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| | 1 | 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: | Speck, Frank G. -- Description of Speck Collection at the American Philosophical Society
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | 4 items | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | Wallace Family Papers, Subcollection I, Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers, Series IV-A (Ms. Coll. 64) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 2 | Author: | Jennings, Francis P., 1918-2000 | | | | | Historian. High school teacher, 1941-1954; assistant professor Delaware Valley College, 1961-1963; associate professor Glassboro (NJ) State College, 1963-1966; director social science Moore College of Art, 1966-1968; chair history Cedar Crest College, 1968-1976; director Center for History of American Indians, Newberry Library, 1976-1981 | |
| | | Title: | Select, Annotated Bibliography of Related Sources and Studies
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1981 | | | | Extent: | 1 item | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 3 | Author: | Fenton, William N., 1908-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. U.S. Indian Service, 1935-1937; instructor in sociology and anthropology, St. Lawrence University, 1937-1938; visiting instructor to various universities; lecturer; associate anthropologist, Smithsonian, 1939-1943; ethnologist, 1943-1951; National Research Council, 1952-1954; New York State Museum and Science Service, 1954-1968; professor, SUNY-Albany, 1968-1974; professor emeritus, 1979-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Sapir as Museologist and Research Director, 1910 -1925
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 3 December 1984 | | | | Extent: | 1 item | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 4 | Author: | Darnell, Regna, 1943- | | | | | Anthropologist. Department of anthropology, 1969-1990, University of Alberta. Department of Anthropology, 1990-; Director, First Nations Studies Program; University of Western Ontario. Member, Royal Society of Canada, American Philosophical Society | |
| | | Title: | The Sapir Years at the Canadian National Museum in Ottawa
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | 31 pages | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | William N. Fenton Papers, Series IV (Ms. Coll. 20) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 5 | Author: | Pitkin, Harvey, 1928- | | | | | Linguist. Assistant professor Department of Linguistics Berkeley, 1960-1963, associate professor, 1964-1979, full professor, 1980; Columbia University | |
| | | Title: | Harvey Pitkin Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Native American languages | | | | Dates: | 1884-1968 | | | | Extent: | 15.5 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The Harvey Pitkin Papers contain materials regarding Pitkin's research on various languages. Series I: Patwin and Wintu Materials includes notes and documents on the Wintu, Patwin (Southern Wintu), and Nomlaki (Central Wintu) languages. Series I is further subdivided into four series based on material, Series I-A: Research notes, Series I-B: Vocabularies and slip files, Series I-C: Text and manuscripts, and Series I-D: Phonetic tracings. Series II: Yuki Materials contains materials gathered by Alfred L. Kroeber. This series is subdivided into five subseries, Series II-A: Research notes, Series II-B: Vocabularies and slip files, Series II-C: Texts and manuscripts, Series II-D: Phonetic tracings, and Series II-E: Correspondence. Series III: Miscellaneous Materials includes materials on various languages. For example, the Yahi, Hamawi, Achumawi, Cherokee, Mohave, Kwakiutl, etc. This series is also divided into five subseries Series III-A: Research notes, Series III-B: Vocabularies and slip files, Series III-C: Texts and manuscripts, Series III-D: Phonetic tracings, and Series III-E: Correspondence | | | | Source: | Harvey Pitkin Papers (Ms. Coll. 78) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 6 | 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 | |
| 7 | Author: | Li, Fanggui (Fang-Kuei), 1902-1987 | | | | | Linguist. Expert, Chipewyan and Athapascan languages. Professor of linguistics, University of Washington and University of Hawaii | |
| | | Title: | Fanggui Li Collection
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Chipewyan | | | | Dates: | 1928-1982 | | | | Extent: | 1.5 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The Fanggui Li Collection contains materials reflecting Li's career in linguistics. The collection includes ten notebooks on the Chipewyan language, 1928, and two audiotapes of Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson's oral history interview with Li, 1982 | | | | Source: | Fanggui Li Collection (Ms. Coll. 119) | | | | |
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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 | Personal matters | |
| 8 | 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 | |
| 9 | 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 | |
| 10 | 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 | |
| 11 | 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 | |
| 12 | 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 | |
| 13 | 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 | |
| 14 | 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 | |
| 15 | Author: | Hoebel, E. (Edward) Adamson, 1906-1993 | | | | | Anthropologist. Instructor sociology, New York University, 1929-1935, associate professor sociology and anthropology, 1935-1941, associate professor, 1941-1948; lecturer; visiting instructor to various universities; professor, head University of Utah, 1948-1954; professor, chairman University of Minnesota, 1954-1968, Regent's professor, 1966-1972, professor law, 1972-1981; emeritus, 1972-1993 | |
| | | Title: | E. Adamson Hoebel Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1925-1983 | | | | Extent: | 11.75 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The E. Adamson Hoebel Papers contain various materials from Hoebel's anthropology career. Series I: Correspondence includes correspondences with various people during Hoebel's career. Series II: Subject Files consists of different materials, notes, clippings, reports, reviews etc. for Hoebel's publications. Series III: Works by Hoebel and Series IV: Works by Others contain unpublished and published works by Hoebel, students and colleagues. Series V: Research notes contains notes on various Native American tribes. Series VI: Course materials includes notes and outlines for courses Hoebel taught. Series VII: Photographs includes photos from his professional career | | | | Source: | E. Adamson Hoebel Papers (Ms. Coll. 43) | | | | |
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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 | |
| 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: | John Alden Mason Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1904-1967 | | | | Extent: | 26.75 linear feet (approximately 20,000 items) | | | | Abstract: | Includes 21 linear feet of correspondence on personal and professional matters. Correspondents include F. Boas, M. Herskovits, R. Lowie, R. Linton, S. Tax, A. Kroeber, G. Murdock, E. Sapir, A. Hallowell, E. Hooton, M. Mead, G. Reichard, J. Swanton, A. Kidder, C. Kluckhohn, J. Steward, and others. Also, Latin American Institute; Papago linguistic notes, word lists; Papago linguistic card files; Pima ling. card files; miscellaneous notes on Tepecan ethnology, linguistics, religion; notebooks; Mexican photographs, 1913-1917 | | | | 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 | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | 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 Professional Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | German | | | | Dates: | Circa 1860-1942 | | | | Extent: | 27 boxes (12.5 linear feet) | | | | Abstract: | This is a collection of miscellaneous materials concerning Franz Boas' family life and professional career, useful for studies of Boas' general intellectual and social interests and commitments. His teaching career can be partially traced through Columbia University course listings, public and professional addresses and speeches, various committee reports, notebooks, research accounts and budgets, etc. There are folders containing translations of some of Boas' letters to Abraham Jacobi, Marie Boas, Ernst Boas, and other family members, between the years of 1877 and 1931. Professional correspondence (not included in Scholarly Resources' Guide to the Microfilm Collection of the Professional Papers of Franz Boas) is present in this collection. Correspondents include Adolph Bastian, Ruth Bunzel, T. McKeen Cattell, J. Waiter Fewkes, A.C. Haddon, A.L. Kroeber, Robert Lowie, F. von Luschan, William McGee, J. Alden Mason, F. W. Putnam, Paul Radin, Edward Sapir, Karl von den Steinen, John W. Swanton, Alfred W. Tozzer. Other documents include a draft constitution for the "American Anthropologic Association"; "Report of Committee on Introduction of Anthropologic Teaching", to Section H, American Association for the Advancement of Science; papers relating to American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom; Columbia course descriptions in anthropology (various years); research accounts and budgets for 1928, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941; diary of Arctic Expedition, 1883-1884, along with maps, notebooks, photographs, sketchbook; diaries for 1886, 1889, 1890; copies of various lectures, 1885-1917; curricula vitae, with short autobiographies; collections of notes on various topics; Kwakiutl ethnographic texts and vocabularies; addresses and papers, 1909-1941; catalog of Boas' library; radio addresses and speeches; Boas family genealogies; news clippings; photographs. | | | | Source: | Franz Boas Professional Papers (B B61p) | | | | |
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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 | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| 18 | Author: | Tooker, Elisabeth, 1927-2005 | | | | | Anthropologist. Instructor anthropology University of Buffalo, 1957-1960; assistant professor Mount Holyoke College, 1961-1965; assistant professor Temple University, 1965-1967, professor, 1977-1992, professor emeritus, 1992-2005 | |
| | | Title: | Elisabeth Tooker Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1945-1994 | | | | Extent: | 5.75 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The Elisabeth Tooker Papers contain various materials from Tooker's professional life, with a focus on the Iroquois. Series I: Correspondence includes professional correspondences with various anthropologists, Native Americans, etc. throughout her career. Series II: Subject Files includes reviews, outlines, reports etc. on various subjects. Series III: Works by Tooker and Series IV: Works by Others include mostly unpublished works from Tooker as a professional and student as well as works by Donald Bahr, Henry F. Dobyns, Grace Rajnovich, Michael K. Foster, and Bruce G. Trigger. Series V: Field Notes includes notes mostly relating to Native Americans. Series VI: Photographs includes photos from Tooker's Masters thesis | | | | Source: | Elisabeth Tooker Papers (Ms. Coll. 84) | | | | |
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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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