Subject | • | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork |
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| | • | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections |
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| | • | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution |
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| | 1 | Author: | Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, ethnology, American Museum of Natural History, 1926-1942, associate curator, 1942-1964, curator, 1964-1969, emeritus curator, 1969-1978, director, studies in contemporary culture, 1951-1953; adjunct professor, anthropology, Columbia University, 1954-1978 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Margaret Mead and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 17 February 1930 - 25 July 1946 | | | | Extent: | 15 letters | | | | Abstract: | 15 letters (10 to Mason, 5 to Mead). Personal; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 2 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Margaret Mead and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 17 February 1930 - 25 July 1946 | | | | Extent: | 15 letters | | | | Abstract: | 15 letters (10 to Mason, 5 to Mead). Personal; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 3 | Author: | Benedict, Ruth Fulton, 1887-1948 | | | | | Anthropologist. Lecturer, anthropology, Columbia University, 1923-1930; assistant professor, 1930-1936; associate professor, 1936-1948; professor, 1948. Helped organize project for Research in Contemporary Cultures at Columbia University, 1946. Studied folklore, ethnology, the psychological basis of cultural patterns. | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Ruth Benedict and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 6 December 1927 - 18 July 1947 | | | | Extent: | 46 letters | | | | Abstract: | 46 letters (34 to Mason, 22 to Benedict). Folklore; publications; personal. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 4 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Ruth Benedict and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 6 December 1927 - 18 July 1947 | | | | Extent: | 46 letters | | | | Abstract: | 46 letters (34 to Mason, 22 to Benedict). Folklore; publications; personal. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 5 | Author: | Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1883-1948 | | | | | Archaeologist. Research fellow, Central American archaeology, Harvard University, 1907-1908; fieldwork, School of American Archaeology, 1909-1914; research associate, Carnegie Institution, 1915-1918, in charge of archaeological expeditions to Central America, 1918-1924; director, Chichen Itza project, 1924-1940 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Sylvanus Morley and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 20 October 1927 - 15 November 1948 | | | | Extent: | 74 letters | | | | Abstract: | 74 letters (29 to Mason, 45 to Morley). Maya archaeology, material culture; fieldwork; museum collections; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 6 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Sylvanus Morley and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 20 October 1927 - 15 November 1948 | | | | Extent: | 74 letters | | | | Abstract: | 74 letters (29 to Mason, 45 to Morley). Maya archaeology, material culture; fieldwork; museum collections; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 7 | Author: | Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985 | | | | | Anthropologist. Instructor, sociology, University of Maryland, 1925-1927; assistant professor, Yale, 1928-1934, associate professor, ethnology, 1934-1939, professor, anthropology, 1939-1960, director, cross-cultural survey, Institute of Human Relations, 1937-1946; Mellon professor, anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 1960-1971, emeritus professor, 1971-1985 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between George Murdock and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 8 February 1946 - 12 September 1952 | | | | Extent: | 27 letters | | | | Abstract: | 25 letters (12 to Mason, 13 to Murdock) + 2 letters to Linton Sattherwaite and Weston LaBarre. Society for Applied Anthropology; Velikovsky; American Anthropologist; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 8 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between George Murdock and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 8 February 1946 - 12 September 1952 | | | | Extent: | 27 letters | | | | Abstract: | 25 letters (12 to Mason, 13 to Murdock) + 2 letters to Linton Sattherwaite and Weston LaBarre. Society for Applied Anthropology; Velikovsky; American Anthropologist; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 9 | Author: | Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1953 | | | | | Archaeologist, Americanist. Honorary special assistant, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; honorary professor, archaeology, National Museum, Mexico, 1908-1933; member, advisory council, department of anthropology, University of California | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Zelia Nuttall and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 5 August 1931 - 25 January 1933 | | | | Extent: | 4 letters | | | | Abstract: | 4 letters (1 to Mason, 3 to Nuttall). Letters of introduction; Mexican archaeology; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 10 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Zelia Nuttall and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 5 August 1931 - 25 January 1933 | | | | Extent: | 4 letters | | | | Abstract: | 4 letters (1 to Mason, 3 to Nuttall). Letters of introduction; Mexican archaeology; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 11 | Author: | Olbrechts, Frans M., 1899-1959 | | | | | Linguist, anthropologist. Olbrechts spent a year studying under Boas at Columbia before doing linguistic fieldwork among various Indian tribes. A native of Belgium, Olbrechts worked successively as a museum curator in Brussels and as a faculty member at Ghent University | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Frans Olbrechts and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 6 March 1937 - 10 March 1937 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | 2 letters (1 to Mason, 1 to Olbrechts). Personal | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Personal matters | |
| 12 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Frans Olbrechts and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 6 March 1937 - 10 March 1937 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | 2 letters (1 to Mason, 1 to Olbrechts). Personal | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| 14 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between David Bidney and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 7 November 1945 - 17 June 1947 | | | | Extent: | 17 letters | | | | Abstract: | 15 letters (10 to Mason, 5 to Bedney) + 2 letters to Helen Hause, Irving Hallowell | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| 15 | Author: | Radin, Paul, 1883-1959 | | | | | Anthropologist. Ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1910-1912; field ethnologist, Canadian Department of Mines, 1912-1917; assistant professor, ethnology, University of California, Berkeley, 1918-1920; lecturer, ethnology, Cambridge University, 1920-1924; Canadian fieldwork, 1925-1926; Fisk University, 1927-1931; University of California, Berkeley, 1931-1940; Black Mountain College, North Carolina, 1941-1945; foundation supported lecturing and research, 1945-1957; Samuel Rubin professor, and head of department, anthropology, Brandeis University, 1957-1959. | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Paul Radin and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 10 January 1941 - 22 March 1960 | | | | Extent: | 4 letters | | | | Abstract: | 3 letters (1 to Mason, 2 to Radin) + 1 letter to Doris Radin. Mexican and South American linguistics. Radin Festschrift | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 16 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Paul Radin and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 10 January 1941 - 22 March 1960 | | | | Extent: | 4 letters | | | | Abstract: | 3 letters (1 to Mason, 2 to Radin) + 1 letter to Doris Radin. Mexican and South American linguistics. Radin Festschrift | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 17 | Author: | Redfield, Robert, 1897-1958 | | | | | Anthropologist. Instructor, sociology, University of Colorado, 1925-1926; fellow, Social Science Research Council, 1926-1927; instructor, anthropology, University of Chicago, 1927-1928, assistant professor, 1928-1930, associate professor, 1930-1934, professor and dean, Divison of Social Sciences, 1934-1946, chairman, department of anthropology, 1947-1949, Robert Maynard Hutchins professor, 1953-1958; research associate, in charge of ethnology and sociological fieldwork, Carnegie Institution, 1930-1946 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Robert Redfield and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 31 October 1940 - 1 July 1942 | | | | Extent: | 4 letters | | | | Abstract: | 4 letters (2 to Mason, 2 to Redfield). Mexican codices; current ethnographic research in Guatemala | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 18 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Robert Redfield and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 31 October 1940 - 1 July 1942 | | | | Extent: | 4 letters | | | | Abstract: | 4 letters (2 to Mason, 2 to Redfield). Mexican codices; current ethnographic research in Guatemala | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 19 | Author: | Reichard, Gladys, 1893-1955 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant, anthropology, Barnard College, 1921-1922; research fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1922-1923; instructor, anthropology, Barnard College, 1923-1928, assistant professor, 1928-1941, associate professor, 1941-1951, professor, 1951-1955 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Gladys Reichard and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 8 January 1925 - 7 September 1958 | | | | Extent: | 17 letters | | | | Abstract: | 17 letters (9 to Mason, 8 to Reichard). American Ethnological Society; conferences; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 20 | Author: | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, Mexican and South American archaeology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1917-1924; assistant curator, Mexican archaeology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1925; curator, American archaeology, and ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1955, curator emeritus, 1955-1967; editor, American Anthropologist, 1945-1948 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Gladys Reichard and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 8 January 1925 - 7 September 1958 | | | | Extent: | 17 letters | | | | Abstract: | 17 letters (9 to Mason, 8 to Reichard). American Ethnological Society; conferences; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
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