Bruce Grindal Papers, 1972-2012
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 19 Linear Feet 19 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box number], [Folder number], Bruce Grindal Papers, MSS 2019-003, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2019-003
Background
- Scope and content:
Course materials subject files, and publications documenting the scholarship and research of Dr. Bruce Grindal, professor of anthropology. Subjects include cultural anthropology, human conflict, religion, and the Sisala people of Ghana, Africa.
Select materials from the Grindal Papers have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library.
- Biographical / historical:
Dr. Bruce Grindal was a humanistic anthropologist and Florida State University professor of anthropology.
Bruce Grindal grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He attended Northwestern University, first as a chemical engineering student, then studying anthropology. He later received a doctoral degree from Indiana University Bloomington.
Grindal joined the Anthropology Department at Florida State University in 1972, subsequently serving as department chair.
Grindal's article "Into the Heart of Sisala Experience" was published in 1983. An ethnographic inquiry into two Sisala burials, it includes an account of a human corpse becoming animated during a Sisala burial ritual in 1967.
Grindal was co-founder of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology and founding editor of Anthropology and Humanism. He was the regional field representative and organizer for the US Commission on Proposals for the National Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution and co-founder of FSU's Peace Studies Program.
Grindal passed away in Tallahassee, Florida, on April 2, 2012.
Sources "Dr. Bruce Grindal 1940-2012." https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tallahassee/obituary.aspx?pid=156860482
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Deed of Gift by Lourdes Grindal in May 2019.
- Arrangement:
As much as possible, the current arrangement reflects the order of materials in Grindal's home office in 2019.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Access to materials in Box 1-4, 8, 18, and 19 is restricted, pending further review of records pertaining to FSU students and of audio and audiovisual recordings for copyright considerations, ethical access to indigineous cultural heritage, and/or creation of user copies.
All other materials are open to all researchers.
Contact the Director of Manuscripts Collections for more information on access to restricted materials.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
Copyright restrictions may apply. Copyrights held by Mrs. Lourdes Grindal in 2019 were transferred to FSU by Deed of Gift. Please contact Special Collections & Archives at lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu for more information about the rights status of specific works in this collection.
Unpublished works by Bruce Grindal, including unpublished field notes, are In Copyright - Florida State University. For permission to re-use content beyond Fair Use, contact Special Collections & Archives staff at lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu.
Copyright terms in unpublished works by Grindal will expire on January 1, 2083.
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box number], [Folder number], Bruce Grindal Papers, MSS 2019-003, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2019-003
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
