Jerry W. Leach Trobriand papers and sound recordings
name: label: Creator
content: Leach, Jerry W. (Jerry Wayne)
place: label: Place
content: New Guinea
label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea
topic: label: Topic
content: Folklore
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Creator
content: Leach, Jerry W. (Jerry Wayne)
culture: label: Culture
content: Kula
label: Culture
content: Trobriand Islanders
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content: Jerry W. Leach Trobriand papers and sound recordings
abstract: label: Summary
content: Jerry Leach was one of the founding faculty members of the University of Papua New Guinea, serving as lecturer at the university from 1969 to 1973. During this period he studied folklore and culture change in the Trobriand Islands, which he described in his thesis "The Kabisawali Movement in the Trobriand Islands" (1978) and in his documentary film, "Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism." This collection consists of audio recordings and transcripts of Trobriand Folklore recorded by Jerry Leach between 1969 and 1974 as well as audio recordings of the Kula Conference held at King's College, Cambridge, England, in July 1978.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jerry W. Leach earned a B.A. in History from Emory University; a M.A. in Social Anthropology and the Middle East from the University of California, Berkeley; and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Cambridge University. Leach was one of the founding faculty members of the University of Papua New Guinea, serving as lecturer at the university from 1969 to 1973. During this period he studied folklore and culture change in the Trobriand Islands, which he described in his thesis "The Kabisawali Movement in the Trobriand Islands" (1978) and his documentary film, "Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism." 

Leach has held a number of positions over the years. In addition to serving as an assistant lecturer at Cambridge University from 1974 to 1979, Leach served as Deputy Director of Strategic Technology Affairs for the U.S. State Department; White House Director of International Economic Affairs (NSC); Peace Corps Regional Director for Eastern Europe, the Soviet Republics, Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific; National President of the World Affairs Council of America; and Director of the American Studies Center at the American University of Cairo.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.9 Linear feet (5 document boxes)
label: Extent
content: 42 Sound recordings
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1988-38
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Collection is arranged into three series: 1) Trobriand Foklore Transcripts and Translations; 2) Trobriand Folklore Sound Recordings; 3) Kula Conference Sound Recordings.
processinfo: label: Processing Information note
content: Processed and encoded by Lorain Wang and Amelia Raines, 2014.
bibliography: label: Selected Bibliography
content: Leach, Jerry W., and Edmund Ronald Leach. 1983. The Kula: new perspectives on Massim exchange. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press.

Leach, Jerry W., and Gary Kildea. 2004. Trobriand cricket: an ingenious response to colonialism.

Leach, Jerry Wayne. 1988. "Structure and message in "Trobriand cricket". Anthropological Filmmaking. 237-251.
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of audio recordings and transcripts of Trobriand folklore recorded by Jerry Leach between 1969 and 1974 as well as audio recordings of the Kula Conference held at King's College, Cambridge, England, in July 1978. The transcripts are complete and include translations.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: "Trobiand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism" both edited film and associated footage are available for research at the Human Studies Film Archives.