Simon Ottenberg papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ottenberg, Simon
label: Creator
content: Ottenberg, Phoebe
place: label: Place
content: Africa, West
label: Place
content: Sierra Leone
label: Place
content: Abakaliki (Nigeria)
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Georgia
topic: label: Topic
content: Gullah
label: Topic
content: Art, African
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Simon Ottenberg in 2002, 2010, 2018, and 2022.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ottenberg, Simon
label: Creator
content: Ottenberg, Phoebe
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Simon Ottenberg, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, studied under Melville J. Herskovits and William R. Bascom at Northwestern University.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.25 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2002-08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection documents Simon Ottenberg's field research in White Bluff, Georgia during the Summer of 1950 through articles, correspondence, field notes, reports, and photographs. Also covered is Ottenberg's field work in Abakaliki Division and Town, Nigeria in 1960. This portion of the collection consists of field notes and a draft manuscript.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art holds several collections of Simon Ottenberg's photographs, videorecordings, and research.

The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository holds the Simon Ottenberg papers.

The University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives holds the Simon Ottenberg Collection.

The Hoover Institution Library holds Nigerian Pamphlets and Other Publications Collected by Simon Ottenberg.