in notebooks; a typewritten copy of the handwritten notes; typed notes, categorized by subject, e.g., Cult Life, Economics, Social Organization. Data from his trips to Africa (1953, 1957) were used by Melville Herskovits in his 1958 testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate, given to assist in the development of U.S. foreign policy in Africa. Also included are book lists of the Herskovitses' subject areas, and indices to periodical articles, arranged alphabetically by author. There is also a subject and title index to the books and periodicals. Written notes are supplemented by photographs made and collected by the Herskovitses as well as a representative art and artifacts collection, which are located in the Photographs and Prints and Art and Artifacts divisions, respectively, within the Schomburg Center.</p>"}