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| | 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | 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 Letters
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | German | | | | Dates: | 1804-1856 | | | | Extent: | 1 reel | | | | Abstract: | Includes 4 letters to George Bancroft. 25 October 1820 to 12 July 1828. American Indian and other languages | | | | Source: | Alexander von Humboldt Letters (Film 870.2) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 8 | Author: | Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840 | | | | | Physician, naturalist, comparative physical anthropologist. Curator, natural history collection, Goettingen University, 1776, professor, medicine, 1778; professor primarius, medicine, 1816. | |
| | | Title: | Letters of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | German | | | | Dates: | March 1817 - November 1829 | | | | Extent: | 9 letters | | | | Abstract: | 9 letters from Blumenbach. Correspondents include C. L. Harding, C. F. Michelis, B. S. Barton, John Sullivan, James Cook Richmond, William Richmond, George Tichnor. American Indian languages; race; physical anthropology. | | | | Source: | Universitat Gottingen. Niedersachische Staats und Universitatsbibliothek. Miscellaneous letters (History of Science Film 8) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 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: | 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 | |
| 10 | 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 Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | German | | | | Dates: | 1862-1942 | | | | Extent: | 98 boxes (49 linear feet) | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains the mass of Boas' professional correspondence and is an important source of material concerning both his own career and American anthropology in the first half of the twentieth century. The correspondence covers many topics, including physical anthropology and anthropometry, race, American Indian linguistics, ethnography and ethnology, fieldwork, anthropological teaching, research funding, international relations in science, the disciplinary and institutional history of American anthropology, and the social relations of science. The number of correspondents is extensive. For an index of names and dates see Scholarly Resources' Guide. The Library holds both original and microfilm copies of the correspondence. | | | | Source: | Franz Boas Papers (B B61) | | | | |
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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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