Records of the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (CoPAR)
name: label: Creator
content: Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records
label: Names
content: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
topic: label: Topic
content: Professional associations
label: Topic
content: Archival materials
label: Topic
content: Anthropology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records in 2005.
creator: label: Creator
content: Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records
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content: Records of the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (CoPAR)
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: In 1992, the Wenner-Gren Foundation sponsored a symposium entitled Preserving the Anthropological Record: Issues and Strategies for the purpose of bringing together individuals concerned with records preservation in anthropology. The result was the founding of the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (CoPAR), an organization  which seeks "to identify, encourage the preservation, and foster the use of the records of anthropological research." CoPAR was active on issues of education, standardization, and capacity-building for anthropological archives, with a series of conferences throughout the 1990s. CoPAR continues today as a loose network of archivally-interested anthropologists, archaeologists, librarians, archivists, and tribal representatives.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1989 - 2005
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2005-15
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Duplicates were discarded and files were arranged in chronological order, separated into content type (correspondence, workshop notes, photos). Processed and encoded by Celia Emmelhainz, March 2024.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection documents the history and activities of the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (CoPAR), including the first symposiums on records preservation, sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, which led to the formal establishment of the organization. The collection consists of manuscripts, articles, photographs, notes, grant proposals, conference proceedings, speeches and computer disks.  

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the  papers of Sydel Silverman , who co-founded CoPAR along with Nancy Parezo.