Subject | • | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork |
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| | • | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment |
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| | • | Folklore, mythology, religion |
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| | • | Linguistics and philology |
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| | • | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution |
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| | 1 | Author: | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | | | | | Natural philosopher, traveler. Humboldt served as a mining official of the Prussian Civil Service, until he became financially independent in 1796. Subsequently he traveled extensively in Europe, the western hemisphere, and Siberia, writing on geography, astronomy, zoology, botany, chemistry, and geomagnetism. His interests also extended to the study of languages and prehistory. | |
| | | Title: | Alexander von Humboldt Correspondence
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | German | | | | Dates: | 1813-1855 | | | | Extent: | 1 reel | | | | Abstract: | Includes 3 letters to Thomas Young. 18 March to 13 June 1823 | | | | Source: | Alexander von Humboldt Correspondence (Film 870.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Linguistics and philology | |
| 2 | Author: | Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881 | | | | | Ethnologist, lawyer. Practiced law in Rochester, New York, from 1851; New York State Assembly, 1861-1868, State Senate, 1868-1869; active in the study of American ethnology, from the early 1840s; wrote on the history and customs of the American Indians and on social evolution; organizer and first chairman of Section H of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1875 | |
| | | Title: | Manuscript journals and Record of Indian Letters
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1845-1876 | | | | Extent: | 2 reels | | | | Abstract: | Film from originals in Rochester University Library. 6 volumes of memoranda on Indian ceremonies, vocabularies, expeditions to visit Indian tribes, description of Indian life, miscellaneous notes; 2 volumes of correspondence regarding laws of descent and systems or relationship among the American Indians | | | | Source: | Manuscript journals and Record of Indian Letters (Film 582) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Linguistics and philology | |
| 3 | 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: | Ancient Monuments of North and South America
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1822-1825 | | | | Extent: | 1 reel; 125 leaves | | | | Abstract: | This material includes a classification of antiquities, and descriptions of ancient monuments of Europe | | | | Source: | Ancient Monuments of North and South America (Film 32) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 4 | 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 Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1846-1885 | | | | Extent: | 20 reels | | | | Abstract: | From the Imperial College of Science and Technology. For the contents of this collection, see Warren R. Dawson, ed., The Huxley Papers: a Descriptive Catalogue of the Correspondence, Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Papers... in the Imperial College of Science and Technology (London, 1946). | | | | Source: | Thomas Henry Huxley Papers (History of Science, Film 2) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 5 | 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: | American Indian Material
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1962 | | | | Extent: | 1 reel | | | | Abstract: | Atna Indian materials | | | | Source: | American Indian Material (Film 1119) | | | | |
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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 | |
| 6 | 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 of the Copper River Valley
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1960, 1968 | | | | Extent: | 2 reels | | | | Abstract: | Atna Indian materials. De Laguna and M.F. Guedon. | | | | Source: | Atna of the Copper River Valley (Film 1278) | | | | |
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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 | |
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