Finding Aid for Muriel "Miki" Crespi Papers, 1929-2004 | University of Illinois Archives

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Series 3: Postdoctoral Career, 1969-2004

This series contains Crespi's correspondence, postdoctoral project materials, grant applications and reports, publications, and teaching materials created after she received her Ph.D. Contents include publications and reports related to her Fulbright lectureship and continued research in Ecuador; documents pertaining to her role in and funding from institutions such as the Foundation for Inter-Andean Development, the Inter-American Foundation, the International Institute for Environment and Development, the United States Agency for International Development, and the National Institute of Mental Health; and her notes and reports concerning her research and work with Portuguese-speaking immigrants in Rhode Island and the development of programs for bilingual education in the New England region. Sub-series are in the following order: Correspondence (arranged chronologically); Postdoctoral Projects and Research about Ecuador (arranged alphabetically); Postdoctoral Research on Portuguese-Speaking Immigrants (arranged alphabetically); Publications and Presented Papers (arranged chronologically); and Teaching (arranged chronologically). Contents in this series are in English, with the exception of some published papers that include Spanish translations.

Sub-Series 1: Correspondence, 1972-1983

This sub-series contains correspondence Crespi received from and sent to academic colleagues and prospective employers. Arranged chronologically.

Box 7

Folder 1: Joseph B. Casagrande, 1972-1973

Folder 2: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Brown University, 1977

Folder 3: Postdoctoral Job Search - Southeastern Massachusetts University and Rhode Island College, 1978, 1980

Folder 4: Laurie Price-McGough, 1980

Folder 5: Marvin Harris - University of Florida, 1983

Folder 6: Karen Sacks, 1983

Folder 7: Norman E. Whitten, Jr., 1983

Sub-Series 2: Postdoctoral Projects and Research: Ecuador, 1969-1989

This sub-series contains funding applications and reports, and research proposals related to Crespi’s postdoctoral research in Ecuador. Her research interests at this time included rural Ecuadorian women’s contributions to economic development; biodiversity in Ecuador; and the impact of agrarian reforms on the lives of Ecuadorian peasants. Crespi worked with and applied for funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Inter-American Foundation, the Foundation for Inter-Andean Development, the International Institute for Environment and Development, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. She was additionally awarded a Fulbright-Hays lectureship in Ecuador in 1977. This sub-series does not contain fieldwork materials, which can be found in Series 2, Sub-Series 3. Box 7 Folders 12, 16-18, and 20 contain sensitive information and are therefore restricted; contact illiarch@illinois.edu for inquiries about restricted contents. Arranged alphabetically.

Box 7

Folder 8: City University of New York Summer Research Grant - Fieldwork in Ecuador, 1969

Folder 9: Crespi Paper Shared with the U.S. Department of Agriculture: "The Women of a Rural Estate Community: A Case Study", 1981

Folder 10: Foundation for Inter-Andean Development: USAID Funding Proposal - Indigenous Women's Contributions to Rural Development, 1978-1980

Folder 11: Fulbright-Hays Lectureship in Ecuador, 1976-1977

Folder 12: Inter-American Foundation Proposal: The Social Impact of Agrarian Reforms on Traditional Hacienda Peasants in Ecuador, 1977-1978

Restricted - contains sensitive information.

Folder 13: International Institute for Environment and Development: An Assessment of Biological Diversity - Ecuador (Appendices), ca. 1988

Folder 14: International Institute for Environment and Development: Biodiversity in Ecuador Project Correspondence, Proposals, and Reports, 1988

Folder 15: International Institute for Environment and Development: Ecuador Study Correspondence, Drafts, and Reports, 1988-1989

Folder 16: International Institute for Environment and Development: Invoices, 1988

Restricted - contains sensitive information.

Folder 17: National Institute of Mental Health: Administrative Correspondence, Grant Applications, and Report of Expenditures, 1969-1972

Restricted - contains sensitive information.

Folder 18: National Institute of Mental Health: Application and Proposal for Research Grant - Ritual, Intergroup Relations and Culture Change, 1969-1970

Restricted - contains sensitive information.

Folder 19: Proposal: "The Social Impact of Agrarian Reforms on Traditional Hacienda Peasants in Ecuador: New Families, Households, and Communities", 1977

Folder 20: Public Health Service Research Grant: "Ritual, Intergroup Relations, and Culture Change", 1969

Restricted - contains sensitive information.

Folder 21: Research Proposal: Differential Impacts of New Land Tenure Systems on the Men and Women of Ecuadorian Haciendas, ca. 1978-1979

Folder 22: USAID Report: Progress in Conserving Tropical Forests and Biological Diversity in Developing Countries, 1988

Folder 23: USAID Research Funding: Women in Rural Ecuador, 1978

Folder 24: U.S. Department of Agriculture: Women's Participation on Programs of Economic Development: The Ecuadorian Case, 1980

Folder 25: Wenner-Gren Foundation Grant Proposal: Social Organizational Responses of Hacienda Peasants to Agrarian Reforms in Ecuador, 1975-1976

Sub-Series 3: Postdoctoral Projects and Research: Portuguese-Speaking Immigrant Communities and Bilingual Education in New England, 1975-1982

This sub-series contains official evaluations and reports, funding applications and forms, and ethnographic notes. Contents relate to Crespi’s work teaching citizenship courses for Portuguese-speaking immigrant factory workers, as well as her work developing curricula and evaluations for bilingual education at academic institutions, including Brown University, Seton Hall University, and Jersey City State College. Box 7 Folders 34, 36, and 40 contain sensitive information and are therefore restricted; contact illiarch@illinois.edu for inquiries about restricted contents. Arranged alphabetically.

Box 7

Folder 26: Brown University Center for Portuguese and Brazilian Studies: Correspondence, Forms, and Notes, 1980-1982

Folder 27: Bureau of Labor Statistics: Wages in New England, 1976-1978

Folder 28: Evaluation: The Multicultural Center at Jersey City State College, 1982

Folder 29: Evaluation of the Seton Hall Title VII Training Program for Bilingual Teachers and Administrators, 1981-1982, 1982

Folder 30: Evaluation Reports for the Teacher Traineeship Program in Portuguese Bilingual Education: Brown University, 1979-1982

Folder 31: International Institute ProCap Proposal: American Language and Culture for Working-Class Immigrants, 1978

Folder 32: Labor and Union-Related Pamphlets and Newsletters in English and Spanish - Rhode Island, 1980

Folder 33: Maps: Portuguese Immigration and Global Communities, ca. 1975

Folder 34: National Institute of Mental Health: Postdoctoral Research Funding Aplications - Family Organization Among Ethnic Minorities, 1977-1979

Restricted - contains sensitive information.

Folder 35: National Institute of Mental Health: National Research Service and Award Payback Activities Certification, 1979-1981

Folder 36: National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship: Application, Correspondence, and Notice of Award, 1975-1977

Restricted - contains sensitive information.

Folder 37: Notes: Portuguese-American Communities, ca. 1975-1980

Folder 38: Notes: Portuguese Bilingual Education - Rhode Island, 1980

Folder 39: Paper Draft and Notes: "Portuguese Immigrants, Economic Strategies and the Need for Programs in 'Appropriate Education'", ca. 1975-1980

Folder 40: Research Fellowship Applications: Forms of Portuguese-American Responses to Poverty, 1975

Restricted - contains sensitive information.

Folder 41: Research and Observation Notes: Portuguese-American Families and Factory Workers in Providence, Rhode Island, ca. 1978-1980

Folder 42: Rhode Island International Institute: Bilingual Immigrant Evaluations, ca. 1977-1980

Folder 43: Rhode Island International Institute: Evaluations, Notes, and Adult Education, ca. 1977-1980

Folder 44: Rhode Island International Institute: Notes, Forms, Reports, and Program Proposals, 1977-1980

Folder 45: Rhode Island Portuguese-Speaking Immigrants Ethnographic Notes (1 of 2), 1977-1979

Folder 46: Rhode Island Portuguese-Speaking Immigrants Ethnographic Notes (2 of 2), 1977-1979

Folder 47: Rhode Island Portuguese-Speaking Immigrants Ethnographic Notes: Filomena Pimental, 1977-1979

Folder 48: Rhode Island Portuguese-Speaking Immigrants Ethnographic Notes: Holy Ghost Brotherhood and Holy Rosary Covenant, 1978

Folder 49: Rhode Island Portuguese-Speaking Immigrants Ethnographic Notes: International Institute Staff, 1977-1979

Sub-Series 4: Publications and Presented Papers, 1971-2001

This sub-series contains a selection of Crespi's published papers, and papers presented at conferences. Many of these papers were published in anthropology and ethnography journals, or as chapters in books about Ecuador; two of such papers/book chapters include Spanish translations. The contents of most of these papers are related to her continued postdoctoral research in Ecuador, and later publications are concerned with her work in ethnography at the National Parks Service. Arranged chronologically.

Box 7

Folder 50: "Changing Power Relations: The Rise of Peasant Unions on Traditional Ecuadorian Haciendas", 1971

In Anthropological Quarterly, Vol 44 No 4, Oct 1971. Research supported by Public Health Research Grant, 1964-1965, 1970; Faculty Research Grant from CUNY 1969. Revised version of paper presented at Lima, 1970 at the International Congress of Americanists.

Folder 51: "When Indios Become Cholos: Some Consequences of the Changing Ecuadorian Hacienda", 1975

In The New Ethnicity: Perspectives from Ethnology, 1973 proceedings of The American Ethnological Society. Chapter 10.

Folder 52: "Peasant Women as Union Leaders: When the Absence of Property Becomes a Qualification for Political Roles" (English and Spanish), 1976

In Estudios Andinos 12, edited by June Nash, University of Pittsburg. Spanish title: "Mujeres Campesinas como Líderes Sindicales: La Falta de Propriedad como Calificación para Puestos Politícos"

Folder 53: "Women's Political Activism as a Strategy for Crisis-Solving in Ecuador", 1979

Presented at the 78th Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1979.

Folder 54: "St. John the Baptist: The Ritual Mirror of Hacienda Indian Ethnic and Power Relations" (English and Spanish), 1979, 1984

Book chapter, in Cultural Transformations and Ethnicity in Modern Ecuador, edited by Norman E. Whitten, Jr., 1981. Spanish title: "San Juan el Bautista: Una Mirada a las Relaciones Etnicas y de Poder de los Indigenas de las Haciendas"

Folder 55: Crespi Articles in Anthropology and Ethnography Publications, 1987, 1990, 2001

"Ethnography and the NPS: A Growing Partnership" in Cultural Resources Management Bulletin Vol 10 No 1, February, 1987; "Humanizing Resources Management: Ethnographic Resources" in Federal Archeology Report Vol 3 No 3, September, 1990; "Raising Muted Voices and Identifying Invisible Resources" in Cultural Resource Management, Vol 24 No 5, 2001; "Seeking Inclusiveness: The Human Dimension Comes to the Forefront at the National Park Service" in Common Ground, 2001 (reissue of winter 1998/1999).

Sub-Series 5: Teaching, 1969-1977

This sub-series contains bibliographies, assignment prompts, and lecture notes Crespi created while teaching classes at colleges and universities. Contents include materials from the periods Crespi worked as an Assistant Professor for Hunter College CUNY, a visiting Assistant Professor for the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and a Fulbright Lecturer for Universidad Catolica in Quito, Ecuador. Arranged chronologically.

Box 8

Folder 1: Anthropology Course Bibliographies, Prompts, and Syllabi for Courses Taught at Hunter College, CUNY, 1969, 1972-1975

Folder 2: Social Studies in the Elementary School Course Materials and Notes, Hunter College, CUNY, 1972

Folder 3: Syllabus for "Peasant Society" Course Taught at Hunter College, CUNY, 1972

Folder 4: Peasant Society Course Assigment Prompts and Lecture Notes, Hunter College CUNY, ca. 1972-1975

Folder 5: Syllabi for Courses Taught at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1976

Folder 6: Schedule and Notes for "Seminario Sobre Hacienda y Campesino" Course at Universidad Catolica, Ecuador, 1977

Folder 7: Lecture Notes - Anthropology and South America, ca. 1977

Sub-Series 6: The National Parks Service, 1982-1983, 2003-2004

This sub-series contains publications and unpublished material about the National Parks Service and Crespi's contributions therein, and materials created during her tenure at NPS. Arranged alphabetically.

Box 8

Folder 8: Edward Wakin Article: "Coming of Age in the Civil Service," in American Way, June, 1983

Folder 9: "For Joe Casagrande", 1982

Folder 10: Newsletter Item: "NPS Anthropologist is to Work with Planners", ca. 1983

Folder 11: Pamphlets: "The Applied Ethnography Program" at the National Park Service (English and Spanish), Undated

Folder 12: Publications on Crespi's Legacy at the National Park Service, 2003-2004

Folder 13: Unpublished Paper: "Ceremonial Life at the Workplace: Responses to Uncertainty, Opportunity and Constraint", ca. 1982

Expansion of paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, D.C., 1982, "Welcome Aboard: Ceremonial Incorporation and Maintenance in the Federal Workplace."