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1Author:  Bunzel, Ruth Leah, 1898-1990
 Anthropologist. Associate director, Research in Contemporary Cultures, Columbia University, 1947-1951, lecturer, anthropology, Columbia University, 1954-1960, adjunct professor, 1960-1969, senior research associate, 1969-. 


 Title:  Tentative Questionnaire for Handbook of Psychological Leads for Ethnological Field Workers     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Records 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Extent:  143 leaves 
 Abstract:  List of subjects for observation and analysis. Subjects include environmental determinants of behavior, food supply, technology, division of labor, use of property, economic stratification, class relations. 
 Source:  Leonard Carmichael Papers (B C212) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork 
2Author:  Cherokee Nation
  


 Title:  Cherokee Record Book     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Records 
 Language:  Cherokee 
 Dates:  1902-1903 
 Extent:  100 leaves 
 Abstract:  The record book of a mutual aid group, in the Sequoyan syllabary 
 Source:  Cherokee Record Book (497.3 C41) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork 
3Author:  American Eugenics Society
 The American Eugenics Society was organized in 1921, following the Second International Conference on Eugenics. At first called the Eugenics Committee of the U.S.A., its name was shortened and adopted in 1925. In 1972 the American Eugenics Society was reorganized and renamed The Society for the Study of Social Biology 


 Title:  American Eugenics Society Records     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Records 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1916-1973 
 Extent:  12 linear feet 
 Abstract:  Committee records, accounts, correspondence, meeting records, membership lists, legislative records, local society records, published and unpublished Society reports and memoranda, history of the Society by Frederick Osborn (1971). Particularly interesting are the records of the Selective Immigration, Legislative, and Research Committees. Most of the material deals with the period of the Society's incorporation after 1926. There is documentation interspersed throughout the collection dealing with the topic of heredity versus environment in producing cultural achievement. Material on mental and physical inheritance, differential cross-cultural fecundity, and race hybridization is also present. 
 Source:  American Eugenics Society Records (575.06 Am3) 
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 Subjects:  Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution 
4Author:  American Anthropological Association
  


 Title:  Plans for the Edward Sapir Centennial     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Records 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1982-1983 
 Extent:  1 folder 
 Abstract:   none  
 Source:  Dell H. Hymes Papers, Series II-A (Ms. Coll. 55) 
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 Subjects:  Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment 
5Author:  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
  


 Title:  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Minute Book     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Records 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  14 November 1780 - 21 May 1782 
 Extent:  1 volume (216 leaves) 
 Abstract:  Includes 109 printed pages on the "Account of the Institution and Progress of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland," by William Smellie (1782) 
 Source:  Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Minute Book (913.41 Solm) 
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 Subjects:  Archaeology, prehistory 
6Author:  Society for Linguistic Anthropology
 In 1983, the Society for Linguistic Anthropology was formed as a section of the AAA with the goal of advancing the "study of language in its social and cultural context and to encourage communication of the results of such study." It has published the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology semiannually since 1991, and since 2001 they have given out the Edward Sapir Prize for the book making the most significant contribution to the understanding of language in society 


 Title:  Society for Linguistic Anthropology Records     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Records 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1982-1986 
 Extent:  0.5 linear feet 
 Abstract:  The Society for Linguistic Anthropology Records contains materials from the early years of the Society. Materials include correspondence, newsletters and minutes of the executive committee 
 Source:  Society for Linguistic Anthropology Records (Ms. Coll. 50) 
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 Subjects:  Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections