Computer disks
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Rankin, Robert Louis, 1939-
- See more items in
- Robert Rankin papers
- Robert Rankin papers / Series 4: Subject and correspondence files / 4.6: Filed alphabetically
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Digitization and preparation of sound recordings for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
- Extent
- 308 Floppy discs
- Date
- undated
- Container
- Box 55
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Floppy discs
- Collection Citation
- Robert Rankin papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Note
- Includes 105 3.5 inch floppy disks and 203 5.25 inch floppy disks. Many of the disks include drafts of papers, drafts of dictionary and vocabulary work, translation programs, and data analysis. Much of the material probably exists in paper form in this collection, however, the true extent of the material on the floppy disks is not currently known. This material also includes program file disks, which are being retained to aid in any future data retrieval from the floppy disks.
- Scope and Contents
- The computer disks are restricted for preservation reasons.
- Collection Restrictions
- The Robert Rankin papers are open for research. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Computer disks are currently restricted due to preservation concerns. Access to the Robert Rankin papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510308966-1503510309015-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0