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| | 1 | 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: | Letter to John S. Jenks
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 10 December 1943 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Pre-Columbian gold artifacts | | | | Source: | American Philosophical Society Archives (A.P.S. Archives) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 2 | Author: | Putnam, Frederick Ward, 1839-1915 | | | | | Archaeologist, naturalist, museum administrator. Curator of ichthyology, Boston Society of Natural History; superintendent, Museum of East India Marine Society, Salem, 1867-1869; director, Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, 1869-1873; curator, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, 1874-1909; Peabody Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard, 1886-1909, emeritus professor, 1909-1915; curator of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1894-1903 | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Stephen Bowers
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 17 May 1886 - 2 July 1886 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | A collection of human artifacts | | | | Source: | Stephen Bowers Correspondence (B B672) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 3 | 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: | Speck, Frank G. -- Description of Speck Collection at the American Philosophical Society
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | 4 items | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | Wallace Family Papers, Subcollection I, Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers, Series IV-A (Ms. Coll. 64) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 4 | Author: | Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 | | | | | Naturalist. Apprentice watchmaker, 1838-1839; assistant surveyor, 1839-1844, surveyor, 1846-1848; master, Leicester Collegiate School, 1844-1846; travels to Amazonia, 1848-1852, Malay Archipelago, 1854-1862; writer, public lecturer on evolution, natural history, politics, and social reform, 1862-1913 | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Rollo Russell
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 29 June 1913 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Bournemouth Museum | | | | Source: | Francis Albert Rollo Russell Papers (B R913) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Personal matters | |
| 5 | Author: | Jennings, Francis P., 1918-2000 | | | | | Historian. High school teacher, 1941-1954; assistant professor Delaware Valley College, 1961-1963; associate professor Glassboro (NJ) State College, 1963-1966; director social science Moore College of Art, 1966-1968; chair history Cedar Crest College, 1968-1976; director Center for History of American Indians, Newberry Library, 1976-1981 | |
| | | Title: | Select, Annotated Bibliography of Related Sources and Studies
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1981 | | | | 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 | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 6 | 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: | Sapir as Museologist and Research Director, 1910 -1925
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 3 December 1984 | | | | 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 | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 7 | Author: | Darnell, Regna, 1943- | | | | | Anthropologist. Department of anthropology, 1969-1990, University of Alberta. Department of Anthropology, 1990-; Director, First Nations Studies Program; University of Western Ontario. Member, Royal Society of Canada, American Philosophical Society | |
| | | Title: | The Sapir Years at the Canadian National Museum in Ottawa
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | 31 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 | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 8 | 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: | Correspondence between Alfred Tozzer and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 27 September 1927 - 19 October 1951 | | | | Extent: | 75 letters | | | | Abstract: | 75 letters (42 to Mason, 33 to Tozzer). Museum collections; expeditions; American Anthropological Association; conferences; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 9 | 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 Alfred Tozzer and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 27 September 1927 - 19 October 1951 | | | | Extent: | 75 letters | | | | Abstract: | 75 letters (42 to Mason, 33 to Tozzer). Museum collections; expeditions; American Anthropological Association; conferences; publications | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 10 | Author: | Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956 | | | | | Ethnologist. U.S. Geological Survey, 1884-1886; secretary, Hemenway archaeological expedition, 1886-89; ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1889-1910, ethnologist-in-charge, 1910-1918; Museum of American Indian, New York, 1918-1931; director, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, 1931-1956; editor, American Anthropologist, 1899-1910, 1912-1914. | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Frederick Hodge and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 18 November 1926 - 3 June 1953 | | | | Extent: | 21 letters | | | | Abstract: | 21 letters (10 to Mason, 11 to Hodge). South American archaeology; museum collections and exhibitions; obituary for Hewitt; personal. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 11 | 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 Frederick Hodge and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 18 November 1926 - 3 June 1953 | | | | Extent: | 21 letters | | | | Abstract: | 21 letters (10 to Mason, 11 to Hodge). South American archaeology; museum collections and exhibitions; obituary for Hewitt; personal. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| 13 | Author: | Peale, Benjamin Franklin, 1795-1870 | | | | | Medallist, collector. Operated cotton mill near Philadelphia, 1812-?; manager, Peale Museum until 1833; U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, 1833-1854, chief coiner, 1840-1854; president, Hazelton Coal and Railway Co.; president, Pennsylvania Institution for Instruction of the Blind. Peale was an avid antiquarian, collector of stone age artifacts, and author of numerous papers on prehistory | |
| | | Title: | Letters of Benjamin Franklin Peale
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 31 March 1855 - 29 November 1866 | | | | Extent: | 13 letters | | | | Abstract: | 12 letters to Isaac Hayes, Titian Peale, George Escoll Sellers + 1 letter from Charles Adolphe Morlot concerning Peale's collection of stone age artifacts and Indian skulls and implements | | | | Source: | Peale-Sellers families correspondence (B P31) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 14 | Author: | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | | | | | Ethnologist. Assistant ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1900-1903, ethnologist, 1903-1944; associate editor, American Anthropologist, 1910, 1912-20, editor, 1911, 1921-1923 | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Alfred Hallowell
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1924, 1931 | | | | Extent: | 2 letters | | | | Abstract: | Response to Hallowell about questionnaire - customs and beliefs about bears; list of references regarding fish nets in the Gulf area | | | | 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 | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 15 | 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: | Checklist of American Indian antiquities found in European institutions
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Photostat | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1950 | | | | Extent: | 197 leaves | | | | Abstract: |
none
| | | | Source: | Checklist of American Indian antiquities found in European institutions (016.9701 B235c) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | |
| 17 | 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: | Correspondence between Charles Barbeau and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 27 January 1941 - 15 July 1954 | | | | Extent: | 18 letters | | | | Abstract: | 16 letters (8 to Mason, 8 to Barbeau) + 2 letters to Frank Speck, Paul Fejos. American Anthropology; museum collections; Northwest coast material culture. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | 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 Charles Barbeau and J. Alden Mason
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 27 January 1941 - 15 July 1954 | | | | Extent: | 18 letters | | | | Abstract: | 16 letters (8 to Mason, 8 to Barbeau) + 2 letters to Frank Speck, Paul Fejos. American Anthropology; museum collections; Northwest coast material culture. | | | | Source: | John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| 19 | 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 Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 15 December 1924 - 12 May 1939 | | | | Extent: | 114 letters | | | | Abstract: | 111 letters (66 to Boas, 45 to Olbrechts) + 3 letters from Olbrechts to Commission for Relief in Belgium, Educational Foundation, J.W. Fewkes, W.W. Long. Olbrechts' matriculation at Columbia; fieldwork; Indian linguistics; museum work; teaching | | | | Source: | Franz Boas Papers (B B61) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Personal matters | |
| 20 | 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: | Correspondence between Frans Olbrechts and Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 15 December 1924 - 12 May 1939 | | | | Extent: | 114 letters | | | | Abstract: | 111 letters (66 to Boas, 45 to Olbrechts) + 3 letters from Olbrechts to Commission for Relief in Belgium, Educational Foundation, J.W. Fewkes, W.W. Long. Olbrechts' matriculation at Columbia; fieldwork; Indian linguistics; museum work; teaching | | | | Source: | Franz Boas Papers (B B61) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Personal matters | |
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