Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Laughlin, Robert M.
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content: Robert Moody Laughlin papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1899-1900
label: Date
content: 1948-2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2011-06, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: In this series, folders retain Laughlin's original order with some changes for clarity. Materials are arranged alphabetically by sender name (when known) or subject. Materials within folders retain Laughlin's original order.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains professional and research related correspondence written to and from Robert Laughlin from the time he was a graduate student to after his retirement. This series also contains correspondence between Laughlin and family members (mostly his parents and wife, Mimi), some of which discusses Laughlin's field work and other research activities. Laughlin corresponded with anthropologists and researchers, Tzotzil people and other people throughout Mexico, museum curators, and those interested in anthropology and the Chiapas region. Most of the letters discuss Laughlin's research, Tzotzil language and culture, and other anthropological topics. Items of note include letters to Laughlin's parents detailing his field work and research in Costa Rico and Mexico, and letters of support regarding the Smithsonian receiving the Golden Fleece award from Senator Proxmire in 1977 as a result of Laughlin's 1975 Tzotzil dictionary.