ABSTRACT
I n order to keep abreast of the Taxes' activities, Redfield had devised a system of reporting whereby Tax sent h im regular installments of his field notes, diary, and note summaries. The form and content of each of these documents were adjusted as the nature of the research activities varied and as Redfield and Tax's relationship developed. The summer between the first and second field seasons, Tax arranged for a supply of new field notebooks. These books were hardbound, 8V2 x 11 inches, wi th alternating originals, perforated for removal, and copies, bound permanently to the book. Tax hoped that this would facilitate notekeeping for interviews and descriptions of events, as these would no longer have to be typed after the fact but could be wri t ten on the spot.
