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| | 1 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Anthony F. C. Wallace and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1948-1993 | | | | Extent: | 1 folder | | | | Abstract: | Research project on Iroquois; Tuscarora (social organization, language, ethno-historical literature); Fenton recommending fellowship for Wallace; fieldwork/ethnography; publications; Iroquois Conference; employment; Iroquois Rorschach Workers Incorporated; professional organizations; Iroquois suicide; ceremonies; Merle Deardorff; Wallace dissertation; library research; grant funding; culture; comments on "The Institutionalization of Cathartic and Control Strategies in Iroquois Religious Psychotherapy"; Wampum belts; masks; Wallace's curriculum vitae and bibliography; personal. See also: Deardorff, Merle H., 1952; Snyderman, George S., 1952 | | | | 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 | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 2 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Paul A. W. Wallace and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1943-1958 | | | | Extent: | 2 folders | | | | Abstract: | Discussions on various publications and articles regarding Six Nations and Iroquois; Six Nation history; tribes right to vote; anthropology advice for Wallace's son; vocabulary/language; World Citizenship Movement; Conrad Weiser; "A Memorial of the Six Nation, as they existed in the year 1744" copied by Samuel G. Drake; American Magazine; Wallace asking about arrangement of Five Nations around symbolic fire; Deganawidah legend; ethnography; finance/grant for work on the Muhlenberg family of Pennsylvania; recommendation to APS for grant-in-aid for Wallace; archaeology; "The Hand...that Guided and Protected your Ancestors is Now Open to you for JUSTICE!", pamphlet, Akwesasne Counselor Organization, St. Regis Reservation; research - APS, Moravian archives; personal. See also: Cornplanter, Jesse J.; Series III: "Collecting Materials for a Political History of the Six Nations", Lecture, 5 November, 1948 | | | | 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 | 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 | |
| 3 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Leslie White and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1944-1955, 1970 | | | | Extent: | 12 letters | | | | Abstract: | Academics/teaching; John A. Noon; comments by Fenton on "The Expansion of the Scope of Science"; White writing biographical sketch of Goldenweiser for Dictionary of American Biography; personal. See also: Cairns, Huntington | | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 4 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Clark Wissler and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1935-1947 | | | | Extent: | 13 letters | | | | Abstract: | Anthropological work; museum pieces; Seneca; Iroquois "burying the hatchet" expression; Jesse Cornplanter; publications. See also: Cornplanter, Jesse J | | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 5 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Review of "Indians of the United States: Four Centuries of Their History and Culture" by Clark Wissler
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1941 | | | | Extent: | 1 item | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | 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 | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 6 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Edmund Carpenter and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1941-1991 | | | | Extent: | 1 folder | | | | Abstract: | Iroquoian figurines; reviews and discussion on various publications and manuscripts; Indian burials and customs (Seneca, Iroquois); archaeology fieldwork; exhibit suggestions; Wampum belts; purchasing, acquiring, auctioning cultural materials; "Christie's Tribal Art", 5 December 1979; "World without End" by Carpenter, asking for comments; peers; repatriations; Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga language; "Sotheby's Fine American Indian Art" Auction 1983 (photocopies); "False face" masks; personal. See also: Seneca-Iroquois National Museum; Museum of the American Indian; Blankenship, Roy | | | | 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 | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 7 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Frederica De Laguna and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1948, 1955 | | | | Extent: | 5 letters | | | | Abstract: | De Laguna elected to Board of AAA; "public domain"; policies. See also: American Philosophical Society | | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | |
| 8 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between William Fenton and Alfred Hallowell
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1946-1969 | | | | Extent: | 15 letters | | | | Abstract: | Anthropological work; Frank Speck's work after his passing; Senate Committee on Appropriations hearings; thanks for review of "American Indian and White Relations to 1830"; publishing/publications; comments on "The Movement for the Indian Assimilation, 1860-1890" by Henry E. Fritz; teaching/employment at SUNY-Albany; Hallowell as guest lecturer; plans/arrangements/travel and response to visit and lecture; donations of anthropology books to library at SUNY-Albany; personal. See also: Beck Horace P., Jr. | | | | Source: | Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers (Ms. Coll. 26) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 9 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between William Fenton and E. Adamson Hoebel
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1947, 1953, 1968 | | | | Extent: | 5 letters | | | | Abstract: | Course development - Comparative Primitive Political Institutions; teaching; law; publications | | | | Source: | E. Adamson Hoebel Papers (Ms. Coll. 43) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 10 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | William Fenton Papers
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1933-2000 | | | | Extent: | 22 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The William N. Fenton Papers feature a variety of materials covering Fenton's professional life including correspondences, subject files, manuscripts of works by Fenton and of peers, notes, and photographs. Much of the collection reflects Fenton's interest and career studying the Iroquois and their culture and history. Series I: Correspondence includes correspondence between Fenton and a variety of anthropologists, students, Native Americans, etc. Series IIa: Subject Files includes minutes, reports, bulletins, etc. and deal heavily with the Iroquois. Series IIb: Iroquois Documentary History Project includes materials collected during the project. Fenton worked with Francis Jennings and Mary Druke Becker on this project for the Newberry Library. Series III: Works by Fenton and Series IV: Works by Others include a variety of published and unpublished manuscripts, notes, articles, research, etc. of Fenton and his peers and students. Series V: Research notes includes notes, notebooks and card files and cover different subjects. Series VI: Photographs includes photos and negatives from Fenton's professional career | | | | 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 | 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 | |
| 11 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Manuscript materials and correspondence of William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1936-1950 | | | | Extent: | 67 items | | | | Abstract: | The following are materials in Frank Speck's Papers that concern Fenton. The materials are throughout the collection. "The Agricultural Tribes of the Northeast", discussion of Iroquois and Algonquian maize culture and notes on the 1941 Man in the Northeastern America conference, 1941; letter to Speck concerning Seneca use of Joe Pye plant, 1 September 1944; letter to Speck concerning Wampum strings, 15 November, 1948; letter of Fenton concerning Cayuga winter rituals, 1940 or 41; letter to Speck concerning field trip and Seneca-Cayuga material, 12 Januaryary 1933; 4 letters between Fenton and Cornplanter, October 1951; field notes on ceremonies, Seneca, n.d.; letter to Speck, fragment, concerning distribution of Calumet dance, n.d.; letter to Speck concerning plant identification, 26 February 1940; letter to Speck concerning Tutelo songs and difficulties attending Seneca longhouse ceremonies, 27 February 1941. Fieldwork among Catawba, Cherokee and Houma, Fenton's Seneca fieldwork and Speck's studies of Iroquois, relation to Delaware and Iroquois, publication "The Delaware Indians as Women", also included is "A Newsletter to the Second Conference on Iroquois Research"; personal | | | | Source: | Frank Gouldsmith Speck Papers (Ms. Coll. 126) | | | | |
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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 | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 12 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between William Fenton and Anthony F. C. Wallace
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1951-1990 | | | | Extent: | 2 folders | | | | Abstract: | Iroquois research and conferences; Iroquois culture; symposiums/meetings; "American Indian Ethnohistoric Conference" meeting program, 1962; fieldwork; Jesse Cornplanter; discussion of various papers and articles; publishing; professional organizations; education; funding; anthropological work; ethnohistory; Dr. Lingelbach; peers; personal | | | | Source: | Wallace Family Papers, Subcollection I, Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers (Ms. Coll. 64) | | | | |
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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 | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 13 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between William Fenton and Paul A. W. Wallace
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1943-1965 | | | | Extent: | 8 folders | | | | Abstract: | Iroquois; Six Nations; Conrad Weiser; fieldwork; papers - "Problems Relating to the Historical Northeastern Position of the Iroquois"; Deganawidah legend; tribes and voting; meetings/conferences; language and names; library and archive research; American Magazine; grant to study Muhlenberg Family; Fenton recommendation for Wallace; Kinzua Dam; APS; ethnography; archaeology; Native American culture; peers; publishing/publications; personal | | | | Source: | Wallace Family Papers, Subcollection II, Paul A. W. Wallace Papers (Ms. Coll. 64) | | | | |
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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 | 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 | |
| 14 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Collecting Materials for a Political History of the Six Nations
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1948 | | | | Extent: | 1 item | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | Wallace Family Papers, Subcollection II, Paul A. W. Wallace Papers (Ms. Coll. 64) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | |
| 15 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Hallowell and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1942-1972 | | | | Extent: | 25 letters | | | | Abstract: | Noon's thesis and its publication; review of "Some Psychological Characteristics of the Northeastern Indians"; recommending Fenton to continue as member of the Committee on International Cooperation in Anthropology; comment on editorial of J.H. Steward in Social Science Research Council Area Newsletter Number 1, March 1949; asking Fenton to serve as representative of the AAA to the American Documentation Institute - accepts; fieldwork; comments from Fenton on Frank Speck's obituary Hallowell wrote for the "American Anthropologist"; asking Hallowell to join faculty for a year at SUNY-Albany; asking Hallowell to lecture on a topic he is working on, plans for the visit, and comments on Hallowell's lecture; "Crossing Cultural Boundaries" and Speck; translation of Lafitau; personal | | | | 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 | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 16 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Melville Herskovits and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1944-1962 | | | | Extent: | 1 folder | | | | Abstract: | Committee on International Cooperation in Anthropology - meetings and topics; comparative musicology (Iroquois) - Master's student work; requesting copy of Antonio Vasquez de Espinosa's "Compedium and Description of the West Indies"; copies of articles in Encyclopedia Britannica - "Anthropology, 1943" and "Anthropology, 1944"; Dr. Sven Liljeblad; anthropology abroad; copy of "German Scientific Museum Collections: A Preliminary Report"; Permanent Council of the International Congress; copy of "Anthropology in 1945"; anthropology education; anthropology at Northwestern University - teaching; International Directory of Anthropologists questionnaire; Report on the Commission on trends in Education; Report on the Committee on International Cooperation in Anthropology for the AAA; "Fellow Newsletter", 1962; personal. See also Series IIa International Union of Anthropological and Ethnographical Sciences and National Research Council; Committee on International Cooperation in Anthropology | | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 17 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between E. Adamson Hoebel and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1946-1953, 1968 | | | | Extent: | 14 letters | | | | Abstract: | Academics/teaching course; lecture/seminar; invitation to Third Conference on Iroquois Research; "The Kalingas" by R.F. Barton; comments on papers; personal | | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 18 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Charles Barbeau and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1939-1967 | | | | Extent: | 1 folder | | | | Abstract: | Seneca suicides/poisonous plants; language work; Christmas carol of Pere Brebeut; statement in connection with application for a grant-in-aid for Huron-Wyandot research; financial grants; Iroquois-Wyandot linguistic work; fieldwork discussion; Six Nations; museums; "International Fold Music Council Programme of Fourteenth Annual Conference", 3 September 1961; article "Marius Barbeau Dies in Canada; Leading Collector of Folk Songs"; personal. See also: Bridges, Marjorie Lismer and Series III: "Iroquois Suicides" and "Iroquois Suicide: A Study in the Stability of a Culture Pattern" | | | | 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 | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 19 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Francis Jennings and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1970-1992 | | | | Extent: | 3 folders | | | | Abstract: | "Covenant Chain"; Iroquois; publications/publishing/editing; employment; Jennings' curriculum vitae, publications, description for proposed study, bibliography, Humanities Fellowship application, and Fenton's recommendation; employment; "Treaty Calendar for the Revolution and the Federal Periods"; "A Checklist of Conferences and Treaties between the Mohawk and other Iroquois of the Six Nations with the Dutch, English, French, and Americans"; "The League of the Iroquois", 1968; personal; [Much of the correspondences deal with the Iroquois Documentary History Project; draft of treaties project - "Draft of a proposed project to research and publish a documentary history of the League of the Iroquois", 1977; final form of project proposal, 1977; issues with Iroquois project and Fenton (Wampum belts); response of Ray Fogelson to the "Report Advisory Meeting, 5 Januaryary 1980" - issues of Iroquois project and Jennings' response; definitions for project; monthly reports, August 1979, September 1979, December 1980, March 1980, June 1980, November 1980; summary report of activities, September 1979; library and archives research; selected bibliography for guide]. See also: Becker, Mary A. Druke; Foster, Michael K.; Series IIb: Iroquois Documentary History Project; Series V: Iroquois Politics Treaty References, 1700-1755; Series V: Iroquois Politics, 1784-1791 | | | | 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 | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 20 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Kidder and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1958-1967 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 30 letters | | | | Abstract: | Meetings - International Congress of Anthropology and Ethnology; [Leonar Carmichael and John Swanton; U.S. National Committee of the Permanent Council of the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnographical Sciences in Prague; meeting expenses; "Proceedings of the Permanent Council, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnographical Sciences, April 13-16, 1966" in London; personal. See also Collins, Henry B. and Krader, Lawrence | | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
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