Barabaig field work
name: label: Collection Director
content: Klima, George J., 1922-2016
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content: George J. Klima collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Sound tape reels
label: Extent
content: 0.63 Linear feet
label: Extent
content: 6 Film reels (16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: 1953-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2017.08, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of original film, audio, photographic, and manuscript materials related to Klima's fieldwork with the Barabaig of northern Tanzania over two periods, April 1955 through November 1956 and May 1958 through October 1959. It contains cultural and linguistic material about the Barabaig, with a particular emphasis on kinship, cattle-herding, and the Barabaig language.

The series includes camera original film and sound, 35mm slides, and undated bound notebooks and unbound notes written by Klima. Some of the latter notes are typed and may stand alone as early drafts of printed material; all were housed together by Klima. Also included are some research materials as background data on the region, as well as correspondence with missionaries and contacts in Tanzania. 

See Series 2 for work published on the basis of this research in both audiovisual and written formats.

This series is arranged in the following 6 subseries: 1.1 Camera original film, 1955-1959; 1.2 Field sound, 1955-1959; 1.3 Photographs, circa 1955-circa 1959; 1.4 Field notes, circa 1955-circa 1959; 1.5 Research materials, circa 1955-1997, undated; 1.6 Correspondence, 1953-1975, 1998.