Research
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Watson, Virginia
label: Collection Creator
content: Watson, James B. (James Bennett), 1918-2009
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content: James B. Watson papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16.68 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1993
label: Date
content: bulk 1942-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2003-15, Series 1
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The bulk of the Research Series relates to Watson's research in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. 

The Arizona, Hopi Food Classification Systems subseries consists of his research among the Hopi in Arizona, primarily on their food classication systems. Included are field notes and reports. 

The Mato Grosso, Brazil and Cayua Acculturation subseries consists of Watson's research materials from when he was working as an assistant professor in Sao Paulo. Included are field notes, bibliographies, a journal, and a language notebook primarily regarding his research on culture change among the Cayua. 

The Del Norte, Colorado Surveys subseries contains material related to research conducted in the summers of 1949 and 1950 as part of a larger study on social stratification between English-speaking and Spanish-speaking residents of Del Norte. Included are datasets from several community surveys relating to high school, occupations, and businesses along with research notes and background materials.

The Papua New Guinea subseries consists of research materials on the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Included are field notes, language materials, bibliographies, grant documents and research proposals, genealogy data, long reports and patrol reports, punch cards, and TAT (thematic apperception test) protocols. There is material from several research projects including the Committee on New Guinea Studies (CONGS), the Kainantu Blood Group Study, and the New Guinea Religions Project. Watson's wife, Virginia Drew Watson, also has research material in this series. Language documentation includes lexicons and notes about Agarabi, Auyana, Awa, Tairora, Gadsup, and Tok Pisin.

The subsubseries Micro-evolution Studies Project (MES) consists of related Papua New Guinea research as part of this multi-year project. Material included here is correspondence, financial documents, memorandums and planning documents, grant proposals, language files, and work papers.

The Gift Exchange Theories subseries consists of Watson's research on gift exchange theories, primarily as they relate to small autonomous peoples. The material consists of research notes, paper ideas, bibliographies, and grant applications.

The Other Research subseries consists of papers and research that are not easily catagorized. Included are subject files on perception, notes and critiques of Marshal Sahlins's Stone Age Economics, and a research project by Watson studying innovation in high school social studies curriculum.