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| | 1 | Author: | Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975 | | | | | Foundation executive. Editorial staff, St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press, 1916-1917; Hulme lecturer in law, Oxford University, 1923-1924; law lecturer, Columbia University, 1927-1929; first secretary, secretary general, and president, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1925-1963; chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1965-1966 | |
| | | Title: | Henry Allen Moe Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1920-1975 | | | | Extent: | 170 linear feet (approximately 175,000 items) | | | | Abstract: | There is extensive correspondence in the Moe papers detailing Guggenheim Foundation support of scholarship and academic exchange. Of particular interest are records of the Latin America Fund, which supported research in Latin American linguistics, ethnography, and archaeology. Correspondents include Franz Boas, Robert Lowie, G.P. Murdock, Robert Redfield, Clark Wissler, The Archaeological Institute of America, the Richard Leakey Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation Program in Linguistics and Language Study | | | | Source: | Henry Allen Moe Papers (B M722) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 2 | Author: | Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1837-1899 | | | | | Physician, anthropologist. Assistant editor, Medical and Surgical Reporter, 1867, editor, 1874-1887; professor, ethnology and archaeology, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1884-1886; professor, American linguistics and archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1886-1898. Brinton was an Americanist, concentrating his attention on the linguistics and archaeology of North and South American Indians. He was a leader in the systematic classification of American Indian languages and in the analysis of the origin of American Indian mounds. | |
| | | Title: | Brinton Memorial Series Materials
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1939-1943 | | | | Extent: | 6 folders | | | | Abstract: | Publication and distribution of the Brinton Memorial series by the Philadelphia Anthropological Society. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 4 | Author: | Willis, William Shedrick, 1921-1983 | | | | | Anthropologist. Lecturer, anthropology, Columbia University, 1958-1959, 1960-1965; lecturer, CCNY, 1959-1960; assistant professor, Southern Methodist Univeristy and Bishop College, 1965-1966, Southern Methodist University, 1966-1968; associate professor, 1968-1972 | |
| | | Title: | William Shedrick Willis, Jr. Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1940s-1983 | | | | Extent: | 7 linear feet (approximately 7,000 items) | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, lecture notes, drafts of articles, research notes, and document photocopies, Includes lecture notes on graduate courses at Columbia in the 1950s taught by Ruth Benedict, Julian Steward, Ralph Linton, Leslie White, and others. Notes include materials on Southeastern American Indians and the career of Franz Boas | | | | Source: | William Shedrick Willis, Jr. Papers (Ms. Coll. 30) | | | | |
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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 | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 5 | Author: | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | | | | | Lawyer, philologist. Du Ponceau was an emigre to the American colonies in 1777, and served as an aide to Baron von Steuben in the War for Independence. In 1781 he was appointed secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. After the declaration of peace, Du Ponceau took up law, specializing in matters of international law and trade. A life-long student of languages, Du Ponceau took up the systematic study of American Indian languages while in Philadelphia. Much of his linguistic work was done under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society. He served the Society as councilor, from 1801-1816; vice-president, 1816-1827; and president, 1828-1844. See Murphy D. Smith, "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau and his Study of Languages," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 127 (1983): 143-179. | |
| | | Title: | American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee Letterbooks
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1815-1826 | | | | Extent: | 3 volumes | | | | Abstract: | Historical and philological researches and publications of the Committee. | | | | Source: | American Philosophical Society Archives (A.P.S. Archives, VIII.5) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 6 | Author: | Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 | | | | | Biometrician, human biologist. Assistant in zoology, University of Michigan, 1899-1902, instructor, 1902-1906; instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1906-1907; biologist and head of station, Maine Agricultural Exp. Station, 1907-1918; professor, biometry and vital statistics, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1918-1925, research professor, 1925-1930, professor of biology, Medical School, 1923-1940; statistician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1919-1935; director, Institute for Biological Research, 1925-1930; professor of biology, School of Hygiene, 1930-1940 | |
| | | Title: | Raymond Pearl Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1895-1940 | | | | Extent: | 15 linear feet (approximately 15,000 items) | | | | Abstract: | Letters, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, photographs. Most of Pearl's papers deal with his professional work in biometry, biological statistics, and human biology. The correspondence contains material relevant to Pearl's interest in physical anthropology and racial studies. In particular there are letters between Pearl and Members of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, including H. L. Shapiro, E. A. Hooton, Ales Hrdlicka, M. F. Ashley Montagu, W. W. Howells, and others; there is also correspondence between Pearl and the Galton Society, the Social Science Research Council, F. Boas, Sir Arthur Keith, Alfred Kroeber, and B. Malinowski. See also description of the collection in Bentley Glass, A Guide to the Genetics Collections. See also Pearl correspondence in the L.C. Dunn, H.D. Goodale, C.B. Davenport, and A. F. Blakeslee papers | | | | Source: | Raymond Pearl Papers (B P312) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 7 | Author: | Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | | | | | Anthropologist, Structural Linguist. Assistant professor anthropology DePauw University, 1935-1940; lecturer Linguistic Institute, 1938-1941; associate professor anthropology Indiana University, 1941-1946, professor of anthropology, professor of linguistics, department chairman, 1947-1966, "Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Linguistics", 1967-1976, professor emeritus, 1976-1986; visiting scholar University of Hawaii | |
| | | Title: | C. F. (Charles Frederick) Voegelin Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1836-1968 (bulk: 1934-1968) | | | | Extent: | 34.5 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The C.F. Voegelin Papers contain materials from Voegelin's professional work studying and researching Native American languages. Series I: Correspondence includes various professional correspondences from colleagues. Series II: Card Files consists mostly of Native American vocabulary and grammar notes. Series III: Works by Voegelin includes notes, outlines, drafts, etc. and is divided into two subseries, Series III-A. Works Translated by Voegelin and Series III-B: Works Authored by Voegelin. Series IV: Works by Others includes written and typed works as well as grant proposals, theses, etc. Series V. Research notes is divided into three subseries, Series V-A: Language Notes, Series V-B: Texts, and Series V-C: Other. Series VI: Notebooks includes written and typed notes and texts notebooks. Series VII: Photograph consists of a photo of an inscribed stone | | | | Source: | C. F. (Charles Frederick) Voegelin Papers (Ms. Coll. 68) | | | | |
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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 | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 8 | Author: | Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971 | | | | | Archaeologist, orientalist. Acting director, American School of Oriental Research, 1920-1921, director, 1921-1929, 1933-1936; W. W. Spence professor, Semitic languages, Johns Hopkins University, 1929-1958, emeritus professor, 1958-1971; director, archaeological expedition, Palestine, 1922-1934. | |
| | | Title: | William Foxwell Albright Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1920-1971 | | | | Extent: | 56 boxes (49 linear feet) | | | | Abstract: | Personal and professional correspondence, business papers, records of American School of Oriental Studies, diaries and account books, manuscripts, lectures, miscellaneous records, published papers, family papers, drawings, maps, pictures, field notes on excavations in Palestine and South Arabia. This collection is not at present organized; correspondence is filed very generally by year | | | | Source: | William Foxwell Albright Papers (B AL15p) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 9 | Author: | Kroeber, Alfred Louis, 1876-1960 | | | | | Anthropologist. Instructor, anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1901-1906, assistant professor, 1906-1912, associate professor, 1912-1919, professor, 1919-1946, emeritus professor, 1946-1960; curator, Museum of Anthropology, University of California, 1908-1925, director, 1925-1946, emeritus director, 1946-1960. | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Kroeber and Henry Allen Moe
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1941-1950 | | | | Extent: | 17 file envelopes | | | | Abstract: | Kroeber was frequently in contact with Moe regarding Guggenheim Foundation support of linguistic, ethnological, archaeological, and human biological research in South and Central America. The Moe papers contain extensive reports by Kroeber on Guggenheim projects and his critique of the scientific and personal character of fellowship applicants. This is an interesting source for study of Kroeber's opinions concerning the work of his scientific peers in the 1940s. | | | | Source: | Henry Allen Moe Papers (B M722) | | | | |
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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 | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 10 | Author: | Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975 | | | | | Foundation executive. Editorial staff, St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press, 1916-1917; Hulme lecturer in law, Oxford University, 1923-1924; law lecturer, Columbia University, 1927-1929; first secretary, secretary general, and president, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1925-1963; chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1965-1966 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Kroeber and Henry Allen Moe
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1941-1950 | | | | Extent: | 17 file envelopes | | | | Abstract: | Kroeber was frequently in contact with Moe regarding Guggenheim Foundation support of linguistic, ethnological, archaeological, and human biological research in South and Central America. The Moe papers contain extensive reports by Kroeber on Guggenheim projects and his critique of the scientific and personal character of fellowship applicants. This is an interesting source for study of Kroeber's opinions concerning the work of his scientific peers in the 1940s. | | | | Source: | Henry Allen Moe Papers (B M722) | | | | |
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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 | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 11 | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | [1882]-1978 | | | | Extent: | 36 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | Primarily correspondence, but includes financial and family records, photographs, diaries, manuscripts of published and unpublished works. Much of correspondence consists of Parsons' family letters, but there are four boxes of professional correspondence. Correspondents include Ruth Benedict, Ruth Bunzel, J. Walter Fewkes, Franklin Giddings, P.E. Goddard, A. Goldenweiser, M. Herskovits, A. Kidder, Walter Lippmann, R. Lowie, Paul Radin, R. Redfield,G. Reichard, L. Spier, Clark Wissler | | | | 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 | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| 12 | Author: | Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979 | | | | | Social anthropologist. Lecturer, social anthropology, Cambridge University. Specialist in Melanesian language and culture | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Reo Fortune and Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 14 July 1930 - 1 October 1942 | | | | Extent: | 67 letters | | | | Abstract: | 67 letters (54 to Boas, 13 to Fortune). Omaha secret societies; Dobu ethnology; Chinese ethnography; social structure and behavior in Melanesia; linguistics; Margaret Mead; professional employment; biological basis of social behavior. Included with the correspondence are manuscript copies of some of Fortune's papers, which he sent to Boas for comment. | | | | 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 | 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 | |
| 13 | Author: | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant, Royal Ethnographic Museum, Berlin, 1885-1886; privat-dozent, University of Berlin, 1885-1886; docent, Clark University, 1889-1892; assistant, department of anthropology, Columbian Exposition, 1892-1894; assistant curator, American Museum of Natural History, 1895-1900, curator, 1900-1905; lecturer, anthropology, Columbia Univeristy, 1896-1899, professor, 1899-1936, emeritus professor, 1936-1942. Boas was interested in a broad spectrum of cultural and physical studies and was a central figure in American anthropology from the early 1900s until his death in 1942. His students include (among others): Alfred Kroeber, Robert Lowie, Melville Herskovits, Edward Sapir, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Alexander Goldenweiser, Paul Radin, M. F. Ashley Montagu, Frank Speck, and Elsie Clews Parsons. | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Reo Fortune and Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 14 July 1930 - 1 October 1942 | | | | Extent: | 67 letters | | | | Abstract: | 67 letters (54 to Boas, 13 to Fortune). Omaha secret societies; Dobu ethnology; Chinese ethnography; social structure and behavior in Melanesia; linguistics; Margaret Mead; professional employment; biological basis of social behavior. Included with the correspondence are manuscript copies of some of Fortune's papers, which he sent to Boas for comment. | | | | 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 | 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: | Beynon, William, 1888-1958 | | | | | Chief, field assistant and translator. Tsimshian chief; field assistant/translator to C. Barbeau; informant for Franz Boas and many other anthropologists and linguists | |
| | | Title: | William Beynon Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1933-1937 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The Beynon Papers includes a series of correspondence between Beynon and Franz Boas, 1933-1937, along with a small number of narratives in Tsimshian with interlinear English translations. The letters complement, but do not overlap with those in the Boas Papers | | | | Source: | William Beynon Papers (B B467) | | | | |
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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 | 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 | |
| 15 | Author: | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant, Royal Ethnographic Museum, Berlin, 1885-1886; privat-dozent, University of Berlin, 1885-1886; docent, Clark University, 1889-1892; assistant, department of anthropology, Columbian Exposition, 1892-1894; assistant curator, American Museum of Natural History, 1895-1900, curator, 1900-1905; lecturer, anthropology, Columbia Univeristy, 1896-1899, professor, 1899-1936, emeritus professor, 1936-1942. Boas was interested in a broad spectrum of cultural and physical studies and was a central figure in American anthropology from the early 1900s until his death in 1942. His students include (among others): Alfred Kroeber, Robert Lowie, Melville Herskovits, Edward Sapir, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Alexander Goldenweiser, Paul Radin, M. F. Ashley Montagu, Frank Speck, and Elsie Clews Parsons. | |
| | | Title: | Boas-Rukeyser Collection
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1869-1940 | | | | Extent: | 5 boxes (3 linear feet) | | | | Abstract: | Boas biographical materials. Material collected by Muriel Rukeyser in the 1940s and 1950s, for her proposed biography of Franz Boas. Included are letters to and from Boas, biographical material, various school records, and reminiscences of him by family members. The correspondence includes both family and professional correspondence. There are notes by Rukeyser, correspondence with publishers, news clippings related to Boas, and publications dealing with him. | | | | Source: | Boas-Rukeyser Collection (B B61ru) | | | | |
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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 | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 16 | Author: | Speck, Frank G., 1881-1950 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1911; instructor, ethnology, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1911, assistant professor, 1911-1925, professor, 1925-1950; lecturer, ethnology, Swarthmore College, 1923-1927; assistant editor, American Anthropologist, 1920-1937 | |
| | | Title: | Frank G. Speck Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1903-1950 | | | | Extent: | 16 linear feet (approximately 3,000 items) | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, book and paper manuscripts, notes, diaries, photographs and sketches, movie film, lantern slides, maps, etc. Ethnographic descriptions of Eskimo and American eastern woodland Indians, particularly Catawba, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Iroquois, Nanticoke, Penobscot, Algonquians, Yuchi, and others. Photographs of various races and physical types in Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Linguistic and folkore notes on various cultures. Correspondents include Franz Boas, Loren Eiseley, Alfred Kidder, A.L. Kroeber, Edward Sapir, Carl Voegelin, Clark Wissler, Leslie White, Alexander Goldenweiser, John Swanton | | | | 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 | Folklore, mythology, religion | 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 | |
| 17 | Author: | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant, Royal Ethnographic Museum, Berlin, 1885-1886; privat-dozent, University of Berlin, 1885-1886; docent, Clark University, 1889-1892; assistant, department of anthropology, Columbian Exposition, 1892-1894; assistant curator, American Museum of Natural History, 1895-1900, curator, 1900-1905; lecturer, anthropology, Columbia Univeristy, 1896-1899, professor, 1899-1936, emeritus professor, 1936-1942. Boas was interested in a broad spectrum of cultural and physical studies and was a central figure in American anthropology from the early 1900s until his death in 1942. His students include (among others): Alfred Kroeber, Robert Lowie, Melville Herskovits, Edward Sapir, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Alexander Goldenweiser, Paul Radin, M. F. Ashley Montagu, Frank Speck, and Elsie Clews Parsons. | |
| | | Title: | Franz Boas Manuscript Materials
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1913-1942 | | | | Extent: | 7 folders | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence with Elsie Clews Parsons: Various fieldwork discussion; folklore; "Preserving our Ideals: Thoughts at these Critical Times of One Who Subordinates Patriotism to His Conception of Mankind as a Whole - An Anthropological View" by Boas, 1917; education; publications; Dr. Leo J. Frachtenberg - discharge from Smithsonian, issues and his work; publication funding and publishing; language; "Notes from Laguna", 1922; Pliny Earle Goddard; music; ethnology; peers; Native American culture; discussion on various anthropological work; journals/subscriptions; Boas retirement; book dedication to Parsons; personal. Lectures, remarks to Boas' class in anthropology, 1918. Boas address to American Folklore Society, notes, 1900. Parson's Obituary by Boas, 1942. Photograph of Boas, [Reichard album], n.d. | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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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 | |
| 18 | Author: | Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923- | | | | | Anthropologist. Instructor anthropology Bryn Mawr College, 1948-1950; assistant instructor anthropology University of Pennsylvania, research secretary Behavioral Research Council, 1951-1955; research assistant professor University of Pennsylvania, 1952-1955, visiting associate professor, 1955-1961, professor, 1961, chairman, 1961-1971; Geraldine R. Segal professor social thought, 1980-1983, University professor, 1983-1988, professor emeritus, 1988- | |
| | | Title: | Wallace Family Papers, Subcollection I. Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1920-2000 | | | | Extent: | 103.5 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers are a subcollection of The Wallace Family Papers, which also include the papers of Wallace's father, Paul A. W. Wallace (Subcollection II). The Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers contain material on various topics including anthropology, history, social and technological changes, etc. Series I: Correspondence contains mainly professional correspondences with various people including anthropologists, historians, Native Americas, students, publishers, etc. and include discussions on various topics. Series II: Research Notes and Drafts consists of Wallace's research notes and materials collected. It is divided into five subseries, A. Indian Research, B. Revitalization and Culture, C. Technology and Culture, D. Rockdale, and E. St. Clair. Series III: Notecards includes cards with notes on sources for Wallace's research. Series IV: Works by Wallace and Series V: Works by Others consist of unpublished and published works (many of the works by others are elsewhere in the collection). Series V: Consulting and Committee Work consists of materials regarding his work with professional organizations as well as his private work. Some organizations include the AAA, APS, National Institute of Mental Health, National Research Council, etc. Series VII: Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute includes materials from Wallace's work with the Institute from 1955 to 1980. Series VIII: University of Pennsylvania includes materials from courses taught and taken at the University. Series IX: Indian Claims includes materials collected during the Indian Claims Commission hearings. Series X: Personal contains materials like notes and diaries relating to his personal life. Series XI: Maps includes maps from Wallace's Seneca and Tuscarora research. Series XII: Graphics include professional photographs of fieldwork among Native Americans. There are personal and family photos as well. | | | | Source: | Wallace Family Papers, Subcollection I, Anthony F. C. 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 | |
| 19 | Author: | Crawford, James M., 1925-1989 | | | | | Linguist. County Ranger George Forestry Commission, 1949-1950; Forester in United States Forest Service, 1950-1952; lumber grader Hammond Lumber Company, 1953-1954; surveyor Utah Construction Company, 1955; Research Forester Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1961; teaching assistant Berkeley, 1962-1965; assistant professor anthropology Idaho State University, 1966-1968; associate professor anthropology 1968-1981, professor, 1981-1989 | |
| | | Title: | James M. Crawford Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1906-1988 | | | | Extent: | 68.75 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | Includes materials from Crawford's career as a linguist who dedicated most of his studies to Native American languages. Series I: Correspondence includes mostly incoming letters to Crawford and deal mainly with his publications. Series II: Subject files contains grant applications, news clippings, Crawford's curriculum vitae, reviews, etc. Series III: Works by Crawford includes handwritten and typed work, both drafts and finished works, as well as notes, outlines and articles. It is arranged into four subseries, A. Cocopa, B. Yuchi, C. Yuman, and D. Other. Series IV: Research Notes includes notes and notebooks on linguistic topics. Series V: Card Files, the largest series in the collection, contains card-sized papers that are mostly dictionary terms for different languages. Series VI: Course Material contains mostly notes from graduate courses in linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley. Series VII: Photographs includes photos used in his book "Cocopa Texts" | | | | Source: | James M. Crawford Papers (Ms. Coll. 66) | | | | |
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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 | |
| 20 | Author: | Hallowell, Alfred Irving, 1892-1974 | | | | | Anthropologist. Instructor, anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1922-1927, assistant professor, 1927-1936, associate professor, 1936-1939, professor, 1939-1944, department chairman, 1941-1944; professor, Northwestern University, 1944-1947; professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1947-1971, professor of anthropology, department of psychiatry, Medical School, and curator, social anthropology, University Museum, 1956-1971; emeritus professor and curator, 1971-1974. | |
| | | Title: | Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1892-1981 | | | | Extent: | 28.5 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, diaries, publication manuscripts, photographs, maps, research notes, lectures. Correspondents include the American Anthropological Society, Ashley Montagu, Ruth Bunzel, Frederica De Laguna, Margaret Hodgen, Melville Herskovits, Francis L. K. Hsu, Bruno Klopfer, Clyde Kluckhohn, Margaret Mead, Frank G. Speck, the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Algonquian Indians (especially Abenaki and Ojibwa of Canada and Wisconsin); bear ceremonialism; cultural psychology and use of Rorschach methodology; personality and behavior; religion; folklore; social organization; linguistics; fieldwork; research funding; publications; museum collections. | | | | Source: | Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers (Ms. Coll. 26) | | | | |
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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 | |
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