Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ortner, Donald J.
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content: Donald J. Ortner Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2014-07, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series, dated 1966 to 2012, consists of correspondence, sent and received, relating to Ortner's publications; involvement in the Paleopathology Association; work as Vice-Chairman of the Bioarchaeology Panel of the Wellcome Trust; forensic work for outside agencies; his position as advisor and reference for students; his position as Acting Chair of NMNH; involvement in the Bab edh-Dhra site excavation; work as Visiting Professor at the University of Bradford; and family life and other activities. 

Ortner's classification of daily correspondence, professional correspondence, and personal correspondence was retained. Therefore, there is significant overlap in subjects and types of correspondence between these subseries. Overall, daily correspondence tends to be from colleagues within the museum, publishers, or other people with whom Ortner often communicated. Professional correspondence tends to be more formal, such as letters from students, people organizing conferences, and people who had never met Ortner in person, but worked his field. Correspondents in Ortner's personal correspondence include Ortner's parents, Ortner's children, and the pastor at the church Ortner attended. Some letters in personal correspondence are more professional in nature. 

The original order of these files was maintained. 

This series is arranged in 3 subseries: 1.1 Daily correspondence, 1995-2012; 1.2 Professional correspondence, 1987-2012; 1.3 Personal correspondence, 1966-2012