Ernestine H. Wieder Singer notes, 1935-1937

Mss.970.1.Si6

Date: 1935-1937 | Size: 2 volume(s), 2 volumes, ca. 150 p.

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Abstract

These items include notes on "primitive economics" (Incan) for A. Irving Hallowell and from seminars with Linton Satterthwaite (on Mayan architecture), E. B. Howard (on problems of the Clovis site in New Mexico), and others at the University of Pennsylvania. There are also notes taken at the 1936 meeting of the American Anthropological Association of papers by various anthropologists in attendance, including Ruth Benedict, Frederica de Laguna, Waiter Dyk, William N. Fenton, Alfred V. Kidder, David G. Mandelbaum, George P. Murdock, Arthur C. Parker, Elsie Clews Parsons, Gladys A. Reichard, William A. Ritchie, Linton Satterthwaite, Gene Weltfish, and others regarding Cree, Flathead, Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Kaingang (Southern Brazil), Kiowa, Mayan, Natchez, Navajo, Ojibwa, Pawnee, Pueblos, Sahaptin, Saulteaux, Siouan, Tarascan, Tonawanda (Seneca), Zuni, etc.

Background note

Ernestine H. Wieder Singer was an anthropologist and studied at the University of Pennsylvania.

Collection Information

Physical description

2 volumes, ca. 150 p.

Provenance

Received from unknown source, possibly a purchase, and accessioned, 1977 (1977 1341ms).

Indexing Terms

Corporate Name(s)

American Anthropological Association. Meeting

Genre(s)

Lecture notes.

Geographic Name(s)

Clovis Site (N.M.)
Guatemala -- Antiquities.
New Mexico -- Antiquities.

Personal Name(s)

Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005
Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974
Howard, Edgar Billings, 1887-1943
Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1875-1941
Satterthwaite, Linton, 1897-
Singer, Ernestine H. Wieder.

Subject(s)

Anthropology
Archaeology
Incas -- Economic conditions.
Indian architecture -- Central America
Indians of South America -- Economic conditions
Maya architecture.