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{"value"=>"<p>These files includes correspondence from Paul Robeson, St. Clair Drake, Walter White and Claude Levi-Strauss (Prominent Correspondents), as well as preparation records, itineraries and maps for the 1953, 1957 and 1960 trips to Africa, Herskovits' 1960 trip to Russia, and his trip in 1954 to Trinidad and Brazil to attend the International Anthropological Congress in Sao Paulo.</p> <p>Conference papers by other scholars, published reviews of Herskovits' books and colleague's personal opinions, expressed in correspondence, are located in this series. The list of conference papers included here (Boxes 78-83) and in the Frances S. Herskovits series (Boxes 63-64) is extensive. Included are the American Society of African Culture (1959), Roundtable on Institutional Means of Collaboration between the Social Sciences on a National and International Scale (1961), Conference on the History of Anthropology (1962), and the American Folklore Meeting (1969). Clippings and handbills document such events as the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya. There are also lists of photographs, slides, recordings and motion pictures taken by the Herskovitses, and African and New World art and artifacts collected by them. Lastly, there is a collection of New York City theatre and concert programs, 1920-1926.</p>"}
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  1. Correspondence [11/1]
  2. Africa Trips [10/1]
  3. Russia and West Africa Trip [3/1]
  4. Reviews and Citations of MJH's Writings [22/1]
  5. Printed Material and Notes [18/2]
  6. Art, Photographs and Recordings Collection [15/1]
  7. Conferences [6/3]
  8. Writings by Other Scholars [58/1]