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File consists of lists pertaining to leases granted in the village of Abary, Guyana.

File consists of Silverman's handwritten notes pertaining to the contents of this report.

Series consists of records created and accumulated by Silverman as a result of field research conducted in Ecuador in 1978, part of her first sabbatical project as a professor at York University, to investigate class formation and economic differentiation amongst banana producers in coastal Ecuador. These records document the early stages of a long-term research project and provide a broad overview of production in Ecuador’s banana export sector in the 1960s and 1970s. These records are primarily government documents and Silverman’s field notes, worksheets and coding forms. Included are Ministry of Agriculture statistics about banana producers, including their names, locations, hectarages and quantity of exports, as well as agricultural census materials from 1954, 1968 and 1976, a list of banana co-operatives in Ecuador, and correspondence and other documents pertaining to the Coop Paraiso banana co-operative.

File consists of Silverman's notes, diagrams and charts pertaining to Bush Lot building applications and applicants.

File pertains to the visit of Prime Minister L.F.S. Burnham to Bush Lot on 28 September 1969. Items include the welcome address of S.M. Fazil, the chairman of Bush Lot, guest lists and an invitation.

File consists of Silverman's notes and notebooks documenting membership information and activity for the Bush Lot Thrift and Credit Co-op.

File consists of copies of documents pertaining to Ricardo Calero Jervez.

File consists of a card index of the main historical events of the village in the study, taken from a variety of sources.

Index appears to pertain to book reviews and articles exclusively from academic journal American Anthropologist.

Item is a list of statistics pertaining to numbers of people belong to caste groups in Guyana, compiled from an article by R.T. Smith in the journal Population Studies (1959-1960).

File consists of notes pertaining to village, tract numbers, population, race and religion statistics from the 1960 Guyanese census.

Item is a memorandum written by Silverman to Miguel Murmis, Sociology section, Ecuador project, CERLAC. The memorandum is a report by Silverman to request the second installment of her research grant.

File consists of Silverman's notes about the Bush Lot Turf Club's history and Cheddi Swesankar's family history based on her interview with Swesankar, as well as her notes from an 8 December 1969 club election meeting.

File consists of notes, diagrams and lists pertaining to code sources for Silverman's research.

Item is a handwritten report delivered by Silverman to RISM (Research Institute for the Study of Man) field workers in Trinidad.

File consists of Silverman's notes pertaining to reports of the banks committee of the local government board and co-op credit banks from 1921 to 1955, with a focus on loans.

File consists of Silverman's notes and lists pertaining to the replayment of Bush Lot co-op loans.

File consists of lists of members of Ecuadorian banana cooperatives.

File consists of correspondence exchanged between Silverman and her PhD advisor, Professor Richard Salisbury of McGill University, pertaining to Silverman's field research work in Bush Lot, Guyana, and her affiliation with Professor Leslie Cummings at the University of Guyana. Included is a draft progress report and proposed thesis outline written by Silverman.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the costs of crop spraying, organized by producer name and farm. These statistics were compiled by Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Programa Nacional del Banano y Frutas Tropicales, Seccion Sistemas Mecanizados.

File consists of charts composed of statistical summaries of crimes, both summary and indictable, recorded by the Mackenzie and Wismar police stations in British Guiana between 1959 and 1965, organized by year.

File consists of charts composed of statistical summaries of crimes, both summary and indictable, recorded by the Mackenzie and Wismar police stations in British Guiana between 1959 and 1965, organized by year.

File consists of a copy of Marston Garsia's book, Criminal law and procedure, published in 1961, as well as part of a handwritten letter by Silverman requesting access to personnel information about young people employed at DEMBA.

File consists of forms completed by Cyril Rachpaul, the assistant overseer of Bush Lot, documenting his interactions and meetings with individuals on a daily basis from August to October 1969. One form was completed for every person with whom he interacted.

File consists of handwritten notes pertaining to reports of the district commissioner of the Bush Lot local government.

File consists of correspondence pertaining to the issuing of permissions for Silverman's research access in Guyana during the fall of 1970.

Item is copy three of Silverman's MA thesis submitted to McGill University's Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

Item is Silverman's MA thesis proposal prepared for a thesis conference in February 1967.

Series consists of records created and accumulated by Silverman in Guyana in 1966 while working on her MA thesis, entitled “Deviance and conformity in a Caribbean mining town”, which explored male juvenile delinquency in the bauxite mining town of Mackenzie (now Linden). These records document Silverman’s research methods and the aggregation of data acquired. Records include police and probation records, field and interview notes, reports, completed questionnaires, card indices, crime and employment statistics, an aerial photograph of Mackenzie, a research proposal, copies of Silverman’s completed thesis, and audio recordings of interviews.

Item is a diary maintained by Silverman, detailing in point-form her daily activities between June and December 1969.

Item is a diary maintained by Silverman, detailing in point-form her daily activities in January and February 1970.

Item is a typescript document detailing certain sections of a 1939 report about Bush Lot drainage areas.

File consists of statistical reports prepared by the Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Programa Nacional del Banano y Frutas Tropicales.

File consists of copies of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the Paraiso Cooperativa de Produccion Agricola y Mercadeo.

File consists of Silverman's handdrawn graph and notes pertaining to Bush Lot employment data.

Item is a notebook maintained by Silverman consisting of interview notes.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of bananas from Ecuador between January 1976 and June 1978, organized by company name and detailing the port, ship and quantity.

File consists of spreadsheet detailing the exportation of produce from Ecuador in the first half of 1974, organized by producer name and detailing the export destination and quantities.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of produce from Ecuador in 1975, organized by producer name and detailing the export destination and quantities.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of produce from Ecuador in the first half of 1976, organized by producer name and detailing the export destination and quantities.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of produce from Ecuador in the second half of 1976, organized by producer name and detailing the export destination and quantities.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of produce from Ecuador in the first half of 1977, organized by producer name and detailing the export destination and quantities.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of produce from Ecuador in the second half of 1977, organized by producer name and detailing the export destination and quantities.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of produce from Ecuador in the first half of 1978, organized by producer name and detailing the export destination and quantities.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of produce from Ecuador in 1973, organized by producer name and detailing the export destination and quantities.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of produce from Ecuador in the second half of 1974, organized by producer name and detailing the export destination and quantities.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of bananas and tropical fruit from Ecuador between 1977 and 1978, organized by province and country. These statistics were compiled by the Programa Nacional del Banano y Frutas Tropicales.

File consists of spreadsheets detailing the exportation of bananas and tropical fruit from Ecuador between 1977 and 1978, organized by zone and sector. These statistics were compiled by the Programa Nacional del Banano y Frutas Tropicales.

File consists of notes taken by Silverman pertaining to these minutes and reports.

File consists of two notebooks maintained by Silverman while in British Guyana in 1966 conducting field research. Notebooks consist of diary-style entries as well as notes pertaining to Silverman's work, including interviews and observations.

Item is a handwritten report by Silverman.

Item is a diagram of the structure of the government of Ecuador.

File consists of a list of civil and criminal cases before the Magistrate's Court at Fort Wellington between 1966 and 1969. Each entry details case number, criminal or civil case, date, plaintiff and defendant names, and the complaint.

File consists of data compiled on grid sheets.

Item is a a copy of a press release by the Guyana Anti-Discrimination Movement.

File consists of completed surveys from different area high schools.

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.

Questionnaires in this file, organized by head of household, detail the names of family members and other personal information, including religion, age, education, ethnicity, extended family names, as well as property and farming information.