Richard Slobodin fonds

Richard Slobodin fonds. – 1961-2001 - 1.35 m of textual records. - 9 reels audio tape. - 1 audio cassette.

Series 1 – Publications and Associated Materials
This series consists of reprints, offprints, drafts and typescripts of Slobodin’s published works along with associated research materials and correspondence. Original order has been preserved.

Box 1
F.1          "Band Organisation of the Peel River Kutchin / Griaule translation / Klondike by Balloon"
F.2          "Without Fire / Stolen Girls / other writings"
2 plastic boxes of index cards (cards pertain to Slobodin's research on W.H.R. Rivers)

Box 2
F.3          Misc. publications
F.4          "Eastern Kutchin Warfare" (1)
F.5          "Eastern Kutchin Warfare" (2)
F.6          "Social Functions of Kutchin Anxiety"
F.7          "Kutchin Concepts of Reincarnation" (1)
F.8          "Kutchin Concepts of Reincarnation" (2)
F.9          Metis materials
F.10        "Metis of Northern Canada"
F.11        Misc. Reprints
F.12        "A Search for Authenticity" (1)
F.13        "A Search for Authenticity" (2)
F.14        "Dawson Boys / Indian Living Old-Style / Indians of Canada Today"
F.15        "Follow the Drinking Gourd" (1)
F.16        "Follow the Drinking Gourd" (2)
F.17        "Cathartic Alliance" (Marcel Griaule)
F.18        "History & Anthropology"

Box 3
F.19 to F.31 (Largely undifferentiated materials relating to Slobodin's research on Northcote W. Thomas)
2 composition books (notes pertain to the same)

Box 4
F.32        Rivers Family
F.33        Photo Negatives & Prints for Book
F.34        "W.H.R. Rivers" Book Typescript (1)
F.35        "W.H.R. Rivers" Book Typescript (2)
F.36        "W.H.R. Rivers" Book Typescript (3)
F.37        "W.H.R. Rivers" - Duplicate Set 1
F.38        "W.H.R. Rivers" - Duplicate Set 2
F.39        Misc. Correspondence
F.40        Misc. Duplicates
1 book "Band Organization of the Peel River Kutchin"

Box 5
F.41        "Amerindian Rebirth: Reincarnation Belief Among North American Indians and Inuit" (Typescript)
F.42        "Amerindian Rebirth" (Correspondence)
F.43        "Amerindian Rebirth" (Comments & Discards)
F.44        "Amerindian Rebirth" (Supporting Materials)

Series 2 – Field Notes and Diaries
This series consists of the journals and notes kept by Richard Slobodin while undertaking ethnographic field work in the Arctic. Original order has been preserved.

Box 6
F.1          Misc. Field Notes
F.2          Field Diary (1963)
F.3          Metis Research - Misc Taped Conversations (1963)
F.4          "Old Crow — Band List and Layout" (1977)
F.5          Field Diary & Notes (1961)
F.6          Field Diary (Summer 1962)
F.7          "Ed Nazon's Stories" (1962)
F.8          "Nels Hvatum" (n.d.)

13 spiral bound notepads (varying sizes)
8 reels audiotape (interviews)
1 audiocassette
6 photographs relating to reincarnation research

Series 3 – Research Files and Correspondence
This series consists of research materials and correspondence relating to Slobodin’s work at McMaster University’s Department of Anthropology.

Box 7
F.1          Correspondence (1)
F.2          Correspondence (2)
F.3          Correspondence (3)
F.4          Social Science Course Materials
F.5          Misc. Faculty of Anthropology Materials
F.6          "Spoonder and Spoonerisms"
F.7          Correspondence (4)
F.8          Correspondence (5)
F.9          "Anglican Church in the Yukon"
F.10        "AR - Reprints and Discarded Pages"
F.11        Subarctic Research
F.12        "Motorcar Legends and Folklore"
F.13        "Frankenstein and Myth"
F.14        "Kutchin Demography"

Series 4 – Teaching Notes
This series consists of index cards with various citations and talking points drawn from Slobodin’s long career as a university lecturer. Original order has been preserved.

Box 8
30cm unsorted teaching notes

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