| Abstract: | This collection is divided into seven series: Biographical
Information, General Correspondence, Writings and Publisher Correspondence, Field
Notebooks and Logs, Research Files, Audio-Visual Media, and Supplemental Material. The
collection includes biographical information, correspondence, writings, publications,
field notebooks, field research data sheets, subject files, bibliography cards,
photographs, negatives, color slides, motion picture film, and sound recordings, chiefly
from 1944-1970, of William Neil Smith, relating to his anthropological field work
amongst the Seri Indians of Tiburon Island and the northwest coast of Sonora,
Mexico. | |