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Appeal to the President
written by Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971, in Reinhold Niebuhr Papers, 1907-1990, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (District of Columbia) , 2 page(s)
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written by Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971, in Reinhold Niebuhr Papers, 1907-1990, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (District of Columbia) , 2 page(s)
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971
Person Discussed
Morton Sobell, 1917-
Topic / Theme
Law, Crime & the Administration of Justice
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The Architecture of the American Churches
written by Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971, in Reinhold Niebuhr Papers, 1907-1990, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (Box 7) (District of Columbia) (28 September 1953) , 6 page(s)
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written by Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971, in Reinhold Niebuhr Papers, 1907-1990, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (Box 7) (District of Columbia) (28 September 1953) , 6 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
28 September 1953, 1953
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Letter
Recipient Organization
Architectural Record
Author / Creator
Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971
Topic / Theme
Puritan, Protestant, Christian, Church
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Business Letter from Margaret Mead
written by Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 8: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Prefield and administrative materials. Financial papers. Undated #4) (District of Columbia) (1930) , 2 page(s)
Undated typewritten business letter from Margaret to a person unnamed, likely Ruth Benedict, about the location (strongbox in the American Museum of Natural History) of her important papers regarding her finances, will, publications, etc. and financial obligations to take care of in Mead's absence.
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written by Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 8: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Prefield and administrative materials. Financial papers. Undated #4) (District of Columbia) (1930) , 2 page(s)
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Undated typewritten business letter from Margaret to a person unnamed, likely Ruth Benedict, about the location (strongbox in the American Museum of Natural History) of her important papers regarding her finances, will, publications, etc. and financial obligations to take care of in Mead's absence.
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Personal papers
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Committee Advocating the George S. Counts' Project to H. Rown Gaither, September 15, 1955
written by Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971, in Reinhold Niebuhr Papers, 1907-1990, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (District of Columbia) (15 September 1955) , 3 page(s)
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written by Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971, in Reinhold Niebuhr Papers, 1907-1990, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (District of Columbia) (15 September 1955) , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
15 September 1955, 1955
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971
Person Discussed
H. Rowan Gaither, 1909-1961
Topic / Theme
Political Views
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Copy of Letter from George Hunt to Franz Boas, undated
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N119: United States, Omaha Indians, Folder 15: Mead and Fortune field trip, 1930. Field data. Notes. R. Fortune. Xerox copies) (District of Columbia) (1930) , 13 page(s)
Handwritten copy of a letter from George Hunt to Franz Boas regarding American Indians. Letter discusses at length the validity of shamans, Hunt's past experiences with shamans, ghosts, death, and dreams. Letter also includes several words and phrases in indigenous text.
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N119: United States, Omaha Indians, Folder 15: Mead and Fortune field trip, 1930. Field data. Notes. R. Fortune. Xerox copies) (District of Columbia) (1930) , 13 page(s)
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Handwritten copy of a letter from George Hunt to Franz Boas regarding American Indians. Letter discusses at length the validity of shamans, Hunt's past experiences with shamans, ghosts, death, and dreams. Letter also includes several words and phrases in indigenous text.
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Contributor
George Hunt, 1854-1943
Author / Creator
George Hunt, 1854-1943
Topic / Theme
Dreams, Ghosts, Shamanism, Omaha-Ponca
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![[Copy of] Letter from Margaret Mead to Fay, March 2, 1931](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1008560xxx/1008560941/1008560941-size-exact-140x0.jpg "[Copy of] Letter from Margaret Mead to Fay, March 2, 1931")
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[Copy of] Letter from Margaret Mead to Fay, March 2, 1931
written by Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N120: Omaha Indians, Folder 6: Mead and Fortune field trip, 1930. Postfield materials M. Mead. Basic work-up of raw materials) (District of Columbia) (02 March 1931) , 2 page(s)
In a two-page, typed letter from Margaret Mead to Fay, an informant at the Omaha Indian Reservation, Mead mentions having been hit by an influenza epidemic and 'the bank failure,' and asks how each is affecting the Indians. She sends also a list of questions on behalf of Reo Fortune, in order to make a table of fa...
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written by Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N120: Omaha Indians, Folder 6: Mead and Fortune field trip, 1930. Postfield materials M. Mead. Basic work-up of raw materials) (District of Columbia) (02 March 1931) , 2 page(s)
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In a two-page, typed letter from Margaret Mead to Fay, an informant at the Omaha Indian Reservation, Mead mentions having been hit by an influenza epidemic and 'the bank failure,' and asks how each is affecting the Indians. She sends also a list of questions on behalf of Reo Fortune, in order to make a table of family structures.
Date Written / Recorded
02 March 1931, 1931
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Person Discussed
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Topic / Theme
Economic recessions, Influenza, Family, Omaha-Ponca
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![[Copy of] Letter from Margaret Mead to Muzafer Sherif, May 31, 1932](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1008654xxx/1008654177/1008654177-size-exact-140x0.jpg "[Copy of] Letter from Margaret Mead to Muzafer Sherif, May 31, 1932")
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[Copy of] Letter from Margaret Mead to Muzafer Sherif, May 31, 1932
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. General correspondence) (District of Columbia) (31 May 1932) , 2 page(s)
In a one-page, typed letter with postscript on the back, Margaret Mead replies to a letter from social psychologist Muzafer Sherif, who had asked her for references for an unnamed book chapter she wrote having to do with color perception and classification among native groups. Mead says she cannot keep references...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. General correspondence) (District of Columbia) (31 May 1932) , 2 page(s)
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In a one-page, typed letter with postscript on the back, Margaret Mead replies to a letter from social psychologist Muzafer Sherif, who had asked her for references for an unnamed book chapter she wrote having to do with color perception and classification among native groups. Mead says she cannot keep references in her head when in the field, but points Sherif to people working in the field, particularly Otto Klineberg at Columbia University. Sh...
In a one-page, typed letter with postscript on the back, Margaret Mead replies to a letter from social psychologist Muzafer Sherif, who had asked her for references for an unnamed book chapter she wrote having to do with color perception and classification among native groups. Mead says she cannot keep references in her head when in the field, but points Sherif to people working in the field, particularly Otto Klineberg at Columbia University. She briefly describes her field technique and offers examples and a postscript anecdote from her current work with a Papuan mountain tribe. A note written at the top indicates this copy is 'Xeroxed.'
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Date Written / Recorded
31 May 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Perceptions and senses, Ethnopsychology, Papua New Guineans
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![[Copy of] Letter from Margaret Mead to William Fielding Ogburn, March 7, 1932](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1008654xxx/1008654171/1008654171-size-exact-140x0.jpg "[Copy of] Letter from Margaret Mead to William Fielding Ogburn, March 7, 1932")
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[Copy of] Letter from Margaret Mead to William Fielding Ogburn, March 7, 1932
written by Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. General correspondence) (District of Columbia) (07 March 1932) , 2 page(s)
In a two-page, typed letter from Margaret Mead to William Fielding Ogburn, who had been her mentor at Columbia University, she discusses aspects of the Arapesh culture of New Guinea, especially parent-child relationships. She mentions that A. R. Radcliffe-Brown will soon be arriving at the University of Chicago, w...
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written by Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. General correspondence) (District of Columbia) (07 March 1932) , 2 page(s)
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In a two-page, typed letter from Margaret Mead to William Fielding Ogburn, who had been her mentor at Columbia University, she discusses aspects of the Arapesh culture of New Guinea, especially parent-child relationships. She mentions that A. R. Radcliffe-Brown will soon be arriving at the University of Chicago, where Ogburn is head of the sociology department at the time of writing. A note at the top of the letter, written later, reads 'Xeroxed....
In a two-page, typed letter from Margaret Mead to William Fielding Ogburn, who had been her mentor at Columbia University, she discusses aspects of the Arapesh culture of New Guinea, especially parent-child relationships. She mentions that A. R. Radcliffe-Brown will soon be arriving at the University of Chicago, where Ogburn is head of the sociology department at the time of writing. A note at the top of the letter, written later, reads 'Xeroxed.'
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Date Written / Recorded
07 March 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Kin relationships, Arapesh
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![[Copy of] Letter from Raymond Firth to Reo Fortune, September 7, 1932](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1008654xxx/1008654184/1008654184-size-exact-140x0.jpg "[Copy of] Letter from Raymond Firth to Reo Fortune, September 7, 1932")
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[Copy of] Letter from Raymond Firth to Reo Fortune, September 7, 1932
written by Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. General correspondence) (District of Columbia) (07 September 1932) , 2 page(s)
In a two-page, typewritten letter under the letterhead of the University of Sydney, Australia, Raymond Firth gives concrete details of a research opportunity for Fortune and Margaret Mead among the Ungarinyin aborigines of western Australia, which he says 'will be waiting for you when you are ready.' He includes t...
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written by Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. General correspondence) (District of Columbia) (07 September 1932) , 2 page(s)
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In a two-page, typewritten letter under the letterhead of the University of Sydney, Australia, Raymond Firth gives concrete details of a research opportunity for Fortune and Margaret Mead among the Ungarinyin aborigines of western Australia, which he says 'will be waiting for you when you are ready.' He includes travel information and some background on the culture. Firth also notes that he will be leaving for the London School of Economics soon,...
In a two-page, typewritten letter under the letterhead of the University of Sydney, Australia, Raymond Firth gives concrete details of a research opportunity for Fortune and Margaret Mead among the Ungarinyin aborigines of western Australia, which he says 'will be waiting for you when you are ready.' He includes travel information and some background on the culture. Firth also notes that he will be leaving for the London School of Economics soon, and all but offers Fortune the chance to be his replacement at Sydney, at least for a year. He ends with mention of money owed for certain arrangements. A written note at the top indicates this letter was 'Xeroxed.'
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Date Written / Recorded
07 September 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Academic life, Field work for anthropology, Australian Aborigines
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![[Copy of] Letter from William F. Ogburn to Margaret Mead, November 16, 1932](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1008654xxx/1008654188/1008654188-size-exact-140x0.jpg "[Copy of] Letter from William F. Ogburn to Margaret Mead, November 16, 1932")
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[Copy of] Letter from William F. Ogburn to Margaret Mead, November 16, 1932
written by William F. Ogburn, 1886-1959, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. General correspondence) (District of Columbia) (16 November 1932) , 6 page(s)
In a six-page letter written on his personal letterhead stationery, William F. Ogburn writes to Margaret Mead, interspersing ethnological musings with personal news. He talks about his study of recent social changes in the United States, having written some 2 million words. He hopes the newly elected President Roo...
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written by William F. Ogburn, 1886-1959, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. General correspondence) (District of Columbia) (16 November 1932) , 6 page(s)
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In a six-page letter written on his personal letterhead stationery, William F. Ogburn writes to Margaret Mead, interspersing ethnological musings with personal news. He talks about his study of recent social changes in the United States, having written some 2 million words. He hopes the newly elected President Roosevelt will be more receptive to its importance than his predecessor, Hoover. He also mentions Mead's recent work among the Omaha India...
In a six-page letter written on his personal letterhead stationery, William F. Ogburn writes to Margaret Mead, interspersing ethnological musings with personal news. He talks about his study of recent social changes in the United States, having written some 2 million words. He hopes the newly elected President Roosevelt will be more receptive to its importance than his predecessor, Hoover. He also mentions Mead's recent work among the Omaha Indians in the U.S., thinking he might do followup work. He discusses conversations he's had about possible jobs for Mead and Reo Fortune at the University of North Carolina or Duke, but laments the 'blight' that the Depression has brought to American academia. Ogburn mentions having seen Mead's mother and sister Elizabeth at a conference, notes the talk of sociologist Stuart Rice's deep infatuation with Elizabeth, and talks about Rice's rising stature in his field. He closes with brief mentions of several colleagues and includes a post-script that a Barnard College woman had been sentenced to 10 days' labor for 'Communistic activities.' Though the pages lack the usual 'Xeroxed' notation, it is clear they are photocopies of smaller writing paper.
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Date Written / Recorded
16 November 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
William F. Ogburn, 1886-1959
Person Discussed
Stuart Rice, 1889-1969, Elizabeth Steig, 1909-1983, Emily Fogg Mead, 1871-1950
Topic / Theme
Academic life, Field work for anthropology
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