RESEARCH STUDIES
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Riesenberg, Saul H.
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content: Saul H. Riesenberg papers
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2017-23, Series 15
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series can be divided into three subseries: 1) the papers of J. Forster, 2) the papers of Ch. Ostrander, and 3) the papers of B.F. Pierce. All are studies of Samoans, either in Samoa or in Hawaii. Forster and Pierce both studied Samoans who had emigrated to Hawaii. Of Forster's papers, only questionnaires are included here. Each is 9 pages long and covers, among other topics, housing, family structure, family relations, language, decision-making patterns, religious affiliation, etc. Some are numbered, others not. Batches of 1-2 inches are held together with large clamps. Ostrander's papers contain notes on daily life in a Samoan village, and a paper describing a study of changes in the Samoan diet which occurred as a result of acculturation. B.F. Pierce's papers comprise most of the material in this series. They include a study proposal, various processed papers, maps, lists, notecards, etc. The bulk of it, however, is in the form of questionnaires. These are color-coded and of three types: one is for the individual, the second for the household, the third for children. Batches of these are held together by metal bands.