Boas-Rukeyser Collection
Mss.B.B61ru
Series I. Original manuscript materials | ca. 1862-1940 | Box 1-3 | ||
Letters to and from Boas, biographical material, early family letters and documents relating to Boas, school and military records, reminiscences of Boas by the family, and professional correspondence and related activities. Processing information: Prior to 2022, catalogued as a series titled "Boas-Rukeyser Collection". Contains materials listed in boxes 1 and 2 of the original table of contents, kept within the series. | ||||
Table of Contents | Box 1 | |||
Printed table of contents. Produced by the APS during Edward Carter's librarianship (ca. 1980-2002). Describes this series in detail, and the general contents of other series. | ||||
American Anthropological Assoc. | 1903 | Box 1 | ||
American Folk-Lore Society -- W. W.Newell | 1904 | Box 1 | ||
American Museum of Natural History -- Albert S. Bickmore | 1887 | Box 1 | ||
Andree, Richard | 1897 | Box 1 | ||
Andrew?, R | Box 1 | |||
Averkieva, Julia | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Baird, Spencer F. | 1886 | Box 1 | ||
Bakwin, Harry | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Bandelier, Ad F | 1905-1907 | Box 1 | ||
Bastian, Adolph | 1893 | Box 1 | ||
Baur, Georg - Synopsis of letters | 1885-1915 | Box 1 | ||
Summaries of letters. Originals are in possession of Frances Baur Henkel, Erie, Pennsylvania, as of creation of these summaries. | ||||
Beckwith, Martha Warren | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Benedict, Ruth | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Benedict, Stanley | 1911-1935 | Box 1 | ||
Letters from: Lafayette B. Mendel, H. H. Dale, Otto Folen. | ||||
Berle, Adolf A. Jr. | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Bertholet, | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Beynon, William | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Bilden, Rudiger | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Black, Algernon D | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Blooah, Charles G | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Boas, Ernst - "Franz Boas: His work as described by some of his contemporaries" n.d. | post 1946 | Box 1 | ||
Boas, Franz - Arctic Expedition - Reminiscence written for children, n.d. | Box 1 | |||
Essay (67 p.); sketch, by Boas? Provenance: Acquired September 1983. | ||||
Boas, Franz - Biographical - Reminiscences of relatives | Box 1 | |||
Boas, Franz - Biographical materials | Box 1 | |||
Boas, Franz - Birthday greetings | 1907, 1939, 1941 | Box 1 | ||
Boas, Franz - Family - Letters & documents | 1862-1915 | Box 1 | ||
Boas, Franz - Military records | 1882 | Box 1 | ||
Boas, Franz - Poetry | Box 1 | |||
Boas, Franz - Portrait | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Small print of portrait by Winifred Smith Rieber. Copy of Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery object COO.661 CU. Portrait created 1934, this copy Christmas 1935. | ||||
Boas, Franz - Radio broadcast. "The Mind of Primitive Man" Moderator: Robert Redfield; with Leon Duprez (ACLU Counsel) & W. Lloyd Warner (Univ. Chicago.) | 1946, 1949 | Box 1 | ||
Boas, Franz - Schooling - Certificates/Diplomas | Box 1 | |||
Boas, Franziska | 1924 | Box 1 | ||
Boas, Henry - re. Condolences on his death, 1925 | Box 1 | |||
Boas, Marie - re. Condolences on her death, 1930 | Box 1 | |||
Bolling, G M | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Bogoras, Waldemar | 1900, 1903 | Box 1 | ||
Borbolla, D.F. Rubin de la | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Brinton, Daniel G | 1887,1897 | Box 1 | ||
Brooklyn Jewish Center | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Buchner, M | 1898 | Box 1 | ||
Buckstein, Jacob | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Buschman, Harold | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Butler, Nicholas M | 1910 | Box 1 | ||
Canyes, Manuel | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Carney, Mabel | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Cattell, James McKeen | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Chamberlain, Joseph C. | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Champion, Martha | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Chase, Chancellor of N.Y.Univ. | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Clarke, Edwin L. | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Clarke, Hans T. | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Cleveland, Treadwell | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Cohen, Morris R | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Cole, Fay-Cooper | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Collier, John | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Commission Investigating Fascist Activities Edward Dahlberg | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Committee on Academic Freedom | Box 1 | |||
Congres International des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques,1934 | 1933-1934 | Box 1 | ||
Cooper, John M | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Corbin Transient Service Bureau, Kentucky | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
(re. Proposed survey of transient mountaineers) | ||||
Cowell, Henry | 1934 | Box 1 | ||
Cranmer, Dan | 1934 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: To Franz Boas. 1934-01-06 | 1934-01-06 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-01-15 | 1934-01-15 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-01-24 | 1934-01-24 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: To Franz Boas. 1934-01-27 | 1934-01-27 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: To Franz Boas. 1934-02-02 | 1934-02-02 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: To Franz Boas. 1934-02-14 | 1934-02-14 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: To Franz Boas. 1934-02-17 | 1934-02-17 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-02-23 | 1934-02-23 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-03-21 | 1934-03-21 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-03-27 | 1934-03-27 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-05-01 | 1934-05-01 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: To Franz Boas. 1934-05-13 | 1934-05-13 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-05-21 | 1934-05-21 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: To Franz Boas. 1934-06-09 | 1934-06-09 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-07-02 | 1934-07-02 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-07-20 | 1934-07-20 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: From Franz Boas. 1934-10-10 | 1934-10-10 | Box 2 | ||
Cranmer, Dan: To Franz Boas. 1934-10-19 | 1934-10-19 | Box 2 | ||
Cushing, Frank Hamilton | 1898 | Box 2 | ||
Czekanowski, Jan | 1934 | Box 2 | ||
Dakin, Henry D | 1932, 1934 | Box 2 | ||
Dawson, George M | 1898 | Box 2 | ||
Dixon, Roland B | 1904 | Box 2 | ||
Dorsey, J. Owen | 1893, 1907 | Box 2 | ||
Ehrenreich, P | 1898 | Box 2 | ||
Ellis, Havelock | 1898 | Box 2 | ||
Emergency Society on German & Austrian Science & Art | 1920-1921 | 5 folder(s) | Box 2 | |
Not internally arranged. May include material on related committees. May include unrelated correspondence. | ||||
Finsch, Otto | 1894,1897 | Box 2 | ||
Fletcher, Alice C | 1898 | Box 2 | ||
Gatschet, Albert S | 1898 | Box 2 | ||
Gatschet, Mrs. Albert S | 1910 | Box 2 | ||
The German American | 1942 | Box 2 | ||
Goddard, Pliny Earle | 1910 | Box 2 | ||
Goldenweiser, Alexander | 1910 | Box 2 | ||
Grasse, E | 1897-1898 | Box 2 | ||
Grinnell, George B | 1899 | Box 2 | ||
Haddon, Alfred C | 1905 | Box 2 | ||
Hale, Horatio | 1888, 1894 | Box 2 | ||
Heger, F | 1897 | Box 2 | ||
Holmes, Wm. H - Berthold Laufer | 1894 | Box 2 | ||
Internationales Archif fur Ethnographie | 1882 | Box 2 | ||
Jones, William | 1905 | Box 2 | ||
Keller, Helen | 1940 | Box 2 | ||
To Ruth Benedict. | ||||
Kroeber, Alfred L | 1916-1935 | Box 2 | ||
Laufer, Berthold | 1901-1902 | Box 2 | ||
Livi, Ridolfo | 1896 | Box 2 | ||
Luschan, Felix von | 1893, 1897 | Box 2 | ||
Map of N. American Indian Groups | Box 2 | |||
(Boas notations on paterlineal & matrilineal kinship) Native American Images note: Map of North American Indian groups | ||||
Mason, Otis | 1898,1906 | Box 2 | ||
Mead, Margaret | 1925 | Box 2 | ||
Meyer, A B | 1931 | Box 2 | ||
Mooney, James | 1905 | Box 2 | ||
Moore, Clarence B | 1905 | Box 2 | ||
Motion Picture Films | 1939 | Box 2 | ||
Re: a film on race. Includes correspondence with Films for Democracy (Gardner Jackson, Robert K. Speer, Samuel J. Rodman, Justice Louis D. Brandeis, Walter F. Wanger) and Frontier Films. | ||||
Muller, F. Max | 1899 | Box 2 | ||
Myers, John L | 1910 | Box 2 | ||
Newell, William Wells | 1894 | Box 2 | ||
Newsclippings | Box 2 | |||
Nuttall, Zelia | 1905 | Box 3 | ||
Putnam, Frederick Ward | 1905 | Box 3 | ||
Ranke, F | 1905 | Box 3 | ||
Ratzal, F | 1890 | Box 3 | ||
Rink, H | 1885 | Box 3 | ||
Rivet, P. | 1919 | Box 3 | ||
Regarding contribution to Societe des Americanistes de Paris. Eloquent letter on nationalism & internationalism. Processing information: Previously titled "Societe des Americanistes de Paris". Title updated to reflect note on folder. | ||||
Rus, W (?) | 1885 | Box 3 | ||
Schwatka, Frederik | 1885-1886 | Box 3 | ||
Seler, Eduard | 1898 | Box 3 | ||
Steinen, Karl von den | 1903 | Box 3 | ||
Steinthal, Prof. | 1897 | Box 3 | ||
Tozzer, Alfred | n.d. | Box 3 | ||
Turner, Lucien M | 1887 | Box 3 | ||
Tylor, Edward B | 1898 | Box 3 | ||
Wilson, Daniel | 1889 | Box 3 | ||
Series II. Materials produced by Rukeyser for biography of Boas | Box 3 | |||
Processing information: Unprocessed. | ||||
Box 4 | ||||
Processing information: Unprocessed. The majority were removed to Printed Materials, with only incomplete items, ephemera and reprints kept here. They have not yet been catalogued in Printed Materials and an inventory will be detailed in this collection when catalogued. | ||||
Series IV. Boas-Rukeyser Reprints Collection | 1881-1943 | Box 5-9 | ||
Apparently Boas's own collection of reprints, and occassionally newspaper clippings, of his articles published during his career and immediately posthumously. Ordered chronologically. Some items have brief annotations on first pages. Some items missing as of 2022. Numbered 1-610a, and 1943 #1-4. Custodial history: Deposited in 1983 by William Rukeyser along with other materials comprising this larger collection. |