West Bengal Field Research
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Mencher, Joan P., 1930-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Joan Mencher papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979-1984
label: Date
content: 1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2011-08, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged chronologically within each subseries.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains Mencher's files from field research she conducted in the Indian state of West Bengal. Topics of study represented are: land ownership, agriculture, labor, household income, family life, family planning, marriage, and child birth. 

Each subseries represents a village in West Bengal. Much of Mencher's research is structured similarly and many files are labeled charts, tables, interviews, or diaries. Mencher often used these terms interchangeably to label different forms of interviews and collated data. These records are all based off of standard questionnaires created by Mencher and her research assistants. 

Document types include field notes, questionnaires, tables, interviews, diaries, surveys, and computer print outs.