Series 9: Carnegie Cross-Cultural Education Project, 1965-1968
Scope and Contents note
Project run by University of Chicago staff, overlapping Wax's 1966-1968 project, both studying the Cherokee in Oklahoma. Headed by Sol Tax, the project was administered locally by Robert K. Thomas and Albert Wahrhaftig, who settled in Tahlequah. Contains various essays, Cherokee language primers, letters written by the project director (Sol Tax); also the final written report.
Dates
- Creation: 1965-1968
Creator
- From the Collection: Wax, Murray Lionel, 1922- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Murray L. Wax papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Interview and field note files contain details about living persons that, if revealed, would constitute an invasion of personal privacy. Researchers must sign the Newberry Library's Murray L. Wax papers Access Statement form before gaining access to these materials.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically.
Repository Details
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