Nepal
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Levy, Robert I. (Robert Isaac), 1924-
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content: Robert I. Levy papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 22.6 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959-1990, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2014-11, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged in 5 subseries: 2.1 Field notes, 1973-1976, undated; 2.2 Interview transcripts, 1973-1980, undated; 2.3 Interview sound recordings, 1973-1976, undated; 2.4 Research materials, 1959-1990, undated; 2.5 Other sound recordings, 1973-1975, undated.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series comprises materials from 1959-1990 and undated relating to Levy's field work in the Bhaktapur region of Nepal from 1973-1976. This includes field notes; interview transcripts, analyses, and sound recordings; and research and language study materials.

Interview transcripts are in Newar (written in Devanagari script) with English translations. Full transcripts in both languages are not always present. This series includes 117 sound cassettes of interviews with informants in Bhaktapur. Interviews were conducted in Newar. Research materials comprise documents Levy gathered before and after his period of field work and includes 13 language study sound cassette tapes, language study notecards, and analyses of psychological terms; maps of the Bhaktapur and the surrounding region; and articles and surveys relating to population, culture, and religion. Also included in this series are 68 additional sound cassettes relating to culture, music, and other miscellaneous topics.

For materials relating directly to the book Mesocosm, please see series Series 3.1. For photographic material please see Series 4.