Purari District
Research notes about Purari District
Date: [ca 1927-1936]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-01
Description: Loose notes including notes on linguistics and legends. Also includes some papers containing background against which to criticise Malinowski's theory of magic vs religion, as well as some Kamano material. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Research notes
Date: [ca 1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-23
Description: Loose handwritten research notes and drafts. Divided into groups numbered Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Research notes on the Kamano
Date: [ca 1960-1979]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-03
Description: Loose notes and drafts chiefly concerning the Kamano. Includes material on Keysser, kinship, Piltdown man, The Wars of Sorcery and Amongst the Kamano Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript (some photocopies)
Field notes about the Purari District
Date: [ca 1927-1936]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-02
Description: Loose notes, including material on: relationships, inhertitance, treatment of wounds, mourning, cannibalism, magical organisation, sorcery, men & women, transvesticism, food, work, peace-making ceremonies, bad language, insults and morals. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Research notes
Date: [ca 1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-16
Description: Loose handwritten notes. Divided into groups numbered 2.10-2.19 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss
Loose draft notes
Date: [ca 1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-15
Description: Loose annotated typescript notes. Divided into chapter groups titled: 1. Men of Purari; 2. The social organisation; 3. Warfare; 4. Initiation; 5. The material culture Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss
Assorted research notes
Date: [ca 1930-1979]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-10
Description: Assorted research notes, chiefly taken from others' works, including: Berndt, Newhauss, Keysser, V. Gordon Childe, Aufenanger & Holtker. Also includes an enclosed selection of notes entitled `Secret societies'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Photocopied articles by Fortune and others
Date: 1941-1955
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-12
Description: Annotated photocopies of the following articles: Niemeyer on law without force / Josef L Kunz; Reaction to contact in the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea / Ronald M Bendt; Law and force in Papuan societies / R F Fortune; Kamano, Jate, Usurufa and Fo:re kinship of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea: A preliminary account / Ronald M Bendt; Distribution of languages in the Central Highlands, New Guniea / A Capell; A cargo movement in the Eastern Central Highlands of New Guinea / Ronald M Bendt Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Research notes by Margaret Mead
Date: [ca 1930-1959]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
By: Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-05
Description: Copies of research notes by Margaret Mead, including material on: Lobinama, disease and death, Saluwana, Tauwau, Boyowa, the moons of the year, moata, Jetela, magic of sex desire, ornament, Wanimo culture, ethno-botanical specimens pressed at Aliotoa, adolescent rites, ancestral records of the Unabelin, Unabelin legends, social personality and character judgement, origins of gens and degree of knowlegde, clan sacred places, iwhul-ginau. Also includes a typescript copy of a paper on Chinese kinship terminology, and typescript diary notes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Notes and drafts organisational lists
Date: [ca 1930-1979]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-08
Description: Organisational list of Fortune drafts and notes Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss
Article drafts
Date: [ca 1930-1971]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-06
Description: Draft versions of several possible articles, including: contra Frazer / diffusionists / evolutionists; contra Malinowski economic man; Reo cult `The woman of Mwani'u incident'; contra Mead Sex & temperament. Also includes final report of Enquiry into changes in the Dobuan Island social organisations. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Assorted loose notes
Date: [1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-14
Description: Assorted loose notes, chiefly annotated typescript. Includes material on: the Purari language; Kamano law; social change amongst the Kamano. Divided into groups numbered 1.01-1.09 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Assorted loose research notes
Date: [ca 1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-13
Description: Assorted loose notes, chiefly annotated typescript. Divided in groups numbered 1.10-1.13 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript drafts
Date: [ca 1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-19
Description: Loose handwritten drafts and notes. Includes chapters: 1. Men of Purari; 2. The social organisation; 4. Initiation. Divided into groups numbered 2.00-2.09 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss (some photocopies)
Draft copy of This Substantial Pageant - A study in the cultures of two communities of ...
Date: [ca 1930-1959]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-04
Description: Photocopy of a draft version of the article, along with a contents list and foreword Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Copies of drawings and photographs of artefacts
Date: [ca 1930-1979]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-07
Description: Photocopies of drawings, photographs and diagrams of cultural artefacts, chiefly tools and clothing Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Research notes
Date: [ca 1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-18
Description: Loose handwritten research notes and drafts. Divided into groups numbered 2.30-2.39 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Incomplete manuscript drafts
Date: [ca 1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-20
Description: Loose handwritten drafts, including about Mundugumor Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Research notes
Date: [ca 1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11525-17
Description: Loose handwritten research notes and drafts. Divided into groups numbered 2.20-2.29 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Maps
Date: [ca 1930-1980]
From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-11525
Description: Maps (including some maps collected or sketched by Reo Fortune's niece). Areas include: the Headwaters of the Purari and Yuat Rivers, Central Highlands, Eastern Highlands. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (some photocopies)