Franz Boas Papers
1862-1942
(74 lin. feet)

B B61

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105 South Fifth Street * Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
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Detailed inventory
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 Collection I. Franz Boas Papers 1862-1942 49 linear feet B B61

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A - Z



From Boas 1905 Nov. 17 1p.

Aall, A.



From Boas 1926 Sept. 21 1p.

From Boas 1928 Oct. 12 1p.

From Boas 1928 Oct. 16 1p.

From Boas 1928 Nov. 18 1p.

To Boas 1926 July 22 3p.

To Boas 1926 Sept. 10 2p.

To Boas 1927 Feb. 4 3p.

To Boas 1927 June 3 4p.

To Boas 1927 Oct. 3 4p.

To Boas 1928 Sept. 28 4p.

To Boas 1928 Nov. 1 2p.

A. Einstein.
to A. Aall, 		Feb. 19, 1927


G. Fasting.
to A. Aall, 		Nov. 20, 1924


Aal, H.H.



To Boas 1924 Oct. 30 4p.

To Boas 1925 Oct. 22 4p

To Boas 1925 Dec. 31 4p

To Boas 1926 Apr. 4 2p

To Boas 1926 Apr. 22 2p.

To Boas 1926 Oct. 14 3p

To Boas 1927 June 5 4p

To Boas 1927 Dec. 20 1p

From Owen, R.L. 1925 Dec. 4


Aall, H.H.



From Boas 1924 Oct. 13 1p.

From Boas 1925 Dec. 5 1p.

From Boas 1925 Dec. 9 1p.

From Boas 1925 Dec. 18 1p.

From Boas 1926 Jan. 22 1p.

From Boas 1926 Mar. 18 1p.

From Boas 1926 May 6 1p.

From Boas 1928 Jan. 7 1p.

Abbe, Cleveland



From Boas 1900 Mar. 3


From Boas 1900 Mar. 9 1p.

From Boas 1900 Mar. 14 2p.

From Boas 1900 Mar. 15 1p.

To Boas 1900 Mar. 13 2p.

Abbes, Heinrich



To Boas 1886 Apr. 5


Abbott, Arletta M.



To Boas 1906 Feb. 26 3p.

To Butler, N.M. 1906 Feb. 14 1p.

Abbot, Charles Greeley



From Boas 1909 Dec. 15


From Boas 1919 Jan. 2 1p.

From Boas 1928 May 1 1p.

From Boas 1928 May 5 4p.

From Boas 1930 Jan. 23 1p.

From Boas 1933 Apr. 17 1p.

To Boas 1928 May 3 1p.

To Boas 1928 May 8 1p.

To Boas 1929 May 1 1p.

To Boas 1930 Jan. 22 1p.

C.G. Abbot.
to U.S. Sec'y of State



(enc. with M.W. Stirling 1930, May 19)


C.G. Abbot.
to U.S. Sec'y of State 		1930 May 16 1p.

C.G. Abbot.
from F. White 		1930 June 5


Abbott, E.



To Boas 1925 Jan. 31 1p.

From Boas 1925 Feb. 10 1p.

Abderhalden, Emil



From Boas 1920 May 18 2p.

From Boas 1936 Nov. 2 1p.

To Boas 1933 Jan. 14 2p.

To Boas 1933 July 6 1p.

To Boas 1938 June 24 1p.

To Boas 1936 Aug. 25 2p.

Abeel, N.



From Boas 1932 Oct. 31 1p.

To Boas 1932 Nov. 2 1p.

Abel, J.J.



From Boas 1923 Jan. 3 1p.

Abrams, R.H.



To Boas 1934 Aug. 6 1p.

From Boas 1934 Aug. 8 1p.

Abs, O.



To Boas 1930 Aug. 13 1p.

Academy of Medicine, New York



(see G.C. Brown)

Academy of Natural Sciences



(see James A.G. Rehn)

Academy of Sciences of Jerusalem



(see F.B. to I. Velokovsky) enc. 1940 Feb. 10


Acevedo, Felix



To Boas 1912 Mar. 27 1p.

Aceredido, P.



To Boas 1912 July28 1p.

Acier, Marcel



To Boas [open letter] 1937 Oct. 25 1p.

Ackermann, C.W.



To Boas 1936 Mar. 23 1p.

Adam, Leonhard



From Boas 1919 Sept. 20 2p.

From Boas 1923 Mar. 5 1p.

From Boas 1933 June 1 1p.

From Boas 1935 Dec. 20 1p.

To Boas 1912 Dec. 15 3p.

To Boas 1919 Oct. 28 1p.

To Boas 1919 Nov. 6 1p.

To Boas 1923 Feb. 15 1p.

To Boas 1925 Dec. 2 1p.

To Boas 1933 May 15 2p.

To Boas 1934 Feb. 13 2p.

To Boas 1934 Mar. 11 2p.

To Boas 1936 Jan. 2 1p.

To Boas 1936 Feb. 26 1p.

To Boas 1937 Mar. 11 (open letter)

To Boas 1937 Mar. 21 1p.

Adamic, Louis.
(et al)



To Boas 1939 July 8 3p.

Adamowska, Antoinette S. (Mrs. Jos.)



From Boas 1920 Apr. 12 2p.

From Boas 1920 Apr. 14 1p.

To Boas 1920 Apr. 10 2p.

Adams, Comfort A.



From Boas 1942 Mar. 12 1p.

(typed carbon)
(same to Brightman, E. Sharp, Malcolm)

Adams, C.M.



From Boas 1942 Nov. 16 1p.

(typed carbon signed by sec'y)

Adams, Edward D.



From Boas 1904 Jan. 25


From Boas 1904 Feb. 2


From Boas 1904 Feb. 10


From Boas 1904 Feb. 16


From Boas 1904 May 24


From Boas 1904 Oct. 26


From Boas 1905 Feb. 1 1p.

From Boas 1905 Feb. 8 2p.

From Boas 1905 Mar. 2


From Boas 1905 May 8 1p.

From Boas 1905 June 3


From Boas 1905 Oct. 19


From Boas 1905 Oct. 24


(same to 5 others) 1905 Nov. 10 1p.

From Boas 1905 Nov. 21 1p.

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From Boas 1905 Dec. 21 1p.

From Boas 1905 Dec. 26


From Boas 1906 Jan. 20


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From Boas 1906 Mar. 9


From Boas 1907 Apr. 30


From Boas 1908 Sep. 3 2p.

From Boas 1908 Nov. 10


(see letter to Nicholas Murray Butler) 11/19/08


From Boas 1910 Feb. 3 2p.

From Boas 1910 Apr. 28 1p.

(also sent to 3 others)

From Boas 1911 May 3 2p.

From Boas 1911 May 6


From Boas 1913 Feb. 5 2p.

From Boas 1917 Feb. 14


From Boas 1917 Mar. 12 2p.

From Boas 1920 Mar. 29 2p.

To Boas 1904 Oct. 27


To Boas 1905 Feb. 3 2p.

To Boas 1905 Feb. 9 1p.

To Boas 1905 May 9


To Boas 1905 Oct. 23


To Boas 1905 Dec. 7 1p.

To Boas 1905 Dec. 21


To Boas 1906 Apr. 21


To Boas 1906 Oct. 5 1p.

To Boas 1906 Nov. 12 1p.

To Boas 1910 Feb. 2 1p.

(enc. missing)

To Boas 1911 Feb. 23


To Boas 1911 May 4


To Boas 1920 Apr. 6 1p.

Adams, E.E.



From Boas 1928 Mar. 28 1p.

Adams, E.G.



From Boas 1928 May 1 1p.

Adams Express Co.



To Boas 1900 Mar. 19 1p.

To Boas 1913 Jan. 13 1p.

To Boas 1913 May 10 1p.

(all 3 above are receipts)

Adams, Gladys A.



To Boas 1937 Sep. 10 1p.

Adams, Helen S.



To Boas 1939 Mar. 9 1p.

Adams, Jos. T.



From Boas 1940 Nov. 4


From Boas 1940 Nov. 18


To Boas 1940 Feb. 16


To Boas 1940 Mar. 31


To Boas 1940 Apr. 30


To Boas 1940 Nov. 6


Adams, Josephine T.



From Boas 1940 Oct. 25 1p.

From Boas (telegram) 1940 Nov. 31 1p.

From Boas (3 cosigners) 1940 Apr. 30 1p.

From Boas 1940 Nov. 6 1p.

Adams, Nicholson B.



From Boas 1938 Jan.


Adams, N.P.G.



From Boas 1936 Aug. 3 1p.

Adams, Richard N.



From Boas 1904 May 23


Adams, W.I.



To Boas 1913 Oct.


Adamson, Thelma



From Boas 1927 Jun 7 1p.

From Boas 1928 Jun 1 1p.

From Boas 1932 Sep 26 1p.

From Boas 1933 Nov 28 1p.

To Boas 1928 May 27 1p.

To Boas 1928 Jun 17 2p.

To Boas ? Dec.?


To Boas 1929 Aug. 9 9p.

To Boas ? Dec.?


To Boas 1930 Mar. 4 2p.

D. Thomson.
to T. Adamson, 		Oct. 12, 1927


Addams, J.



From Boas 1933 Oct. 3 1p

To Boas 1933 Oct. 20 1p

Adelman, Adrien



From Boas 1940 May 27 1p

To Boas 1939 Feb. 7 1p

To Boas 1939 July10 1p

To Boas 1940 May 25 1p

To Boas 1940 May 31 1p

Adler, Carolyn



To Boas 1932 July 1 2p

To Boas 1932 July 12 2p.

To Boas 1932 Aug 20 2p

To Boas 1934 Jan. 4 2p

To Boas 1934 Sep. 21 2p

To Boas 1934 Oct. 28 1p

Adler, C.M.



see Wright, E.H. 1931 Mar. 16


Adler, Cyrus



From Boas 1903 July29 1p

From Boas 1903 Aug. 2 1p

From Boas 1903 Aug. 3 5p

From Boas 1906 Oct. 30


From Boas 1920 Aug. 25 1p

From Boas 1920 Sep. 8 1p

From Boas 1920 Dec. 31 1p

From Boas 1924 Dec. 31 1p

From Boas 1933 Nov. 24 1p

From Boas 1933 Dec. 7 1p

From Boas 1933 Dec. 14 1p

From Boas 1933 Dec. 20 1p

From Boas 1933 Dec. 29 2p

From Boas 1934 Jan. 5 1p

From Boas 1935 Feb. 18 1p.

From Boas 1935 Nov. 13 2p

From Boas 1935 Nov. 20 1p

From Boas 1935 Mar. 12 1p

From Boas 1937 Feb. 4 2p

From Boas 1937 Mar. 4 1p

From Boas 1938 Feb. 7 1p

From Boas 1938 Aug. 25 1p

To Boas 1899 Apr. 28


To Boas 1903 July 31


To Boas 1903 Aug. 6


To Boas 1906 Sep. 20


To Boas 1920 Sep. 5 1p

To Boas 1920 Sep. 10 1p

To Boas 1921 Jan. 3 1p

To Boas 1925 Jan. 26 1p

To Boas 1933 Dec. 4 1p

To Boas 1933 Dec. 12 1p

To Boas 1933 Dec. 18 1p

To Boas 1933 Dec. 22 1p

To Boas 1934 Mar. 11 1p

To Boas 1935 Feb. 14 1p.

To Boas 1935 Nov. 18 2p.

To Boas 1937 Mar. 5 1p.

To Boas 1937 Feb. 5 1p.

To Boas 1938 Oct. 12 1p

Cyrus Adler.
to Waldman, M.D. 		1938 July 18 3p

Cyrus Adler.
to Warburg, F.M. 		1924 Oct. 3 1p

(enc. originally in C. Adler to Boas 1925 Jan. 26)


Adler, Felix



From Boas 1904 Mar. 23 3p

From Boas 1914 Oct. 5


From Boas 1917 May 19


From Boas 1917 Nov. 2


From Boas 1918 Sep. 9 2p

From Boas 1920 Feb. 16 1p

From Boas 1920 Mar. 1 1p

From Boas 1920 Mar. 4 2p

From Boas 1920 Mar. 17 1p

From Boas 1920 Mar. 26 1p

From Boas 1920 Mar. 29 1p

From Boas 1923 Mar. 9 2p

To Boas 1896 Mar. 30


To Boas 1899 Apr. 28 1p

To Boas 1899 July 31 1p

To Boas 1908 Jan. 6


To Boas 1918 Sept. 5 2p

To Boas 1920 Mar. 3 1p

To Boas 1920 Mar. 8 1p

To Boas 1920 Mar. 30 1p

Alder, Herman M.



From Boas 1924 Dec. 8 1p

From Boas 1925 Mar. 4 1p

To Boas 1924 Dec. 3 2p

To Boas 1924 Dec. 10 2p

To Boas 1924 Dec. 19 1p

To Boas 1925 Jan. 21 1p

To Boas 1926 Dec. 14 1p

To Boas 1927 Apr. 27 1p

Alder.
to Bunzel, R.L. 		1925 Feb. 27 1p

Adler, Irving



From Boas 1933 Nov. 13 1p

To Boas 1933 Nov. 7 1p

Adler, M.



From Boas 1940 June 11 1p

To Boas 1940 May 2 1p

Adler, M.J.



From Boas 1930 Dec. 18 1p.

From Boas 1931 Jan. 29 1p.

To Boas 1930 Dec. 11 1p.

Affleck, G.B.



From Boas 1917 Feb. 20


From Boas 1917 June 6


From Boas 1919 Sep. 22 3p.

From Boas 1920 Apr. 9 2p.

To Boas 1917 Feb. 19


To Boas 1917 Feb. 27


To Boas 1917 June 8


To Boas (anthropometrical theses) 1917 Dec.? 1p.

To Boss 1919 Sep. 18 1p.

To Boss 1919 Oct. 1 1p.

To Boss 1920 Apr. 6 1p.

Afro-American Institute



To Boas 1936 Feb. 27


(see Branham, L.G. this date and enclosure)

Afros, John L.



From Boas 1939 Jan. 9 1p

To Boas 1939 Jan. 7 1p

Agatston, Sigmund



From Boas 1930 Oct. 15 1p

Aginsky, B.W.



From Boas 1934 Aug. 20 1p

From Boas 1935 Nov. 14


To Boas (open letter) 1933 Dec. 29


To Boas 1934 July 3 2p

To Boas 1934 July 17 2p

To Boas 1934 Aug. 9 3p

To Boas 1934 Aug. 17 1p

To Boas 1934 Aug. 24 1p

To Boas 1934 Sep. 2 1p

To Boas 1935 Nov. 7 1p

To Boas 1935 Dec. 18 1p

To Boas 1936 Mar. 29 1p

To Boas 1936 June 2 1p

To Boas 1936 Sep. 12 1p

Aginsky.
to Benedict, R.F., addressed to Dear Ruth 		1936 June 2 2p.

Aginsky, Ethel G.



Nov. 11 1p

From Boas 1935 Sep. 9 1p

From Boas 1935 Oct. 5 2p

From Boas 1935 Nov. 25 1p

From Boas 1936 Jan. 15 1p

From Boas 1936 Mar. 23 1p

From Boas 1936 Apr. 8 1p

From Boas 1936 Apr. 25 1p

From Boas 1936 June19 1p

From Boas 1936 Aug. 4 1p

From Boas 1936 Sep. 21 1p

From Boas (open letter) 1941 Nov. 6


From Boas 1942 Feb. 5 1p

From Boas 1942 Mar. 20 1p

To Boas (open letter)



To Boas 1933 Dec. 29


To Boas 1935 July 1


To Boas 1935 Aug. 13 2p

To Boas 1935 Sep. 9 3p

To Boas 1935 Oct. 1 5p

To Boas 1935 Oct. 3 2p

To Boas 1935 Oct. 14 1p

To Boas 1935 Oct. 26 1p

To Boas 1935 Nov. 4 1p

To Boas 1935 Nov. 21 1p

To Boas 1935 Dec. 9 4p

To Boas 1935 Nov. 24 3p

To Boas 1936 Jan. 10 1p

To Boas 1936 Feb. 5 2p

To Boas 1936 Apr. 3 2p

To Boas 1936 Apr. 15 2p

To Boas 1936 Apr. 17 2p

To Boas 1936 May 26 1p

To Boas 1936 Aug. 1 1p

To Boas 1936 Sept. 23 1p

To Boas 1942 Mar. 9 1p

Aginsky.
from Bryan, R.W. 		1935 Aug. 21


Agnew, A.M.



From Boas 1913 Jan. 10


Agnew, J.



To Boas 1924 Jan. 6 1p

To Boas 1924 Nov. 27 1p

Aguayo, A.



Aguayo.
from Hernandez, E.A. 		1925 Dec. 31


Ahrens, W.



From Boas 1923 Mar. 24 1p

Aguerre, P.



From Boas 1917 Jan. 19


From Boas 1917 Apr. 11


From Boas 1917 May 2


From Boas 1917 May 22


Aichel, Otto



From Boas 1931 May 25 1p

From Boas 1932 Jan 28 1p

From Boas 1933 May 13 1p

To Boas 1929 July 4 1p

To Boas 1929 Sep 7 card

To Boas 1931 May 12 1p

To Boas 1932 Jan 9 1p

To Boas 1932 July20 card

To Boas 1933 Apr 16 3p

Aiken, R.P.



To Boas 1920 Aug 31 1p

To Boas 1920 Sep 9 1p

To Boas 1920 Sep 16 1p

To Boas 1920 Sep 20 1p

To Boas 1916 Aug 5 2p

To Boas 1916 Sep 16 1p

Ainsworth, Doro