Wenner-Gren Foundation Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Silverman, Sydel
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content: Sydel Silverman papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.46 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2011-11, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged alphabetically by subject.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains Silverman's files from her time as President of the Wenner-Gren Foundation (1987-99), a private foundation that supports anthropological research through its grant funding programs. In addition, the foundation hosts symposiums and conferences and sponsors the scholarly journal Current Anthropology.

As President of Wenner-Gren, Silverman organized many symposiums, reviewed grant and fellowship applications, and was heavily involved in the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Record's (COPAR) efforts to educate the discipline on the importance of proper recordkeeping and maintenance of records in order to preserve the history of the field. Silverman served as the official voice of the Wenner-Gren Foundation, speaking at universities and conferences on the issue of grant funding and sitting for interviews to discuss the history of the Foundation.

Silverman often used the acronym WGF in her files and notes to denote Wenner-Gren Foundation.