| 1 | Author: | Tylor, Edward Burnett, 1832-1917 | | | | Anthropologist. Worker in family brass-foundry, 1848-1855; independent travel, research and writing, 1855-1883; keeper, Oxford University Museum, 1883-1884; reader in anthropology, Oxford University, 1884-1896, professor, 1896-1909, emeritus professor, 1909-1917 | |
| | Title: | Correspondence between Edward Tylor and Franz Boas
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 15 August 1888 - 8 March 1908 | | | Extent: | 29 letters | | | Abstract: | 29 letters (25 to Boas, 4 to Tylor). BAAS Northwest Coast Tribes Committee; Northwest coast material culture collections; Northwest coast fieldwork; anthropology teaching at Oxford; Eskimo ethnography; research support by BAAS and Canadian government | | | Source: | Franz Boas Papers (B B61) | | | |
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| | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Financial support for research and publication | |
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