Hi all,
We have stumbled upon an incredible private research collection of fieldwork notes, photographs, journals, sketches compiled during work with San communities in Namibia and Botswana in the 1950s to 1970s.
The collection is of incredible value in the fields of ethnobotany, linguistics, paleontology, food security, anthropology, archaeology, etc. as it holds original data that is no longer obtainable.
We are looking around to find institutions/ universities/ research units that would be suited to housing such a collection with proper care and encourage accessibility (thinking open source digital archives) to researchers and public alike.
We’re in Cape Town, but looking further afield. If anyone has ideas, suggestions or contacts please do email me.
Emmylou Rabe Bailey
Hearth Heritage
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