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Collection Overview .................................................................................................................................. 2

Biographical Note ...................................................................................................................................... 3

Scope and Contents note ........................................................................................................................... 4

Organization and Arrangement ................................................................................................................. 5

Administrative Information ....................................................................................................................... 6

Keywords for Searching Related Subjects ................................................................................................ 6

Collection Inventory .................................................................................................................................. 7

Series I. Biographical and personal ..................................................................................................... 7

Series II. Conferences and public seminars ........................................................................................ 7

Series III. Correspondence and subject files ....................................................................................... 8

Series IV. New School for Social Research ....................................................................................... 9

Series V. Poetry book project and related activities ......................................................................... 11

Series VI. Research ........................................................................................................................... 13

Series VII. Teaching .......................................................................................................................... 16

Series VIII. Writings by Diamond .................................................................................................... 16

Series IX. Writings by others ............................................................................................................ 18

Collection Overview

Repository New School Collections

Creator Diamond, Stanley, 1922-

Title Stanley Diamond papers

Date [bulk] Bulk, 1961-1988


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Date [inclusive] circa 1934-1991

Extent 11.8 linear ft: 12 boxes

Language of Materials English

Summary Stanley Diamond (1922-1991) was an anthropologist and poet

instrumental in establishing the Anthropology Department of the New

School for Social Research. He chaired the department for fourteen

years, during which time he founded and edited the journal Dialectical

Anthropology. These papers document Diamond's writings and research,

as well as his role as teacher and administrator at the New School for

Social Research and elsewhere, and material related to his participation

in conferences and public seminars. Includes drafts of journal articles

and presentations, enthnographic research data and notes, teaching

materials, and correspondence with colleagues and publishers. Materials

span the entirety of Diamond's career, from his doctoral dissertation

on the Kingdom of Dahomey to his later interest in the intersection

of anthropology and poetry. Some files are restricted. Please email

[email protected] for details.

Preferred Citation note

[Identification of item], [date (if known)], Stanley Diamond papers, NA.0007.01, box __, folder __, TheNew School Archives and Special Collections, The New School, New York, NY.

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Biographical Note

Stanley Diamond (1922-1991) was born in New York City into an intellectual and progressive Jewishfamily; his paternal grandfather was a founder of Yiddish theater. Diamond attended the University ofNorth Carolina for two years, completing his undergraduate degree at New York University in 1942 withmajors in philosophy and English. After serving in North Africa during World War II, Diamond enteredgraduate school at Columbia University, earning a PhD in anthropology in 1951. From there he went onto conduct fieldwork in Israel on a kibbutz and a Palestinian village as an area research fellow for the


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Social Science Research Council (1951-1953). He lectured at the University of California, Los Angeles(1953), Columbia University (1954-1956 summer sessions), and Brandeis University (1956-1959).In 1963 he joined the faculty at Syracuse University and returned to Columbia as senior lecturer from1966-1969. Major research projects included the Ford Foundation-sponsored Cultural Regularities Projectin Nigeria (1958-1959), the Seneca Nation of Indians project (summer 1962), and the United States Officeof Education Research Development "Culture of Schools" project (1964-1967).

Diamond began lecturing at the New School Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science in 1966. In1970, he played a key role in the division of the Anthropology and Sociology into separate departments,and became chair of the Committee on Anthropology, an interdisciplary program of study. He remainedin this position for the next fourteen years, shaping the department's curriculum, faculty and mission.During his tenure, he was involved in the New York State evaluation of the doctoral program andreorganization of the social science departments. During this time he also held visiting professorships atColumbia University, the Free University of Berlin, and Bard College, lectured at more than thirty otherinstitutions of higher learning, and organized and presented at many conferences.

In 1975, Diamond founded Dialectical Anthropology, editing the Marxist peer-reviewed academic journalfrom then until his death. He was also involved in editorial work or oversight of the publications, AfricaToday, Alcheringa (a journal of Native American tribal literature and poetry), and Social Research (theflagship journal of the New School).

Diamond's best-known book in the field of anthropology is In Search of the Primitive: A Critique ofCivilization. Diamond was also a poet. In addition to two books of poetry, Totems and Going West, hepromoted other anthropologists who were poets. At the New School, he created and occupied the positionof University Poet after concluding his work as chair of the Anthropology Department.

Stanley Diamond died of liver cancer at the age of 69 in New York City on March 31, 1991.


Scope and Contents note

Stanley Diamond's papers document his work as scholar, author, researcher, teacher, editor, poet anduniversity administrator. Materials include ethnographic fieldwork, syllabi and lecture notes, conferencematerials, typescripts and offprints of writings authored by Diamond, as well as by colleagues, as well ashis work as founder and editor of the journal, Dialectical Anthropology. Correspondence in the collectionrepresents Diamond's deep engagement with an international circle of colleagues. The papers alsodocument Diamond's activities as a progressive intellectual and activist for indigenous rights and nucleardisarmament, and his work promoting anthropologists who, like himself, were poets.

The collection is organized into nine series:

Series I. Biographical and personal, consists of just a few files relating to Diamond's life outside ofhis professional and academic pursuits. Other personal correspondence may be found in Series III.Correspondence and subject files.


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Series II. Conferences and public seminars, includes Diamond's correspondence with conferenceorganizers pertaining to his participation as organizer and presenter, as well as invitations, schedules,programs, and other printed material.

Series III. Correspondence and subject files, is primarily comprised of communications with colleagues,academic associates, professional organizations, journal editors and publishers. Files sometimes includemanuscripts by colleagues--these will also be found in Series IX Writings by others,

Series IV. New School for Social Research, includes materials relating to Diamond's administrativerole as chair of the New School Anthropology Department, 1971-1985, and his involvement with issuesrelated to the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, more generally.

Series V. Poetry book project and related activities, primarily documents Diamond's efforts to publish ananthology of poetry by himself and anthropologist colleagues.

Series VI. Research, consists predominantly of material collected and created in connection withDiamond's research on Africa--in particular Nigeria and Biafra--as well as work on the Seneca Nation ofIndians in the Allegany Indian Territories, and on kibbutzim and residents of a neighboring Arab town inIsrael.

Series VII. Teaching, consists of material Diamond generated in preparation for his classes, spanningalmost the entirety of his teaching career, including courses at the New School, Syracuse University, andBard College.

Series VIII. Writings by Diamond, presents a range of Diamond's writings, from his dissertation on theAfrican Kingdom of Dahomey to his late work on poetry and anthropology, as well as his own poetry.Included are typescript drafts, many with handwritten revisions and comments, as well as correspondence,contracts, and memoranda regarding the publication of articles, monographs, conference proceedings, andedited anthologies.

Series IX. Writings by others, consists largely of materials from the 1970s and 1980s amassed duringDiamond's tenure as editer of Dialectical Anthropology, with mansucripts, revisions and final drafts ofpapers published by the journal, as well as correspondence with authors.


Organization and Arrangement

Series are arranged alphabetically by subject:

I Biographical and personal, 1969-1991II Conferences and public seminars, 1960s-1983III Correspondence and subject files, 1960-1990IV New School for Social Research, 1960s-1989V Poetry book project and related activities, 1950s-1991VI Research, 1934-1987VII Teaching, 1946-1988VIIIWritings by Diamond, 1951-1990


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IX Writings by others, 1961-1988


Administrative Information

Publication Information

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Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use, excepting material restricted due to internal policies set forconfidential records. Files with faculty or other personnel salary, performance reviews, grievance orhiring information are restricted for 50 years from creation date of item (or last creation date in file).Records reporting research on human subjects are restricted for 120 years after person's known orestimated birth. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

Use Restrictions

To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the NewSchool Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: [email protected].

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the New School's Raymond Fogelman Library to the New School Archives and SpecialCollections soon after the Archives was established in 2012.

Processing Information note

All material from a separate group of files relating to the journal Dialectical Anthropology have beenincorporated into this collection.


Keywords for Searching Related Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

• Biafra.• New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997). Graduate Faculty.• Seneca Nation of New York.

Genre(s)

• Administrative records.• Bibliographies.• Correspondence.• Lecture notes.


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• Manuscripts.• Syllabi.• Typescripts.

Personal Name(s)

• Austill, Allen• Fanton, Jonathan F., 1943-• Katznelson, Ira• Radin, Paul, 1883-1959• Snyder, Gary, 1930-• Ward, F. Champion, 1910-2007

Subject(s)

• Anthropology• Area studies• Ethnology.• Fieldwork• Graduate students.• Kibbutzim. Social aspects.• Marxist anthropology• Poetry.• Universities and colleges -- Curricula.• Universities and colleges -- Departments.


Collection Inventory

Series I. Biographical and personal 1969-1991 This small series contains items relating to Diamond's biography and personal life, including curricula vitae,correspondence, architectural plans for his home in Seillans, France, and the program from Diamond's memorialservice.

Box Folder

Architectural plans for "Vieux Chateau" Seillans, 1975 11 1

Correspondence, 1979, 1980, 1985, undated 1 1

Curriculum vitae, 1970s and 1980s 1 2

Memorial program, 1991 1 3

Poetry scrap and thoughts on anthropology, 1969, undated 11 19Includes a letter to Diamond from a host in London, a scrap of poetry, and general notes on the field ofanthropology.

Series II. Conferences and public seminars 1960s-1983


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Consists of programs, reports, correspondence, notes, academic papers and other materials documenting conferences,lectures and other public events -- proposed or realized -- in which Diamond took part. Also includes applicationmaterials for grants Diamond received for conferences from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Material related to poetryconference files will be found in Series V. Some transcripts of presentations made by Diamond will be found in SeriesVIII. Files are arranged alphabetically by event title or subject.

Box Folder

"Age and Anthropological Theory" workshop (National Institute on

Aging), 1980-1981

1 4

Art Criticism/Social Criticism symposium (Virginia Polytechnic

Institute and State University), 1981

1 5

Contains typescript of Diamond's presentation and correspondence relating to the conference.

Conference on the Comparative, Historical and Critical Analysis of

Bureaucracy, 1981-1983

1 6-13

Contains correspondence, publicity and academic papers related to Diamond’s role as chair of the SteeringCommittee for the First International Conference on the Comparative, Historical and Critical Analysis ofBureaucracy, held in Zurich, Switzerland (October 4-9, 1982), as well as materials from the second conference in1983.

Dialectical Anthropology session (American Anthropological

Association conference), 1975, 1977

1 14

"History of Ethnological Theory" lecture, 1977 1 15

Jastrow, Robert. Disciplinary specialization, talk on, after 1981 1 16

Marxism and Anthropology conference participant list, 1960s or 1970s 1 17

Marxism and Primitive Society conference, 1972-1973 1 18-19

"Marxist Approaches to Archaeological Research II," circa 1974 1 20

Medical anthropology talk, 1976 11 2

Morality as a Problem of the Social Sciences conference participant list

(University of California, Berkeley), 1979

1 21

Wenner-Gren Conference on World Affairs, 1963 1 22

Wenner-Gren Conference on Nature and Function of Anthropological

Traditions, 1967-1973

1 23-24

Series III. Correspondence and subject files 1960-1990 Correspondence in this series is mostly incoming to Diamond from anthropologists, political and academicorganizations, publishers, friends and family, and represents his activities as lecturer, researcher, author, editor andactivist. After a small group of general files, the series is arranged alphabetically. Many files here include writings byDiamond and others. Files predominantly consisting of manuscripts will be found in Series VIII. Writings by Diamondand Series VIX. Writings by others.

Box Folder

General, 1962-1989 1 25-27

Achebe, Chinua, 1988, 1990 1 28


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Basic Books, 1963-1965 1 29

Current Anthropology journal, 1962-1965 2 1

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Socialism entry, 1985-1987 2 2

Encyclopedia of Religion: Paul Radin article, 1983-1985 2 3See also Paul Radin file in Series VIX.

Fastwolf, Oh Shinnah, 1982-1985 2 4

Free Palestine newsletter, 1971 2 5

Grant proposals and reports: Students and others, 1962-1987 2 6Primarily regarding Diamond's review and supervision of grants for the Wenner-Gren Foundation forAnthropological Research.

Grant proposals and reports: Stanley Diamond, 1964-1985 2 7

Hill, Brian, 1986-1988 2 8

Laboratory for Socio-environmental Studies, 1960-1961 2 12

Mouton Publishers, 1973-1980 2 13Contains correspondence, contracts, and a photograph of Diamond relating to his ongoing publishing relationshipwith Mouton. Includes a typescript draft of an unidentified manuscript by Diamond.

Mundial Upheaval Society minutes, 1950, 1984 2 14

Nelson, Benjamin N. tribute, probably 1977 2 15Written by Diamond and Arthur J. Vidich.

New York Marxist School at the Brecht Forum, 1987 2 16

Newsletter for Dialectical Psychology, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1975 Nov 2 17

Reviews of Diamond's work, 1960-1985 1 30

Syracuse University, 1964-1966 2 18-19Consists of manuscript drafts by Syracuse University faculty, including David E. Hunt, Robert H. Hardt of theYouth Development Center, and Paul Meadow, Donn V. Hart, and others on the topic of the management ofchange.

"Towards an Institute for Emancipatory Anthropology" (author

unidentified), 1983

2 20

Series IV. New School for Social Research 1960s-1989 Consisting of minutes, correspondence with deans, presidents, faculty and students, and reports, this series documentsDiamond’s role as chair of the Anthropology Department in the New School's Graduate Faculty of Political and SocialScience. From the time Diamond established Anthropology as an independent department from Sociology in 1970, heconceived of the program as a "critical and transformational enterprise." The department's curricular structure, he wrotein 1983, was intentionally "creatively antithetical to the conventional definitions and uses of academic anthropology."Of note in this series are documents relating to the evaluation of the department as part of a larger accreditation reviewby New York State begun in 1978. Materials here also relate to Diamond’s employment, including an episode that ledto his transition from chair to distinguished professor of anthropology and the humanities in 1983, in the Ira Katznelsonfile.

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Correspondence

General, 1973-1987 2 21-22

Austill, Allen, 1979-1981 2 23

Everett, John and Jonathan Fanton, 1981-1988 2 24

Group memoranda, 1970-1981 2 25

Katznelson, Ira, 1983-1989 2 26Some of the items in this file were found in a folder titled, "Katznelson Affair." It is not clear whetherthis title was assigned by Diamond or by custodians of the files after they were transferred to the NewSchool's Fogelman Social Sciences Library. The "affair" refers to a disagreement between Diamond andNew School administration in 1983 that ultimately resulted in Diamond resigning his position as chairof Anthropology. Other items in the file relate to his role as editor of Dialectical Anthropology, tenureprocedure, and Graduate Faculty governance.

Ward, F. Champion, 1980-1982 2 27

Converging Themes in Literature, Culture, and Everyday Life

symposium, 1980-1984

2 28

A symposium at the New School supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Includes manuscript of an essay byHarold Bloom, "Transference, Taboo and Truth."

Dialectical Anthropology Documents Diamond's role as founder and editor of the Marxist, peer-reviewed academic journal, DialecticalAnthropology, established in 1975. Includes general correspondence, primarily between Diamond and other editorsand contributors.

General, 1974-1989 2 29-30

Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1974-1981 11 3

Founding and early issues, 1972-1974 2 31

Scholte, Bob, 1975-1981 2 32Hijman (Bob) Scholte (1902-1983) was the European review editor of Dialectical Anthropology. He was onfaculty at the University of Amsterdam.

Eugene Lang College, 1987 2 33

Executive Faculty committee, 1980-1987, undated 2 34

Grievance, 1987 12 (restricted) 1This file is restricted. Please email [email protected] for further information.

Institute for Critical Anthropology, 1983-1987 2 35-37The Institute for Critical Anthropology was established at the New School with a grant from the Menil Fund as anon-profit research center to fund publication of the journal, Dialectical Anthropology, and to advance the missionof "emancipatory anthropology," in which the field of anthropology would actively confront contemporary socialand cultural problems, supporting research on ethnocide, genocide, and ethnogenesis. Includes founding andadministrative materials, as well as several papers submitted by students in a 1985 essay contest.

Master's Degree in Urban Affairs proposal, 1981 2 38

New School president search, 1980-1982 2 39

Nuclear Crisis Teach-In, 1983-1984 2 40


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Reports

Anthropology Department, 1978-1979 2 41Includes internal and external reports on the department, as well as a letter from the New York StateEducation Department indicating that the doctoral program in Anthropology "meets quality standards and isto be commended for its fine intellectual management."

"On the Need for a Critical Faculty," 1980 Transcript of dictation by New School economics professor, Edward J. Nell.

Operation Freehold project preliminary evaluation, 1960s or

1970s

3 1

Contains typescript draft of a critique of students' stance as revolutionaries and of students' analysis of NewSchool instructors, including Diamond and Albert Mayer.

"Philosophy Department: A Documentation," 1979 3 2

"Planning for the Future: A draft report for discussion on the goals

of the Department of Psychology and steps needed to achieve

them," 1987

3 3

Submitted by Jerome Bruner, Leon Festinger and Herbert Schlesinger.

Political Action Workshop memo, 1970 3 4

Restructuring of Graduate Faculty reports, 1979 3 5Includes a report by the dean of the Graduate Faculty, Allen Austill, with a summary history of each ofthe departments of the Graduate Faculty, a succinct analysis of the general crisis, and a recommendationthat the New School Board of Trustees and the president, as opposed to faculty members and student body,constitute the ultimate body to decide upon the requisite changes and plan for reconstituting the program.

Science Committee report, 1986 3 6

"Toward Excellence: A Discussion Paper about the Graduate

Faculty in the 1990s," 1987 Nov

3 7

Social Research, 1981-1988 3 10Material relating to this long-running New School journal.

Series V. Poetry book project and related activities 1950s-1991 Contains documentation of Diamond’s interest, dating from the early 1980s, in the literary output of anthropologists,particularly poetry. Throughout this period, he attempted to organize and publish an anthology of poetry byanthropologists, although was never able to interest a publisher in the project. The bulk of files here were compiled inthe course of that effort. Also includes manuscripts and correspondence with poets and poetry reviewers for DialecticalAnthropology. Files include published and unpublished manuscripts, critiques and reviews, with correspondence andwork by Gary Snyder, Jerome Rothenberg, Paul Friedrich, and Nathaniel Tarn, among others, as well as Diamond'sown poetry. Also found here is material pertaining to conferences organized by Diamond on the theme.

General

Box Folder

"Anthropology and Poetry" presentation (New York Academy of

Sciences), 1987

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Anthropology and Poetry: Another Way of Looking at Reality

conference, 1982

3 12

AnthropoIogy: Theory and Practice and Anthropology,

Poetics, and Poetry symposia (11th International Congress on

Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences), 1981-1983

3 13

Children's poetry reading, 1990-1991 3 14

Correspondence, 1982-1987 3 15

Ethnopoetry conference, after 1974 11 4

Contributors Files, titled by poet, include correspondence, offprints and typescript drafts of work by the poets. Quitefrequently files also include commentaries on the poet by others.

Box Folder

Unidentified, undated 3 17

Notes on contributors, 1982-1986 3 16

Benedict, Ruth, undated 3 18

Brady, Ivan, 1982-1983 3 19

Diamond, Stanley, 1980s 3 20Includes draft and final copy of Diamond's poetry book, Totem, as well as reviews and publicity, otherpoetry and an essay on Diamond's work by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.

Eiseley, Loren, circa 1985 3 21

Friedrich, Paul, 1982-1986 3 22Includes a series of poems by Friedrich, and a drafts of his essays.

Goggin, Julia, 1984 3 23

Hawk, Mary Nell and the New Wilderness Foundation, 1977 3 24

Hollis, James, circa 1984 3 25

Hymes, Dell, circa 1982 3 26Includes correspondence and marked-up typescript draft of a review essay of Dell's poetry by TonyStoneburner.

Leeds, Anthony, 1950s-1982 3 27Contains correspondence and typescript drafts of poems and a presentation given at the Poetry andAnthropology Conference.

Leiris, Michel, circa 1986 3 28Includes a draft of a review essay by Marie Diamond.

Liberman, Ken, 1978-1988 3 29Contains correspondence, offprints, photocopies, and chapbooks of Liberman's essays and poetry.

Perice, H.,1980, 1985 3 30

Piñero-Gomez, Miguel Antonio, memorial, 1988 3 31


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Prattis, J. Ian, 1983-1986 3 32

Rigby, Peter J., 1988 3 33

Rose, Dan, 1983-1985, undated 3 34

Rothenberg, Jerome, 1983 3 35

Rubenstein, Carol, 1982 3 36

Sapir, Edward, 1986, undated 3 37

Schwerner, Armand, 1980s 3 38

Snyder, Gary, circa 1985 3 39Contains typescript drafts of essays and poetry by Snyder, as well as essays about him. Also included arecopies of printed books by Snyder with inscriptions to Diamond.

Tarn, Nathaniel, 1983-1986 3 40

Tedlock, Dennis, circa 1985 4 1

Series VI. Research 1934-1987, undated This series represents Diamond's fieldwork and research on topics related to Africa, Israel and Palestine, and theSeneca Nation of Indians. Research on Africa focuses especially on Biafran and Nigerian affairs, with material inthe form of manuscripts and gray literature, such as periodicals, pamphlets, government white papers, manifestos,conference proceedings, press releases and reports. Documentation of Diamond's fieldwork in the 1950s in the Arabtown of Abu Ghosh and an Israeli kibbutz includes ethnographic study data in the form of handwritten memoirs,essays, drawings, and Rorschach and other psychological tests of subjects, as well as field notes by the researchers.Items identifying test subjects and participants by full name have been restricted. Diamond's fieldwork with the SenecaNation of Indians was conducted in the summer of 1962. The work centered upon recording the Seneca point-of-viewon the construction of the Kinzua Dam in Upstate New York. This material includes ethnographic field data in theform of questionnaire responses and interviews, along with health statistics and published material. Files containinginformation identifying research participants are restricted for research. Please email [email protected] forfurther information.

Box Folder

Unidentified projects, 1961-1978 Includes correspondence, clippings and articles from Diamond's fileslabeled, “Book Project." Given the range of subject matter and datesrepresented here, it is likely that these materials relate to more than oneproject.

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Africa, 1960-1987, undated

Box Folder

General, 1960-1986 Contains typescript papers, photocopies, pamphlets, manifestoes, and other printed material pertaining toDiamond's research on Africa. These materials may have been compiled as part of his study of the BiafranWar, or for other Africa-related projects.

Offprints, photocopies and clippings, 1960-1986 4 3-5

Pamphlets and reports Monographs and lone issues of periodicals are included in the general folders; when two or more issuesexist, the periodical is listed by title.


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General, 1966-1980 4 6-7

Africa information bulletins, 1963-1964 4 8-11

Africa Reports, 1968-1969 4 12

Africa Today, 1965-1981 4 13

Afro Scholar: Working Papers, 1982 Mar 4 14

Algiers news bulletin, 1969 4 15

Nigeria Crisis, 1966 4 16

Biafra, 1960-1987, undated Contains typescript papers, photocopies, pamphlets, manifestoes, and other printed material pertainingto Diamond's research on the Biafra-Nigeria Conflict. Also includes manuscripts by Diamond and otherauthors, documenting Diamond's involvement as a concerned scholar and authority, if not activist, in Biafraand Nigerian affairs.

Book contract, 1968 11 5

11 6Correspondence and notes, 1965-1973

4 17

Manuscripts by others

Unidentified, undated 4 18

Bogdan, Robert, 1965 4 19

Chioke, Christopher, undated 4 20

Dike, Azuka Anthony, undated 4 21

Ikejiani, Okechukwu, 1971 4 22

Jell-Bahlsen, Sabine, 1987 4 23

Keil, Charles, undated 4 24

Kenyatta, Charles, 1970 4 25

Nwafor, Azinna, 1970 4 26

Strah, Michael S., 1970-1984 4 27

4 28-29Offprints, photocopies and clippings, 1961-1971

5 1-8

Pamphlets and reports Also includes manuscripts by others.

11 7-8General, 1967-1970 Arranged chronologically. 5 9-18

American Committee on Africa, 1968 5 19

American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive, 1966-1970 11 9

Biafra Forum, 1970 11 10

Biafra Lifeline, 1968-1969 11 11


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Clearing House Weekly News Bulletin, 1969 11 12

Current News from and about Biafra, 1969-1970 11 13

Department of State press releases, 1969-1970 5 20

First International Confrence on Biafra, 1968 Dec 7-8 5 21

International Conscience in Action bulletin, 1970-1971 5 22

5 23News from Biafra, 1968-1971

6 1-3

11 14"The Nigeria-Biafra Conflict": Papers submitted to

the O.A.U. Consultative Committee, 1968 Aug 6 4

Perspectives: Biafra: An International Conference

sponsored by Operation Outrage Incorporated, 1969 Jan

11

6 5

Quaker Service-Nigeria, 1970 6 6

West Africa, 1966-1968 11 15

Poetry and creative writing, 1969-1971 6 7

Writings by Diamond, 1960-1980 6 8-9

Allegany Indian Territories: Seneca Nation of Indians studies, 1956-1972

Box Folder

Annual Report of the Interdepartmental Committee on Indian

Affairs, 1959-1962

6 10

Census data, 1961 12 (restricted) 2

Folklore and rituals, 1967 6 11

Health statistics, 1962 6 12File is open to researchers. All personally identifiable information has been permanently redacted.

Interviews with Indians, possibly 1962 12 (restricted) 3

Kinzua Dam Project, 1962-1964 6 13

Legislative reports and drafts, 1959-1964 6 14

Pamphlets and reports, 1956-1972 6 15

Questionnaire responses, 1962 12 (restricted) 4

Kibbutz and related studies, 1934-1961 Contains manuscript draft reports by Diamond and his research assistants and colleagues in Abu Ghosh andon kibbutzim. This research resulted in Diamond's papers, “Kibbutz and Shtetl” (1957); “The Kibbutz: Utopiain Crisis”(1956); “Collective Child Rearing: The Kibbutz," as well as a contribution to The Family and ItsStructure and Functions edited by Rose Lamb Coser (1957).

Box Folder

Abu Ghosh, circa 1959-1961 6 16-17


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Children's drawings, 1952 6 18

11 16Notes and transcripts, 1934-1958, undated

6 19-23

Observations, statistics and questionnaire, 1935-1945 6 24

Tests, 1953-1954 12 (restricted) 5-8Primarily Rorschach tests.

11 17Writings by Diamond, 1956-1957

6 25-26

Zionist News-Letter, 1949-1950 7 1

Series VII. Teaching 1946-1988, undated This series consists of material from Stanley Diamond's work as an instructor or lecturer of anthropology at the NewSchool, Syracuse and Bard. The bulk of files consist of bibliographies, along with some course syllabi for anthropologycourses taught by Diamond and others, arranged alphabetically by topic or course title. Syllabi represent coursestaught at the New School Graduate Faculty and other institutions, such as Columbia University and the University ofRochester. Also includes handwritten lecture notes.

Course syllabi and bibliographies, 1946-1988

Box Folder

General, 1964-1988 7 2

African Cultures, 1963-1971 7 3

Anthropology and Education, 1968-1977 7 4

Culture and Personality, 1967-after 1976 7 5

Education, 1946-1966 11 18

Literature, 1975-1982 7 6

Sociology of Knowledge, 1960s 7 7

Box Folder

Lecture notes, undated Consists of undated notes, the bulk written on 5 x 8.5 inch index cards. Thenotes may represent university courses, seminars, or symposia.

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Series VIII. Writings by Diamond 1951-1990 The bulk of this series consists of offprints, handwritten and typescript drafts of Diamond's essays, presentations,monographs, chapters and introductions to anthologies, as well as correspondence and contracts relating to theirpublication. See Series II for related conferences.

Box Folder

Anthropology: Ancestors and Heirs, 1980 7 19This volume began as a 1968 conference, "The Nature and Function of Anthropological Traditions," funded byWenner-Gren. Diamond attempted to publish the proceedings in 1970, but the contract fell through. He eventuallyfound a publisher with the University of Pennsylvania Press. A substantially revised version was reprinted in 1980as Anthropology: Ancestors and Heirs. Included herein are materials relating to the initial conference in 1968, andcorrespondence concerning the failed publication in 1970 and subsequent publications.


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"Anti-Kaplan: Defining the Marxist Tradition," 1975 7 20

"The Beautiful and the Ugly are One Thing, The Sublime Another: A

Reflection on Culture," 1987

7 21

"Burokratie Als Schicksal" (Bureaucratization as a Fate), 1985 7 22

"Cemetery Politics" editorial, 1985 7 23

"Conversation: Diamond and Jacob Timerman," Dialectical

Anthropology, 1983

7 24

Culture of Schools Program final report and papers, 1966-1967 7 25-27Diamond was a lead researcher in a 1967 study of higher education, and drafted the final report. File includes thereport as well as papers written by others on the project.

"Dahomey: A Proto-state in West Africa," 1951 8 1Annotated copies of Diamond's PhD dissertation, submitted to the anthropology department of ColumbiaUniversity.

"Everything is as Old as the Hills," EAR Magazine East, undated 8 2

"Evolution," 1970s 11 20

"How Can I Put it Baby?," undated 8 3

In Search of the Primitive, 1977 8 4-6Contains correspondence, reviews, a précis, and chapter drafts of Diamond's seminal book. Chapter drafts arephotocopies and reproductions with annotatations and edits.

"In Search of Vico," 1977 8 7

"The Integrity of the Personality: An Anthropological Perspective,"

undated

8 8

Transcript of a talk given at Gettysburg.

"Jung Contra Freud: What it Means to be Funny," 1990 8 9

"The Marxist Tradition as a Dialectical Anthropology," 1975 8 10

"Primitive in Marx's Dialectic," undated 8 11

"The Real Message of MM," circa 1987 8 12Annotated typescript constituting Diamond's reply to critics, primarily Norman Podhoretz, as well as photocopiesof critiques.

"The Relevance of Traditional Medicine," 1976 8 13By Diamond and Harald Kristian (H.K.) Heggenhougen, this paper was presented at the Atlanta Symposium of theAlbert Schweitzer Centenary, 1875-1975, Atlanta, Georgia, April 7, 1975.

"Revolution and Culture," 1988 8 14

"The Rule of Law versus The Order of Custom," 1971 11 21

"A Social Anthropologist Looks at Existential Psychiatry," 1968 8 15Presented as one of three talks, "Three Views of Existential Psychiatry," at the annual meeting of the AmericanOntoanalytic Association, Boston, Massachusetts, May 12, 1968.


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"The State of Being Jewish," 1983 8 16

"States of Terror," 1987 8 17

"Subversive Art," 1982 8 18

"Thinking, Feeling and Doing: the Work of Emil Oesterreicher," 1985 8 19

"Times" essay, 1983 8 20

"Toward a Definition of a Sacred Society," 1979 11 22

"Tribal Society," A Dictionary of Marxist Thought, 1983 8 21

"The Uneasy Alliance: Blacks and Jews," 1970s 8 22

"Who Are the Victims?", 1980s 8 23

Der Zivilisation by Gerd Spittler, 1979 8 24Book review by Stanley Diamond. Includes Spittler's reply.

Series IX. Writings by others 1961-1988 This series consists largely of work by contributors to Dialectical Anthropology. Materials include original manuscriptdrafts, many with handwritten edits and comments. Files sometimes also include correspondence, curricula vitaeand notes. Files related to the journal that consist primarily of correspondence will be found in this collection withthe files titled Dialectical Anthropology. Files containing only unmarked or lightly marked galley proofs with nocorrespondence have not been retained as part of this collection.

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Altshuler, Nathan, 1961 8 25

Antin, David, 1977 8 26

Ayoub, Elias K., undated 8 27

Baber, Willie L., 1984 8 28

Bauer, Janet, 1982 8 29

Beck, Sam, 1981-1982 8 30

Benello, C. George, 1976 8 31

Black, Donald, 1979, 1982 8 32

Block, Alan A., 1982 8 33

Bloom, Harold, circa 1983 8 34

Bodemann, Y.M., 1979, undated 8 35

Bovenkerk, F., H. Tromp, and A.J.F. Köbben, 1976 8 36

Boyarin, Jonathan, 1978 8 37

Brady, Ivan, 1983-1988 8 38

Brownstein, Barry, 1975 8 39

Burguiere, A., 1977 8 40

Burke, Kenneth, circa 1983 8 41

Christopher, Robert, 1977 8 42


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Chametzky, Jules, 1982 8 43

Cintrón-Ortiz, Rafael, 1971-1981 8 44

Cohen, Marilyn, 1982 8 45

Cooper, Eugene, 1977-1978 8 46

Counihan, Carole M., 1981-1985 8 47

Dailey, Mary T., 1976 8 48

Defert, Daniel, 1982 8 49

Diamond, Marie J., 1986 8 50A paper by Diamond's second wife, Marie Josephine, a professor of French literature.

Diener, Paul, undated 8 51

Easton, N. Alexander, 1985 8 52

Ekholm, Kajsa, undated 8 53

El Hassan, Idris Salim, 1985 8 54

Errington, Frederick and Deborah Gewertz, 1986-1988 8 55

Fabian, Johannes, circa 1980 8 56

Fals-Borda, Orlando, 1975 8 57

Faris, James C., 1975 8 58

Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn, 1981-1985 8 59

Foley, Denis T., undated 8 60

Fonseca, Claudia, 1984-1985 8 61

Foster, Stephen William, 1975-1982 8 62

Frederiksen, Svend, 1964 8 63

Garfield, Jonathan, 1970 8 64

Geiger, Theodore, 1962 8 65

Gellner, Ernest, 1974-1975 8 66Includes commentaries on an article by Gellner.

Gilliam, Angela M., 1983-1984 8 67

Gilliam[?], Harry, undated 8 68

Gilman, Antonio, 1974 8 69

Goldman, Irving, 1975 8 70

Goodfriend, Douglas E., circa 1978 8 71

Gordon, Robert J., 1981-1988 9 1

Greenberg, Michael, 1975 9 2

Gregory, Steven and Daniel Timerman, circa 1986 9 3

Hopkins, Nicholas S., 1982-1983 11 23


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Johnson, Norris Brock, 1986-1988 9 4

Jorgensen, Joseph G., 1977 9 5

Kelley, Gordon, 1987 9 6

Khalaf, Sulayman and Hassan Hammoud, 1987-1988 9 7

Kiernan, V.G., 1976-1977 9 8

Krader, Lawrence, undated 9 9

Laor, Nathaniel, 1986 9 10

Lawrence, Josh and Jim Haughton, undated 9 11

Layton, Susan, 1973-1977 9 12

Lerch, Oliver, 1964 9 13

Leser, Paul, after 1972 9 14

Levine, Stephen K., circa 1982 9 15

Lewis, John, 1976 9 16

Liberman, Kenneth, 1987 9 17

Manfredi, Victor, 1982 9 18

Manson, William C., 1982-1988 9 19

Marshall, David S., 1976 9 20

Mayer, Albert, 1961-1962 9 21

Moseley, Katharine, 1983-1984 9 22

Narr, Wolf-Dieter, 1980 9 23

Ndeti, undated 9 24

Nieto, Jose Antonio, after 1975 9 25

Nonini, Donald M., 1981-1985 9 26

Norbeck, Edward, undated 9 27

Nugent, David, 1985, undated 9 28

Oestereicher, Emil G., 1972-1976 9 29

Owusu, Maxwell, after 1969 9 30

Pascadi, Ion, 1977 9 31

Patterson, Thomas C., 1987 9 32

Powell, Jay, 1983 9 33

Prattis, J. Iain, 1983-1984 9 34

Preston, James J., 1983 9 35

Rabinow, Paul, 1977, undated 9 36-37

Radin, Paul, undated 9 38-43Consists of transcripts of interviews with formerly enslaved people relating to their religious conversionexperiences. The interviews were collected in the book, God struck me dead : religious conversion experiences and


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autobiographies of ex-slaves, by Clifton H Johnson, originally published by Fisk University in 1941. Radin wrotethe foreword. The book was reissued by Pilgrim Press in 1969 and, in 1972, as Volume XIX of The AmericanSlave by Greenwood Press. Included herein are original and photocopies of typescripts for this volume. It is notclear which edition the typescripts here are based upon. Diamond edited a book on Radin, Culture in history:essays in honor of Paul Radin, Octagon Books, 1981.

Rejeb, Lotfi Ben, 1981-1982 9 44

Robkin, Eugene and Paul Diener, 1978 10 1

Rosaldo, Michelle Z., 1979-1982 10 2

Rose, Dan, 1982 10 3

Roseberry, William, 1979-1984 10 4

Roseman, Ira, after 1979 10 5

Rossi-Landi, Ferruccio, 1976 10 6

Rothenburg, Diane, 1975 10 7

Sayer, Derek and Philip Corrigan, 1983 10 8

Scheffler, Ted L., undated 10 9

Schefold, Bertram, 1983 10 10

Schuhmacher, W.W., 1975-1976 10 11

Shanin, Teodor, 1974, 1976 10 12

Shokeid, Moshe, 1982-1983 10 13

Simpson, Gary M., 1982 10 14

Smith, Neil, 1986 10 15

Steffenhagen, R.A., 1982-1984 10 16

Taussig Michael, 1980, 1985 10 17

Wellmer, Albrecht, 1976 10 18

Welty, Gordon, 1976 10 19

Worsley, Peter, 1983 10 20