Introduction 1. The Christoph von Fiirer-Haimendorf Archive exists both as a teaching and research resource and also as a tribute to the late Professor von Furer-Haimendorf, the Emeritus Professor of Asian Anthropology at The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 2. The archive at present consists of the following: over 100 reels of 16mm films taken by Professor von Furer-Haimendorf 18, Sony BR U-Matic 2nd generation copies of the best of these 16mm films (copied in 1984), labelled A1-A18 ~ 18, VHS 3rd generation copies of the above Sony BR U-Matic copies, labelled A19-A35 3300115 cassettes with commentaries by Professor von Furer-Haimendorf and original sounc recordings in the field a video copy and transcription of an interview with Professor von Furer-Haimendorf by Professor Alan Macfarlane, recorded in June, 1983 an impressionistic short film on video about Professor Haimendorf made by Mark Turin Catalogues: Introduction, General Notes & Lists VHS Copies, Full Notes Series 1,16mm films & Notes Series 2,16mm films & Notes 3. Many people have worked on the archive. Professor Alan Macfarlane and Mrs Sarah Harrison have consistently lived with and worked on Professor von Furer-Haimendorf s written and visual soui ces. Dr Pat Bidinger contributed a great deal by viewing all the 16mm films systematically, making notes on them and suggesting which should be copied. The most recent contribution was from Mark Turin, a Research Assistant in the Department, who has made more detailed notes on the films, placed them in a working order and created the catalogues so that staff and students alike may find this enormous resource more accessible. 4. Throughout the notes on the films there appear asterisks, (*,** or ***). These are used to indicate particularly good footage or interesting sections, often shots of Professor von Furer-Haimendorf and his wife, Betty. 5. Many of the film notes have a tape counter running down the left-hand side. This counter is not in minutes or seconds, nor does it relate to actual ft. of footage of 16mm film. It is the standard calibration for VCRs. 6. The labels 'Series 1' and 'Series 2' relate to the date at which they were given to Professor Alan : Macfarlane, and therefore also to when the films were put in a preliminary order. Although the distinction is arbitrary, it has still been maintained because much of the preliminary cataloguing o? the films was based on their 'Series'. 1 > l *