National Anthropological Archives

MS 4516 Philip Drucker papers

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4516
Creators:
Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982
Dates:
1933-circa 1954
1933-circa 1954
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
17 Boxes
17 Boxes
Repository:
The processed material in this collection concerns work before 1955. Included are field notebooks, printed material, drafts of manuscripts, notes, catographic material, drawings, photograhs, writings, historical documents, and copies of United States government documents. Incorporated are notes (often comments and suggestion regarding Drucker's work) by Alfred Louis Kroeber, photographs of Nootka by R. Maynard, copies of papers by William Beynon and Viola Garfield, a catalog of an Alaskan Collection of Edward G. Fast, a field notebook relating to the British Columbia coast archeology survey by Richard King Beardsley, notes on Alsea by John Albert, and miscellaneous papers of various authors concerning Micronesia. The latter includes material by Harry K. Uyeharan on Angaur clan organization, J.E. Tobin on the Bikini, and George E. Thompson on education in American Samoa.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
These papers reflect the professional life of Dr. Philip Drucker (1911-1982), Assistant Curator for the U. S. National Museum, Ethnologist and Anthropologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), Staff Anthropologist in the U. S. Navy, farmer, and professor at the Universities of Kentucky, Colorado, and Baylor. Included are notes and fieldnotes from his expeditions into the American Northwest, MesoAmerica, and Oceania, correspondence sent and received by Drucker, drafts and notes of some of his works, element lists, newspapers and newsletters he collected, papers and materials from others in the field, class notes and exams from his years of teaching, photographs, and maps.
Of primary concern are the materials dealing with the Northwest Coast, which contain his most detailed notes. Dr. Drucker was considered to be one of the foremost experts in that region. There is also considerable photographic material on MesoAmerica, the majority of which remains unprocessed. Also included are materials dealing with Southern California, South America, and Oceania.
Correspondents include Margaret Blackman, Joanna Chisholm, William Beynon, John Fox, E. Gartly Jaco, Elizabeth Tooker, Margaret Lantis, Joseph P. Benson, Kenneth Ames, Vera Rubin, Charles M. Tolbert, Robert E. Quirk, James R. Glenn, and Ward H. Goodenough.
The Drucker Papers also include notes, exams, and assignments from his classes as well as a number of papers dealing with topics not directly related to the main series. There are many photographs of the Northwest Coast and MesoAmerica, and a few maps from each of the main regions in which Drucker worked.

Arrangement

Arrangement
(1) Northwest Coast native brotherhoods; (2) Northwest Coast Nootkan tribes; (3) Northwest Coast miscellaneous ethnology (on the Bellabella, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Bellacoola, Wikeno, Haida, Haisla, Xaihais, and Heiltsuk); (4) Northwwest Coast archeology; (5) Northwest Coast cultural element distribution; (6) Oregon Coast and Northern California (including material on the Coos, Alsea, Clckamas, Tolowa, Karuk, Chinook, Karok, and Yurok; (7) southern California (including material on the Diegueno, Akwa'ala, Yaqui, Papago, Luiseno); (8) southwest Yuman-Piman tribes; (9) miscellaneous North American ethnology; (10) Mesoamerican archeology; (11) Micronesia (including material on Kili, Likiep, Jaliut, Ebon, Angaur, and other islands); (12) unprocessed material

Biographical Note

Biographical Note
Chronology of the Life of Philip Drucker
January 13, 1911
Born in Chicago, Illinois
1927
Began degree program in Animal Husbandry at Colorado Agricultural College
1929
Changed to Liberal Arts program at Colorado College
Summer 1930
Field School in Archaeology with the University of New Mexico
1930
Began Anthropology Degree at the University of California, Berkeley
1932
A. B. Degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley
1933
Teaching Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
1934-1935
Social Science Research (SSRC) pre-doctoral fellowship "Study of Nootkan Indians"
1936
Ethnographic Survey of Northwest Coast for the University of California Program in "Cultural Element Distribution"
Ph. D. In Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
1938-1939
National Research Council (NRC) post-doctoral fellowship(Archaeological Survey of the Northwest Coast)
1940
Assistant Curator, United States National Museum (transferred to Bureau of American Ethnology)
1941-1942
Olmec Field Trips
1942
Commissioned Lt. (Jg) (Line) USNR; active duty
December 1945
Released from active duty
Ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
October 1948
Ordered to active duty, LCdr, USNR. Staff Anthropologist, Staff of Deputy High Commissioner, Trust Territory Of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia)
January 1952
Released from active duty
Anthropologist for BAE
December 1955
Resigned BAE
1955-1966
Married Rosario and had two children, Felipe and Rosario
Self-employed, farming operation, Vera Cruz, Mexico
October 1966
Sold farm and moved to San Andes Tuxtla, Vera Cruz
Spring 1967
Visiting professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
Summer 1968
Visiting professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado
1968-1969
Visiting professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
1969-1978
Professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky
June 1978
Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky
1978-1979
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Baylor University
1979—?
Senior Scientist (Ethnography), Kentucky Longevity Study Project, University of Kentucky
February 28, 1982
Died in Lexington, Kentucky

Administration

Processing Information
Processed by Jeffery T. Bowen, 1995
Encoded by Jocelyn Baltz, July 2012
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These materials were left by Drucker in his office at the Bureau of American Ethnology when he resigned in December, 1955, and were deposited in the Bureau of American Ethnology Archives ca. 1956 By M. W. Stirling, Chief, Bureau of American Ethnology.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
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Conditions Governing Access
Manuscript 4516 is open for research.
Access to Manuscript 4516 requires an appointment.
Preferred Citation
Manuscript 4516, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Addl. KW Subj:

Addl. KW Subj:
Tipai-Ipai, Karuk, Luiseno, Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Chinook, Coosan, Bella Bella (Heiltsuk), Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth), Papago (Tohono O'odham), Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Papago (Tohono O'odham), Luiseno, Tipai-Ipai, Karuk


Keywords

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Fast, Edward G. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King), 1918-1978 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Thompson, George E. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beynon, William Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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