Sudan
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Faris, James C.
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content: James Faris papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.58 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-2008, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2016-36, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series has been arranged in 6 subseries: 1.1 Field research, 1967-1970; 1.2 Sound recordings, 1967-1968, undated; 1.3 Photographs, 1966-1980, undated; 1.4 Correspondence and reference material, 1969-2008, undated; 1.5 Films and related materials, 1968-2000, undated; 1.6 Books, 1969-1997, undated.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 1. Sudan, 1966-2008 and undated, primarily documents Faris' work among the Nuba of Southeastern Sudan. Materials include field notes, correspondence, photographs, sound recordings, film, video, film transcriptions, book drafts, and reference materials.

The material pertaining to field research and sound recordings corresponds to Faris' first trip to Sudan from 1966-1969. It includes correspondence regarding trip logistics, field notes, 17 original sound recordings of music and rituals, and 1 sound recording of an audio letter to Faris. The photographs seem to also cover his time in the Sudan in the 1970s. The correspondence and reference material includes newspaper and magazine clippings, ephemera, various notes, and correspondence not directly related to his field research. The material on his films consists of transcriptions, scripts, and correspondence relating to Worlds Apart: The Southeast Nuba for the BBC and Southeast Nuba Sport and Dance. The films themselves were transferred to the Human Studies Film Archives (accession number 2017-004), but are described in this document. These include 4 film reels, 3 related sound recordings, 3 U-matic videocassettes, and 1 DVD. The files relating to his books include drafts, illustrations, and correspondence regarding Nuba Personal Art and Southeast Nuba Social Relations.