About the Collection
Isabel T. Kelly (1906-1983) was a social anthropologist and archeologist who mainly specialized in Mexican cultures. The Isabel T. Kelly Ethnographic Archive, circa 1926-1980, consists of field note sheets, folders of data, manuscripts, maps, photographs, negatives, slides, film, charts, tables, and secondary source copies. These materials come from Kelly’s research trips in the United States to study Coast Miwok and Southern Paiute tribes, and in Mexico, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, and Pakistan.
The digital collection includes a small sampling of the approximately 100,000 5 x 8-inch field note sheets/cards, 39 field note journals, 300 charts, tables and data computations, 500 file folders (original data and synthesis of data), 3,000 photographic prints and slides, 200 negatives, 550 maps, 300 publications, copies and reprints of secondary materials.