Diaries
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Green, Edward C. (Edward Crocker), 1944-
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content: Edward C. Green papers
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content: Edward C. Green papers / Series 1: Field notes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-2016
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2016-31, Subseries 1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Handwritten field notes are arranged in chronological order. Typed field notes are arranged geographically at the end of the subseries.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries contains the field notes kept by Green on various research trips in Africa, South America, Asia, and the Middle East between 1970 and 2016. The bulk of the series contains handwritten field notes from his dissertation research in Suriname, as well as time spent in Swaziland. Select field diaries also contain notes made in preparation for, or in attendance at, various conferences and presentations. Notes in the diaries were made by Green, by his assistant Wellington Mbrele, his first wife Shannon Green, his second wife Susan "Suzie" Green, and occasionally by unidentified others.

The subseries also contains born-digial field notes as well as transcriptions of field notes taken from Green's handwritten diaries, compiled geographically and contained on 2 USB flash drives in the collection. Born-digital field notes were created by Green later in his career as an alternative format to his handwritten notebooks. Transcriptions of handwritten field notes were assembled by Green throughout his career. Digital content was edited by Green in 2016-2018 in preparation for the transfer of his materials to the National Anthropological Archives. Typed files include fleshed-out narratives, copied correspondence with colleagues, and publication drafts. Also included is a digital spreadsheet of Green's "Matawai dictionary" (2016), a list of useful Matawai (Saramaccan) language terms and their English translations. Access to the original files is restricted for preservation reasons. Digital access copies are available on-site only, and physical use copies of select typed field notes and the "Matawai dictionary" are available to researchers.