Teaching and writing
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Spiro, Melford E., 1920-2014
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content: Melford E. Spiro papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.25 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1946-2003, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2015-04, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged in 2 subseries: 4.1 Teaching materials and research, 1962-2003, undated; 4.2 Writings, 1953-2003, undated.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 4 comprises materials related to teaching, lectures, and writings from 1953-2003. It includes course outlines and research, lecture notes, annotated articles, drafts, and book reviews.

The teaching and research materials include files related to classes and seminars Spiro taught on theory, methodology, and various other topics in anthropology. Included in this subseries is a file related to a brief period of field work with his mentor A.I. Hallowell on the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa (Ojibwa) reservation in Wisconsin prior to 1947.  The writings include a limited number of published and annotated articles and drafts covering all three of his major field work expeditions.