Kerala Field Research
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Mencher, Joan P., 1930-
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content: Joan Mencher papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19.8 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2011-08, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged chronologically within each subseries.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains Mencher's files from field research she conducted in the south Indian state of Kerala. Topics of study represented are: land ownership, agriculture, labor, household income, landlord-tenant relations, education, family life, nutrition information, daily routines, psychological tests to determine villagers' perceptions of things, gender relations, ceremonies, religious and spiritual beliefs, family planning, marriage, and child birth. 

Each subseries represents a village in Kerala. Much of Mencher's research is structured similarly and many files are labeled as charts, tables, interviews, or diaries. Mencher often used these terms interchangeably to label different forms of interviews and collated data. These records are all based off of standard questionnaires created by Mencher and her research assistants. 

Document types include field notes, questionnaires, data coding schemes, tables, interviews, diaries, surveys, kinship charts, censuses, psychological test forms, lists, and computer print outs.