Papers of anthropologist Paula Brown Glick. Glick did much of her research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, particularly Chimbu. Papers include correspondence, writing, research files and notebooks, as well as a large number of photographs and slides.
Paula Brown Glick Papers, 1933-1996 (bulk 1958-1987) (MSS 731)
Extent: 4 Linear feet (7 archives boxes, 3 card file boxes, and 1 oversize folder)
Paula Brown Glick received her BA and MA from the University of Chicago. After receiving a Fulbright scholarship in 1948, she obtained her PhD in social anthropology from the University of London in 1950. Then, from 1952-1955, she worked as a research anthropologist at the Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Brown Glick went on to conduct fieldwork in the New Guinea Highlands for the Australian National University (ANU) program as a research fellow and senior fellow. She devoted much of her career to the study of the Papua New Guinea Highlands, specifically Chimbu. After leaving the ANU in 1965, Brown Glick joined the faculty at SUNY Buffalo. She was promoted to full professor in 1968 and headed the anthropology department for years, retiring in 1991.
During her life, Brown Glick wrote and published prolifically. Published books include The Chimbu: A Study of Change in the New Guinea Highlands (1972), Highland Peoples of New Guinea (1978), and Beyond a Mountain Valley: The Simbu of Papua New Guinea (1995).
Paula Brown Glick died in New York on February 26, 2009.
The papers of Paula Brown Glick, anthropologist, professor and writer who spent much of her career studying the Papua New Guinea Highlands, and particularly Chimbu. The collection documents her research in the region, as well as a portion of her writings. The papers range in date from 1933-1994, with the bulk of the material from 1958-1987. Arranged in four series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS, 3) RESEARCH MATERIAL, and 4) IMAGES AND FILM.