Tahiti
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Levy, Robert I. (Robert Isaac), 1924-
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content: Robert I. Levy papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.42 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959-1964, 1970, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2014-11, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged in 5 subseries: 1.1 Correspondence, 1961-1964; 1.2 Field notes, circa 1961-1970, undated; 1.3 Interview materials, 1962-1964, undated; 1.4 Interview sound recordings, circa 1963; 1.5 Research materials, 1960-1970, undated.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 1 consists of materials from 1959-1964, 1970 and undated related to Levy's first field work experience in Tahiti from 1961-1964. This includes correspondence, field notes, interview outlines, transcripts, and sound recordings, and language and culture research materials.  

The correspondence consists of incoming and outgoing letters and topics covered include trip planning, logistics, and Levy's thoughts on his first field work experience. There is extensive correspondence with Levy's cousin, anthropologist Roy Rappaport, who was working in Papua New Guinea in the same time period.  This series contains 60 sound cassettes and 2 sound cartridges (Midgetape) of interviews with Tahitian informants. Interview transcripts exist primarily in Tahitian with Levy's notes in English. Research materials comprise documents Levy gathered before and after his period of field work and cover historical, behavioral and liguistic topics. There is significant analyses of psychological terms in the Tahitian language.

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