Japan
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Fischer, Ann K.
label: Collection Creator
content: Fischer, John Lyle, 1923-1985
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content: John L. Fischer and Ann K. Fischer papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1985
label: Date
content: bulk 1961-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2013-16, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: John and Ann worked closely together in Japan from 1961 to 1962. The data in this section were gathered by the Fischers as well as their Japanese assistants in the city of Fukuoka in elementary and middle schools from school records and psychological tests. Tests included the Rorschach, Semantic Differential, Draw-a-Man, and Form Preference tests. (Folders containing these tests are restricted.) In addition, they interviewed families about roles and structures within the family and collected information about the cultural background. The Fischers wrote a number of articles and presented papers based on this work.

Following their return to Tulane University, the Fischers carried out a small follow-up study in a Japanese community in San Mateo, California, gathering information about families and their cultural background. Fieldwork data were coded both by hand and by computer, analyzed, and summarized. Materials under Subseries: Post Japan Fieldwork consist largely of analysis and discussion of the vast amount of data they gathered in Japan. There is also a folder containing correspondence in 1985 relating to John's application for a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship. The initials on some folders are JF (John Fischer) and AF (Ann Fischer).
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: More materials related to Japan can be found in Series VI: Academic Work, Series VII: Photographs, Series VIII: Microfilm, and Series IX: Sound Recordings.