| 1. | Title: | Franz Boas Diaries (1883-1912) | |
| Dates: | 1883 - 1912 | ||
| Extent: | 7 volumes | ||
| Locations: | Baffin Island | Mexico City | ||
| Abstract: | The Boas collections include seven diaries that Franz Boas maintained between 1883-1912. These diaries will interest German-reading researchers interested Boas's work with the Baffinland Inuit and his lecture tour in Mexico. Non-German speakers may also browse these diaries for his personal sketches. These diaries ought to interest researchers exploring Boas's career and the history of anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics. | ||
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Five diaries traverse 1883-84: the Baffinland Diary & Notebook, 1883 Baffinland Diary, July 1883-January 1884 Wilhelm Weike Diary, June 1883-September 1884 Baffinland Diary, 1883 and Baffinland Diary, 1884. The American Philosophical Society also possesses two diaries maintained as loose pages: seven pages from an 1888 diary, also available electronically (http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:19253#page/2/mode/1up) and 24 pages related to his 1911-12 lectures in Mexico. | |||
The Boas collections include seven diaries that Franz Boas maintained between 1883-1912. These diaries will interest German-reading researchers interested Boas's work with the Baffinland Inuit and his lecture tour in Mexico. Non-German speakers may also browse these diaries for his personal sketches. These diaries ought to interest researchers exploring Boas's career and the history of anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics. View Full Description in New WindowFive diaries traverse 1883-84: the Baffinland Diary & Notebook, 1883 Baffinland Diary, July 1883-January 1884 Wilhelm Weike Diary, June 1883-September 1884 Baffinland Diary, 1883 and Baffinland Diary, 1884. The American Philosophical Society also possesses two diaries maintained as loose pages: seven pages from an 1888 diary, also available electronically (http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:19253#page/2/mode/1up) and 24 pages related to his 1911-12 lectures in Mexico. | |||
| Subjects: | Anthropology--Fieldwork. | Anthropology. | Diaries. | Ethnology--North America. | Indians of North America--Languages. | Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific. | Indigenous people. | Inuit. | Jewish scientists. | Northwest Coast of North America. | Race relations. | ||
| Collection: | Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61) | ||
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