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| | 6 | Author: | Anonymous | | | | | | |
| | | Title: | Notes on Mexican Antiquities
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | Spanish | | | | Dates: | Circa 1785-1800 | | | | Extent: | 42 leaves | | | | Abstract: | Titles include: Algo de lengua mexicana y de la explicacion de algunos geroglifícos. Pyramide de Paplantla y Decripcion iconografica de la antiqua y famosa piramide o adoratio del Pueblo de Papantla. Varies modes de pintar. Y per geroglificos en el fresco y al temple. Notas varias y caprichosas. Tehuantepec, Tonila, etc. | | | | Source: | Notes on Mexican Antiquities (913.72 N84) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 7 | Author: | Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1953 | | | | | Archaeologist, Americanist. Honorary special assistant, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; honorary professor, archaeology, National Museum, Mexico, 1908-1933; member, advisory council, department of anthropology, University of California | |
| | | Title: | Summary of Fresh Light on Ancient American Civilizations and Calendars
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1926 | | | | Extent: | 51 leaves | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Misc. Mss.) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | |
| 8 | Author: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | | | | | Physician, naturalist. Medical practice, Philadelphia, 1789-1815; professor of natural history and botany, College of Philadelphia, 1790-95, of materia medica, 1895-1813; chair of theory and practice of medicine, 1813-15; physician to Pennsylvania Hospital, 1798-1815; founder and editor, Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, 1805-08. Barton's interests and research included studies in botany, materia medica, and American ethnography. | |
| | | Title: | Benjamin Smith Barton Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1789-1794 | | | | Extent: | 17 letters; 3 printed documents | | | | Abstract: | Includes letters to Thomas Pennant concerning color and morphology of American Indians. Also "Proposals for Printing... An Historical... Inquiry into... Remains of Antiquity," 1789. | | | | Source: | Benjamin Smith Barton Papers. Letters to Thomas Pennant (B B284) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 9 | Author: | Lewis, Meriwether, 1744-1809 | | | | | Explorer, soldier. U.S. Army, 1795-1806; private secretary to Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1803; co-leader of Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the head-waters of the Missouri River and to discover a land route to the Pacific Ocean, 1804-1806; governor of Louisiana Territory, 1807-1809 | |
| | | Title: | Journal of Meriwether Lewis
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 30 August 1803 - 12 December 1803 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume (approximately 252 leaves) | | | | Abstract: | Journal of river trip down Ohio River to the winter camp of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Interlineated in the journal, and also in a separate volume (917.3 L58b), are queries posed by Nicholas Biddle to William Clark in 1810 about the succeeding Lewis and Clark expedition. Lewis' observations in his journal include remarks on Indian mounds and on the social organization, religion, and material culture of Indians observed on the journey | | | | Source: | Journal of Meriwether Lewis (917.3 L58p) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | |
| 10 | Author: | Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 | | | | | Explorer, geologist, ethnologist. Explored south-west United States, 1869-1875; director, second division of the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey, 1875-1879; director, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1879-1902; director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1880-1894 | |
| | | Title: | Materials regarding John Wesley Powell's geographical and geological explorations
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1869-1894 | | | | Extent: |
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| | | | Source: | Material relating to Powell and the Colorado River (B P869s.c) Correspondence of the Powell Survey (Film 736) John Wesley Powell Diaries and Letters (Film 736.1) Correspondence from the J. Peter Lesley papers (B L56.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | |
| 12 | Author: | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | | | | | Naturalist. Darwin was independently wealthy and pursued much of his work at home, in Kent. His travels with the Beagle, 1831-1836, set the stage for his later studies in geology, zoology, and botany. Subsequent to the publication of The Origin of Species in 1859, he was made an honorary member (1861) of the London Ethnological Society. Darwin did not specifically write upon human evolution until the later 1860s, when The Descent of Man was composed (published 1871), followed in 1872 by Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Both books were influential upon later writing and research in anthropology. | |
| | | Title: | Charles Darwin Collection
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1837-1882 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 950 items | | | | Abstract: | The American Philosophical Society Library holds an extensive collection of Darwin letters, either in original or photo-copy form. The manuscript letter collection includes approximately 730 Darwin letters (B D25.m, B D25.L, B D25.L1, B D25.r, B D25.1-361). The large groups of letters are to Charles Lyell and to George Romanes. The Library also holds photocopy or microfilm copies of almost the entirety of Darwin's known surviving correspondence, listed in A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1882, Frederick Burkhardt and Sidney Smith, editors, New York: Garland, 1985. Cambridge University Press is now publishing the letters in a multi-volume series. The correspondence most useful for studies in the history of anthropology includes the letters between Darwin and T.H. Huxley, Charles Lyell, George Rolleston, A.R. Wallace, Armand de Quatrefages, John Lubbock, Karl von Baer, E.B. Tylor, Herbert Spencer, H.W. Flower, and Francis Galton. | | | | Source: | Charles Darwin Collection (B D25) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 13 | Author: | Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 | | | | | Naturalist, anatomist. Assistant surgeon, Royal Navy, 1846-1854; lecturer in natural history, Royal School of Mines, 1854-1881, professor, biology, 1881-1885; naturalist, Geological Survey, 1855-1882; Hunterian professor of comparative anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons, 1863-1869; Fullerian professor of physiology, Royal Institution, 1863-1867; lord rector, Aberdeen University, 1872-1875; chief inspector, salmon fisheries, 1881-1885. | |
| | | Title: | Thomas Henry Huxley Collection
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1851-1895 | | | | Extent: | 5 linear feet (approximately 270 items) | | | | Abstract: | Huxley's papers and correspondence cover much of zoology, paleontology, and comparative anatomy, between 1850 and his death in 1895. In the 1860s and 1870s he was particularly active in research and the controversy concerning evolutionary biology and physical anthropology. His Zoological Evidences as to Man's Place in Nature (1863) was an important scientific work which applied evolutionary theory to the exploration of man's physical ancestry.Huxley manuscript papers at the Library (B H981) include approximately 239 letters, dated between 1851 and 1896. Important sets of correspondence include those with W. H. Flower, Hugh Falconer, and Thomas Wright | | | | Source: | Thomas Henry Huxley Collection (B H981) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 14 | Author: | Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953 | | | | | Anthropologist, archaeologist. Archaeologist, B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1920-1921; assistant curator, North American ethnology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1922-1926, Oceanic and Malayan ethnology, 1926-1928; associate professor, anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1928-1930, professor, 1930-1937; professor, Columbia University, 1937-1946; professor, Yale University, 1946-1953; editor, American Anthropologist, 1939-1944 | |
| | | Title: | The Persistence of the Mound Builder's Culture Among Recent Indian Tribes
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1916 | | | | Extent: | 1 item | | | | Abstract: | Master's thesis, University of Pennsylvania. Attempts through historical accounts to show persistence both of building of mounds and of artifacts, thought to be prehistoric, and argues that white contact produced the cultural loss | | | | Source: | Frank Gouldsmith Speck Papers (Ms. Coll. 126) | | | | |
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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 | |
| 15 | Author: | Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel, 1783-1840 | | | | | Naturalist. Secretary and chancellor to American consul, Palermo, Sicily, 1805-1808; exporter, Palermo, 1808-1815; tutor, naturalist, in U.S., 1815-1819; professor, botany, natural history, modern languages, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., 1819-1826; lecturer, retailer of medicinal plants, founder of savings bank, Philadelphia, 1826-1840 | |
| | | Title: | Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Correspondence and Writings
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1808-1840 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 linear feet (approximately 400 items | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence and manuscripts. Most of Rafinesque's writings deal with botany and other aspects of American natural history. However, he was also very interested in the antiquities and languages of the New World. Letters to John Adams and from J. A. Van Heuvel discuss the antiquities and languages of the Americas. Relevant essay manuscripts include discussions of the "Graphics System of North America," "Book 43d or Z. Y. Materials for the history of the American nations...," "Memoires sur l'origine des nations negres...," and "Outlines of American ethnology.. ." | | | | Source: | Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Correspondence and Writings (B R124) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | |
| 16 | Author: | Couch, Jonathan, 1789-1870 | | | | | British physician, naturalist | |
| | | Title: | Jonathan Couch Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1839-1891 | | | | Extent: | 1 linear foot | | | | Abstract: | Couch's papers deal mostly with natural history, but some correspondence and mss. are on the history of language; myth and superstition; and the physical history of man. Included here are manuscripts on "Charms", "Language", "The Cross Buns of Easter", "On the History and Development of Man", and the "Prehistoric in Cornwall." | | | | Source: | Jonathan Couch Papers (B C831) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 17 | Author: | Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 | | | | | Biologist, eugenicist. Instructor, zoology, Harvard University, 1892-1899; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1899-1891, associate professor, 1901-1904; director, summer biological lab, of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1898-1923; director, Station for Experimental Evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, 1904-1934; director, Eugenics Record Office, 1910-1934 (1920-1934, Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution). Davenport was a central figure in American eugenics and, secondarily, in genetics research, from the founding of the Cold Spring Harbor Station in 1904 to the 1930s. He frequently found himself in serious disagreement with Boas and his supporters over the role of environment versus heredity in shaping racial morphology and social behavior. | |
| | | Title: | Charles Benedict Davenport Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1874-1944 | | | | Extent: | 63 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | Professional correspondence and administrative correspondence, from the Station for Experimental Evolution. Correspondents include Franz Boas, A. C. Haddon, M. J. Herskovits, Ales Hrdlicka, Arthur Keith, E. Linton, E. Sapir, F. von Luschan, the American Foundation for Prehistoric Study in France, the Committee for Human Behavior, the Draper Fund for Studying Race Crossings, and others. Notes, paper manuscripts, and lectures are also present. Lecture topics include "Coordinates in Anthropometry", "Comparative Social Traits of Various Races", "Do Races Differ in Mental Capacity", "Factors of Heredity and Environment in Criminality", "How Early in Ontogeny Do Human Racial Characteristics Show Themselves?", "Methods in Comparative Racial Psychology", "Racial Factors in International Relations", etc. | | | | Source: | Charles Benedict Davenport Papers (B D27) | | | | |
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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 | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 18 | Author: | De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 | | | | | Anthropologist, archaeologist. Assistant, Eskimo archaeology, Danish Greenland expedition, 1929; assistant, American section, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 1931-1934; associate soil conservationist, Pima Reservation, USDA, 1935-1936; lecturer, anthropology, Bryn Mawr College, 1938-1941, assistant professor, 1941-1942, 1946-1949, associate professor, 1949-1955, professor, 1955-1976, emeritus professor, 1976-2004. | |
| | | Title: | An Arctic Summer
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1930 | | | | Extent: | 345 leaves | | | | Abstract: | Greenland, archaeology | | | | Source: | American Philosophical Society. Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (497.3 Am4 no.23) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | |
| 19 | Author: | De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 | | | | | Anthropologist, archaeologist. Assistant, Eskimo archaeology, Danish Greenland expedition, 1929; assistant, American section, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 1931-1934; associate soil conservationist, Pima Reservation, USDA, 1935-1936; lecturer, anthropology, Bryn Mawr College, 1938-1941, assistant professor, 1941-1942, 1946-1949, associate professor, 1949-1955, professor, 1955-1976, emeritus professor, 1976-2004. | |
| | | Title: | Atna Indians, Copper, Alaska
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1962 | | | | Extent: | 8 leaves | | | | Abstract: | Atna Indian materials | | | | Source: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Misc. Mss.) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | |
| 20 | Author: | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | | | | | Physician, naturalist. Medical practice, Philadelphia, 1789-1815; professor of natural history and botany, College of Philadelphia, 1790-95, of materia medica, 1895-1813; chair of theory and practice of medicine, 1813-15; physician to Pennsylvania Hospital, 1798-1815; founder and editor, Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, 1805-08. Barton's interests and research included studies in botany, materia medica, and American ethnography. | |
| | | Title: | Benjamin Smith Barton Papers, Violetta W. Delafield Collection
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1788-1815 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 5,000 leaves (10 linear feet) | | | | Abstract: | Includes notes, vocabulary lists, paper manuscripts, correspondence dealing with American Indian antiquities, ethnography, and physical anthropology. Correspondents include William Bartram, Albert Gallatin, John Heckewelder, Thomas Jefferson, Constantine Rafinesque, John Vaughan. | | | | Source: | Benjamin Smith Barton Papers, Violetta W. Delafield Collection (B B284.d) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
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