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| 1 | 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: | Bateson Family Papers
| | | Type: | Collection | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 1910-1922 | | | Extent: | 2 linear feet | | | Abstract: | Letters to and from Bateson family members and friends, including William Bateson, Beatrice Durham Bateson, Martin Bateson. Gregory Bateson's early schooling, family life, travels. | | | Source: | Bateson Family Papers (Ms. Coll. 2) | | | |
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| | Subjects: | Personal matters | |
3 | Author: | Galton, Francis, 1822-1911 | | | | Explorer, independent scientific writer and scholar, founder of eugenics. Galton was an important participant in the councils of 19th-century British science, and his writings on the inheritance of intellectual skills influenced many human biologists and physical anthropologists. In particular, Galton's researches into the comparative roles of human nature and nurture in shaping social behavior and achievement led to the founding of the eugenics movement. | |
| | Title: | Sir Francis Galton Collection
| | | Type: | Collection | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 1867-1909 | | | Extent: | 0.25 linear feet (26 items) | | | Abstract: | Correspondents include Hyde Clarke, H.G. Jebb, Mrs. Annie Procter, E.G. Ravenstein. Various scientific and personal topics; human intelligence and inheritance. | | | Source: | Sir Francis Galton Collection (B G136.m) | | | |
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| | Subjects: | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Personal matters | |
4 | 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: | Frank Gouldsmith Speck (1881-1950)
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 1950 | | | 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 | Personal matters | |
5 | 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: | Manuscripts regarding Alfred Irving Hallowell
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | Circa 1976 | | | Extent: | 27 pages | | | Abstract: | A variety of manuscript materials written and compiled by Wallace concerning Alfred Hallowell. Includes: "Alfred Irving Hallowell, December 28 1892 - October 10 1974;" Hallowell, A.I. - Intro to, writings, notes some correspondence; Hallowell, A.I. - Memorial, writings, some correspondence; Hallowell, A.I. - Studying Anthropology with, notes, writings; Courses taken at University of Pennsylvania (notes), taught by Hallowell, Anthropology 521: Psychology and Culture, 1947 and Anthropology 619, 1949 | | | Source: | Wallace Family Papers, Subcollection I, Series IV-A, Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers (Ms. Coll. 64) | | | |
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| | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Personal matters | |
7 | 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: | Frank Gouldsmith Speck (1881-1950)
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 1950 | | | Extent: | 35 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 | Personal matters | |
10 | 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: | Frank Gouldsmith Speck (1881-1950)
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | [1950] | | | Extent: | 1 folder | | | Abstract: |
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| | | Source: | Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers, Series III (Ms. Coll. 26) | | | |
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| | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Personal matters | |
11 | 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: | Lewis H. Morgan and His Contemporaries
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | [1985] | | | 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 | Personal matters | |
12 | 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 Papers
| | | Type: | Collection | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 1804-1854 | | | Extent: | Approximately 250 items | | | Abstract: | Includes 12 letters to Albert Gallatin, 20 June 1804 to May 1823. Indian languages; natural history; personal. | | | Source: | Alexander von Humboldt Papers (B H88) | | | |
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| | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
13 | Author: | Babcock, Barbara A., 1943- and Nancy J. Parezo | | | | Babcock teaches in the Department of English, University of Arizona. Parezo teaches in American Indian Studies and Anthropology, University of Arizona | |
| | Title: | Women Anthropologists and the Native American Southwest, 1880-1945
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 1986 | | | Extent: | 28 leaves | | | Abstract: | Brief biographical discussions of over 30 women who worked in the southwestern United States between 1880 and 1945. It was published as "The leading edge: Women anthropologists in the native American Southwest, 1880-1945," El Palacio 92 (1986) | | | Source: | Women Anthropologists and the Native American Southwest, 1880-1945 (301.092 B11w) | | | |
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| | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Personal matters | |
14 | 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: | Manuscript materials of Carl Voegelin
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 1934-1969 | | | Extent: |
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| | | Abstract: | Various manuscript materials including: "Linguistic Considerations of Northeastern America", emphasis on midwestern tribes, note of Speck criticizing paper, n.d.; linguistic analysis of Delaware with copy of letter from F.H. Goddard III to APS attributing document to Voegelin, 1939 and 1969; Letter to Speck concerning meaning of Walam Olum title, 5 Januaryary 1948; Voegelin and Morris Swadesh, Scientific Penobscot alphabet, n.d.; Voegelin and Ermini Wheeler-Voegelin, list of Shawnee Dances with letter to Speck, 1934; Letter to Speck concerning Yuchi linguistics, 8 March 1947; Letters to Speck concerning Speck's Naskapi material for comparative study of Algonkin languages, asks for article on the process of the Algonquian languages becoming extinct, general, 1937 to 1945 | | | 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 | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
15 | 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: | Paul A. W. Wallace Papers
| | | Type: | Collection | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 1754-1966 | | | Extent: | 6.5 linear feet | | | Abstract: | Notes, clippings, reprints, photographs, correspondence. Correspondents include Edward Ahenakew, Charles M. Barbeau, William Fenton, Arthur C. Parker, William A. Ritchie, Frank Speck, Carl Voegelin. Pennsylvania Indian history, ethnography; John Heckewelder; the Muhlenbergs and Conrad Weiser | | | Source: | Wallace Family Papers, Subcollection II, Paul A. W. Wallace Papers (Ms. Coll. 64) | | | |
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| | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
16 | 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 | |
17 | Author: | Dunn, Leslie Clarence, 1893-1974 | | | | Geneticist. Geneticist, Connecticut Agricultural Station, Storrs, 1920-1928; professor, zoology, Columbia University, 1928-1962, emeritus professor, 1963-1974; director, Institute for the Study of Human Variation, 1952-1958. | |
| | Title: | L. C. Dunn Papers
| | | Type: | Collection | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | Circa 1920-1974 | | | Extent: | 15.5 linear feet (approximately 15,000 items) | | | Abstract: | Dunn was interested in the topic of race and wrote several books and papers on the subject. They include Heredity, Race and Society with Theodore Dobzhansky in 1946; Biology and Race in 1951; and Heredity and Evolution in Human Populations, 1958. His papers contain the manuscript for a 1960 revision of Race and Biology (sic); letters to Franz Boas, 13 June 1934 to 21 October 1941, on the characteristics of races and genetic versus environmental factors; correspondence and notebooks concerning a genetic study of the Jewish community in Rome; personal correspondence (1945-1955) with Gunnar Dahlberg, professor of race biology, Uppsala, Sweden; and communication with Roger Pineau of the U. S. State Dept. regarding an UNESCO conference on the "Biological Aspects of Race" in 1964. There is extensive correspondence between Dunn and many of the foremost geneticists of this century on many topics. See also the description in the Bentley Glass Guide to Genetics Collections | | | Source: | L. C. Dunn Papers (B D917) | | | |
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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 | Personal matters | |
18 | 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: | Manuscript materials and correspondence of William Fenton
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 1936-1950 | | | Extent: | 67 items | | | Abstract: | The following are materials in Frank Speck's Papers that concern Fenton. The materials are throughout the collection. "The Agricultural Tribes of the Northeast", discussion of Iroquois and Algonquian maize culture and notes on the 1941 Man in the Northeastern America conference, 1941; letter to Speck concerning Seneca use of Joe Pye plant, 1 September 1944; letter to Speck concerning Wampum strings, 15 November, 1948; letter of Fenton concerning Cayuga winter rituals, 1940 or 41; letter to Speck concerning field trip and Seneca-Cayuga material, 12 Januaryary 1933; 4 letters between Fenton and Cornplanter, October 1951; field notes on ceremonies, Seneca, n.d.; letter to Speck, fragment, concerning distribution of Calumet dance, n.d.; letter to Speck concerning plant identification, 26 February 1940; letter to Speck concerning Tutelo songs and difficulties attending Seneca longhouse ceremonies, 27 February 1941. Fieldwork among Catawba, Cherokee and Houma, Fenton's Seneca fieldwork and Speck's studies of Iroquois, relation to Delaware and Iroquois, publication "The Delaware Indians as Women", also included is "A Newsletter to the Second Conference on Iroquois Research"; personal | | | 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 | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
19 | Author: | Lowie, Robert, 1883-1957 | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant, department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1908-1909, assistant curator, 1909-1913, associate curator, 1913-1921; associate professor, anthropology, University of California, 1917-1918, 1921-1925, professor, 1925-1950, emeritus professor, 1950-1957; editor, American Anthropologist, 1924-1933 | |
| | Title: | Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 25 March 1936 - 19 February 1941 | | | Extent: | 17 letters + 13 leaves | | | Abstract: | 17 letters (1 to Lowie, 16 to Parsons) + thirteen manuscript leaves entitled "On Goldenweiser's Recent Trends in American Anthropology." Manuscript includes critique of Goldenweiser, Radin, and Sapir. Letters discuss social organization, culture, religion, ethnological theory, folklore, personal matters, publications, miscellaneous. | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | |
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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 | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
20 | 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: | Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | Type: | Text items | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | Language: | English | | | Dates: | 25 March 1936 - 19 February 1941 | | | Extent: | 17 letters + 13 leaves | | | Abstract: | 17 letters (1 to Lowie, 16 to Parsons) + thirteen manuscript leaves entitled "On Goldenweiser's Recent Trends in American Anthropology." Manuscript includes critique of Goldenweiser, Radin, and Sapir. Letters discuss social organization, culture, religion, ethnological theory, folklore, personal matters, publications, miscellaneous. | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | |
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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 | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
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