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Aliatoa - Running Notes - #5 - June 14, 1932
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N95: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notebooks Running field notes (MM). Jan. 14 - 1932 (2 v) #3) (District of Columbia) (14 June 1932) , 302 page(s)
Handwritten field notes by Margaret Mead on unlined paper in a notebook bound at the top. The titles 'Aliatoa - Running Notes - #5 - June 14, 1932' and 'Transition Notes' are on a strip of white paper pasted onto the cover. The cover also has the notations 'Contains 6 month supply list,' 'R's note on ... [illegibl...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N95: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notebooks Running field notes (MM). Jan. 14 - 1932 (2 v) #3) (District of Columbia) (14 June 1932) , 302 page(s)
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Handwritten field notes by Margaret Mead on unlined paper in a notebook bound at the top. The titles 'Aliatoa - Running Notes - #5 - June 14, 1932' and 'Transition Notes' are on a strip of white paper pasted onto the cover. The cover also has the notations 'Contains 6 month supply list,' 'R's note on ... [illegible],' and 'done - 23/9/31 [?].' The first portion of the notebook contains supply lists and expenses. The remaining notes are comprised...
Handwritten field notes by Margaret Mead on unlined paper in a notebook bound at the top. The titles 'Aliatoa - Running Notes - #5 - June 14, 1932' and 'Transition Notes' are on a strip of white paper pasted onto the cover. The cover also has the notations 'Contains 6 month supply list,' 'R's note on ... [illegible],' and 'done - 23/9/31 [?].' The first portion of the notebook contains supply lists and expenses. The remaining notes are comprised of vocabulary lists in an indigenous language, often with their English equivalents, and other field notes. A few notes are in Reo Fortune's hand. Many pages are struck through.
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Date Written / Recorded
14 June 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Anthropological linguistics, Vocabulary, Arapesh
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Aliatoa - Running Notes - #6 - August 9, 1932
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N95: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notebooks Running field notes (MM). Jan. 14 - 1932 (2 v) #3) (District of Columbia) (09 August 1932) , 302 page(s)
Handwritten field notes by Margaret Mead on unlined paper in a notebook bound at the top. The title 'Aliatoa - Running Notes - #6 - August 9, 1932' is on two crossed strips of white paper pasted onto the cover. The notes are comprised of vocabulary lists and phrases in an indigenous language, often with their Engl...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N95: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notebooks Running field notes (MM). Jan. 14 - 1932 (2 v) #3) (District of Columbia) (09 August 1932) , 302 page(s)
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Handwritten field notes by Margaret Mead on unlined paper in a notebook bound at the top. The title 'Aliatoa - Running Notes - #6 - August 9, 1932' is on two crossed strips of white paper pasted onto the cover. The notes are comprised of vocabulary lists and phrases in an indigenous language, often with their English equivalents, and other field notes. Many pages are struck through.
Date Written / Recorded
09 August 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Anthropological linguistics, Vocabulary, Arapesh
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Analysis of Verbs
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N96: Papua New Guinea, Folder 5: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Linguistic #1) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 41 page(s)
Handwritten notes titled 'Analysis of Verbs' with a notation that reads 'imperfectly duplicating Reo's but kept for emergencies and because it may have some different examples in J.' Following are lists of verbs, transitive and intransitive forms, prefixing and suffixing, active, plural, etc. Mostly in an indigeno...
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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 5: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Linguistic #1) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 41 page(s)
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Handwritten notes titled 'Analysis of Verbs' with a notation that reads 'imperfectly duplicating Reo's but kept for emergencies and because it may have some different examples in J.' Following are lists of verbs, transitive and intransitive forms, prefixing and suffixing, active, plural, etc. Mostly in an indigenous language. Undated.
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
Anthropological linguistics, Arapesh
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Arapesh - Ethno-botany [Aliatoa] Slips, undated
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N96: Papua New Guinea, Folder 1: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Notes Ethno – Botany (v.)) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 180 page(s)
A set of 180 bindable note slips contain notes -- hand-written and typed, in English and indigenous text -- having to do with plants and their various uses by the Arapesh people of 'Aliatoa' (Alitoa) village in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They include related notes on food and medicine.
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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 1: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Notes Ethno – Botany (v.)) (District of Columbia) (1932) , 180 page(s)
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A set of 180 bindable note slips contain notes -- hand-written and typed, in English and indigenous text -- having to do with plants and their various uses by the Arapesh people of 'Aliatoa' (Alitoa) village in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They include related notes on food and medicine.
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
Ethnobotany, Arapesh
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Arapesh Linguistics, 1931
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N96: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Linguistic #2) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 43 page(s)
Typewritten pages titled 'Arapesh Linguistics' contain notes on grammar in an indigenous language with English translations. Included are interrogative expressions, verbs (prefix, suffix, infix, transitive, intransitive), and adjectives. Also includes vocabulary pertaining to parts of the body and religion. Dated...
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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 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Linguistic #2) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 43 page(s)
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Typewritten pages titled 'Arapesh Linguistics' contain notes on grammar in an indigenous language with English translations. Included are interrogative expressions, verbs (prefix, suffix, infix, transitive, intransitive), and adjectives. Also includes vocabulary pertaining to parts of the body and religion. Dated 1931.
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
Anthropological linguistics, Arapesh
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Arapesh: M.C. Vocabulary Slips
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N96: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Linguistic #2) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 94 page(s)
Handwritten notes titled 'Arapesh M.C. Vocabulary Slips' include vocabulary in an indigenous language with English translations. Vocabulary pertains to kinship, birth, and sorcery among other topics. Also includes citations to various named and unnamed sources. Undated.
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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 6: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Arapesh Notes Linguistic #2) (District of Columbia) (1931) , 94 page(s)
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Handwritten notes titled 'Arapesh M.C. Vocabulary Slips' include vocabulary in an indigenous language with English translations. Vocabulary pertains to kinship, birth, and sorcery among other topics. Also includes citations to various named and unnamed sources. Undated.
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
Anthropological linguistics, Arapesh
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The Biwat: Ethnography of the Mundugumor People..., August 27, 1972
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N103: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Postfield materials. Mundugumor. Proposed book on Mundugumor, 1973. Planning file) (District of Columbia) (27 August 1972) , 10 page(s)
Typewritten essay titled 'The Biwat: Ethnography of the Mundugumor People of the Yuat River, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea,' by Margaret Mead, including material collected by Reo F. Fortune. Discusses the field work done by Mead and Fortune in 1932. A parenthetical notation on the first page reads 'experimental...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N103: Papua New Guinea, Folder 4: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Postfield materials. Mundugumor. Proposed book on Mundugumor, 1973. Planning file) (District of Columbia) (27 August 1972) , 10 page(s)
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Typewritten essay titled 'The Biwat: Ethnography of the Mundugumor People of the Yuat River, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea,' by Margaret Mead, including material collected by Reo F. Fortune. Discusses the field work done by Mead and Fortune in 1932. A parenthetical notation on the first page reads 'experimental beginning to the Mundugumor assuming that it will be an AMNH [American Museum of Natural History] paper.' Dated August 27, 1972.
Date Written / Recorded
27 August 1972, 1972
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Essay
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Field work for anthropology, Biwat
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Bound Report Notes on Inkblot Test Results in Peri
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N45: Papua New Guinea, Folder 2: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Margaret Mead. Notebooks. Inkblot and related items) (District of Columbia) (1929) , 7 page(s)
Bound collection of typed notes presenting the results of Ink Blot tests taken by the inhabitants of Peri, listing each by name along with his or her response to each of the 8 images.
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N45: Papua New Guinea, Folder 2: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Margaret Mead. Notebooks. Inkblot and related items) (District of Columbia) (1929) , 7 page(s)
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Bound collection of typed notes presenting the results of Ink Blot tests taken by the inhabitants of Peri, listing each by name along with his or her response to each of the 8 images.
Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Field tests for anthropology, Ethnopsychology, Manus
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A Brief List of Ethnological Topics Requiring Study in Samoa; with Outline Sheets
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N2: American Samoa, Folder 3: Mead field trip, 1925-26. Field data. Notes-field work sheets) (District of Columbia) (1925) , 16 page(s)
Typewritten sheet titled 'A Brief List of Ethnological Topics Requiring Study in Samoa,' with 'Miss Mead' handwritten at the top of page 1, and accompanying sheets titled 'Outline of placing of immediately relevant information.' The outline sheets cover broad phases of the life span (birth, childhood) along with s...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N2: American Samoa, Folder 3: Mead field trip, 1925-26. Field data. Notes-field work sheets) (District of Columbia) (1925) , 16 page(s)
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Typewritten sheet titled 'A Brief List of Ethnological Topics Requiring Study in Samoa,' with 'Miss Mead' handwritten at the top of page 1, and accompanying sheets titled 'Outline of placing of immediately relevant information.' The outline sheets cover broad phases of the life span (birth, childhood) along with subtopics such as food, clothing, education, tasks, tabus, and games. There are handwritten notes on these, listing citations to other a...
Typewritten sheet titled 'A Brief List of Ethnological Topics Requiring Study in Samoa,' with 'Miss Mead' handwritten at the top of page 1, and accompanying sheets titled 'Outline of placing of immediately relevant information.' The outline sheets cover broad phases of the life span (birth, childhood) along with subtopics such as food, clothing, education, tasks, tabus, and games. There are handwritten notes on these, listing citations to other authors on the topic. The general instructions on page 1 refer to Kraemer's 'Samoa Inseln' ['The Samoa Islands: An Outline of a Monograph With Particular Consideration of German Samoa,' by Augustin Krämer].
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Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Field work for anthropology, Samoans
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Census Material, Vocabulary, Grammar
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N49: Papua New Guinea, Folder 6: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Miscellaneous #1) (District of Columbia) (1928) , 15 page(s)
Handwritten notes include material for the Manus census, lists of vocabulary words in Manus and English, and notes on Manus grammar and usage. Undated.
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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 6: Admiralty Islands. Mead and Fortune field trip to Manus, 1928-29. Field data. Joint field notes. Miscellaneous #1) (District of Columbia) (1928) , 15 page(s)
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Handwritten notes include material for the Manus census, lists of vocabulary words in Manus and English, and notes on Manus grammar and usage. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1928
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Author / Creator
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Topic / Theme
Anthropological linguistics, Manus
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