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Charles C. Hughes photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0887

Scope and Contents

The Charles C. Hughes photograph collection contains materials relating to the time that Hughes (1929-1997) spent living with the Sivuokakhmeit Eskimos on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Dates

  • 1946-1957

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Charles C. Hughes was born on 26 January 1929 in Salmon, Idaho. He entered Harvard on a national scholarship in September 1947 and graduated A.B., magna cum laude, in Anthropology in June 1951. That same year he married Jane Murphy and entered Cornell University's graduate school. Accompanied by his wife, he spent August, 1954, through September, 1955, living with the Sivuokakhmeit Eskimos, gathering field research for his dissertation. After completing his dissertation, he received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1958. He also completed postgraduate research in Nigeria and Nova Scotia. After serving as director of the African Studies Center at Michigan State University, he accepted positions in the departments of Anthropology and Family and Community Medicine at the University of Utah in 1973. Before his death in 1997, he was the director of several graduate programs in the department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah Medical Center.

Extent

2 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Charles C. Hughes photograph collection contains materials relating to the time that Hughes (1929-1997) spent living with the Sivuokakhmeit Eskimos on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Arrangement

By folder and subject.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Leslie Hughes in 2001.

Separated Materials

See also the Manuscripts Division in Special Collections (ACCN 1865).

Processing Information

Processed by Multimedia Division staff.
Title
Guide to the Charles C. Hughes photograph collection
Author
Finding aid created by Sara Davis.
Date
2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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