COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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The collection consists of more than 80 artifacts, many from the West New Guinea Highlands. O’Brien’s research interests included women’s roles in Pacific Island social systems, and she also taught in the Women’s Studies program at Temple.  Some of the artifacts in her collection reflect these interests.  Her papers are MSS 717 in the Melanesian Collection at the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California at San Diego.