Research
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Laderman, Carol
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content: Carol Laderman Papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.6 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
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content: 1981
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content: 1985
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content: 1987
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content: 2000-2003
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content: 1972
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content: 1975-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2012-09, Series 1
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content: Archival materials
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content: This series consists primarily of materials relating to Laderman's research in rural Malaysia. Laderman first conducted research in Merchang in Trengganu (now Terengganu) in 1975 to 1977, working under the auspices of the Malaysian Ministry of Health of the Institute for Medical Research. Initially focusing on nutrition and diet of pregnant and postpartum women, childbirth, and midwives (bidan kampung), her research expanded to include shamans (bomoh) and traditional healing rituals, particularly Main Peteri. Her files consist of field notes and field notebooks; surveys; glossaries of Malay words; maps; grant applications; correspondence; research progress reports; reading notes; and articles by others about her research. Among her field materials are transcripts of spells and Main Peteri, some of which include translations, and children's drawings of hantu (evil spirits). This series also contains height and weight measurements of children, which Laderman collected for the Institute for Medical Research. 

 At the end of the series is a report from her undergraduate field research on anemia and diet among pregnant Puerto Rican teenagers. See folder "[Report of research on anemia among Puerto Rican teenagers]." 

 For additional field materials, see Series 7. Photographs and Series 8. Sound Recordings.