Ralph L. Holloway papers, 1960s-2000s
Collection context
- Creator:
- Holloway, Ralph L.
- Extent:
- 5.5 Linear Feet ((3 boxes filed legal, 4 boxes filed letter))
- Language:
- English
- Scope and content:
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Boxes 1-4 consist of his office files: correspondence, department of anthropology files, research files, grant files, publications (including drafts), some research data, and some course related materials; Boxes 5: Holloway articles (reprints) 1962-1996; Box 6: Holloway articles (reprints) 1997-2004; 1964 Holloway dissertation; CVs; unpublished papers, extra copies of reprints (1960s-2000s); Box 7: Extra copies of reprints (1980s) and numerous articles which were found loose. We placed these in bunches in folders, in no particular order. Material dates from the 1960s-2000s.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ralph L. Holloway is a professor emeritus of Biological Anthropology. Holloway's current research is basically three-fold: (1) to study the brain endocasts of fossil hominids to better understand how the human brain evolved; (2) to continue studies on ape brain endocast morphology and variation as a comparative basis for (1); (3) to study modern human brain variation with regard to brain weight, brain organization, and sexual dimorphism
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Terms of access:
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- Location of this collection:
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