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Essay on Myths and Social Customs Among American Indians
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 9 page(s)
Nine pages of lined writing paper contain a hand-written essay on social sanctions in myths of the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest and particularly the Zuni, continuing the theme of the previous document. Again, Benedict notes that similar myths are told by far separated groups, though each gives 'quite d...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 9 page(s)
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Nine pages of lined writing paper contain a hand-written essay on social sanctions in myths of the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest and particularly the Zuni, continuing the theme of the previous document. Again, Benedict notes that similar myths are told by far separated groups, though each gives 'quite different explanations' of the myth's meaning. She discusses the dissemination of myth: for instance, the Plains Blackfoot cite the Scar...
Nine pages of lined writing paper contain a hand-written essay on social sanctions in myths of the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest and particularly the Zuni, continuing the theme of the previous document. Again, Benedict notes that similar myths are told by far separated groups, though each gives 'quite different explanations' of the myth's meaning. She discusses the dissemination of myth: for instance, the Plains Blackfoot cite the Scarface myth as the source of the sweat lodge tradition, but Benedict believes both myth and tradition came from outside the tribe. She also discusses myths at the root of Zuni and Hopi exogamy practices and other tribal behaviors. She surmises that myths are made to retroactively fit the needs of custom. Citations include: 'Zuni Folktales' by Frank Cushing; Elsie Parsons in 'Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association'; and her own manuscript.
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Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Social customs, Myths and legends, Morality, Hopi, Zuni, Blackfoot
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Essay on Spread of Myths with Ethical Considerations
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
Four pages of lined note paper contain a partial, hand-written essay on the distribution of a certain unspecified myth theme or custom among American Indian tribes, noting its presence among far separated tribes and its absence among other, nearby tribes. Those mentioned include: the Kwakiutl; Blackfoot; Crow; Apa...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
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Four pages of lined note paper contain a partial, hand-written essay on the distribution of a certain unspecified myth theme or custom among American Indian tribes, noting its presence among far separated tribes and its absence among other, nearby tribes. Those mentioned include: the Kwakiutl; Blackfoot; Crow; Apache; and Tsimshian. Specific myth citations include an Apache tale from P.E. Goddard in Anthropological Papers of the American Museum o...
Four pages of lined note paper contain a partial, hand-written essay on the distribution of a certain unspecified myth theme or custom among American Indian tribes, noting its presence among far separated tribes and its absence among other, nearby tribes. Those mentioned include: the Kwakiutl; Blackfoot; Crow; Apache; and Tsimshian. Specific myth citations include an Apache tale from P.E. Goddard in Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XXIV, Part II, pp. 131, 135; a Kwakiutl tale from Franz Boas in Memoirs of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, V. III, 39; and a Tsimshian tale from Boas in Thirty-first Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1909-10, p. 850, published 1916.
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Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Social customs, Myths and legends, Ethics, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Apaches, Crow, Blackfoot
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Ethics in North American Mythology
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 2 page(s)
Two pages contain an apparent draft of a typed essay - other versions of which are contained in previous documents - discussing mythology as a guide to the ethics of American Indians. It is unedited, suggesting this may be its final form. Benedict notes that even myths shared by different cultures can have widely...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 2 page(s)
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Two pages contain an apparent draft of a typed essay - other versions of which are contained in previous documents - discussing mythology as a guide to the ethics of American Indians. It is unedited, suggesting this may be its final form. Benedict notes that even myths shared by different cultures can have widely disparate meanings attached to them. She notes such examples as: the Blackfoot and Crow in the Plains; the Tsimshian and Kwakiutl in th...
Two pages contain an apparent draft of a typed essay - other versions of which are contained in previous documents - discussing mythology as a guide to the ethics of American Indians. It is unedited, suggesting this may be its final form. Benedict notes that even myths shared by different cultures can have widely disparate meanings attached to them. She notes such examples as: the Blackfoot and Crow in the Plains; the Tsimshian and Kwakiutl in the Pacific Northwest; and the Keres, Hopi and Zuni of the Southwest. In each grouping, shared myths are used by individual tribes to sanction different aspects of their cultures - a practice also found in 'civilized' cultures, she argues.
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Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Social customs, Myths and legends, Keresan, Zuni, Hopi, Kwakiutl, Tsimshian, Crow, Blackfoot
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Ethics: Sanction for Social Custom in Mythology
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
Four typed pages with minor written amendments contain notes for a lecture on a common theme of Benedict's work: 'the degree to which mythology becomes a source of authority for social custom.' The content bears a marked similarity to that in a previous, hand-written document. She again advances her thesis that wh...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 20. Indian Mythology, Ethics -- Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
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Four typed pages with minor written amendments contain notes for a lecture on a common theme of Benedict's work: 'the degree to which mythology becomes a source of authority for social custom.' The content bears a marked similarity to that in a previous, hand-written document. She again advances her thesis that while myth stories may be common, they are used to justify widely disparate, even contradictory, cultural customs. Tribes offered as exam...
Four typed pages with minor written amendments contain notes for a lecture on a common theme of Benedict's work: 'the degree to which mythology becomes a source of authority for social custom.' The content bears a marked similarity to that in a previous, hand-written document. She again advances her thesis that while myth stories may be common, they are used to justify widely disparate, even contradictory, cultural customs. Tribes offered as examples include: the Blackfoot and Crow in the Plains; the Tsimshian and Kwakiutl in the Pacific Northwest; and the Laguna, Hopi and Zuni of the Southwest. Supporting works cited include: T.T. Waterman, Journal of American Folk Lore Vol. 27, p. 1, 1914; Franz Boas, Thirty-first Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1909-10, published 1916; and F.H. Cushing.
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Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Lecture/presentation
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Ethics, Social customs, Myths and legends, Western Keres, Zuni, Hopi, Kwakiutl, Tsimshian, Crow, Blackfoot
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Handwritten Notes on Southwest Indian Culture and Folklore
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 1. Southwest Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten notes on unlined paper on folklore including man medicine, in the Southwest Indian culture.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 1. Southwest Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten notes on unlined paper on folklore including man medicine, in the Southwest Indian culture.
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Social customs, Folklore, American Indians
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Handwritten Notes on Southwest Indian Culture and Folklore
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 1. Southwest Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten notes on unlined paper on social customs in Southwestern Indian culture.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 1. Southwest Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten notes on unlined paper on social customs in Southwestern Indian culture.
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Folklore, Social customs, American Indians
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Handwritten Notes on Southwest Indian Folklore and Social Customs
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 3. Southwest Notes) (1930) , 34 page(s)
This is a set of papers with handwritten notes about various American Indian cultures.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 3. Southwest Notes) (1930) , 34 page(s)
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This is a set of papers with handwritten notes about various American Indian cultures.
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Social customs, Folklore, American Indians, Dakota, Cree, Seminole
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Origin of plants for mother's body
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
This undated, hand-written field note on the Zuni cites: Iroquois - Morgan L--- 161 & 199; Tagalog, Gardner, J19, 266, 270; and Tuggle W.O. Ms. BAE. It contains information on: Pima, Cherokee, Creeks, corn, tobacco, liberation, body, woman, son, burial.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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This undated, hand-written field note on the Zuni cites: Iroquois - Morgan L--- 161 & 199; Tagalog, Gardner, J19, 266, 270; and Tuggle W.O. Ms. BAE. It contains information on: Pima, Cherokee, Creeks, corn, tobacco, liberation, body, woman, son, burial.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Burial customs, Zuni
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Origins of plants from tended graves
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Two pages of handwritten research notes on plants, with references to Central and South American indigenous groups and locations.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
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Two pages of handwritten research notes on plants, with references to Central and South American indigenous groups and locations.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Burial customs, Zuni
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Plants for buried body
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
This undated, hand-written field note on the Zuni cites: H--- Hale J I, 181; and contains information on: limb, birth, fall.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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This undated, hand-written field note on the Zuni cites: H--- Hale J I, 181; and contains information on: limb, birth, fall.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Burial customs, Zuni
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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