Academic
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Dunham, S. Ann (Stanley Ann)
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content: S. Ann Dunham papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.04 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973-1992, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2011-04, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged in 3 subseries: 3.1 Comprehensive examinations, 1985-1986; 3.2 Dissertation materials, 1977-1992, undated; 3.3 Writings, 1973-1987.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series comprises material related to Ann Dunham's academic work, dated 1973-1992. The material primarily deals with her graduate work including reading lists and examination questions for her comprehensive exams, and reports, interviews, notes, proposals, drafts, and correspondence regarding her dissertation.

Dunham began her PhD program in 1978. After dropping out of school, Dunham was readmitted in 1984 and completed her comprehensive examinations in 1986. It took her 14 years to complete her dissertation. She carried out intensive field research in 1978–79 with support of an East-West Center scholarship, after which she continued the research sporadically, while working to support her children and pay for their education.

During this time, the scope of the dissertation was narrowed from a study of five non-agricultural rural industries in Central Java, to a single industry, blacksmithing, focused on Kajar village.

This series includes documents relating to her early dissertation work as she was planning her research and defining its scope. It includes a field study proposal, an outline, a draft of Chapter 1, compilations of information on Kajar, notes for blacksmithing and metalworking glossaries, and statistics on metal working industries.
The series also includes her later correspondence with her dissertation committee, a revised dissertation outline, and drafts of near final chapters and the table of contents.

In addition, this series includes miscellaneous writings by Dunham, primarily on topics related to Indonesia.