Finding Aid for Sonya Salamon Papers, 1971-2007 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Sonya Salamon Papers, 1971-2007

ID: 8/11/28

Primary Creator: Salamon, Sonya

Extent: 1.0 cubic feet

Arrangement:

Accession #1:

By subject.

Accession #2:

The second accession to the Papers of Sonya Salaomon (accessioned: Summer 2021) consists of two series: subject files and publications. The first series is arranged by the following topics: deed of gift and Professor Salamons CV, Professor Salamons graduate papers; information regarding the plagiarism of Professor Salamons work; research regarding rural communities and families (Newcomers book) as well as rural trailer parks and families (Singlewide book). Within each topic the folders are arranged alphabetically by title. This series contains restricted research materials under the conditions of the deed of gift that survey data, field notes, transcriptions of interviews, and other material collected from informants, including names and community names, or parts thereof, may not be copied or otherwise reproduced for a period of 50 years from date of creation. Furthermore, these restrictions are in place to maintain the anonymity of the persons who have been interviewed by Professor Salamon and/or her associates. Research use of the information contained in these interviews must not reveal the names of informants, or other demographic data which would make identification of persons possible, nor make it possible to determine their identity for a period of 50 years from date of documentation creation.

The second series, publications, is arranged chronologically. The publications range from the 1970s - 2000s. The second accession contains four folders of publications as well as two books, Adult Episodes in Japan and Singlewide. The folders containing the publications are located at the end of the box and labelled folders 1 - 4.

Date Acquired: 07/29/2014

Subjects: Agriculture, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography, Faculty Papers, Family Farm, Family Life, Music -- Japan, Rural Communities, Women

Languages: English

Papers of Sonya Salamon (1971-2017), Professor of Community Studies in the Department of Human and Community Development, include survey codes, survey data, plat maps, slides, photographs, research notes, lists of publications and theses, and publications, concerning ethnographic studies of gender and family life in Tokyo, Japan (1971-1975), and of rural and suburban communities in central Illinois (1976-1999), especially examining issues such as suburbanization, social status and ethnicity, and agribusiness.

The second accession (Summer 2021) to the Papers of Sonya Salamon includes the deed of gift, Professor Salamons CV, her graduate student research papers; information regarding the plagiarism of Professor Salamons work; research regarding rural communities and families (Newcomers book) as well as rural trailer parks and families (Singlewide book). As well as publications from the 1970s - 2000s. The publications examine topics such as gender studies of Japan, farms and families of rural America, rural American culture and ethnicity, book reviews, and Professor Salamon's book "Singlewide" (2017).

Agriculture
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Faculty Papers
Family Farm
Family Life
Music -- Japan
Rural Communities
Women

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

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Other URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/081128.5.pdf