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1Author:  Beynon, William, 1888-1958
 Chief, field assistant and translator. Tsimshian chief; field assistant/translator to C. Barbeau; informant for Franz Boas and many other anthropologists and linguists 


 Title:  Correspondence between Franz Boas and William Beynon     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1933-1937 
 Extent:  Approximately 70 letters 
 Abstract:  Beynon worked closely with Franz Boas, providing him with an extensive series of narratives and translations from the Tsimshian. The letters complement, but do not overlap with those in the Boas Papers 
 Source:  William Beynon Papers (B B467) 
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 Subjects:  Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology 
2Author:  Beynon, William, 1888-1958
 Chief, field assistant and translator. Tsimshian chief; field assistant/translator to C. Barbeau; informant for Franz Boas and many other anthropologists and linguists 


 Title:  William Beynon Papers     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1933-1937 
 Extent:  0.5 linear feet 
 Abstract:  The Beynon Papers includes a series of correspondence between Beynon and Franz Boas, 1933-1937, along with a small number of narratives in Tsimshian with interlinear English translations. The letters complement, but do not overlap with those in the Boas Papers 
 Source:  William Beynon Papers (B B467) 
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 Subjects:  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 
3Author:  Beynon, William, 1888-1958
 Chief, field assistant and translator. Tsimshian chief; field assistant/translator to C. Barbeau; informant for Franz Boas and many other anthropologists and linguists 


 Title:  The Beynon Manuscripts     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Microfilm 
 Language:  English | Tshimshian 
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Extent:  4 reels 
 Abstract:  A collection of 252 Tsimshian texts, with interlinear translations collected by the Tsimshian ethnographer, William Beynon. The originals are housed at Columbia University 
 Source:  The Beynon Manuscripts (Film 1416) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology