Ruth and Wallace Ruff Recordings
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- Collection
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58 digital objects.
- Description
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The Ruth and Wallace Ruff Papers document the long term work by Wallace (known as Mac) and his wife, Ruth, who conducted village surveys and documented settlement patterns primarily in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Mac Ruff, a landscape architect, taught at the Department of Architecture at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology in Lae, and was known for his studies of traditional architecture. Also included are videos taken by their daughter Jody Ruff-Harcourt.
The recordings were digitized through support by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. - Creation Date
- 1977-2001
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- Location Of Originals
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From the Ruth and Wallace Ruff Papers. MSS 832. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
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Some content in this collection may be moderated due to cultural sensitivity. Please refer to the UC San Diego Library’s Historical Context and Cultural Sensitivity Statement for more information.
- Geographics
- Language
- Multiple languages
