General Correspondence, 1955-1980
Dates
- 1955-1980
Scope and Contents
Summary: Incoming letters, carbon copies of outgoing letters, telegrams and miscellaneous legal documents. Letters relate to animal and human behavior, fossil hominids, proto culture, Ardrey's lectures and travels, life in Italy and South Africa, public and scientific reaction to African Genesis, The Territorial Imperative, The Social Contract and The Hunting Hypothesis, public reaction to Khartoum, and the production of The Animal Within.
Among the documents in this series is a 1972 legal deposition by Ardrey describing the conditions in the District of Columbia Jail in terms of his theories of male territoriality.
Language of Materials
English, Spanish, Danish, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Swedish
Access Restrictions
The autobiography and the personal correspondence are restricted and may not be consulted.
Arrangement
Arrangement: Grouped by year and thereafter arranged alphabetically, either by surname of writer or recipient or, less frequently, by corporate name.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository