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- 1967-2017 (Creation)
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This series includes a small representation of some of Howell’s academic papers, lectures and drafts of publications. Of particular note, it contains Draft 1 of the Kalahari Cook Book (1969), reviews and book jacket of her 2000 edition of The Demography of the Dobe !Kung San, and a file on the re-issuing of The Search for an Abortionist, her published PH.D. thesis. This is the only file in the accession that documents this project. The original data set in the form of interviews has been kept by Howell. The file contains a cd of the audio book as well as a detailed description of the original project.
This series also contains a draft copy of her paper The Origins of Surviving Fieldwork that relates to records in sub-series 3.1 and 3.2. The article gives detail of her time working in the field in 1967-69, the accident in which her son was killed in 1985 and her ensuing decision to research the health and safety of anthropologists in fieldwork. It also gives detail of the methodology used in the research project.
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