MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Title:
Dates:
ca. 1862-1940
Abstract:
Material collected by Muriel Rukeyser in the late 1940s and 1950s for a proposed biography of Franz Boas, including original manuscript materials of Boas, correspondence between Boas and Rukeyser, biographical data, early family letters and documents relating to him, school and military records, family reminiscences of Boas, and some professional correspondence. There is also material specifically related to the publication of Rukeyser's biography, including notes, a synopsis of the book, and correspondence with publishers and funding agencies. There are also some of Boas' and others' publications.
Call #:
Mss.B.B61ru
Extent:
3.75 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Anthropologists -- United States. | Anthropology -- United States -- History. | Authors and publishers. | Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 | Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840-1914 | Baur, Georg, 1859-1898 | Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948 | Benedict, Stanley R. (Stanley Rossiter), 1884-1936 | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Bogoras, Waldemar, 1865-1936 | Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899 | Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 | Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944 | Champion, Martha | Clarke, Hans Thacher, 1887-1972 | Clippings. | Dakin, H. D. (Henry Drysdale), 1880-1952 | Dorsey, James Owen, -- 1848-1895. | Goldenweiser, Alexander, 1880-1940 | Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896 | James, William, 1842-1910 | Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 | Laufer , Berthold, 1874-1934 | Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 | Nuttall, Zelia, -- 1858-1933. | Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980 | Tozzer, Alfred M. -- (Alfred Marston), -- 1877-1954. | Tylor, Edward B. (Edward Burnett), 1832-1917