| | Author: | Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895 | | | | | Seneca chief, soldier, engineer. Student of law and then of civil engineering; civil engineer and superintendent of government works at Galena, Ill., 1857-1862; U.S. army, from captain of engineers to brigadier-general, 1862-1869; U.S. commissioner of Indian affairs, 1869-1871; businessman, 1871-1895 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Lewis Morgan and Ely Samuel Parker
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1844-1853 | | | | Extent: | 14 letters | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence between Morgan and Parker as well as between Morgan and Caroline Parker and others. Ely Parker became a primary consultant to Morgan in his work. Subjects include Grand Order of the Iroquois; education; Indian names and definitions; Grand Confederacy of Iroquois; request of Parker to make full report of Council and it's speeches and ceremonies; correspondent employment for Parker; payment of articles the Parker family was making and collecting for Morgan; publication "League of the Iroquois"; personal | | | | Source: | Ely Samuel Parker Papers (497.3 P223) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895 | | | | | Seneca chief, soldier, engineer. Student of law and then of civil engineering; civil engineer and superintendent of government works at Galena, Ill., 1857-1862; U.S. army, from captain of engineers to brigadier-general, 1862-1869; U.S. commissioner of Indian affairs, 1869-1871; businessman, 1871-1895 | |
| | | Title: | Ely Samuel Parker Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1794-1946 | | | | Extent: | 2 linear feet (approximately 600 items) | | | | Abstract: | Printed and manuscript sources on Indian affairs and Ely Parker's life and career, collected by Arthur C. Parker. Includes various Parker family materials; comments and manuscripts of Arthur Parker; linguistic materials dealing with the Seneca, collected by Albert Wright; Seneca historical records gathered by Arthur Parker. Correspondents include Lewis H. Morgan, Henry R. Schoolcraft, Millard Fillmore, Daniel Webster | | | | Source: | Ely Samuel Parker Papers (497.3 P223) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | |
| | Author: | Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895 | | | | | Seneca chief, soldier, engineer. Student of law and then of civil engineering; civil engineer and superintendent of government works at Galena, Ill., 1857-1862; U.S. army, from captain of engineers to brigadier-general, 1862-1869; U.S. commissioner of Indian affairs, 1869-1871; businessman, 1871-1895 | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Henry Schoolcraft
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 30 May 1849 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Request for information about Indians | | | | Source: | Ely Samuel Parker Papers (497.3 P223) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Hallowell and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 8 February 1940 - 15 December 1941 | | | | Extent: | 17 items | | | | Abstract: | American Folklore Society; publications | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Kidder and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1920-1935 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 25 letters | | | | Abstract: | Fieldwork/ethnology; funding; publications; Pecos; Summer Training Course; women in anthropology; ceremonial pottery; Zuni; Parsons elected member of Advisory Board/Board of Trustees of the Laboratory of Anthropology; memorandum concerning problems of the Laboratory of Anthropology | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Kidder and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1923, 1937-1938 | | | | Extent: | 3 letters | | | | Abstract: | Baskets, pottery manufacture and trade (San Juan, San Ildefonso). Plates for a publication. Pueblo language; Navaho. Concerning prayer-stick drawings; Navaho grave site; Zuni word; Kiva mask | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Alfred Kroeber and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1915-1939 | | | | Extent: | 7 folders | | | | Abstract: | Publications comments; folklores; peers - Goddard, Tozzer, Wissler, etc.; fieldwork; ethnography; ethnology; Zuni; language; editing issues; Acoma Project Conference; funding; professional organizations; personal | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Clark Wissler and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1918-1922, 1928-1929 | | | | Extent: |
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| | | | Abstract: | Correspondence regarding Southwest research - encyclopedia project; funding; fieldwork; news/press - issues; publications. Manuscript "Spanish Elements in the Kachina Cult of the Pueblos" | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Clyde Kluckhohn and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1 April 1938 - 26 May 1941 | | | | Extent: | 9 letters | | | | Abstract: | 9 letters (8 to Parsons, 1 to Kluckhohn). Pueblo, Navaho Indians; witchcraft; publications. | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Clyde Kluckhohn and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1938-1940s | | | | Extent: | 9 letters | | | | Abstract: | Various publications; comments on Parsons' "Pueblo Indian Religion"; comments on Kluckhohn's "Mythology and Ceremonials" and Kluckhohn's response | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Edward Sapir and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1918-1936 | | | | Extent: | 20 letters | | | | Abstract: | Education; Alain Locke - African art interest; Father Berard - Navaho and Apache work; fieldwork; funding; publications on various anthropological fields; anthropological work/employment; students - fieldwork | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Elsie Clews Parsons and Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 4 January 1907 - December 1941 | | | | Extent: | 365 letters | | | | Abstract: | 346 letters (161 to Boas, 185 to Parsons) + 19 letters to/from P.E. Goddard, A.M. Totter, Frank Harrison, M.J. Herskovits, A.M. Huntington, and others. Folklore, religion, ceremonialism; research funding; American Folklore Society; museum exhibits; publications | | | | Source: | Franz Boas Papers (B B61) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Franz Boas and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1926, 1936-1941 | | | | Extent: | 17 letters | | | | Abstract: | Suggestions for fieldwork. Masks; publications; anthropological work; comments about "Pueblo Indian Religion"; thanks to Parsons for continued help with ethnology work; personal | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Gladys Reichard and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1923-1937, 1940-1941 | | | | Extent: | 3 folders | | | | Abstract: | Much discussion on fieldwork and ethnography; ceremonies; genealogy; peers; education; Navaho; various aspects of culture and anthropological work; funding; Folklore Society; publications; personal | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Gladys Reichard and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1938 - 28 August 1941 | | | | Extent: | 13 letters | | | | Abstract: | 13 letters (12 to Parsons, 1 to Reichard). Navaho social life and folklore; fieldwork; American Folk-Lore Society; conferences; publications; personal | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between J. Alden Mason and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 7 July 1939 - 10 Januaryary 1941 | | | | Extent: | 5 letters | | | | Abstract: | 5 letters (3 to Parsons, 2 to Mason). American Anthropological Association; SSRC; publications | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Leslie Spier and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1918, 1920-1937 | | | | Extent: | 2 folders | | | | Abstract: | Fieldwork; education; various discussions on publications; editing; journals - publishing, costs, process; peers papers | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Leslie White and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 17 May 1926 - 20 October 1941 | | | | Extent: | 49 letters | | | | Abstract: | 49 letters (30 to Parsons, 19 to White). Fieldwork among the Pueblo; Pueblo Indian ceremony, social structure, history; Pueblo Indian Religion; research support; social evolution; American Folk-Lore Society; publications; personal | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Leslie White and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | [1927?]-1937, 1941 | | | | Extent: | 5 folders | | | | Abstract: | Fieldwork/ethnography; informants; societies; ceremonies; San Felipe notes; the Kachina cult notes; migration; interview with Miss Roberts and Mr. Reuter of Pecos; Taos notes - men and curing, doctoring, language, map, society chiefs, folklore, ceremonies, training; anthropology paper - "An Anthropological Appraisal of the Russian Revolution" by White; publishing and publications; education; clan/lineages; masks; various anthropological work by White, Sia, San Domingo, Taos, San Felipe, Acoma; genealogy; comments on lecture "The Disintegration of Pueblo Culture" | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Melville Herskovits and Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 10 April 1939 - 10 April 1941 | | | | Extent: | 19 letters | | | | Abstract: | 19 letters (15 to Parsons, 4 to Herskovits). Fieldwork; folklore; Journal of American Folk-Lore; American Folk-Lore Society; SSRC; research funding; professional meetings; publications | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Melville Herskovits and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1929-1937, 1941 | | | | Extent: | 4 folders | | | | Abstract: | Detail of Herskovits fieldwork/ethnography work; folklores; music; cultures; publications/publishing; fieldwork funding; fieldwork plans; education; employment | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Pliny Goddard and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1913-1923 | | | | Extent: | 2 folders | | | | Abstract: | Peers; comments on Parson's "Links Between Religion and Morality in Early Culture"; journals; publishing/publications; ceremonies; culture; Zuni; funding; fieldwork; "American Anthropologist"; personal | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1914-1937 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 27 letters | | | | Abstract: | Village chiefs; fieldwork; Hopi; comments on Parson's paper on Aztecan and Pueblo parallels; comments on paper by Parsons and Ralph Beals; peers - Boas, Kroeber, etc.; publications; Kroeber Festschrift; ceremonialism; kinship; poem by David Friedrich Strauss | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Robert Lowie and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 25 March 1936 - 19 February 1941 | | | | Extent: | 17 letters + 13 leaves | | | | Abstract: | 17 letters (1 to Lowie, 16 to Parsons) + thirteen manuscript leaves entitled "On Goldenweiser's Recent Trends in American Anthropology." Manuscript includes critique of Goldenweiser, Radin, and Sapir. Letters discuss social organization, culture, religion, ethnological theory, folklore, personal matters, publications, miscellaneous. | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Robert Redfield and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1929-1935 | | | | Extent: | 10 letters | | | | Abstract: | -Spanish culture in Mexico; material culture; fieldwork; riddling; comments on "Coati and the Ceiba"; publications | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Robert Redfield and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 23 November 1936 - 19 September 1941 | | | | Extent: | 21 letters | | | | Abstract: | 21 letters (20 to Parsons, 1 to Redfield). Pueblo Indian Religion; personal | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Robert Redfield and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1937-1941 | | | | Extent: | 29 letters | | | | Abstract: | "Pueblo Indian Religion" - costs and process of publishing; fieldwork; folklore; religion. "Chorti Dictionary" by Charles Wisdom; publications. Culture comparison | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25) | | | | |
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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 | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Ruth Benedict and Elsie Clews Parsons
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1923-1937 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 17 letters | | | | Abstract: | Publications; fieldwork and funding; fieldwork plans in Mexico; religion; reviews. Manuscript: "Spanish Elements in the Kachina Cult of the Pueblos" | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1835-1944 | | | | Extent: | 12 linear feet (approximately 1200 items) | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, circa 1400 leaves, 1921-1941. Original with some photocopies. Correspondents include Ruth Benedict, Franz Boas, Ruth Bunzel, A. Irving Hallowell, Melville Herskovits, Clyde Kluckhohn, Alfred Kroeber, Robert Lowie, Robert Redfield, C.G. Seligman, Edward Sapir, Leslie White, Clark Wissler. Also included are Parsons' notebooks, drawings, photographs and negatives, manuscripts of published and unpublished works. Materials deal primarily with religion, folklore, and the ceremonial culture of Indians in Antilles, American Southwest, and Mexico | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | [1882]-1978 | | | | Extent: | 36 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | Primarily correspondence, but includes financial and family records, photographs, diaries, manuscripts of published and unpublished works. Much of correspondence consists of Parsons' family letters, but there are four boxes of professional correspondence. Correspondents include Ruth Benedict, Ruth Bunzel, J. Walter Fewkes, Franklin Giddings, P.E. Goddard, A. Goldenweiser, M. Herskovits, A. Kidder, Walter Lippmann, R. Lowie, Paul Radin, R. Redfield,G. Reichard, L. Spier, Clark Wissler | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (Ms. Coll. 29) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | Author: | Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941 | | | | | Anthropologist, folklorist. Independently wealthy writer and researcher in ethnology and folklore. Lecturer, Barnard College, 1902-1905; assistant editor, Journal of American Folk-Lore; president, American Anthropological Association, 1940-1941 | |
| | | Title: | Letter to Frederica De Laguna
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 26 November 1941 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Letter to De Laguna. American Anthropological Association | | | | Source: | Elsie Clews Parsons Papers (572 P25.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | |
| | Author: | Peacock, James L., 1937- | | | | | Social Anthropologist. Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 1965-1967. University of North Carolina, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 1967-1969; Associate Professor, 1970-1972; Professor, 1973-1987; Kenan Distinguished Professor, 1987- | |
| | | Title: | A Problem in the Study of Ideals: Levi-Strauss' Statistical and Mechanical Models
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | 1 item | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | Dell H. Hymes Papers (Ms. Coll. 55) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | |
| | 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 | |
| | Author: | Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 | | | | | Biometrician, human biologist. Assistant in zoology, University of Michigan, 1899-1902, instructor, 1902-1906; instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1906-1907; biologist and head of station, Maine Agricultural Exp. Station, 1907-1918; professor, biometry and vital statistics, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1918-1925, research professor, 1925-1930, professor of biology, Medical School, 1923-1940; statistician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1919-1935; director, Institute for Biological Research, 1925-1930; professor of biology, School of Hygiene, 1930-1940 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Ales Hrdlicka and Raymond Pearl
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 7 June 1909 - 18 November 1940 | | | | Extent: | 48 letters | | | | Abstract: | 38 letters (19 to Pearl, 19 to Hrdlicka) + 10 letters to/from Hrdlicka and Alvin Johnson, the Department of Biology -- Johns Hopkins Medical School, M.L. Tildesley, and T. Wingate Todd. American Association of Physical Anthropologists; Wistar Institute; anthropometry; professional positions; publications. | | | | Source: | Raymond Pearl Papers (B P312) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 | | | | | Biometrician, human biologist. Assistant in zoology, University of Michigan, 1899-1902, instructor, 1902-1906; instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1906-1907; biologist and head of station, Maine Agricultural Exp. Station, 1907-1918; professor, biometry and vital statistics, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1918-1925, research professor, 1925-1930, professor of biology, Medical School, 1923-1940; statistician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1919-1935; director, Institute for Biological Research, 1925-1930; professor of biology, School of Hygiene, 1930-1940 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Bronislaw Malinowski and Raymond Pearl
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 30 April 1935 - 17 October 1939 | | | | Extent: | 16 letters | | | | Abstract: | Personal; publications | | | | Source: | Raymond Pearl Papers (B P312) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters | |
| | Author: | Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 | | | | | Biometrician, human biologist. Assistant in zoology, University of Michigan, 1899-1902, instructor, 1902-1906; instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1906-1907; biologist and head of station, Maine Agricultural Exp. Station, 1907-1918; professor, biometry and vital statistics, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1918-1925, research professor, 1925-1930, professor of biology, Medical School, 1923-1940; statistician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1919-1935; director, Institute for Biological Research, 1925-1930; professor of biology, School of Hygiene, 1930-1940 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Harry Shapiro and Raymond Pearl
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 15 April 1937 - 25 October 1939 | | | | Extent: | 27 letters | | | | Abstract: | 27 letters (13 to Pearl, 14 to Shapiro). American Association of Physical Anthropologists; Advisory Committee on Anthropometric Int.; race; conferences | | | | Source: | Raymond Pearl Papers (B P312) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| | Author: | Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 | | | | | Biometrician, human biologist. Assistant in zoology, University of Michigan, 1899-1902, instructor, 1902-1906; instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1906-1907; biologist and head of station, Maine Agricultural Exp. Station, 1907-1918; professor, biometry and vital statistics, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1918-1925, research professor, 1925-1930, professor of biology, Medical School, 1923-1940; statistician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1919-1935; director, Institute for Biological Research, 1925-1930; professor of biology, School of Hygiene, 1930-1940 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Raymond Pearl and Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 26 November 1917 - 3 October 1935 | | | | Extent: | 56 letters | | | | Abstract: | 55 letter (16 to Boas, 39 to Pearl) + 1 letter to Pearl from A. Hrdlicka. Leo Frachtenberg; American anthropometry; International Journal of American Linguistics; NAS Committee on Funds in Aid of Research Publication; race and mental character; publications | | | | Source: | Franz Boas Papers (B B61) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 | | | | | Biometrician, human biologist. Assistant in zoology, University of Michigan, 1899-1902, instructor, 1902-1906; instructor, University of Pennsylvania, 1906-1907; biologist and head of station, Maine Agricultural Exp. Station, 1907-1918; professor, biometry and vital statistics, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1918-1925, research professor, 1925-1930, professor of biology, Medical School, 1923-1940; statistician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1919-1935; director, Institute for Biological Research, 1925-1930; professor of biology, School of Hygiene, 1930-1940 | |
| | | Title: | Raymond Pearl Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1895-1940 | | | | Extent: | 15 linear feet (approximately 15,000 items) | | | | Abstract: | Letters, diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks, photographs. Most of Pearl's papers deal with his professional work in biometry, biological statistics, and human biology. The correspondence contains material relevant to Pearl's interest in physical anthropology and racial studies. In particular there are letters between Pearl and Members of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, including H. L. Shapiro, E. A. Hooton, Ales Hrdlicka, M. F. Ashley Montagu, W. W. Howells, and others; there is also correspondence between Pearl and the Galton Society, the Social Science Research Council, F. Boas, Sir Arthur Keith, Alfred Kroeber, and B. Malinowski. See also description of the collection in Bentley Glass, A Guide to the Genetics Collections. See also Pearl correspondence in the L.C. Dunn, H.D. Goodale, C.B. Davenport, and A. F. Blakeslee papers | | | | Source: | Raymond Pearl Papers (B P312) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | Author: | Pierronet, Thomas | | | | | | |
| | | Title: | Specimen of the Mountaineer, or Sheshatapooshshoish, Skoffie, and Micmac Languages
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | Micmac | Montagnais | Naskapi | | | | Dates: | 1797 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume (56 leaves) | | | | Abstract: | This is a comparative vocabulary of the Micmac, Montagnais, and Naskapi Indian languages, but also included are Micmac prayers and a dictionary of Micmac pictographs. The vocabulary was printed in Massachusetts Historical Society Collections 6 (1799): 16-33 | | | | Source: | Specimen of the Mountaineer, or Sheshatapooshshoish, Skoffie, and Micmac Languages (497.3 P61s) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | |
| | Author: | Pitkin, Harvey, 1928- | | | | | Linguist. Assistant professor Department of Linguistics Berkeley, 1960-1963, associate professor, 1964-1979, full professor, 1980; Columbia University | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between Harvey Pitkin and Dell Hymes
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | Wintu | | | | Dates: | 1973, 1978, 1979 | | | | Extent: | 6 items | | | | Abstract: | Death of L.S. Freeland (Nancy DeAngulo) and her manuscripts; Wintu Grammar and Dictionary manuscript; financing publication | | | | Source: | Dell H. Hymes Papers (Ms. Coll. 55) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | 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 | |
| | Author: | Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 | | | | | Explorer, geologist, ethnologist. Explored south-west United States, 1869-1875; director, second division of the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey, 1875-1879; director, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1879-1902; director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1880-1894 | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between John Powell and Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 16 November 1887 - 25 May 1901 | | | | Extent: | 20 letters | | | | Abstract: | 20 letters (6 to Boas, 14 to Powell). Founding of American Anthropological Association; linguistic and ethnographic studies of Northwest Coast Indians; Bureau of American Ethnology; research funding; publications | | | | Source: | Franz Boas Papers (B B61) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | |
| | Author: | Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 | | | | | Explorer, geologist, ethnologist. Explored south-west United States, 1869-1875; director, second division of the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey, 1875-1879; director, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1879-1902; director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1880-1894 | |
| | | Title: | Materials regarding John Wesley Powell's geographical and geological explorations
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1869-1894 | | | | Extent: |
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| | | | Source: | Material relating to Powell and the Colorado River (B P869s.c) Correspondence of the Powell Survey (Film 736) John Wesley Powell Diaries and Letters (Film 736.1) Correspondence from the J. Peter Lesley papers (B L56.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | |
| | Author: | Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848 | | | | | Physician, ethnologist. Practiced medicine at Bristol, England, 1810-1845; elected physician, St. Peter's Hospital, 1811; physician Bristol Infirmary, 1814-1845; commissioner in lunacy, London, 1845-1848. Prichard was a leading monogenist, president of the Ethnological Society, and published extensively on the physical history of man | |
| | | Title: | Letter to an unknown correspondent
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Anthropology of South Africa | | | | Source: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Misc. Mss.) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| | Author: | Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848 | | | | | Physician, ethnologist. Practiced medicine at Bristol, England, 1810-1845; elected physician, St. Peter's Hospital, 1811; physician Bristol Infirmary, 1814-1845; commissioner in lunacy, London, 1845-1848. Prichard was a leading monogenist, president of the Ethnological Society, and published extensively on the physical history of man | |
| | | Title: | Letter to an unknown correspondent
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 26 October 1838 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Languages of Brittany and Wales | | | | Source: | American Philosophical Society Archives (A.P.S. Archives) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| | Author: | Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848 | | | | | Physician, ethnologist. Practiced medicine at Bristol, England, 1810-1845; elected physician, St. Peter's Hospital, 1811; physician Bristol Infirmary, 1814-1845; commissioner in lunacy, London, 1845-1848. Prichard was a leading monogenist, president of the Ethnological Society, and published extensively on the physical history of man | |
| | | Title: | Letter to James Yates
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 16 October 1839 | | | | Extent: | 1 letter | | | | Abstract: | Physical History of Mankind; publications | | | | Source: | Letters of Scientists (509 L56.23D) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | Author: | Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848 | | | | | Physician, ethnologist. Practiced medicine at Bristol, England, 1810-1845; elected physician, St. Peter's Hospital, 1811; physician Bristol Infirmary, 1814-1845; commissioner in lunacy, London, 1845-1848. Prichard was a leading monogenist, president of the Ethnological Society, and published extensively on the physical history of man | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Dr. Thomas Hodgkin and Samuel G. Morton
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 20 May 1839 - 17 February 1840 | | | | Extent: | 3 letters | | | | Abstract: | Prichard to Dr. Thomas Hodgkin (20 May 1839) and Prichard to S.G. Morton (23 August 1839 to 17 February 1840). Aborigines Protection League; the study of primitive peoples; Crania Americana | | | | Source: | Samuel George Morton Papers (B M843) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Social uses and context of anthropology and archaeology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
| | 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: | Correspondence between Frederick Putnam and Franz Boas
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 17 November 1887 - 19 October 1914 | | | | Extent: | 187 letters | | | | Abstract: | 180 letters (120 to Boas, 60 to Putnam) + 7 letters to/from Samuel Crawford, E.L. Hewett, M.K. Jesup, Augustus Lowell, H.S. Pritchett, B. Laufer. American Anthropological Association; American Anthropologist; museum collections; Columbian Exposition exhibitions; American Museum of Natural History; Archaeology Institute; AAAS; International School of American Archaeology and Ethnology; professional positions; research funding; personal; publications | | | | Source: | Franz Boas Papers (B B61) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Financial support for research and publication | Personal matters | |
| | 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 | |
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