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[1973 Copies of] Mundugumor Notes, October-December 1932
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (November 1932) , 67 page(s)
Sixty-six pages comprise copies of Margaret Mead's typed or written field notes about the Mundugumor people of New Guinea from mid-October to mid-December 1932. There are numerous terms in indigenous text. The notes are on various topics, but kinship makes up a large part. These copies are accompanied by a hand-wr...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (November 1932) , 67 page(s)
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Sixty-six pages comprise copies of Margaret Mead's typed or written field notes about the Mundugumor people of New Guinea from mid-October to mid-December 1932. There are numerous terms in indigenous text. The notes are on various topics, but kinship makes up a large part. These copies are accompanied by a hand-written note that reads, 'Mundugu Duplicates - Xeroxed for Levy Straus [sic; apparent reference to Claude Levi-Strauss] but never sent be...
Sixty-six pages comprise copies of Margaret Mead's typed or written field notes about the Mundugumor people of New Guinea from mid-October to mid-December 1932. There are numerous terms in indigenous text. The notes are on various topics, but kinship makes up a large part. These copies are accompanied by a hand-written note that reads, 'Mundugu Duplicates - Xeroxed for Levy Straus [sic; apparent reference to Claude Levi-Strauss] but never sent because he said he didn't need them. (Sept. 11, 1973)' That note includes the initials 'SS' at the top and the notation 'File in Dup. Bin please' at the bottom
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Date Written / Recorded
November 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Person Discussed
Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1908-2009
Topic / Theme
Social institutions, Kinship nomenclature, Kin relationships, Biwat
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[1977 Copies of] Mundugamor Notes, October-December 1932
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (November 1932) , 19 page(s)
Nineteen pages comprise photocopies of field notes, mostly typed, about the Mundugamor people of New Guinea from late November to mid-December 1932. There are numerous terms in indigenous text. Nearly half the source is made up of an extensive account of the making of a new ashin -- a ceremonial flute imbued with...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (November 1932) , 19 page(s)
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Nineteen pages comprise photocopies of field notes, mostly typed, about the Mundugamor people of New Guinea from late November to mid-December 1932. There are numerous terms in indigenous text. Nearly half the source is made up of an extensive account of the making of a new ashin -- a ceremonial flute imbued with the spirit of a crocodile -- with associated ceremonies and totemistic practices. Other topics include: homicide and cannibalism; canoe...
Nineteen pages comprise photocopies of field notes, mostly typed, about the Mundugamor people of New Guinea from late November to mid-December 1932. There are numerous terms in indigenous text. Nearly half the source is made up of an extensive account of the making of a new ashin -- a ceremonial flute imbued with the spirit of a crocodile -- with associated ceremonies and totemistic practices. Other topics include: homicide and cannibalism; canoe building; painting; children's games; kinship nomenclature; totemism. The copies are accompanied by a barely legible, hand-written note, dated July 4, 1977, that seems to indicate these were 'Taken out - Xeroxed' by or for someone.
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Date Written / Recorded
November 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Decorative arts, Cannibalism, Children's play, Totemism, Kinship nomenclature, Biwat
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Arapesh 1931-2: Kinship, Social Organization, Economic Relationships
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N96: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes. Kinship, social organization and economic reciprocities) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 116 page(s)
Typewritten notes, with handwritten notations, titled 'Arapesh 1931-2: Kinship, Social Organization, Economic Relationships' discuss kinship roles and relative functions; payments for blood; attitudes toward the past; use of personal names; names for pigs; kinship terminology; marriage; gens; and ancestral spirits...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N96: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Notes. Kinship, social organization and economic reciprocities) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 116 page(s)
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Typewritten notes, with handwritten notations, titled 'Arapesh 1931-2: Kinship, Social Organization, Economic Relationships' discuss kinship roles and relative functions; payments for blood; attitudes toward the past; use of personal names; names for pigs; kinship terminology; marriage; gens; and ancestral spirits.
Date Written / Recorded
1931
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Cultural norms, Kin relationships, Arapesh
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Arapesh Kinship Terminology
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N93: Papua New Guinea, Folder 2: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Census and kinship material) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 11 page(s)
Undated typewritten and handwritten notes by Margaret Mead regarding kinship terminology among the Arapesh. The first pages are titled 'A Rough Sketch of Arapesh Kinship Terminology (Not Final),' with kinship terms in an indigenous language and English definitions. Handwritten lists of terms follow, with the last...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N93: Papua New Guinea, Folder 2: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh. Census and kinship material) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 11 page(s)
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Undated typewritten and handwritten notes by Margaret Mead regarding kinship terminology among the Arapesh. The first pages are titled 'A Rough Sketch of Arapesh Kinship Terminology (Not Final),' with kinship terms in an indigenous language and English definitions. Handwritten lists of terms follow, with the last two pages being a map of Alitoa.
Date Written / Recorded
1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Kinship nomenclature, Arapesh
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Assumed to be Work Up of April 4, 1929 Material
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N49: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Kinship) (District of Columbia) (04 April 1929) , 14 page(s)
Fourteen pages contain notes and charts, mostly hand-written, apparently having to do with kinship. One partially typed page is headed 'Missing Terms from Mele System, April 4.' A cover sheet and the backs of several pages bear the notation, 'Assumed to be work up of April 4, 1929 material.'
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N49: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Kinship) (District of Columbia) (04 April 1929) , 14 page(s)
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Fourteen pages contain notes and charts, mostly hand-written, apparently having to do with kinship. One partially typed page is headed 'Missing Terms from Mele System, April 4.' A cover sheet and the backs of several pages bear the notation, 'Assumed to be work up of April 4, 1929 material.'
Date Written / Recorded
04 April 1929, 1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Specialized kin relationships, Manus
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Census: Indingai Village
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N101: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Tchambuli (Chambri). Census material (includes Indengai, Kilimoit and Wombun villages)) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 40 page(s)
Handwritten notes by Margaret Mead on loose sheets of unlined paper, titled 'Census: Indingai Village,' listing the members of households in the village along with details, such as age or marital status, for most names. Some genealogical charts are also included.
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N101: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Tchambuli (Chambri). Census material (includes Indengai, Kilimoit and Wombun villages)) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 40 page(s)
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Handwritten notes by Margaret Mead on loose sheets of unlined paper, titled 'Census: Indingai Village,' listing the members of households in the village along with details, such as age or marital status, for most names. Some genealogical charts are also included.
Date Written / Recorded
1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Family lineages, Census, Chambri
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[Copies of Partial Essays] On a Method of Kinship Inquiry, 1932 and 1937
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (1935) , 2 page(s)
Two pages comprise copies of two typed, partial essays, the first titled 'On a Method of Kinship Inquiry.' A written notation at the top of the first reads 'Written in Mundugu 1932;' a similar notation on the second gives an apparent date of 1937. The first mentions the kinship system of the Omaha Indians of Nebra...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (1935) , 2 page(s)
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Two pages comprise copies of two typed, partial essays, the first titled 'On a Method of Kinship Inquiry.' A written notation at the top of the first reads 'Written in Mundugu 1932;' a similar notation on the second gives an apparent date of 1937. The first mentions the kinship system of the Omaha Indians of Nebraska as an archetype. Both are incomplete: one-page beginnings that end in mid-sentence. They may be versions of the same document.
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Essay
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Interviewing techniques for anthropology, Kin relationships, Omaha-Ponca
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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] Notes and Charts on Kinship, undated
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 7 page(s)
Seven pages comprise copies of Margaret Mead's written field notes and charts on kinship, presumably of the Mundugumor people of New Guinea at the end of 1932. A substantial amount is in indigenous text, including lists of terminology with English commentary.
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 7 page(s)
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Seven pages comprise copies of Margaret Mead's written field notes and charts on kinship, presumably of the Mundugumor people of New Guinea at the end of 1932. A substantial amount is in indigenous text, including lists of terminology with English commentary.
Date Written / Recorded
1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Kinship nomenclature, Kin relationships, Biwat
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[Copy of] Notes on Mundugumor Property, Marriage, Kinship, etc. October 9 - December 14, 1932
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 8 page(s)
Eight pages comprise copies of Margaret Mead's typed or written field notes about the Mundugumor people of New Guinea from mid-October to mid-December 1932. There are occasional terms in indigenous text. The notes are on various topics, including: Property and inheritance; a list of marriages; kinship; and an init...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (includes 1973 notes). Notes. Margaret Mead. Mixed carbons & xeroxes) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 8 page(s)
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Eight pages comprise copies of Margaret Mead's typed or written field notes about the Mundugumor people of New Guinea from mid-October to mid-December 1932. There are occasional terms in indigenous text. The notes are on various topics, including: Property and inheritance; a list of marriages; kinship; and an initial ethnological survey. Notes on kinship are missing pages.
Date Written / Recorded
1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Kin relationships, Marriage, Property, Biwat
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