Archive Contents
The list below is classified by alphabetical order.
In Oct. 1981 the RAI issued Man T shirts which were ‘ideal unisex attire for the student or younger anthropologist, teenage kin and friends of anthropologists.’ They were priced at £2.99 or US$5.60 and in sizes large, medium and small; 117 remained in Sep. 1992 the last figures available. See Council minutes, 24 Sep. 1981, Item 20iii, f. 38 and advertisements in RAIN, No. 46, Oct. 1981, p. 18 and No. 47, Dec. 1981, p. 15.
Correspondence, papers, and newspaper articles relating to the writ for summons for damages for libel against the RAI, W.B. Fagg, Hon. Editor of Man, and Prof. Bozo Skerlj by R. Gayre, Editor, Prof. Henry E. Garrett, and Prof. R. Ruggles Gates, Associate Editors of the Mankind Quarterly. 1960-5; later correspondence and printed matter, 1972-95; correspondence, papers, and newspaper articles relating to a libel action brought by Mr Kiamran Halil against the Guardian newspaper, 1986.
This archive covers the donors of manuscripts from 1936-76 though the record of those received before 1954 is sketchy; records of permissions granted commence in 1963. It also covers permissions and queries associated with the RAI House Archives. In general, House Archives may not be consulted until 30 years have elapsed; some may be consulted only at the discretion of the RAI. See also A51/2, Books: Collections donated.
Correspondence and papers. Feb.-Oct. 1963.