Iteso Research
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Karp, Ivan
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content: Ivan Karp papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12.7 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959-1994
label: Date
content: bulk 1969-1994
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2013-30, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged in the following subseries: 1) Original Iteso Notes; 2) Iteso Categorized Copies; 3) Household Surveys; 4) Assistants' Field Diaries; 5) Steven Omuse's Field Notes and Letters; 6) Ateso Language; 7) Randall Packard; 8) Maps.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Karp first conducted fieldwork among the Iteso in the Busia District of Kenya from 1969 to 1971 and continued his research on the Iteso into the 1990s. This series contains his field notes; household surveys; copies of government documentation; bibliographic research; research-related correspondence; grant proposals; notes and drafts for his dissertation and his other papers; and maps. This series also contains field notes collected by Patricia, his first wife, and his field assistants. A significant portion of the field notes was collected by Steven Omuse, who assisted Karp during the 1980s and 1990s, often while Karp was in the United States. Randall Packard's papers and research files on the Kenya/Uganda border are also present. Packard had loaned these materials to Karp, who intended to write about the history of the region. 

See Series 4. Photographs, Series 5. Sound recordings, and Series 6. Born Digital Files for additional materials relating to Karp's Iteso research.