Subject | • | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork |
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| | • | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture |
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| | • | Folklore, mythology, religion |
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| | • | Linguistics and philology |
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| | • | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections |
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| | • | Personal matters |
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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: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between John Swanton and Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 17 March 1898 - 10 April 1942 | | | | Extent: | 310 letters | | | | Abstract: | 301 letters (162 to Boas, 139 to Swanton) + 9 letters to/from Miss and H.A. Andrews, Dr. Frachtenberg, Department of Justice. University studies; fieldwork in Northwest coast and among the Sioux; Haida linguistics and culture; linguistics and ethnography of Indians of Louisiana, Texas, Southwest, Northwest Coast; Bureau of American Ethnology; Dr. Frachtenberg's dismissal from Bureau of American Ethnology; publications; American Anthropologist | | | | 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 | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 2 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between John Swanton and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 13 December 1940 - 7 June 1952 | | | | Extent: | 20 letters | | | | Abstract: | 20 letters (11 to Mason, 9 to Swanton). Pima and Papago linguistics; Haida totem poles; parapsychology; American Anthropologist; American Anthropological Association; personal | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 3 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Edward C. Armstrong, American Council of Learned Societies
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 2 June 1926 - 18 May 1927 | | | | Extent: | 7 letters | | | | Abstract: | 7 letters (2 to Swanton, 5 to Armstrong). "Survey of American Indian Languages" by ACLS and Carnegie Foundation | | | | Source: | American Council of Learned Societies (506.73 Am72co) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 4 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Haida Grammatical Notes and Word List
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Haida | | | | Dates: | 1900-1911 | | | | Extent: | 127 leaves | | | | Abstract: | English-Haida lexicon, circa 1200 words; Haida-English lexicon, circa 800 items. Also organized notes and word lists, a composite, based on 1900-1901 field work among Skidegat and Masset. Some work done by Theresa Durlach | | | | Source: | American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Native American Languages (497.3 B63c, N1.6) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 5 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Haida texts
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Haida | | | | Dates: | 1900-1902 | | | | Extent: | 333 leaves | | | | Abstract: | Copies of texts obtained from Masset and Skidegat Haida, 1900-1902. Two texts have interlinear translation. Marginal comments by Franz Boas and Theresa M. Durlach | | | | Source: | American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Native American Languages (497.3 B63c, N1.4) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 6 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Haida texts
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | Haida | | | | Dates: | 1900-1901 | | | | Extent: | 350 leaves | | | | Abstract: | Skidegat texts obtained in 1900-1901 | | | | Source: | American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Native American Languages (497.3 B63c, N1.5) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 7 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Tlingit and Haida word list
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | Haida | Tlingit | | | | Dates: | 1900-1901 | | | | Extent: | 2 notebooks (20 leaves) | | | | Abstract: | Field notes taken at Sitka and Wrangell for Tlingit; Howkan, Klinkwan, and Kassan, Alaska, for Masset-Haida | | | | Source: | American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Native American Languages (497.3 B63c, N2.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 8 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between John Swanton and William Fenton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1944-1953 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 13 letters | | | | Abstract: | Fenton's praise of Swanton; fieldwork; content notes of James Hall, A.M. "A Brief History of the Mississippi Territory"; two letters from Swanton to "fellow anthropologists"; "Criticisms of Bulletin 145" by Swanton - Fenton's response; personal. Collection also includes ..."John Reed Swanton (1873 to 1958)", Obituary, 1959. See also: Stephens, George Myers; Rosen, Joseph; Boy Scouts of America | | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 9 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Alfred Hallowell
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1924, 1931 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | Response to Hallowell about questionnaire - customs and beliefs about bears; list of references regarding fish nets in the Gulf area | | | | 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 | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 10 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Dell Hymes
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1956-1957, 1962 | | | | Extent: | 4 letters | | | | Abstract: | Swanton compliments to Boas and Sapir; work on Chinook; linguistic anthropology; linguistic/language work, study and material | | | | Source: | Dell H. Hymes Papers (Ms. Coll. 55) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Personal matters | |
| 11 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between John Swanton and Ashley Montagu
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1953, 1957 | | | | Extent: | 6 letters | | | | Abstract: | Evolution; discussion on pamphlet "Superstition - but Whose?"; comments on "The Direction of Human Development"; psychology; ESP and "Mental Radio" by Upton Sinclair | | | | Source: | Ashley Montagu Papers (Ms. Coll. 109) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 12 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Robert Lowie
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1921 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Pawnee system notes; language | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | |
| 13 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1940 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | Swanton's Caddo materials; note by Parsons on Caddo. Clans; article | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 14 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1919, 1922 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | Asking for permission to use "The Buffalo Girls"; interest in Pawnee and Caddo notes; Caddo discussion | | | | 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 | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 15 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Escape Up the Tree
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1919, [1922] | | | | Extent: |
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| | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | |
| 16 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between John Swanton and Frank G. Speck
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1913-1942 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 15 items | | | | Abstract: | Regarding a variety of tribes; linguistics; fieldwork. Concerning an exhibition for Mohegan Stockbridge data. Comments on Speck's "Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices", 1937. Houman slings and darts; reprint of Swanton, 1938 | | | | 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 | 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 | |
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