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The George Washington University/Smithsonian Institution Anthropology for Teachers Program

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

sova.naa.2024-02_ref40
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37bd9724a-a6af-4985-8c51-b7c443b47ea0
Collection Creator
Selig, Ruth
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Ruth O. Selig papers
Ruth O. Selig papers / Series 3: Outreach
Date
1978-1983
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.2024-02, Subseries 3.2
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Scope and Contents
Folders focus on the GWU/SI Department of Anthropology's Anthropology for Teachers Program (AFTP), funded by the National Science Foundation from 1978-1982, which included a two-semester course, a museum-based Resource Center of Anthropology Teaching Materials, evening lectures, and AnthroNotes, the National Museum of Natural History Publication for Teachers. In addition to the NSF grant proposals and admission questionnaires filled out by the applicants, the largest subseries section focuses on the course, which included four monthly topics, each topic the focus of an introductory lecture; a week devoted to teaching activities; a Saturday morning session for all three classes of teachers gathered at a central location (some shown in photos and slides); and a week during which teachers shared their teaching units prepared for their own classes incorporating the monthly topic. The graduate level course was offered by GWU's College of Arts and Sciences, but documents reflect the 1982 decision of the federal government to cut all NSF funding for the Pre-College Teacher Development in Science Program, resulting in the cancellation of the second two years of a 3-year 1981 grant. The Smithsonian's Education Outreach Fund provided funding for 1982-83, including the cost of AnthroNotes. In 1983 Selig took a one-year leave of absence, moving to Laramie, Wyoming with her husband. A decade later, several boxes of materials related to the GWU/SI teacher training program were sent to NAA by Department of Anthropology staff. These boxes were accessioned (NAA 1992-05), but not processed. In the fall of 2023, Selig determined that this material included multiple copies of NSF grant proposals, and other folders duplicated her own records, as well as administrative records that did not need to be retained. The few unique materials (program applications to the program and teachers' program evaluations) Selig incorporated into her collection.
Collection Restrictions
The Ruth O. Selig papers are open for research. Access to the papers requires an appointment.
NAA.2024-02_ref40
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37bd9724a-a6af-4985-8c51-b7c443b47ea0
NAA.2024-02
NAA
Record ID
ebl-1739914200574-1739914201351-2

  • Ruth O. Selig papers


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