IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 268
Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Title: Marian Smith collection
Date(s): 1845-1988
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 19 boxes
Name of creator(s): Smith | Marian Wesley | 1907-1961 | anthropologist x Akehurst | Marian
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in New York,1907; graduated BA from Columbia University, New York, 1934; PhD, 1938; university teacher; president of the American Ethnological Society; undertook fieldwork in north-western India; moved to Britain, 1952; married H. Farrant Akehurst; honorary secretary of the Royal Anthropological Institute in London, 1956; taught part-time in the Anthropology Department of the London School of Economics; died, 1961.
Publications: The Puyallup-Nisqually (1940)
Archaeology of the Columbia-Fraser Region (1950)
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Field notes, papers, charts, maps, photographs and references of Marian Smith, 1845-1988, notably on the following subjects: Salish, Coast Salish, North West Coast American Indians, British Columbian Sikhs, Indian subcontinent and Punjab and Bengal.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Physical characteristics:
Some of the papers are too fragile to consult, enquire with the archivist for details.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue available in the RAI reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by the Dr Marian W. Smith Bequest, July 1965.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Positive microfilm copies of MS 268 are deposited in the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa and the State Archives of British Columbia, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC.
Related material:
All photographs filed in separate sequence. See also RAI Photograph Collection 4137-4390.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.
Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2008