Subject | • | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork |
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| | • | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections |
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| | • | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution |
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| | • | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous |
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| | 1 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Tozzer and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 27 September 1927 - 19 October 1951 | | | | Extent: | 75 letters | | | | Abstract: | 75 letters (42 to Mason, 33 to Tozzer). Museum collections; expeditions; American Anthropological Association; conferences; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 2 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Paul A. W. Wallace and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 18 May 1949 - 30 May 1949 | | | | Extent: | 3 letters | | | | Abstract: | 2 letters (1 to Mason, 1 to Wallace). + 1 letter to Linton Satterthwaite. Pennsylvania Indian trails | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 3 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Leslie White and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 10 December 1940 - 9 January 1958 | | | | Extent: | 30 letters | | | | Abstract: | 27 letters (17 to Mason, 10 to White) + 3 letters to Dorothy Donath. American Anthropologist; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 4 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between William Willis and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 2 October 1952 - 8 October 1952 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | American Indian guns and medals | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 5 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Clark Wissler and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 10 October 1927 - 21 May 1948 | | | | Extent: | 53 letters | | | | Abstract: | 49 letters (22 to Mason, 27 to Wissler) + 4 letters to/from Mary Wissler, Dorothy Donath, Bella Weitzner, A.C. Whitford. Field expeditions; museum collections, artifacts, exhibitions; Pennsylvania archaeology; American Anthropological Association; research funding; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 6 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Edmund Carpenter and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 10 February 1949 - 8 December 1951 | | | | Extent: | 9 letters | | | | Abstract: | 9 letters (1 to Mason, 8 to Carpenter). Pennsylvania archaeology; Pennsylvania Archaeologist; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 7 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Frederica De Laguna and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 5 February 1930 - 22 April 1949 | | | | Extent: | 67 letters | | | | Abstract: | 62 letters (25 to Mason, 37 to De Laguna) + 5 letters to/from "Virginia", Mr. Jayne, Donald Dickson. American Anthropology; University of Pennsylvania Museum; Committee for International Cooperation in Anthropology; Philadelphia Anthropological Society; Franz Boas; course work at Columbia; museum work; material culture; archaeological fieldwork; professional positions; personal; publications. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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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 | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 8 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Reo Fortune and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 10 September 1946 - 18 October 1947 | | | | Extent: | 5 letters | | | | Abstract: | 5 letters (3 to Mason, 2 to Fortune). Publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 9 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Edward Gifford and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 6 May 1927 - 8 March 1951 | | | | Extent: | 23 letters | | | | Abstract: | 21 letters (7 to Mason, 14 to Gifford) + 2 letters to/from Froelich G. Rainey and Linton Satterthwaite. Museum collections; archaeological excavations and collecting; verb lists; American Anthropologist. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 10 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Pliny Goddard and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1 January 1926 - 13 June 1928 | | | | Extent: | 25 letters | | | | Abstract: | 25 letters (13 letters to Mason, 12 to Goddard). 23rd Congress of Americanists; museum collections; archaeology; publications. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 11 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Hallowell and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 8 April 1930 - 26 July 1950 | | | | Extent: | 119 letters | | | | Abstract: | 119 letters (74 to Mason, 45 to Hallowell). American Anthropologist; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 12 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Melville Herskovits and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1945-1948 | | | | Extent: | 1 folder | | | | Abstract: | Publications in American Anthropologist; National Research Council | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 13 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Frederick Hodge and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 18 November 1926 - 3 June 1953 | | | | Extent: | 21 letters | | | | Abstract: | 21 letters (10 to Mason, 11 to Hodge). South American archaeology; museum collections and exhibitions; obituary for Hewitt; personal. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 14 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Charles Barbeau and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 27 January 1941 - 15 July 1954 | | | | Extent: | 18 letters | | | | Abstract: | 16 letters (8 to Mason, 8 to Barbeau) + 2 letters to Frank Speck, Paul Fejos. American Anthropology; museum collections; Northwest coast material culture. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 15 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Harry Hoijer and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 4 April 1945 - 10 December 1948 | | | | Extent: | 21 letters | | | | Abstract: | 19 letters (10 to Mason, 9 to Hoijer) + 2 letters to Maurice Price and Sol Tax. Publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 16 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Earnest Hooton and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 3 May 1928 - 31 Januaryary 1945 | | | | Extent: | 4 letters | | | | Abstract: | 4 letters (2 to Mason, 2 to Hooton). Age measurements; publications. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 17 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Ales Hrdlicka and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 20 November 1926 - 5 October 1939 | | | | Extent: | 12 letters | | | | Abstract: | 12 letters (6 to Mason, 6 to Hrdlicka). American Indian languages; social customs; publications. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 18 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Kidder and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 26 November 1928 - 4 February 1958 | | | | Extent: | 160 letters | | | | Abstract: | 160 letters (88 to Mason, 72 to Kidder). Central American archaeology; fieldwork; funding; publications; conferences | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 19 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Clyde Kluckhohn and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 8 June 1947 - August 1954 | | | | Extent: | 38 letters | | | | Abstract: | 30 letters (17 to Mason, 13 to Kluckhohn) + 8 letters to/from E Voegelin, Ruth Benedict, D. B. Stout, Dorothy Donath. American Anthropologist; publications. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 20 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Kroeber and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 17 May 1945 - 21 January 1949 | | | | Extent: | 158 letters | | | | Abstract: | 142 letters (60 to Mason, 82 to Kroeber) + 16 letters to/from Carl Sauer, R. Lowie, A. Kidder, M. Herskovits, George Trager, Paul Landis, B.W. Aginsk. American prehistory; archaeology; linguistics; fieldwork; museum collections and exhibitions; material culture; research funds; personal; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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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 | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
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