Identity area
Reference code
Title
Ethnology and Archaeology
Date(s)
- 1963 - 1982 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
15 cm of textual records
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Materials described here date from 1963 to 1982 and consist of correspondence as well as research and study materials collected by George Swinton on the topics of Inuit art and culture, especially pertaining to the pre-contact/pre-historic periods. Also described here are items pertaining to an “Urgent Ethnology Program” proposal to document vanishing cultural practises and the “Thule Archaeological Conservation Project” as well as the expected impact of a US embargo on whalebone carvings and materials pertaining to the development of policies on archaeological sites by the government of the North West Territories.