Frank Livingstone papers
name: label: Creator
content: Livingstone, Frank B., 1928-2005
label: Names
content: River Basin Surveys
label: Names
content: University of Michigan. Department of Anthropology
place: label: Place
content: Liberia
topic: label: Topic
content: Physical anthropology
label: Topic
content: Sickle cell anemia
label: Topic
content: Malaria
label: Topic
content: Excavations (Archaeology)
label: Topic
content: Genetics
label: Topic
content: Human evolution
creator: label: Creator
content: Livingstone, Frank B., 1928-2005
abstract: label: Summary
content: Frank B. Livingstone (1928-2005) was an anthropologist who conducted fieldwork in Liberia, studying the correlation between malaria and sickle cell anemia. This collection contains files relating to his research in Liberia on malaria and sickle cell anemia; correspondence; a photo of Livingstone; his 1950 application for temporary field work on the Missouri River Basin Survey; reprints and articles by others; a miscellany of materials pertaining to University of Michigan's Anthropology Department; and some conference materials.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Frank B. Livingstone was born on December 8, 1928 in Winchester, Massachusetts. He obtained his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Harvard University (1950) and his Ph.D. in anthropology from University of Michigan in 1957. In 1959, he joined the faculty of University of Michigan's Anthropology Department, retiring in 1998. Livinstone conducted fieldwork in Liberia, studying the correlation between malaria and sickle cell anemia; in recognition of his research, he received the Martin Luther King Award from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. His publications include Abnormal Hemoglobin in Human Populations (1967), "On the Non-existence of Human Races" (1962), "Did Australopithecines Sing" (1973), and "What Happened to the Universality of the Incest Taboo" (1991). The American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) awarded Livingstone the Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999. In 2002, a symposium was held in his honor at AAPA's annual meeting. He passed away on March 21, 2005
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Boxe
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1948-1990s
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The papers of Frank Livingstone were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by his widow, Amy Livingstone.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2009-22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Field notes
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Folders are arranged in the following order: 1) Correspondence, 1948-1962, 1993; 2) Field Journals (4 folders); 3) Typescript drafts; 4) Reprints, articles, & brochure; 5) University of Michigan; 6) Conferences and seminar; 7) River Basin Survey application and excavation photo; 8) Fortran printouts.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Lorain Wang, 2009.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Field notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of Frank Livingstone's bibliographic research and field notes from Liberia on malaria and sickle cell anemia; correspondence, which include his Havard grade transcript; typescript drafts by Livingstone on sickle cells and human evolution; a photograph of Livingstone as a young man (standing on right) working at an excavation site; his 1950 application for temporary field work on the Missouri River Basin Survey; reprints and articles by others; a miscellany of materials pertaining to University of Michigan's Anthropology Department, including a 4-page typescript "[Michigan] Department of Anthropology, 1940-1975"; and some conference materials