Papua New Guinea - Trip 2 - Tairora, Agarabi, Gadsup (TAG)
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Watson, Virginia
label: Collection Creator
content: Watson, James B. (James Bennett), 1918-2009
label: Collection Creator
content: Cole, J. David, 1941-
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content: Virginia Drew Watson papers
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content: Virginia Drew Watson papers / Series 3: Papua New Guinea
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954-1999
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2002-12, Subseries 3.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: Information from the second Papua New Guinea trip begins with the 1963 proposal to NSF. Field notes cover myths, the first Papua New Guinea election, residence/space, and kinship for the Tairora, Agarabi, and Gadsup (TAG) groups. It also includes notes, correspondence, and two drafts of Watson's book, Anyan, and field notes from Abiera. Of particular interest to Watson were women's roles (see Ph.D. dissertation, Series 4: Manuscripts, Sub-series 4.2: Degree Work, Reviews, Miscellaneous) and adoption. One section (Boxes 10-12) of this series focuses on the Batainabura and contains field notes of both Virginia and James Watson, drawings, photos, and maps. There is also a bibliography on New Guinea prehistory, compiled by Johnston and Bulmer, and files and photos about various artifacts collected by the Watsons (1955-1963). The final section of this sub-series focuses on the Watson-Cole collaboration. It includes their correspondence and work on the publication, Prehistory of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea.