National Anthropological Archives

Photograph of Earnest Albert Hooton with gorilla skull, circa 1935

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.R83-34
Dates:
circa 1935
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1 Copy print
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Copy print depicting Earnest Albert Hooton examining the skull of a male gorilla.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Earnest Albert Hooton (1887-1954) was a physical anthropologist at Harvard University (1912-1954) and Curator of Somatology at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Originals note
Originals probably in the Wayne State University libraries or the Peabody Museum Archives at Harvard University.
Custodial History note
Donated by Barbara Bilge, Assistant Editor of Human Biology, published by Wayne State University Press, through John Lawrence Angel, 1983.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
This copy collection has been obtained for reference purposes only. Contact the repository for terms of use and access.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot R83-34, Photograph of Earnest Albert Hooton with gorilla skull, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs of Hooton can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo lot 70.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Hooton can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4851 and the papers of Carleton Stevens Coon, William Armand Lessa, Donald Jayne Lehmer, Ales Hrdlicka, and John Lawrence Angel, as well as the general correspondence files of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The Peabody Museum Archives at Harvard University holds the papers of Earnest A. Hooton, 1926-1954 (995-1).

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot R83-34

Reproduction Note

Reproduction Note
Copy print probably made by Wayne College of Medicine, now the Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1954.

Bibliography

Bibliography
Published in James A. Gavan, ed, "Primate studies, dedicated to Earnest Albert Hooton," Human Biology 26(3):179-312, 1954; and Stanley M. Garn and Eugene Giles, "Earnest Albert Hooton 1887-1954: Biographical Memoir," Washington D.C.: National Academies Press, 1995.


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gorilla Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Skull Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hooton, Earnest Albert, 1887-1954 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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