Coded Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Spencer, Frank, 1941-1999
label: Collection Creator
content: Langham, Ian, 1942-1984
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content: Frank Spencer Papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.6 Linear feet (13 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1836-1983
label: Date
content: bulk 1970-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2002-21, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The coded files themselves were created in roughly chronological order, with papers on sometimes disparate topics grouped together. Within each folder, documents are organized chronologically, with undated materials at the end. The organizational key is the card file in Boxes 62 and 63, which is arranged alphabetically by subject and author.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These files were created during the 1970s and early 1980s when Spencer was first enrolled in graduate school at the University of Michigan and teaching simultaneously, and then in his first years teaching at Queens College. The papers cover many different topics, including contemporary physical and biological anthropology and the history of physical anthropology. Materials relating to Aleš Hrdlička are spread throughout this series. "CK-1" contains Hrdlička's 1869 report card. Some of the materials were annotated by Spencer. Also included are photocopied letters, manuscripts by Spencer and others, and Spencer's notes.