Personal files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Garrison, Vivian, 1933-2013
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content: Vivian E. Garrison papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.32 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2017-19, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Series 8 is divided into the following 5 sub-series: (8.1) Vivian Garrison biographical files, 1958-2007; (8.2) Correspondence, circa 1977-2009; (8.3) Conrad M. Arensberg biographical files, circa 1930-2007; (8.4) Conrad M. Arensberg medical files, 1991-1997; (8.5) Morris-Salter-Hartshorn-Tredwell House files, 1984-2007.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 8 consists of personal biographical, medical, and historical material documenting Vivian Garrison and Conrad Arensberg's lives. It includes personal Garrison records, including a copy of her birth certificate; driver's license; marriage certificate and license; passports; Garrison family genealogy; and notes, reflections, and medical records from her time spent in a psychiatric hospital. The series also includes correspondence with friends and family, the bulk of which is with Conrad Arensberg's three adult children (Cornel, Emily, and Meg/Margaret) and grandchildren.

Most of the material in this series documents Arensberg's life and death through records kept and curated by Garrison. The series contains Garrison's "archive" of personal Arensberg materials, including his birth certificate and passports; bibliographies; class directories; correspondence; obituaries and memorials; and personal biographies created by close family and friends. The bulk of the Conrad Arensberg material relates to his medical history, including medical records; correspondence with physicians, organizations, and colleagues; care plans; notes; and handwritten logs kept by Garrison and by Arensberg's various nurses and aides. Garrison kept meticulous records regarding her husband's medical condition following a traumatic car accident in December 1991, when Arensberg was 81. The records document Arensberg's rehabilitation from his accident, as well as his decline in the last years of his life. The records also document Garrison's reflections as a wife, caregiver, and medically-trained anthropologist. Arensberg's official medical records, as well as Garrison's correspondence with her husband's physicians, have been retained to provide context for Garrison's notes and analysis.

The series also contains correspondence, notes, tests and reports, newspaper clippings, and newsletters related to Garrison and Arensberg's historic home in Rumson, New Jersey: the Morris-Salter-Hartshorn-Tredwell House, commonly referred to as the Tredwell House.

In notes and labels, Garrison often abbreviated her husband's name to "CMA."