This collection is comprised of documents pertaining to Barry Michrina’s life and research. The subjects of this collection are primarily the Pennsylvania coal mining region and the Southern Ute tribe, with some discussion on professionalism within the field of anthropology and the overlap between psychology and cultural anthropology. Materials in this collection include handwritten and typed documents, letters, and journals, audio and visual tapes, newspapers and newspaper clippings, and both positive and negative photographs. Most items in this collection date between 1980 and 2010, with some ethnographic writings on the Ute dating to between the early 19th century and the mid-20th century.