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Copy of Letter from Franz Boas to Walter A. Jessup, February 5, 1942
written by Franz Boas, 1858-1942, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 114]: Franz Boas, 1858-1947, Folder 6. Correspondence: Boas to Others, 1886,1933, 1939, 1942) (05 February 1942) , 1 page(s)
Copy of typewritten letter from Franz Boas to Walter A. Jessup, Carnegie Corporation, asks for the corporation's continued support of Boas' research. In particular, Boas requests funding to expand his research on growth and development variabilities, which he says proves that the 'assumption of uniform racial char...
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written by Franz Boas, 1858-1942, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 114]: Franz Boas, 1858-1947, Folder 6. Correspondence: Boas to Others, 1886,1933, 1939, 1942) (05 February 1942) , 1 page(s)
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Copy of typewritten letter from Franz Boas to Walter A. Jessup, Carnegie Corporation, asks for the corporation's continued support of Boas' research. In particular, Boas requests funding to expand his research on growth and development variabilities, which he says proves that the 'assumption of uniform racial characteristics' -- the basis of Nazism -- 'is without any foundation.' Dated February 5, 1942.
Date Written / Recorded
05 February 1942, 1942
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Franz Boas, 1858-1942
Topic / Theme
Intellectual development, Physical growth, Nazism
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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How and Why Did Women in SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) Author a Pathbreaking Feminist Manifesto, 1964-1965?
written by Kathryn Kish Sklar, 1939- and Elaine DeLott Baker, fl. 1964 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2015), 301 page(s),
Source: documents.alexanderstreet.com
Source: documents.alexanderstreet.com
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written by Kathryn Kish Sklar, 1939- and Elaine DeLott Baker, fl. 1964 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2015), 301 page(s),
Source: documents.alexanderstreet.com
Source: documents.alexanderstreet.com
Collection
Women and Social Movements in the United States,1600-2000
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Document project
Author / Creator
Kathryn Kish Sklar, 1939-, Elaine DeLott Baker, fl. 1964
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Alexander Street
Person Discussed
Elaine DeLott Baker, fl. 1964
Topic / Theme
Racism, Race relations, Organizational structure, Feminism, Civil rights, Gender discrimination, Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964, Social Reform and Political Activism, Multi-Ethnic Participation in Social Movements
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Letter from M. Loomis to Ruth Benedict, October 28, 1939
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 86], Folder 14. Blackfoot Field Trip, 1939) (28 October 1939) , 3 page(s)
This is a 3-page typewritten letter from Marjorie(?) Loomis in New York City to Ruth Benedict, dated October 28, 1939. The letter discusses Ms. Loomis's current coursework and a Conference on the American Indian held in Toronto.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 86], Folder 14. Blackfoot Field Trip, 1939) (28 October 1939) , 3 page(s)
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This is a 3-page typewritten letter from Marjorie(?) Loomis in New York City to Ruth Benedict, dated October 28, 1939. The letter discusses Ms. Loomis's current coursework and a Conference on the American Indian held in Toronto.
Date Written / Recorded
28 October 1939, 1939
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Topic / Theme
Government policy, Association and organization conferences, Reporting anthropological data, Canadians, American Indians
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Letter from Richard C. Rothschild to Ruth Benedict, May 17, 1943
written by Richard C. Rothschild, 1896-1986, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 114]: Franz Boas, 1858-1947, Folder 10. Correspondence: Re: Boas, 1943-1946, 1958) (17 May 1943) , 1 page(s)
Typewritten letter from Richard C. Rothschild, American Jewish Committee, to Ruth Benedict, turns down the use of the [Franz] Boas article. Discusses the need for a 'serious attempt' to 'undo the ten years of Hitler propaganda on 'Aryanism'' but does not think Boas' article is the right tool. Typewritten on the le...
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written by Richard C. Rothschild, 1896-1986, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 114]: Franz Boas, 1858-1947, Folder 10. Correspondence: Re: Boas, 1943-1946, 1958) (17 May 1943) , 1 page(s)
Description
Typewritten letter from Richard C. Rothschild, American Jewish Committee, to Ruth Benedict, turns down the use of the [Franz] Boas article. Discusses the need for a 'serious attempt' to 'undo the ten years of Hitler propaganda on 'Aryanism'' but does not think Boas' article is the right tool. Typewritten on the letterhead of the American Jewish Committee. Dated May 17, 1943.
Date Written / Recorded
17 May 1943, 1943
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Richard C. Rothschild, 1896-1986
Person Discussed
Franz Boas, 1858-1942
Topic / Theme
Racial identity, Nazism
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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