Brian L. Foster Collection
Scope and Contents
The content of this research archive includes the following: -Census questionnaires for three Mon villages and one Thai village from 1970-71, all in Thai, along with copies of the questionnaires with questions in English and answers in Thai -Census questionnaires from three Mon villages from 1981, in Thai, along with copies of the questionnaires with questions in English and answers in Thai -Other questionnaires on language use/fluency, friendships, over age 16, and others -Census interviews done by Thai university students -Interview notes, primarily in English -Tape recordings of interviews and transcripts -Code book coding sheets -Brian Foster's dissertation -Reprints of articles/chapter publications by Foster -A four-volume HRAF publication with detailed data and data analysis based on 1971 field work -A Report to the National Research Council of Thailand based on 1981 field research -Genealogy data: notebooks, coded data -Old copies of ethnographic work on Burma -Small notebooks on household composition and economic status -Documentation of SONET social network computer program by Foster and Stephen Seidman
Dates
- created: 1971-1981
- Other: Date acquired: 05/30/2019
Creator
- Foster, Brian L. (Person)
Extent
44.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
Brian L. Foster
Geographic
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Repository Details
Part of the Northern Illinois University Repository
Founders Memorial Library
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL 60115 US
815-753-9392
rhcua@niu.edu