Institution: University of Chicago Library
Collection Title: University of Chicago Department of Anthropology Records
Date (inclusive): 1929-1997
Collection Identifier: ICU.SPCL.ANTHRODEPT
Repository (location info): University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid link: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/ead/rlg/ICU.SPCL.ANTHRODEPT.pdf
Website link: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/scrc/

RBMVE Biographical Note: Fay-Cooper Cole was part of the recruitment committee or board for RBMVE. He was the founding chair of the Anthropology department at University of Chicago, and his papers are included under series I of the Department’s records. Fay-Cooper Cole’s son, LaMont Cole, participated in the RBMVE.
Scope and Content: From the abstract of the finding aid listed: “The Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago was founded in 1929 under the chairmanship of Fay- Cooper Cole. The collection comprises records of the department from its inception through 1997. It includes the Fay-Cooper Cole Papers, information and data from early archeological, linguistic and socio-cultural anthropological fieldwork, early materials on teaching and curriculum, files on department buildings and space, administrative and financial papers and documentation, faculty and staff information and student files.”

Container List or Summary of RBMVE-related Material:
Box 13, Folder 15 – Letters related to the RBMVE
Box 20, Folder 6 – Correspondence and field reports I, 1938
Box 20, Folder 7 – Correspondence and field reports II, 1938