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National Anthropological Archives
Guide to the George McCutchen McBride papers, 1900-1965
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1978-24
- Creators:
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McBride, George McCutchen, 1876-1971
- Dates:
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1900-1965
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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6.5 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The George McCutchen McBride papers primarily document McBride's work and travels in South America. The bulk of the papers consist of McBride's writings and notes, with a small amount of correspondence and personal papers. Also included are travel diaries of McBride's wife Harriet, as well as their friend Edna Grover.
Photographs comprise about half of the collection and are mainly of people and landscapes in South America, but also include photographs of family and personal subjects.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Arrangement
Arrangement
The collection is organized into three series: 1. Correspondence and personal, 2. Writings, and 3. Photographs.
Biographical Note
Biographical Note
George McCutchen McBride (1876-1971) was born in Benton, Kansas. Following college at Park College in Missouri, he attended Auburn Theological Seminary and received his D.D in 1901. Later that year he went to Chile and worked as a missionary teacher at the Presbyterian Instituto Inglés in Santiago. In 1907 McBride married Harriet Fields, and left Chile for La Paz, Bolivia, where he worked as a teacher until 1915.
McBride's interest in the economic, social, and political aspects of the areas in which he worked and travelled led him to pursue graduate work in geography at Yale. He received his PhD in 1921 with a dissertation on the "Land systems of Mexico." In 1922, McBride joined the faculty of UCLA (then University of California, Southern Branch). There, he was instrumental in the department's expansion and went on to serve as chair from 1923 until 1942, when he was called to serve as Technical Advisor to the Ecuador-Peru Mixed Boundary Demarcation Commission. He served on the Commission until 1949, producing reports and supervising the aerial photography of the borderline by the US Army Air Force.
McBride died in Claremont, California.
Sources consulted:
Spencer, J.E. "Obituary: George McCutchen McBride," in Geographical Review Vol. 62, No. 3 (July 1972)
Erzinger, Mitchell. Finding aid to the George McCuthen McBride papers, UCLA Library Special Collections, 2014.
Administration
Author
Gina Rappaport
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Jonathan Sauer in 1978.
Processing Information
The collection came to the archives largely unarranged. The archivist therefore imposed a general order to enable better access to the materials but maintained the order of groupings within the collection.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Conditions Governing Access
The George McCutchen McBride papers are open for research.
Access to the George McCutchen McBride papers requires an appointment.
Nitrate negatives are in cold storage and are not available for viewing without approval of the photo archivist. One photo album is extremely fragile so researchers must consult digital copies.
Preferred Citation
George McCutchen McBride papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Related Materials
Related Materials
The Charles E. Young Research Library at the University of California, Los Angeles holds the George McCutchen McBride Papers relating to his work as Technical Advisor to the Ecuador-Peru Mixed Boundary Demarcation Commission (Collection 2240).
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| South America | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Peru | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Argentina | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ecuador | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Guatemala | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Mexico | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Central America | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chile | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bolivia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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