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The Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches, The American Missionary Association Division, Seminar on Indian Wor...
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 86], Folder 7. Seminar on Indian Work, 1941) (1941) , 16 page(s)
Date: February 28 - March 1, 1941. Typewritten document from The Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches: The American Missionary Association Division - seminar on Indian work. A list of the individuals who attended the seminar and some of the issues queried are presented in this essay.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 86], Folder 7. Seminar on Indian Work, 1941) (1941) , 16 page(s)
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Date: February 28 - March 1, 1941. Typewritten document from The Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches: The American Missionary Association Division - seminar on Indian work. A list of the individuals who attended the seminar and some of the issues queried are presented in this essay.
Date Written / Recorded
1941
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Indian reservations, Government policy, Missionaries, Cultural assimilation, American Indians
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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
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Council 1-6
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
Four pages contain hand-written notes on councils, ceremonies and clans of Pueblo Indians. They include: a description of a tribal council and its participants; a diagram of the ceremonial organization at Cochiti Pueblo; a chart of clans, kivas and ceremonies at the Hopi pueblos of Walpi and Sichumovi, with refere...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
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Four pages contain hand-written notes on councils, ceremonies and clans of Pueblo Indians. They include: a description of a tribal council and its participants; a diagram of the ceremonial organization at Cochiti Pueblo; a chart of clans, kivas and ceremonies at the Hopi pueblos of Walpi and Sichumovi, with references to Elsie Parsons and Edward S. Curtis.
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
Religious rites and ceremonies, Government councils, Clans, Keresan, Hopi
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Introduction: Canadian Women in Context
written by Lara Campbell, fl. 2009, Nancy Janovic, fl. 2009, Tamara Myers, fl. 2009 and Joan Sangster, fl. 2009 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2009), 1 page(s)
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written by Lara Campbell, fl. 2009, Nancy Janovic, fl. 2009, Tamara Myers, fl. 2009 and Joan Sangster, fl. 2009 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2009), 1 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements in the United States,1600-2000
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Essay, Reflections on Documents
Author / Creator
Lara Campbell, fl. 2009, Nancy Janovic, fl. 2009, Tamara Myers, fl. 2009, Joan Sangster, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Alexander Street
Topic / Theme
History, Imperialism, Feminism, Women, Colonization, Empire, and Post Coloniality, Colonization and Empire, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Keres - Bandelier - Fin. Rep. II 276
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 2 page(s)
Two pages with vertical red lines, seemingly torn from a ledger book, contain hand-written notes on the Keres people of the Southwestern U.S., as found in 'Final Report of Investigations Among the Indians of the Southwestern United States, Carried on Mainly in the Years from 1880 to 1885,' Part II, by A.F. Bandeli...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 2 page(s)
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Two pages with vertical red lines, seemingly torn from a ledger book, contain hand-written notes on the Keres people of the Southwestern U.S., as found in 'Final Report of Investigations Among the Indians of the Southwestern United States, Carried on Mainly in the Years from 1880 to 1885,' Part II, by A.F. Bandelier; in Papers of the Archaeological Institute of America, American Series, IV, 1892. The first page contains a list of names of leaders...
Two pages with vertical red lines, seemingly torn from a ledger book, contain hand-written notes on the Keres people of the Southwestern U.S., as found in 'Final Report of Investigations Among the Indians of the Southwestern United States, Carried on Mainly in the Years from 1880 to 1885,' Part II, by A.F. Bandelier; in Papers of the Archaeological Institute of America, American Series, IV, 1892. The first page contains a list of names of leadership positions, with English interpretation. The second page contains a description of the structure or practice of a council, with brief mention of the Tewa people.
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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
Government councils, Leadership roles, Keresan
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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
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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)
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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
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