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43 Items
 Author:  Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934
 Sinologist. Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Saghalin and the Amur, 1898-1899; Jacob H. Schiff Expedition, China, 1901-1904; assistant ethnologist, American Museum of Natural History, 1904-1908; lecturer, anthropology, Columbia University, 1905-1907; Blackstone Expedition, Tibet and China, 1908-1910; assistant, Field Museum of Natural History, 1908-1915, curator, 1915-1934; Marshall Field Expedition to China, 1923 


 Title:  Correspondence between Berthold Laufer and Franz Boas     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1898-1933 
 Extent:  259 letters 
 Abstract:  228 letters (140 to Boas, 88 to Laufer) + 31 letters to/from C.E. Bedman, James L. Bowes, F.H. Chalfont, Walter Clark, Thomas R. Clarke, W.H. Furness, F.W. Putnam, C. Wissler, H.C. Wright, and others. Jesup North Pacific Expedition; American Museum of Natural History; Field Museum; Chinese languages, ethnography, and material culture; fieldwork; museum collections and operations; teaching; employment; research funding; Northwest Coast American Indian material culture and ethnography; American Anthropologist; American Anthropological Association; International Congress of Americanists; National Research Council; Germanistic Society; publications; personal 
 Source:  Franz Boas Papers (B B61) 
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 Subjects:  Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters 
 Author:  Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934
 Sinologist. Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Saghalin and the Amur, 1898-1899; Jacob H. Schiff Expedition, China, 1901-1904; assistant ethnologist, American Museum of Natural History, 1904-1908; lecturer, anthropology, Columbia University, 1905-1907; Blackstone Expedition, Tibet and China, 1908-1910; assistant, Field Museum of Natural History, 1908-1915, curator, 1915-1934; Marshall Field Expedition to China, 1923 


 Title:  Correspondence between Berthold Laufer and J. Alden Mason     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  30 January 1926 - 21 October 1933 
 Extent:  49 letters 
 Abstract:  46 letters (23 to Mason, 23 to Laufer). + 3 letters to/from Walter Lehmann, D. C. Davies. Archaeology; fieldwork; museum collections; publications; personal 
 Source:  John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters 
 Author:  Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934
 Sinologist. Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Saghalin and the Amur, 1898-1899; Jacob H. Schiff Expedition, China, 1901-1904; assistant ethnologist, American Museum of Natural History, 1904-1908; lecturer, anthropology, Columbia University, 1905-1907; Blackstone Expedition, Tibet and China, 1908-1910; assistant, Field Museum of Natural History, 1908-1915, curator, 1915-1934; Marshall Field Expedition to China, 1923 


 Title:  Letters to Alfred Hallowell     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1922, 1926 
 Extent:  2 letters 
 Abstract:  Laufer response to inquiry of papers/publications; study of the conception of the bear among the tribes of Northern America and Asia; comments on "Bear Ceremonialism in the Northern Hemisphere"; congratulations from Laufer on earning Ph.D 
 Source:  Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers (Ms. Coll. 26) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Le Boulanger, Jean Baptiste, 1664-circa 1724
 French missionary priest 


 Title:  French and Miami-Illinois dictionary     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  French | Miami-Illinois 
 Dates:  Circa 1720 
 Extent:  185 leaves 
 Abstract:  Texts of prayers, catechisms, selections from the Gospels, and a large part of the book of Genesis. Photocopy of the original in the John Carter Brown Library 
 Source:  French and Miami-Illinois Dictionary (497.33 L49) 
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 Subjects:  Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology 
 Author:  LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883
 Nineteenth-century American entomologist, physician. Vice President of APS, 1880-1883 


 Title:  Correspondence between Samuel Haldeman and John Lawrence LeConte     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  20 July 1846 - 4 January 1854 
 Extent:  4 letters 
 Abstract:  4 letters (3 to LeConte, 1 to Haldeman). Linguistics 
 Source:  John Lawrence LeConte Papers (B L493.2) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology 
 Author:  Leon y Gama, Antonio de, 1735-1802
 Mexican historian and antiquarian 


 Title:  An Historical and Chronological Description of Two Stones, Found Under Ground in the Great Square of the City of Mexico, in the Year 1790     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1818 
 Extent:  1 volume (84 leaves); 23 leaves of notes 
 Abstract:  History and architecture of the Aztecs. 
 Source:  >An Historical and Chronological Description of Two Stones, Found Under Ground in the Great Square of the City of Mexico, in the Year 1790 (913.72 L55) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory 
 Author:  Lesley, J. Peter, 1819-1903
 Geologist, secretary and librarian of the APS. Assistant, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1838-1841, 1852-1856, state geologist, 1873-1887; Presbyterian minister, 1845-1853; Secretary, American Iron Association, 1856-1864; professor, mining, University of Pennsylvania, 1859-1872, dean of the science department, 1872-1875, dean, Towne Science School, 1875-1883, professor emeritus, 1883-1903; librarian, American Philosophical Society, 1859-1885, secretary, 1859-1887, vice-president, 1887-1903 


 Title:  Correspondence with various individuals     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  Circa 1859-1887 
 Extent:   none  
 Abstract:  Correspondence with various individuals in his capacity as secretary and librarian. Correspondents include Daniel Garrison Brinton, Joseph Carson, A.S. Gatschet, A.H. Guyot, S.S. Haldeman, Mathew S. Henry, Everard Im Thurn. American Indian tribes and languages; archaeological specimens; antiquities; publications. 
 Source:  American Philosophical Society Archives (A.P.S. Archives) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Lesley, J. Peter, 1819-1903
 Geologist, secretary and librarian of the APS. Assistant, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1838-1841, 1852-1856, state geologist, 1873-1887; Presbyterian minister, 1845-1853; Secretary, American Iron Association, 1856-1864; professor, mining, University of Pennsylvania, 1859-1872, dean of the science department, 1872-1875, dean, Towne Science School, 1875-1883, professor emeritus, 1883-1903; librarian, American Philosophical Society, 1859-1885, secretary, 1859-1887, vice-president, 1887-1903 


 Title:  J. Peter Lesley Papers     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1826-1898 
 Extent:  7.75 linear feet (approximately 3,000 items) 
 Abstract:  Letters, notebooks, papers. Correspondents include Matthew S. Henry, George A. Belcourt, Joseph Carson, J.W. Powell, and others on Indian languages and ethnography. There are six notebooks on Egyptian hieroglyphics, and others on philology, antiquities, and ancient man. Paper topics include studies on C.O. Mueller's "Doric Race," Stonehenge, the deities of the Rig Veda, "Grotes Greece," the Aenead Aphrodite, and popular superstitions 
 Source:  J. Peter Lesley Papers (B L56) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution 
 Author:  Levi-Strauss, Claude, 1908-
 Anthropologist. Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1935-1938; visiting professor New School for Social Research, 1941-1945; cultural counselor French Embassy, 1946-1947; associate curator Musee de l'Homme, 1948-1949; director Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 1950-1982; professor College de Franc, 1959-1982 


 Title:  Correspondence between Claude Levi-Strauss and Dell Hymes     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1961-1968, 1977, 1981 
 Extent:  Approximately 11 letters 
 Abstract:  Computers; Levi-Strauss bibliography; myth; languages; publications and comments; Levi-Strauss recommendation of Hymes 
 Source:  Dell H. Hymes Papers (Ms. Coll. 55) 
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 Subjects:  Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Levi-Strauss, Claude, 1908-
 Anthropologist. Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1935-1938; visiting professor New School for Social Research, 1941-1945; cultural counselor French Embassy, 1946-1947; associate curator Musee de l'Homme, 1948-1949; director Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 1950-1982; professor College de Franc, 1959-1982 


 Title:  Correspondence between Claude Levi-Strauss and William Fenton     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1967-1976 
 Extent:  Approximately 20 letters 
 Abstract:  Basketry; Wampum belts; academic employment; fieldwork; Seneca "Feast of Dreams"; discussion of publications; Indian ceremonies; Six Nations; Indian mythology; report on work of Urzsula Chodowiec's dissertation on Iroquois Mythology; personal 
 Source:  William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) 
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 Subjects:  Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters 
 Author:  Lewis, Meriwether, 1744-1809
 Explorer, soldier. U.S. Army, 1795-1806; private secretary to Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1803; co-leader of Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the head-waters of the Missouri River and to discover a land route to the Pacific Ocean, 1804-1806; governor of Louisiana Territory, 1807-1809 


 Title:  Journal of Meriwether Lewis     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  30 August 1803 - 12 December 1803 
 Extent:  1 volume (approximately 252 leaves) 
 Abstract:  Journal of river trip down Ohio River to the winter camp of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Interlineated in the journal, and also in a separate volume (917.3 L58b), are queries posed by Nicholas Biddle to William Clark in 1810 about the succeeding Lewis and Clark expedition. Lewis' observations in his journal include remarks on Indian mounds and on the social organization, religion, and material culture of Indians observed on the journey 
 Source:  Journal of Meriwether Lewis (917.3 L58p) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork 
 Author:  Lewis, Meriwether, 1744-1809
 Explorer, soldier. U.S. Army, 1795-1806; private secretary to Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1803; co-leader of Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the head-waters of the Missouri River and to discover a land route to the Pacific Ocean, 1804-1806; governor of Louisiana Territory, 1807-1809 


 Title:  Lewis and Clark Journals     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1803-1806 
 Extent:  30 volumes (18 bound codices and 12 loose-leaved codices) 
 Abstract:  Journal of Travels to the Source of the Missouri and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Includes interlineations by Nicholas Biddle. Journals contain notes on Indian languages, material culture, social organization, customs. See also Journal by John Ordway (917.3 Or2), another member of the expedition. 
 Source:  Lewis and Clark Journals (917.3 L58) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology 
 Author:  Li, Fanggui (Fang-Kuei), 1902-1987
 Linguist. Expert, Chipewyan and Athapascan languages. Professor of linguistics, University of Washington and University of Hawaii 


 Title:  Fanggui Li Collection     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English | Chipewyan 
 Dates:  1928-1982 
 Extent:  1.5 linear feet 
 Abstract:  The Fanggui Li Collection contains materials reflecting Li's career in linguistics. The collection includes ten notebooks on the Chipewyan language, 1928, and two audiotapes of Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson's oral history interview with Li, 1982 
 Source:  Fanggui Li Collection (Ms. Coll. 119) 
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 Subjects:  Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Personal matters 
 Author:  Li, Fanggui (Fang-Kuei), 1902-1987
 Linguist. Expert, Chipewyan and Athapascan languages. Professor of linguistics, University of Washington and University of Hawaii 


 Title:  Yuki tones - notes     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English | Yuki 
 Dates:  1927, 1957, n.d. 
 Extent:  1 folder 
 Abstract:   none  
 Source:  Harvey Pitkin Papers, Series II-A (Ms. Coll. 78) 
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 Subjects:  Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology 
 Author:  Lingelbach, William Ezra, 1871-1962
 Historian, Librarian of the APS. Professor and dean, University of Pennsylvania 


 Title:  Correspondence between Paul A. W. Wallace and William Lingelbach     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  23 May 1949 - 30 October 1961 
 Extent:  8 letters 
 Abstract:  8 letters (3 to Wallace, 5 to Lingelbach). John Heckewelder; Philadelphia and Pennsylvania history; publications; personal 
 Source:  Wlliam Ezra Lingelbach Papers (B L635) 
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 Subjects:  Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters 
 Author:  Lingelbach, William Ezra, 1871-1962
 Historian, Librarian of the APS. Professor and dean, University of Pennsylvania 


 Title:  Letters to Charles Barbeau     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  24 February 1961, n.d. 
 Extent:  2 letters 
 Abstract:  American Philosophical Society; publications 
 Source:  William E. Lingelbach Papers (B L635) 
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 Subjects:  Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953
 Anthropologist, archaeologist. Archaeologist, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1920-1921; assistant curator, North American ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1922-1926, Oceanic and Malayan ethnology, 1926-1928; associate professor, anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1930, professor, 1930-1937; professor, Columbia University, 1937-1946; professor, Yale University, 1946-1953; editor, American Anthropologist, 1939-1944 


 Title:  Correspondence between Ralph Linton and Alfred Hallowell     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1928-1953 
 Extent:  14 letters 
 Abstract:  Editorship of American Anthropologist, direction of scholarship in anthropology, Tanala textiles 
 Source:  Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers (Ms. Coll. 26) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Personal matters 
 Author:  Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953
 Anthropologist, archaeologist. Archaeologist, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1920-1921; assistant curator, North American ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1922-1926, Oceanic and Malayan ethnology, 1926-1928; associate professor, anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1930, professor, 1930-1937; professor, Columbia University, 1937-1946; professor, Yale University, 1946-1953; editor, American Anthropologist, 1939-1944 


 Title:  Correspondence between Ralph Linton and E. Adamson Hoebel     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1933-1948 
 Extent:  19 letters 
 Abstract:  Editorial suggestions for a work by Hoebel, fieldwork, publications, Shoshoni and Commanche Sun Dances. See also Series I, American Anthropologist folder; Series VII photograph, "Comanche Brush Dance. Ralph Linton Counting His WWI Coups at. Walters, Okla." (1933) 
 Source:  E. Adamson Hoebel Papers (Ms. Coll. 43) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953
 Anthropologist, archaeologist. Archaeologist, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1920-1921; assistant curator, North American ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1922-1926, Oceanic and Malayan ethnology, 1926-1928; associate professor, anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1930, professor, 1930-1937; professor, Columbia University, 1937-1946; professor, Yale University, 1946-1953; editor, American Anthropologist, 1939-1944 


 Title:  Correspondence between Ralph Linton and Franz Boas     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  11 September 1917 - 10 February 1943 
 Extent:  19 letters 
 Abstract:  17 letters (8 to Boas, 9 to Linton) + 2 letters to/from E.P. Boas, L.P. Eisenhart. Professional positions; Polynesian culture; research funding; personal 
 Source:  Franz Boas Papers (B B61) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters 
 Author:  Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953
 Anthropologist, archaeologist. Archaeologist, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1920-1921; assistant curator, North American ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1922-1926, Oceanic and Malayan ethnology, 1926-1928; associate professor, anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1930, professor, 1930-1937; professor, Columbia University, 1937-1946; professor, Yale University, 1946-1953; editor, American Anthropologist, 1939-1944 


 Title:  Correspondence between Ralph Linton and Hubert Dana Goodale     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  14 September 1949 - 29 September 1949 
 Extent:  2 letters 
 Abstract:  2 letters (1 to Goodale, 1 to Linton). Environment versus heredity in personality 
 Source:  Hubert Dana Goodale Papers (B G61) 
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 Subjects:  Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution 
 Author:  Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953
 Anthropologist, archaeologist. Archaeologist, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1920-1921; assistant curator, North American ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1922-1926, Oceanic and Malayan ethnology, 1926-1928; associate professor, anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1930, professor, 1930-1937; professor, Columbia University, 1937-1946; professor, Yale University, 1946-1953; editor, American Anthropologist, 1939-1944 


 Title:  Correspondence between Ralph Linton and J. Alden Mason     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  15 February 1939 - 3 February 1947 
 Extent:  59 letters 
 Abstract:  55 letters (31 to Mason, 24 to Linton) + 4 letters to/from Charles A. Reed, Helen E. Hause, American Anthropological Association Viking Fund; American Anthropologist 
 Source:  John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) 
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 Subjects:  Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication 
 Author:  Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953
 Anthropologist, archaeologist. Archaeologist, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1920-1921; assistant curator, North American ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1922-1926, Oceanic and Malayan ethnology, 1926-1928; associate professor, anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1930, professor, 1930-1937; professor, Columbia University, 1937-1946; professor, Yale University, 1946-1953; editor, American Anthropologist, 1939-1944 


 Title:  Correspondence between Ralph Linton and William Fenton     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1943-1948 
 Extent:  6 letters 
 Abstract:  American Anthropologist, conferences, Seneca music and dance, Gertrude Kurath 
 Source:  William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Personal matters 
 Author:  Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953
 Anthropologist, archaeologist. Archaeologist, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1920-1921; assistant curator, North American ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1922-1926, Oceanic and Malayan ethnology, 1926-1928; associate professor, anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1930, professor, 1930-1937; professor, Columbia University, 1937-1946; professor, Yale University, 1946-1953; editor, American Anthropologist, 1939-1944 


 Title:  Letter to Elsie Clews Parsons     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  16 January 1941 - 22 January 1941 
 Extent:  2 letters 
 Abstract:  Letter to Parsons + copy of letter to Leslie White. American Anthropologist 
 Source:  Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) 
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 Subjects:  Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953
 Anthropologist, archaeologist. Archaeologist, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1920-1921; assistant curator, North American ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1922-1926, Oceanic and Malayan ethnology, 1926-1928; associate professor, anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1930, professor, 1930-1937; professor, Columbia University, 1937-1946; professor, Yale University, 1946-1953; editor, American Anthropologist, 1939-1944 


 Title:  The Persistence of the Mound Builder's Culture Among Recent Indian Tribes     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1916 
 Extent:  1 item 
 Abstract:  Master's thesis, University of Pennsylvania. Attempts through historical accounts to show persistence both of building of mounds and of artifacts, thought to be prehistoric, and argues that white contact produced the cultural loss 
 Source:  Frank Gouldsmith Speck Papers (Ms. Coll. 126) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Cachina tables: Pueblo Indian religion     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Extent:  Approximately 150 items 
 Abstract:  Miscellaneous notes and correspondence with Kidder and Robert H. Lowie, Parts I and II 
 Source:  Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Folklore, mythology, religion 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Alfred Hallowell     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1946-1950 
 Extent:  6 letters 
 Abstract:  Comments on Lowie's book on Germans - suggestion on editing a series of books on European cultures/people and historical ethnography courses; employment/teaching as interim, visiting professor - Hallowell declines 
 Source:  Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers (Ms. Coll. 26) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Alfred Hallowell     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1946-1950 
 Extent:  6 letters 
 Abstract:  Comments on Lowie's book on Germans - suggestion on editing a series of books on European cultures/people and historical ethnography courses; employment/teaching as interim, visiting professor - Hallowell declines 
 Source:  Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers (Ms. Coll. 26) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Correspondence between Robert Lowie and E. Adamson Hoebel     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1933-1947 
 Extent:  14 letters 
 Abstract:  Hoebel's comments on "Queries" from "Anthropologist" and Lowie's response; funding for refinement of a methodology for the study of primitive law and training in jurisprudence; Hoebel asking for suggestions to fill in while on leave; publications; asking Lowie to write companion volume to his "Cultural Anthropology" (for students) and Lowie's response; Lowie's recommendation of Hoebel for Chairman of Department of Anthropology at University of Utah; personal 
 Source:  E. Adamson Hoebel Papers (Ms. Coll. 43) 
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 Subjects:  Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Elsie Clews Parsons     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1914-1937 
 Extent:  Approximately 27 letters 
 Abstract:  Village chiefs; fieldwork; Hopi; comments on Parson's paper on Aztecan and Pueblo parallels; comments on paper by Parsons and Ralph Beals; peers - Boas, Kroeber, etc.; publications; Kroeber Festschrift; ceremonialism; kinship; poem by David Friedrich Strauss 
 Source:  Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Elsie Clews Parsons     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  25 March 1936 - 19 February 1941 
 Extent:  17 letters + 13 leaves 
 Abstract:  17 letters (1 to Lowie, 16 to Parsons) + thirteen manuscript leaves entitled "On Goldenweiser's Recent Trends in American Anthropology." Manuscript includes critique of Goldenweiser, Radin, and Sapir. Letters discuss social organization, culture, religion, ethnological theory, folklore, personal matters, publications, miscellaneous. 
 Source:  Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) 
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 Subjects:  Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Franz Boas     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  21 September 1905 - 26 January 1942 
 Extent:  127 letters 
 Abstract:  126 letters (70 to Boas, 56 to Lowie) + 1 letter from F.H. Allport. Ethnology; ethnology and psychology; fieldwork; folklore; social organization; material culture; religion; linguistics; National Research Council; professional positions; personal; publications 
 Source:  Franz Boas Papers (B B61) 
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 Subjects:  Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Henry Allen Moe     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  18 October 1941 - 19 August 1942 
 Extent:  4 letters 
 Abstract:  4 letters (2 to Moe, 2 to Lowie). Latin American historians; research funding 
 Source:  Henry Allen Moe Papers (B M722) 
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 Subjects:  Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Correspondence between Robert Lowie and J. Alden Mason     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  9 October 1928 - 20 October 1947 
 Extent:  48 letters 
 Abstract:  43 letters (26 to Mason, 17 to Lowie) + 5 letters to A. Kroeber, Ralph L. Beals, Gwen Block. Research funding; American Anthropologist; publications 
 Source:  John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) 
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 Subjects:  Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Correspondence between Robert Lowie and William Fenton     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1949, 1953 
 Extent:  5 letters 
 Abstract:  Thanking for items; interested in definition of the joking relationship [Crow Indians]; Huxley lecture; oratory in Eastern Woodlands; letter praising Lowie and Lowie's thank you; publications; personal 
 Source:  William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) 
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 Subjects:  Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Crow affixes     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  Crow 
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Extent:  42 leaves 
 Abstract:  Arranged alphabetically by the Crow, apparently copied from texts and field notes 
 Source:  American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Native American Languages (497.3 B63c, X3b.1) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Hopi and Zuni notebook and notes     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1915-1916, 1929, 1932 
 Extent:  2 folders 
 Abstract:   none  
 Source:  Elsie Clews Parsons Papers, Series IV (Ms. Coll. 29) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork 
 Author:  Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957
 Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 


 Title:  Huchnom creation myth     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1917 
 Extent:  1 item 
 Abstract:  Translation of the Huchnom creation myth 
 Source:  Harvey Pitkin Papers, Series II-C (Ms. Coll. 78) 
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 Subjects:  Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology 
 Author:  Lubbock, John, 1834-1913
 Member of Parliament, naturalist, author. Member of Roberts, Lubbock and Co., bankers, from 1849, later head of the firm; president, Institute of Bankers, 1879-1893; chairman, committee of London clearing bankers, and president, Central Association of Bankers, 1898-1913; M.P., 1870-1890; member of senate and vice-chancellor, London University, 1872-1880; F.R.S., member and officer of many scientific societies; popular and scientific writer on numerous topics, including prehistory and anthropology 


 Title:  Letter to Edward Tylor     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  16 August 1871 
 Extent:  1 letter 
 Abstract:  Antiquity of man 
 Source:  Sir John Lubbock Papers (B L961) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory 
 Author:  Lubbock, John, 1834-1913
 Member of Parliament, naturalist, author. Member of Roberts, Lubbock and Co., bankers, from 1849, later head of the firm; president, Institute of Bankers, 1879-1893; chairman, committee of London clearing bankers, and president, Central Association of Bankers, 1898-1913; M.P., 1870-1890; member of senate and vice-chancellor, London University, 1872-1880; F.R.S., member and officer of many scientific societies; popular and scientific writer on numerous topics, including prehistory and anthropology 


 Title:  Sir John Lubbock Papers     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1856-1906 
 Extent:  0.25 linear feet (50 items) 
 Abstract:  Correspondents include A. W. Franks, J. Jeremiah, E. B. Tylor, and Sir William Creswicke Rawlinson. Prehistory; ethnology; archaeology, artifacts.; Ethnological Society of London. See also: extensive correspondence with Charles Darvin on a variety of subjects, in the Darwin collection (B D25) 
 Source:  Sir John Lubbock Papers (B L961) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment 
 Author:  Lyell, Charles, 1797-1875
 Geologist, natural historian. Practicing barrister, 1825-1827; devoted himself full-time to study of geology thereafter; F.R.S., 1826; Secretary, Geological Society, 1823-1826, president, 1834-1836, 1849-1850; president, BAAS, 1864-1865; member of numerous scientific societies and parliamentary commissions 


 Title:  Collections of letters from Various Scientists     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1837-1874 
 Extent:  Approximately 350 letters 
 Abstract:  Includes letters to Lyell from George Busk, George Rolleston, J.F.W. Herschel, T.H. Huxley, R. Owen, A.R. Wallace. Evolution; antiquity of man; craniology; Neanderthal man; Hottentots; ethnology; geographical distribution of races 
 Source:  Charles Darwin Papers (B D25L) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution 
 Author:  Lyell, Charles, 1797-1875
 Geologist, natural historian. Practicing barrister, 1825-1827; devoted himself full-time to study of geology thereafter; F.R.S., 1826; Secretary, Geological Society, 1823-1826, president, 1834-1836, 1849-1850; president, BAAS, 1864-1865; member of numerous scientific societies and parliamentary commissions 


 Title:  Correspondence of Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin, and Charles Lyell     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1856-1881 
 Extent:  Approximately 22 letters 
 Abstract:  Letter numbers: 127, 181, 183, 184, 188, 192, 221, 222, 223, 227, 287, 291, 387, 400, 404, 465, 474, 477, 513, 578, 581, 606. See finding aid for more information regarding the content of the letters. 
 Source:  Charles Darwin Letters (B D25) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Lyell, Charles, 1797-1875
 Geologist, natural historian. Practicing barrister, 1825-1827; devoted himself full-time to study of geology thereafter; F.R.S., 1826; Secretary, Geological Society, 1823-1826, president, 1834-1836, 1849-1850; president, BAAS, 1864-1865; member of numerous scientific societies and parliamentary commissions 


 Title:  Sir Charles Lyell Correspondence     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Microfilm 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1811-1882 
 Extent:  10 reels 
 Abstract:  Consists mostly of incoming correspondence from English and American scientists, with a small section of correspondence from Lyell. See also History of Science Film 1: "Papers on America in Collections of Royal Society of London" 
 Source:  Sir Charles Lyell Correspondence (History of Science, Film 4) 
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 Subjects:  Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous 
 Author:  Lyell, Charles, 1797-1875
 Geologist, natural historian. Practicing barrister, 1825-1827; devoted himself full-time to study of geology thereafter; F.R.S., 1826; Secretary, Geological Society, 1823-1826, president, 1834-1836, 1849-1850; president, BAAS, 1864-1865; member of numerous scientific societies and parliamentary commissions 


 Title:  Sir Charles Lyell Papers     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1808-1874 
 Extent:  Approximately 280 letters 
 Abstract:  Includes letters to John Evans, Milne Home, John Kempe, E.T. Stevan, S.W. Symonds, Albert Way, S.V. Wood. Prehistory; archaeology; antiquity of man; neolithic implements; Roman ruins; Stonehenge 
 Source:  Sir Charles Lyell Papers (B L981) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution