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Abstract / Summary

In a six-page letter written on his personal letterhead stationery, William F. Ogburn writes to Margaret Mead, interspersing ethnological musings with personal news. He talks about his study of recent social changes in the United States, having written some 2 million words. He hopes the newly elected President Roosevelt will be more receptive to its importance than his predecessor, Hoover. He also mentions Mead's recent work among the Omaha Indians in the U.S., thinking he might do followup work. He discusses conversations he's had about possible jobs for Mead and Reo Fortune at the University of North Carolina or Duke, but laments the 'blight' that the Depression has brought to American academia. Ogburn mentions having seen Mead's mother and sister Elizabeth at a conference, notes the talk of sociologist Stuart Rice's deep infatuation with Elizabeth, and talks about Rice's rising stature in his field. He closes with brief mentions of several colleagues and includes a post-script that a Barnard College woman had been sentenced to 10 days' labor for 'Communistic activities.' Though the pages lack the usual 'Xeroxed' notation, it is clear they are photocopies of smaller writing paper.

Field of Interest

Anthropology

Author

William F. Ogburn, 1886-1959

Content Type

Letter

Duration

0 sec

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Page Count

6

Page Range

1-6

Subject

Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Academic life, Field work for anthropology, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Stuart Rice, 1889-1969, Elizabeth Steig, 1909-1983, Emily Fogg Mead, 1871-1950, North Carolina, Margaret Mead, 1901-1978

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural