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Tobacco
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 85], Folder 1. Zuñi Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Two handwritten note cards with the header Tobacco, with brief observations and references.
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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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Two handwritten note cards with the header Tobacco, with brief observations and references.
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, Zuni
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The Tolih
written by Muriel Hazel Wright, 1889-1975, in Muriel Wright Collection, of Oklahoma Historical Society. Research Center (1983.018, Box 23D, FF03) (Oklahoma City, OK) (1930) , 19 page(s)
Muriel H. Wright worked as a historian and freelance writer. Her commitment to the Wright family’s Choctaw lineage sustained her commitment to the history of Indian people and to Indian affairs in Oklahoma, while her work as a historian and her involvement in Indian affairs invigorated her family ties. Her colle...
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written by Muriel Hazel Wright, 1889-1975, in Muriel Wright Collection, of Oklahoma Historical Society. Research Center (1983.018, Box 23D, FF03) (Oklahoma City, OK) (1930) , 19 page(s)
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Muriel H. Wright worked as a historian and freelance writer. Her commitment to the Wright family’s Choctaw lineage sustained her commitment to the history of Indian people and to Indian affairs in Oklahoma, while her work as a historian and her involvement in Indian affairs invigorated her family ties. Her collection at the Oklahoma Historical Society includes draft copies of articles, book chapters, and book proposals. She promoted Indian hist...
Muriel H. Wright worked as a historian and freelance writer. Her commitment to the Wright family’s Choctaw lineage sustained her commitment to the history of Indian people and to Indian affairs in Oklahoma, while her work as a historian and her involvement in Indian affairs invigorated her family ties. Her collection at the Oklahoma Historical Society includes draft copies of articles, book chapters, and book proposals. She promoted Indian history, especially the Five Civilized Tribes, and she participated in Indian affairs, especially those of the Choctaw Nation. Topics also include education, Oklahoma, cultural affairs, family, politics, and biography, among others.
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Essay
Author / Creator
Muriel Hazel Wright, 1889-1975
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Choctaw, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Tolih -- The Choctaw Ball Game
written by Muriel Hazel Wright, 1889-1975, in Muriel Wright Collection, of Oklahoma Historical Society. Research Center (1983.018, Box 23D, FF05) (Oklahoma City, OK) (1930) , 9 page(s)
Muriel H. Wright worked as a historian and freelance writer. Her commitment to the Wright family’s Choctaw lineage sustained her commitment to the history of Indian people and to Indian affairs in Oklahoma, while her work as a historian and her involvement in Indian affairs invigorated her family ties. Her colle...
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written by Muriel Hazel Wright, 1889-1975, in Muriel Wright Collection, of Oklahoma Historical Society. Research Center (1983.018, Box 23D, FF05) (Oklahoma City, OK) (1930) , 9 page(s)
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Muriel H. Wright worked as a historian and freelance writer. Her commitment to the Wright family’s Choctaw lineage sustained her commitment to the history of Indian people and to Indian affairs in Oklahoma, while her work as a historian and her involvement in Indian affairs invigorated her family ties. Her collection at the Oklahoma Historical Society includes draft copies of articles, book chapters, and book proposals. She promoted Indian hist...
Muriel H. Wright worked as a historian and freelance writer. Her commitment to the Wright family’s Choctaw lineage sustained her commitment to the history of Indian people and to Indian affairs in Oklahoma, while her work as a historian and her involvement in Indian affairs invigorated her family ties. Her collection at the Oklahoma Historical Society includes draft copies of articles, book chapters, and book proposals. She promoted Indian history, especially the Five Civilized Tribes, and she participated in Indian affairs, especially those of the Choctaw Nation. Topics also include education, Oklahoma, cultural affairs, family, politics, and biography, among others.
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
News story
Author / Creator
Muriel Hazel Wright, 1889-1975
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Choctaw, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Topic List
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten list includes the topics death in defecating; red-hot rocks; kidnapper (ghost); gluttony; hunter lets game through pass; Eurydice; fog and flood; lecherous father; fatal look in two brothers; and flayer.
Also lists Kaibab Paiute; Menominee; Northern Shoshone; Ojibwa; Paviotso; Tillamook; Shivwits; Wes...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten list includes the topics death in defecating; red-hot rocks; kidnapper (ghost); gluttony; hunter lets game through pass; Eurydice; fog and flood; lecherous father; fatal look in two brothers; and flayer.
Also lists Kaibab Paiute; Menominee; Northern Shoshone; Ojibwa; Paviotso; Tillamook; Shivwits; Western Mono; Papago; Zuni; Uncle Remus; and Kaffir. Also includes unrelated note, typed vertically on reverse side, about Western social...
Handwritten list includes the topics death in defecating; red-hot rocks; kidnapper (ghost); gluttony; hunter lets game through pass; Eurydice; fog and flood; lecherous father; fatal look in two brothers; and flayer.Also lists Kaibab Paiute; Menominee; Northern Shoshone; Ojibwa; Paviotso; Tillamook; Shivwits; Western Mono; Papago; Zuni; Uncle Remus; and Kaffir. Also includes unrelated note, typed vertically on reverse side, about Western social customs. Partial citations.
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Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Zuni, Papago, Mono, Tillamook, Northern Paiute, Ojibwa, Northern Shoshone, Menominee, Southern Paiute
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Topical Bibliographical References to the Hopi
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 9. Southwest Notes) (1924) , 4 page(s)
Four slips of paper contain hand-written references to work of others relating to the Hopi, with headings: Grinding; Initiation; Hunt Rabbit; and Water Shield. Authors mentioned are E. C. Parsons and F. H. Cushing, with page references but the actual publication unspecified. Each entry contains a brief description...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 9. Southwest Notes) (1924) , 4 page(s)
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Four slips of paper contain hand-written references to work of others relating to the Hopi, with headings: Grinding; Initiation; Hunt Rabbit; and Water Shield. Authors mentioned are E. C. Parsons and F. H. Cushing, with page references but the actual publication unspecified. Each entry contains a brief description or synopsis of myth elements.
Date Written / Recorded
1924
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Magic, Hunting, Religious rites and ceremonies, Personal cleanliness, Hopi
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Tortoise
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Tortoise," contain information which reads, in part: "No tor[toise] in N. A. [North America] -- began with tabula rasa -- all g. s. [grandson] of Sun -- All can be understood only in con. [conjunction] with ____ ."
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Tortoise," contain information which reads, in part: "No tor[toise] in N. A. [North America] -- began with tabula rasa -- all g. s. [grandson] of Sun -- All can be understood only in con. [conjunction] with ____ ."
Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
American Indians
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Traditional Material
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten note cites Franz Boas, 'Tsimshian Mythology' in 'Publications of the American Ethnological Society,' Vol. 3, p. 181, on the Northwest Coast myth of the underground house: A slave of the Killer Whales falls down a ladder with his bucket. Throws water on the fire and makes thick steam, which enables visi...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten note cites Franz Boas, 'Tsimshian Mythology' in 'Publications of the American Ethnological Society,' Vol. 3, p. 181, on the Northwest Coast myth of the underground house: A slave of the Killer Whales falls down a ladder with his bucket. Throws water on the fire and makes thick steam, which enables visitor to escape. This incident has been preserved when tale is told on coast. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Tsimshian
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Traditions of Human Sacrifice
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 80], Folder 6. Pima Mythology - Song Transcriptions, Notes) (1927) , 2 page(s)
Undated, two-page, hand-written Pima mythology field notes regarding human sacrifice.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 80], Folder 6. Pima Mythology - Song Transcriptions, Notes) (1927) , 2 page(s)
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Undated, two-page, hand-written Pima mythology field notes regarding human sacrifice.
Date Written / Recorded
1927
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Myths and legends, Songs, Pima
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Transactions of the Ethnology Society of London, Vol. 4, New Series, 1866
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 93], Folder 1. Concordance for Shoshone Folklore -- Notes) (1935) , 3 page(s)
Typewritten notes, on unlined paper, headed "Transactions of the Ethnology [Ethnological] Society of London, Vol. 4, New Series, 1866," re: "Tale of the Flat-Head," a folktale of the Salish Indians. The story is of a wolf who wants to marry his son's wife and falls into a battle with other animals, eventually kill...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 93], Folder 1. Concordance for Shoshone Folklore -- Notes) (1935) , 3 page(s)
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Typewritten notes, on unlined paper, headed "Transactions of the Ethnology [Ethnological] Society of London, Vol. 4, New Series, 1866," re: "Tale of the Flat-Head," a folktale of the Salish Indians. The story is of a wolf who wants to marry his son's wife and falls into a battle with other animals, eventually killing a bear. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Salish
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Transf.
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
These brief, handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Transf.," include the notes, "contests with sorcerer (by pupil)," and the citation Bibl. M 13, 149.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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These brief, handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Transf.," include the notes, "contests with sorcerer (by pupil)," and the citation Bibl. M 13, 149.
Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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