Research
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Maher, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1922-1987
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content: Robert Francis Maher papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944
label: Date
content: 1954-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1997-02, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains Maher's reserach files. Included here are field notes, diaries, excavation notes, census data, genealogy charts, research proposals, maps, and research files. Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject title.

The Papua New Guinea files primarily consist of Maher's fieldwork diary from 1954-1955. Included with the diary is an annotated partial typescript transcription. Other material includes excavation notes and dwelling information. There is census material from Tommy Kabu about a work area known as Rabia Camp. The diary describes Maher's time with Tommy Kabu at Rabia Camp and Port Moresby, as well as his time in the Purari Delta.

The Philippines files include field notes, excavation notes, census data, genealogy charts, and research files. The field notes contain detailed reports on pottery, tools, and agricultural and social aspects of the Ifugao province. The census data chiefly contains undated questionnaires filled out by residents of different Ifugao villages. Some questionnaires contain annotated information. The genealogy charts are folded and some are multiple sheets glued together. The research files contain reports along with correspondence. Some of the fieldwork reports, along with census data and genealogy charts, were probably authored by two of Maher's research assistants, Emilio Pagada and Ben Pitpitunge.