Ward H. Goodenough papers

PU-Mu. 1070.2003.12

Creator(s): Goodenough, Ward Hunt, 1919-2013
Date(s): [inclusive] 1951-1954
Call Number: PU-Mu. 1070.2003.12
Physical Description: Extent: 11.0 Linear feet
Language(s): eng

Biography / History

Ward Hunt Goodenough, a native of Cambridge Massachusetts attended Cornell University for his undergraduate education. Following college, he married Ruth A. Gallagher and then did his military service in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945, exiting as a Technical Sergeant. Following the Army, he resumed his education at Yale University receiving his Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1949.

After graduation from Yale, Goodenough began teaching at the University of Wisconsin. After one year, he and his wife moved to Pennsylvania and he attained a position in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Goodenough's studies in cultural and linguistic anthropology took him to the Gilbert Island and Papua, New Guinea in 1951. He returned to New Guinea in 1954 to do additional ethnographic study. He visited Truk, Micronesia first in 1954 and then did extensive field work there from 1964 to 1966.

Dr. Goodenough published his discoveries in many articles and books. His books include ; and . In addition to a full professorship at Penn, Dr. Goodenough was an Associate Curator of General Ethnology at the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. Among his many memberships were the American Anthropological Association, the Society for Applied Anthropology and the Linguistic Society of America.

Scope and Contents

Two record storage cartons of Dr. Ward Goodenough's correspondence and field notes from museum expeditions to New Guinea (1951) and New Britain (1953-1954).

Administration Info

Publication Information: University of Pennsylvania: Penn Museum Archives,

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Revision Description: 5/9/2013

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Controlled Access Headings

Form(s)/Genre(s)

Drawings (visual works)
Maps
Photographs

Geographic Name(s)

New Guinea (island)
Papua New Guinea

Personal Name(s)

Goodenough, Ward Hunt, 1919-2013

Subject(s)

Anthropological linguistics
Anthropology
Ethnology--Kinship
Material culture

Collections Inventory

Truk (bulk: Bulk, 1947-1965) (inclusive: 1947-1998)

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, field notes, word lists, family trees, maps, photographs and audio tapes. The general correspondence is limited to only one letter, and the file for Dr Patricia Parker concern translation of Trukese poetry. The field notes for 1947 are contained in cards (boxes 13 and 14) and organized by Human Relations Area File major subject divisions (first two digits of the three digit HRAF code). The audio tapes (reel to reel) are recordings of Turkese music.

Correspondence
General 1950-2002	Box 1
Peter Ochs 1980	Box 1
P. Parker 1987-1998	Box 1
Stephen Richmond 1965-2003	Box 1
Truk Education Department 1964-1965	Box 1
Trust Territory Research Advisory Committee 1962-1997	Box 1

Diaries
Diary Notebook, 1947, one typed copy of page 1	Box 1
Personal notebook	Box 1

Field Notes I
General, 1 of 5	Box 1
General, 2 of 5	Box 1
General, 3 of 5	Box 1
General, 4 of 5	Box 1
General, 5 of 5	Box 1

Field Notes II 1964-1965
Status and role, 1 of 4	Box 1
Status and Role, 2 of 4	Box 1
Status and Role, 3 of 4	Box 1
Status and Role, 4 of 4	Box 1

Stories

Container: Box 2

Printed Stories	Box 2
Stories told by Kintoki, Joseph	Box 2
Stories told by Riiken	Box 2
Mort Lokese Story, No. 1	Box 2
Turkese Stories 1-4	Box 2
The Story of Pupily-Eyeballer	Box 2
Miscellaneous	Box 2

Maps
Truk District	Box 2

Audio/Visual Lists
Photographic Lists and Log of Audio Wires	Box 2

Photographs
Aerial Photos 1944	Box 2
1947; 1964-65	Box 2
Prints 1947	Box 17
Contact Prints: M2a-M6, M9-M11 1964-1965	Box 2
Prints: M3 1964-1965	Box 2
Prints; M3a	Box 2
Prints: M4	Box 2
Prints: M5	Box 2
Prints: M6	Box 2
Prints:M9	Box 2
Prints: M10	Box 2
Prints: M11	Box 2
Contact Sheets: P1, P3-P6	Box 2
Prints: P1	Box 2
Prints: P3	Box 2
Prints: P4	Box 2
Prints: P5	Box 2
Prints: P6	Box 2
Contact Sheets; R series	Box 3
Prints: R2a-R3	Box 3
Prints: R4-R5	Box 3
Prints: R6-R7	Box 3
Prints: R10-R15	Box 3
Prints: From R17 roll	Box 3
Prints: Miscellaneous	Box 3
Prints: Natives Identified by Name	Box 23

Language Notes
Truk Dictionary Materials (1 of 4)	Box 3
Truk Dictionary Materials (2 of 4)	Box 3
Truk Dictionary Materials (3 of 4)	Box 3
Truk Dictionary Materials (4 of 4)	Box 3
Truk Dictionary Codes	Box 3
List of Coded Kinship Categories	Box 3
Data from Chuuk (Social Identities and Relationships)	Box 3
List of Relationships	Box 4
Blank Relationship Coding Forms	Box 4
Training of Coders	Box 4
Geographical Terms and Place Names	Box 4
Miscellaneous Word Lists	Box 4

Reports and Manuscripts
Plants	Box 4
Orthography for the Truk Language	Box 4
Turkese Astronomy and Navigation	Box 4
Unidentified Manuscript Draft	Box 4
Micronesia (Misc.)	Box 4
Miscellaneous	Box 4

Field Notes
Classified by HRAF categories 10-41 (cards)	Box 16
Classified by HRAF categories 42-54 (cards)	Box 17
Dictionary Revisions	Box 17

Field Notes
Classified by HRAF Categories	Box 18

Audio Tapes (Reel to Reel)
Trukese Music #23	Box 15
Trukese Music #24	Box 15
Trukese Music #25	Box 15
Trukese Music #26	Box 15
Songs #1	Box 15
Songs #3A	Box 15
Songs (Religious), Kintoki (2-Stories), Bouton Story	Box 15
[Miscellaneous] #3	Box 15
Trukese Lessons; Set 1 Lesson 5	Box 15
Trunkese Lessions; Set II Lesson 1-6	Box 15
Trukese Lessons; Set 2 Lesson 7	Box 15
Trukese Lessons; Lessons 1-4	Box 15
Trukese Lessons; Using Benton's Lessons	Box 15
Education Department Program; Mailo Speech	Box 15

Maps, oversize [Truk Island and Archipelago]
Miscellaneous Published Maps Inked Maps prepared by W. H. Goodenough	Map-case M-10
US Army Maps, 1954 Scale 1:25,000	Map-case M-10
Hand Drawn Maps with Demographic Data	Map-case M-10
Hand Drawn Maps	Map-case M-10

Correspondence
General, 1 of 2, 1952-1954	Box 7
General, 2 of 2, 1955-1966	Box 7
American Philosphical Society Grant, 1953-1966	Box 7
Tri-Institutional Pacific Program Grant, 1953-1960	Box 7
Werner-Gren Foundation Grant, 1953-1955	Box 7
Other Grant Applications, 1953	Box 7
Ann Chowning, Contains undated material; bulk date 1953-1971	Box 7
Ruth Goodenough, 1954	Box 7
Charles Valentine, 1953-1959	Box 7
C. Valentine, Re: Friar Berger, 1954-1955	Box 7
Publication of "Lakalai Political Organization" Anthropolgical Forum, 1957-1966	Box 7

Gilbert Islands (bulk: Bulk, 1951) (inclusive: 1951-1995)

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, field notes (raw and notes organized by HRAF classification numbers), Reports and Manuscripts, Language notes, family trees and photographs.

Correspondence
General 1951-1966	Box 4
Sidsel Roalkuam 1995	Box 4

Background Material
Various Reports 1951-1952	Box 5

Notes
Notes, 1 of 3	Box 5
Notes, 2 of 3	Box 5
Notes, 3 of 3	Box 5

Raw Field Notes
Duplicate, 1 of 5	Box 5
Duplicate, 2 of 5	Box 5
Duplicate, 3 of 5	Box 5
Duplicate, 4 of 5	Box 5
Duplicate, 5 of 5	Box 5
Typed Duplicate, HRAF Classified, 1 of 5	Box 5
Typed Duplicate, HRAF Classified, 2 of 5	Box 5
Typed Duplicate, HRAF Classified, 3 of 5	Box 5
Typed Duplicate, HRAF Classified, 4 0f 5	Box 6
Typed Duplicate, HRAF Classified, 5 of 5	Box 6

Language Notes
Miscellaneous 1951	Box 6

Language Lists
Flora and Fauna 1951	Box 6

Kinship
Family Trees 1951	Box 6

Photographs
Prints and Contact Prints 1951	Box 6

Reports and Manuscripts
Fishing Methods and Culture Change on Onota	Box 6
Interm Report on Ethnographic Phase of the Onota Study	Box 6
Introduction to Ethnography of Onota	Box 6

Miscellaneous 1951-1952

Container: Box 6

Maps

Container: Box M-10

New Guinea (inclusive: 1951-1955)

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, field notes, notes on Ferguson and Goodenough Islands (both which he visited briefly), and New Britain, photographs, reports, and personal documents.

Correspondence
General	Box 6
Ruth Goodenough	Box 6

Contact Information

Container: Box 6

Field Notes
Field Note Book	Box 6
Miscellaneous Field Notes	Box 6
Ferguson Island Correspondence and Notes	Box 6
Goodenough Island Notes	Box 6
New Britain Notes	Box 6

Photographs
Reproduced Enlarged Prints	Box 6
Photos (1 of 2)	Box 7
Photos (2 of 2)	Box 7

Reports
Sudest and Mae	Box 7

Personal Documents
Passport and Discharge Form	Box 7

Audio Tapes
Gilbertese Dance Songs	Box 15
Micronesian Songs	Box 15

Maps
Published Maps, Dept of Interior, Canberra, 1942	Map-case M-10

New Britain

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence (granting agencies, Ruth Goodenough, Ann Chowding, Charles Valentine, and several letters concerning a major dispute between Valentine and a Fra Berger), field note books, field notes organized by HRAF categories (the two digit numbers on the folders denote the HRAF major subject divisions), language notes (Kakanai, Kapore, Mangseng, Nakanai, Willaumez, Bola, Guara, and Banaule ), drawings (Takalai children), family trees, photographs, audio tapes (music), reports and manuscripts (includes several unpublished papers from Ann Chowning, and Lakalai and Nakanai dictionaries).

Field Notes

Container: Box 8, 9, 10

Note Books (1 of 2)	Box 7
Note Books (2 of 2)	Box 7
10 Orientation 1954-1968	Box 8
12 Methodology 1954	Box 8
13 Geography 1954	Box 8
14 Human Biology 1954-1968	Box 8
15 Behavior Processes and Personality 1954	Box 8
16 Demography 1954-1964	Box 8
17 History and Culture Change 1954-1968	Box 8
18 Total Culture 1954	Box 8
19 Language 1954-1956	Box 8
20 Communication 1954-1968	Box 8
21 Records 1954	Box 8
22 Food Quest 1954-1968	Box 8
23 Animal Husbandry 1954-1968	Box 8
24 Agriculture	Box 8
25 Food Processing 1954-1968	Box 8
26 Food Consumption 1954-1968	Box 8
27 Drink, Drugs and Indulgence 1954	Box 8
28 Leather,Textiles and Fabrics 1954-1968	Box 8
29 Clothing 1954-1968	Box 8
30 Adornment 1954-1968	Box 8
31 Exploitive Activities 1954	Box 8
34 Structures 1954	Box 8
35 Equipment and Maintenance of Buildings 1954	Box 8
36 Settlements 1954-1968	Box 8
37 Energy and Power 1954-1962	Box 8
38 Chemical Industries 1954-1968	Box 8
39 Capital Goods Industries 1954	Box 8
41 Tools and Appliances 1954	Box 8
42 Property 1954-1968	Box 8
43 Exchange 1954-1962	Box 8
46 Labor 1954	Box 8
48 Travel and Transportation 1954	Box 8
50 Water and Air transportation 1954-1968	Box 8
51 Living Standards and Routines 1954-1968	Box 8
52 Recreation 1954-1968	Box 8
53 Fine Arts 1954-1968	Box 8
54 Entertainment 1954	Box 8
55 Individuation and Mobility 1954-1968	Box 9
56 Social Stratification 1954-1968	Box 9
57 Interpersonal Relations 1954-1968	Box 9
58 Marriage 1954-1968	Box 9
59 Family 1954-1968	Box 9
60 Kinship (and notes) 1954-1968	Box 9
61 Kin Groups 1954	Box 9
62 Community 1954-1968	Box 9
63 Territorial Organizations 1954	Box 9
64 State 1954-1968	Box 9
66 Political Behavior 1954 (1 of 2)	Box 9
66 Political Behavior 1954 (2 of 2)	Box 9
67 Law 1954	Box 9
68 Offenses and Sanctions 1954	Box 9
72 War 1954-1968	Box 9
73 Social Problems 1954	Box 9
75 Sickness 1954-1968	Box 9
76 Death 1954-1968	Box 9
77 Religious Beliefs 1954-1968	Box 9
78 Religious Practice 1954-1968	Box 10
79 Ecclesiastical Organizations 1954 (1 of 3)	Box 10
79 Ecclesiastical Organizations 1954 (2 of 3)	Box 10
79 Ecclesiastical Organizations 1954 (3 of 3)	Box 10
80 Numbers and Measures 1954-1962	Box 10
82 Ideas and About Man and Nature 1954-1968	Box 10
83 Sex 1954-1968	Box 10
84 Reproduction 1954-1968	Box 10
85 Infancy and Childhood 1954-1968	Box 10
86 Socialization 1954	Box 10
87 Education 1954	Box 10
88 Adolescence, Adulthood and Old Age 1954-1962	Box 10
West Nakanai Genealogies (1 of 2)	Box 10
West Nakanai Genealogies (2 of 2)	Box 10
Nakanai Miscellaneous Notes	Box 10
Tri-institutional Pacfic Program Linquistic Questionaire 1954	Box 10

Language Notes
Central Interior Area	Box 11
Fijian	Box 11
Comparative Vocabularies - Kakanai Dialects, 1 of 2	Box 11
Comparative Vocabularies - Kakanai Dialects, 2 of 2	Box 11
Kapore Language	Box 11
Kapore and Mangseng	Box 11
Kapore and Mangseng, Comparative Vocabularies	Box 11
Nakanai	Box 11
Nakanai Dialects	Box 11
Proto - Nakanai Data	Box 11
West Nakanai	Box 11
Willaumez Language Data	Box 11
Willaumez	Box 11
Willaumez and Vicinity - Comparative Vocabularies	Box 11
Bola - English, A-S	Box 20
Bola - English, T-V	Box 21
Gaura - English	Box 21
Banaule - English	Box 21
Mangseng - English/Manseng-Banaule Cognates	Box 22
Lexico Statistical Calculations for Oceanic Languages	Box 11
Miscellaneous	Box 11

Kinship
Family Trees	Box 11

Maps
Maps	Box 11

Drawings
By Takalai Children (Galico Village) Collected by Ann Chowning	Box 11

Photo Lists 1953-1955
Listings and Financial Data	Box 11

Photographs 1954
Prints with Negative Numbers	Box 11
Prints with No Negative Numbers (1 of 3)	Box 12
Prints with No Negative Numbers (2 of 3)	Box 12
Prints with No Negative Numbers (3 of 3)	Box 12
Contact Prints and Sheets with Negative Numbers	Box 12
35 mm Contact Prints with Negative Numbers (1 of 2)	Box 12
35 mm Contact Prints with Negative Numbers (2 of 2)	Box 12
Contact Prints, Rolls C-X	Box 23

Reports and Manuscripts 1954
Progress Reports	Box 12
Expedition Bibliography 1954-1999	Box 12
A. Chowning Unpublished Papers, Various Papers, A-C "Adolescence", 1989; "Biato", ND; "Change in Staple Crops", ND; "Classifiers in Lakali Counting", 1991	Box 12
A. Chowning Unpublished Papers, "Lakali Cargo Cult", 1956; "Lakali Religion", ND	Box 12
A. Chowning Unpublished Papers, "Honoring the First Born"	Box 12
A. Chowning Unpublished Papers, "Living With the Dead"	Box 12
A. Chowning Unpublished Papers, "Maturing as a Lakalai Woman" 1994	Box 12
A. Chowning Unpublished Papers, "POC Culture"	Box 12
A. Chowning Unpublished Papers, Various Papers, R-T "Biato of Lakali", ND; "Shifting Patterns of Violence", ND; "Residence...Variations in Space Through Time", ND;	Box 12
Jane Goodale and Ann Chowning; Final Report to NSF including Grant Proposal for New Britain Research 1965-1966	Box 12
A. G Floyd: Final Report on Ethnobotanical Expidition - West Nakanai 1954	Box 12
Lakali Political Organization	Box 12
Lakalai-English Dictionary; Front Material	Box 13
Lakalai-English Dictionary (1 of 4)	Box 13
Lakalai-English Dictionary (2 of 4)	Box 13
Lakalai-English Dictionary (3 of 4)	Box 13
Lakalai-English Dictionary (4 of 4)	Box 13
Nakanai-English Dictionary (1 of 3)	Box 13
Nakanai-English Dictionary (2 of 3)	Box 13
Nakanai-English Dictionary (3 of 3)	Box 13
West Nakanai-English Vocabulary (1 of 2)	Box 13
West Nakanai-English Vocabulary (2 of 2)	Box 13
Proto-Nakanai	Box 14
Willaumez Languages of New Britain	Box 14
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Reflexes in the Willaumez Languages (1 of 2)	Box 14
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Reflexes in the Willaumez Languages (2 of 2)	Box 14

Audio Tapes 1954
1 West Nakanai Galilo Children and Adults Singing (Reel to Reel)	Box 15
2 West Nakanai Galilo Men and Women Singing and Lapuroro on Flute (Reel to Reel)	Box 15
3 Mou Lapuroro on Flute	Box 15
Ann Chowning: Lakali Stories, Kove, Mourning; Lakali Mourning	Box 15

Maps, oversize
Nakanai, New Britain. Maps published and Unpublished	Map-case M-10
Nakanai, New Britain. Hand Drawn Maps	Map-case M-10

Componential Analysis of Kinship Terminology

Container: Box 14, 15

Basic Analytical Procedures	Box 14
Kalmuk Mongel	Box 14
Huichol	Box 14
Lakalai, New Britain	Box 14
Moala	Box 14
Yankee Kinship	Box 14
Appendices, Bibliography	Box 14
M.S. Drafts	Box 14
Miscellaneous	Box 14
Audio Tape: Formal Analysis Conference: Goodenough Yankee Discussion	Box 15

Miscellaneous

Container: Bin 14

Teaching	Box 14
Composed Music	Box 14
Audio Tapes: Field Work - South Pacific Studies	Box 14
Miscellaneous Goodenough Papers	Box 14