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Kathleen Gough fonds. -- 1947-1990.
4.94 m of textual material.
78 maps and charts.
E. Kathleen Gough Aberle was born in Hunsingore, Wetherby, York, in the United Kingdom on August 16, 1925. She was trained as an anthropologist at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities and received her Ph.D in 1950. Her extensive research fieldwork during this period - Kerala, India (1947-1949) and the Tanjore District, India (1950-1953) - forms the basis for most of her subsequent published work. In fact, it was following her return trips to India in 1976, and then to Vietnam that same year and again in 1982, that her major works were published . More specifically, her books include: Ten Times More Beautiful: The Rebuilding of Vietnam (1978), Rural Society in Southeast India (1981), Rural Change in Southeast India, 1950's-1980's (1989) and Political Economy in Vietnam (1990). While Kathleen Gough has held numerous teaching positions in both England and the United States, her most prominant have included positions at Brandeis University (1961-1963), the University of Oregon (1963-1967) and Simon Fraser University (1967- 1970). In each instance her deeply held political views, in part, precipitated her leaving these posts. From 1974 until her death, Kathleen Gough held the rank of Honorary Research Associate at the University of British Columbia. Kathleen Gough died on September 8, 1990.
The fonds consists of material related to Kathleen Gough's research activities. It includes the notes of her Ph.D fieldwork in Kerala, India, 1947-1949 and her return in 1964, as well as those from her major fieldwork in The Tanjore District of Southeast India in 1950-1953, and then again in 1974. These consist primarily of fieldnotes and other notes made during and after those trips. While much of the material can be located under either the "Kerala" (1947-1949, 1964) or "Tanjore District (1950- 1953/1976)" series headings, similar and related material can also be located under both the "Miscellaneous" and "Lectures and other Notes" series headings. The fonds also includes a number of maps of various locations in Southeast India as well as well as several geneologies. Finally, the fonds also includes several manuscripts of Gough's numerous essays as well as the complete manuscript to her last book Political Economy in Vietnam (1990).
There are some restrictions on access. As per the wishes of the donor and in light of the significant amount of personal information contained in the fieldnotes, some material - Kerala Fieldnotes (1947-1949, 1964), and Tanjore District Fieldnotes (1950-1953, 1976) - is closed for a seventy-five year period from the date of creation. Exceptions to these restrictions will be made for users signing research agreements which stipulate that no information that might reveal the identity of individuals will be released.
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Research Material - Kerala. -- 1947-1949, 1964.
1.93 m of textual material.
Series consists of Gough's field-notes of her Ph.D fieldwork in Kerala, India, 1947-1949, and her return in 1964, and related notes and other manuscript material.
Access restricted for seventy-five years (see note in fonds description).
Research Material - Tanjore District. -- 1950-1953, 1976.
1.46 m of textual material.
Series consists of field-notes from Gough's major fieldwork in the Tanjore District of Southeast India in 1950-1953, and then again in 1974, and related notes and other manuscript material.
Access restricted for seventy-five years (see note in fonds description).
Research Material - Kerala/Tanjore - Miscellaneous. -- 1948-1964.
0.36 m of textual material.
Series consists of notes, genealogies, and research material collected by Gough in the course of her work on Kerala and Tanjore.
Lectures / Notes. -- 1954-1976.
0.47 m of textual material.
Series consists of various lecture notes and correspondence with and about other authors and lecturers.
Manuscripts. -- 1954-1990.
0.72 m of textual material.
Series consists of notes and drafts of Gough's books and articles.
Maps and Genealogies - Kerala and Tanjore. -- 1947-1973.
78 maps and charts.
Series consists of maps of the Kerala and Tanjore regions in India, and charts showing genealogies from those regions.