1 v. (xvii, 342 p.) : 29 cm

20 sound cassettes

Family in Baltimore and New York City; early interests, film, Hollywood; Air Force Altitude Training Center, WWII; Harvard Dept. of Social Relations; faculty Gregory Bateson, Florence Kluckhohn; London School of Economics, thesis, Raymond Firth; marriage to Marion Steuber, London friends and activities; Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill, 1954, ethnographic work; research in Mauritius, 1955-1957, continuing interest in family planning programs; LSE faculty, colleagues, Cambridge Conference, Royal Anthropological Institute, interest in role analysis, ethnographic films; UC Berkeley Dept. of Anthropology since 1966: faculty Elizabeth Colson, William Shack, others, innovative teaching, department chairship; research in Seychelles, 1960, 1974, Men, Women, and Money; social aspects of the move to Berkeley; UC administrative roles: Divisional Dean, Letters & Sciences, Budget Committee, Study Abroad Program, Lowie Museum of Anthropology: PPIE Exhibition, directorship; discusses worlds fair scholarshp, zoo education, Oakland Zoo, careers of daughters Barbara and Helen. Appended articles by Benedict

Forms part of the University history series

Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library

Volume includes index

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