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Edward Harvey Davis (1862–1951), the narrator of the following popular account, was a proli c collector whose activities on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation brought him into contact with many native groups in Southern and Baja California, the Southwest, and northwestern Mexico, and contributed signi cantly to one of the most substantial collections of Native American objects ever assembled. Davis came to California in 1885 and soon settled on an isolated ranch in rural San Diego County. There he began to develop a deep and empathetic interest in his Kumeyaay neighbors that was to eventually culminate in a fascinating career as a wide-ranging museum collector, dedicated photographer, and amateur ethnographer. Most of the ethnographic and archaeological items collected by Davis are now curated at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), which also has about 3,000 of his prints and negatives; another 5,000 or so Davis images are curated at the San Diego History Center (SDHC), which has recently digitized them and made them available for viewing online. The SDHC also has many of Davis’ notebooks, although the bulk of his papers are now at the Cornell University Library (from which they can be obtained in the form of micro lm).

IN SEARCH OF ULSTER-SCOTS LAND: The Birth and Geotheological Imagings of a Transatlantic People, 1603-1703. By BARRY ARON VANN. ix and 252 pp.; maps, diagrs., ills., bibliog., index. Columbia: University [...]

Sports fandom represents a significant aspect of place identity, as demonstrated by the colorful landscapes associated with team loyalty. However, there has been little research on the geography of sports fandom. While several geographers have studied the link between Southern regional identity and the sport of stock car racing, American football is the most popular spectator sport in the United States, and it seems to have a particular strength in the United States South. Therefore, examining the geography of football fandom can add depth to the study of place identity. A 1988 article by Roseman and Shelley on the geography of collegiate radio football broadcasting serves as a milestone and our inspiration here. Using data on college football radio coverage as our proxy, we mapped college football fandom for the "Power 5" conferences. Our results show that state borders continue to have an important influence on the geography of college football fandom, but we also identified a strong region of identity in the South. Our results support the theory that place identity can be fruitfully examined using quantitative data, although many questions remain about how sports fans contribute to the making of place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tamoxifen is an antiestrogen drug that is sometimes prescribed for severe symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). One patient taking tamoxifen for PMS indicated that her migraine headaches ceased at the same time. For this reason, the effect of tamoxifen was assessed in eight women who were subject to menstrual migraine. Menstrual migraine is a headache syndrome that is clearly associated with the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. (The luteal phase is the period between ovulation and the onset of menstruation.) Of the eight women given tamoxifen, seven reported improvement of migraine symptoms. In five patients the improvement was marked, and in two the improvement was moderate. The test was continued through four cycles to confirm effectiveness of the treatment. Tamoxifen has only negligible side effects, which include some irregularity in the menstrual cycle. The apparent effectiveness of the drug in this uncontrolled study is very encouraging, and a larger randomized trial should be conducted to further evaluate the therapeutic use of tamoxifen for menstrual migraine. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of his 1926 journey by pack mule train from San Diego, California to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to look for the vanished Indian tribes of Lower California.

This paper is an interpretive study of interviews with students who have watched a movie about alcohol, drinking and alcoholism. The goal was to follow the process of interpretation and discover ways viewers found to give meaning to the movie in conversation. Also, the interactive nature of interpretation is explored, with reference to literature on media experience. The method was ideographic and phenomenological, attempting to stay at the level of experience, to understand persons from within their context, rather than looking behind their statements for hidden motives or causes. The author has attempted to describe of the elements of interpretation, which were encountered in the author's study of these interviews. Each viewer, based in that person's life history, saw the movies in unique ways. The interpretations were conflicting and temporal. Knowledge and power were given play in the viewing situation. Viewers made reference to themselves, to absent others, to course-work, and to the interviewer in order to interactively constitute the meaning of the movie. The meaning was contextual, as viewers continued to reflect on and transform their interpretations over the course of the interview. Viewers alternately had fellow feelings with the characters or felt negative and distant about the characters.