| | 1 | 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: | Kwakiutl slipfile
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Kwakiutl | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | Approximately 2,375 slips | | | | Abstract: | Personal names, myth names, tribe and clan names | | | | Source: | Harvey Pitkin Papers (Ms. Coll. 78) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | |
| 2 | Author: | Pitkin, Harvey, 1928- | | | | | Linguist. Assistant professor Department of Linguistics Berkeley, 1960-1963, associate professor, 1964-1979, full professor, 1980; Columbia University | |
| | | Title: | Harvey Pitkin Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Native American languages | | | | Dates: | 1884-1968 | | | | Extent: | 15.5 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The Harvey Pitkin Papers contain materials regarding Pitkin's research on various languages. Series I: Patwin and Wintu Materials includes notes and documents on the Wintu, Patwin (Southern Wintu), and Nomlaki (Central Wintu) languages. Series I is further subdivided into four series based on material, Series I-A: Research notes, Series I-B: Vocabularies and slip files, Series I-C: Text and manuscripts, and Series I-D: Phonetic tracings. Series II: Yuki Materials contains materials gathered by Alfred L. Kroeber. This series is subdivided into five subseries, Series II-A: Research notes, Series II-B: Vocabularies and slip files, Series II-C: Texts and manuscripts, Series II-D: Phonetic tracings, and Series II-E: Correspondence. Series III: Miscellaneous Materials includes materials on various languages. For example, the Yahi, Hamawi, Achumawi, Cherokee, Mohave, Kwakiutl, etc. This series is also divided into five subseries Series III-A: Research notes, Series III-B: Vocabularies and slip files, Series III-C: Texts and manuscripts, Series III-D: Phonetic tracings, and Series III-E: Correspondence | | | | Source: | Harvey Pitkin Papers (Ms. Coll. 78) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 3 | Author: | Hymes, Dell Hathaway, 1927- | | | | | Linguist, folklorist. Instructor to assistant professor, social anthropology, Harvard University, 1956-1960; associate professor to professor of anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-65; professor of anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1965-1971, professor of folklore and linguistics, 1972-1987, professor of education, 1975-1987, dean of education, 1975-1987. University of Virginia, Professor of anthropology and English, 1987-2000, Emeritus Professor, 2000- | |
| | | Title: | Research notes and correspondence of Dell Hymes
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1958, 1961 | | | | Extent: | 30 pages; 4 letters | | | | Abstract: | Includes research notes by Hymes and A. L. Kroeber commenting on Hans Uldall's "Preliminary report on Yuki tones" (Series II-A). Also includes correspondence of Hymes, Mary R. Haas, and Harvey Pitkin regarding the use, transfer, and housing of linguistic materials at the Departments of Linguistics and Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley (Series III-E). | | | | Source: | Harvey Pitkin Papers (Ms. Coll. 78) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | |
| 4 | 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: | Manuscript materials of A. L. Kroeber
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1900-1968 | | | | Extent: |
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| | | | Abstract: | Yuki Materials, research notes, vocabularies and slip files, texts, correspondence, circa 1900 to 1968. Notebooks concerning various dialects or areas of Hill, River, Colusa, and Long Valley Patwin; occasional information on Atsugewi, Yana, Salt Pomo, Lake Miwok, Kato, and Pomo. Other materials, notebooks on different cultures/languages and correspondences, can be found throughout the collection. See the Pitkin Papers finding aid for more information. | | | | Source: | Harvey Pitkin Papers (Ms. Coll. 78) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
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