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| | 2 | Author: | Farabee, William Curtis, 1865-1925 | | | | | Ethnologist, archaeologist. Instructor, Harvard University, 1903-1913; curator, American anthropology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1913-1925. Farabee carried out important ethnological and archaeological studies among the Indians of Peru, British Columbia, northern Brazil, and central Chile. | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between William Farabee and Charles Davenport
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 13 April 1917 - 5 May 1917 | | | | Extent: | 3 letters | | | | Abstract: | 3 letters (2 to Davenport, 1 to Farabee). Friedrich Raetzel's anthropogeography and cultural variation | | | | Source: | Charles Benedict Davenport Papers (B D27) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 3 | 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: | Correspondence between William Farabee and Charles Davenport
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 13 April 1917 - 5 May 1917 | | | | Extent: | 3 letters | | | | Abstract: | 3 letters (2 to Davenport, 1 to Farabee). Friedrich Raetzel's anthropogeography and cultural variation | | | | Source: | Charles Benedict Davenport Papers (B D27) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 4 | 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: | Letter to Albert Gallatin
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 14 March 1810 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | American Indian ethnography | | | | Source: | Benjamin Smith Barton Papers, Violetta W. Delafield Collection (B B284.d) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 5 | Author: | Haddon, Alfred Cort, 1855-1940 | | | | | Anthropologist. Professor, zoology, Royal College of Science, Dublin, 1880-1901; lecturer, physical anthropology, Cambridge University, 1894-1898; university lecturer in ethnology, 1900-1909; reader in ethnology, 1909-1925. Haddon also served in various curatorial positions at the Science and Art Museum, Dublin; the Horniman Museum, London, and the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. | |
| | | Title: | Letters to J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 21 November 1928; 3 December 1934 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | American spearthrowers | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 8 | Author: | Barbeau, Charles Marius, 1883-1969 | | | | | Anthropologist. Anthropologist, National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, 1911-1948, consultant, 1948-1969; professor, Loyola University, 1945-1955, emeritus professor, 1955-1969; lecturer, Montreal University; co-editor, Journal of American Folklore, 1916-1969 | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Frank G. Speck
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1926, 1945 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | Thank you for sending a piece of silver from grave, believes it could have been made in Quebec City between 1800-1830 | | | | 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 | |
| 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: | Letter to Frank G. Speck
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Comparative calendars, Penobscot | | | | 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 | |
| 10 | 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: | Letter to John Heckewelder
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 20 November 1797 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter; photocopy | | | | Abstract: | Nanticoke Indians | | | | Source: | Letters of Scientists, from the College of Physicians of Philadelphia (509 L56.26) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 11 | Author: | Bateson, Gregory, 1904-1980 | | | | | Ethnologist, researcher in human behavior. Lecturer, Langley Porter Clinic, 1948-1950; ethnologist, Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California, 1950-1962; research director in ethnology, Communication Research Institute, 1962-1964; associate director of research, Oceanic Institute, 1964-1969. | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Ashley Montagu
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 23 April 1946 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Government | | | | Source: | Ashley Montagu Papers (Ms. Coll. 109) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 12 | Author: | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | | | | | Physician, naturalist. Practicing physician, Philadelphia, 1826-1851; professor of anatomy, Pennsylvania Medical College, 1839-1843; member of the American Philosophical Society and the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; researcher and writer in paleontology, geology, zoology, medicine, and physical anthropology. Morton, a noted polygenist, wrote on craniology and human hybridity | |
| | | Title: | Letter to A. D. Bache
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 5 May 1843 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Egyptian ethnography | | | | Source: | American Philosophical Society Archives (A.P.S. Archives) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 14 | Author: | Spier, Leslie, 1893-1961 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant, anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1916-1920; instructor, anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, 1920-1921, assistant professor, 1921-1927, professor and director of museum, 1929; visiting professor, University of Chicago, 1928, 1930; research associate, Yale University, 1931-1933, associate professor, 1933-1939; professor, University of New Mexico, 1939-1955, emeritus professor, 1955-1961; editor, American Anthropologist, 1934-1939 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Leslie Spier and Frank G. Speck
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1938 | | | | Extent: | 5 items | | | | Abstract: | Refers to published reference on Carib-Dominica trap and sketch, Pima and Maricopa, Papago, Houma and Mricopa traps | | | | Source: | Frank Gouldsmith Speck Papers, XIII(22G) (Ms. Coll. 126) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 15 | 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: | Correspondence between Leslie Spier and Frank G. Speck
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1938 | | | | Extent: | 5 items | | | | Abstract: | Refers to published reference on Carib-Dominica trap and sketch, Pima and Maricopa, Papago, Houma and Mricopa traps | | | | Source: | Frank Gouldsmith Speck Papers, XIII(22G) (Ms. Coll. 126) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | |
| 16 | Author: | Tozzer, Alfred M., 1877-1954 | | | | | Anthropologist, archaeologist. Instructor, Anthropology, Harvard University, 1905-1912, assistant professor, 1912-1920, associate professor, 1912-1920, professor, 1921-1945; John E. Hudson professor of archaeology, 1945-1947, professor emeritus, 1947-1954; curator, Middle American Archaeology, Peabody Museum, 1905-1947 | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Alfred Hallowell
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1926 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Thank you for a copy of "Bear Ceremonialism" | | | | Source: | Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers (Ms. Coll. 26) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 17 | Author: | Wallace, Paul A. W., 1891-1967 | | | | | Professor of English, Pennsylvania historian. English professor and department chairman, Lebanon Valley College; editor, Pennsylvania History, 1951-1957; consultant, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, historian, 1957-1965 | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Frank G. Speck
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1943, 1945 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | Concerning history of the Six Nations; Cree tales (Wissakutchek) collected by Edward Ahenakew in Alberta. Concerns Joseph Montours and his return to his native religion | | | | 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 | Folklore, mythology, religion | |
| 18 | Author: | 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: | Spanish Elements in the Kachina Cult of the Pueblos
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1928-1929 | | | | Extent: | 30 pages | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence regarding the manuscript "Spanish Elements in the Kachina Cult of the Pueblos" | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers, Series III (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | |
| 19 | Author: | Gifford, Edward Winslow, 1887-1959 | | | | | Ornithologist, anthropologist, museum curator. Assistant curator, ornithology, California Academy of Sciences, 1904-1912; assistant curator, director, Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1912-1954; lecturer in anthropology, University of California, 1920-1938, associate professor, 1938-1945, professor, 1945-1954; associate editor, American Anthropologist. | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1937 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Cultural fieldwork; thank you for donations of pottery objects from Mexico | | | | 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 | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | |
| 20 | Author: | Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 | | | | | Naturalist, linguist. Assistant, New Jersey Geological Survey, 1836-1837; assistant, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1837-1838; lecturer, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1842-1843; professor, natural history, University of Pennsylvania, 1851-1855; professor, geology and chemistry, Pennsylvania Agricultural College, and professor of natural sciences, Delaware College, 1853-1858; professor, comparative philology, University of Pennsylvania, 1868-1880. | |
| | | Title: | Samuel Stehman Haldeman Letters
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 22 March 1859 - 26 November 1875 | | | | Extent: | 8 letters | | | | Abstract: | 3 letters to Professor S. J. Sedgwick. Linguistics; bead collecting | | | | Source: | Samuel Stehman Haldeman Letters (B H129) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | |
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