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National Anthropological Archives
Guide to the John Wesley Coulter journals relating to travels in the Pacific and Asia
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2023-06
- Creators:
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Coulter, John Wesley, 1893-1967
- Dates:
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1932-1960
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.75 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Collection contains 26 journals, each of which documents Coulter's travels in a specific location, including Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Guam, Hawaii, Vanuatu, tahiti, Japan, China, Europe, and other locations.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
John Wesley Coulter (1893-1967) was a geographer (PhD Chicago circa 1926) at the University of Hawaii (1928-1941) and later at the University of Cincinnati (1945-1963). He called himself a "cultural geographer," making ethnographic observations in a pocket notebook during his travels throughout the Pacific and parts of Asia.
Administration
Author
Gina Rappaport
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| New Zealand | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Australia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indonesia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Burma | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Marshall Islands | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Guam | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Micronesia | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Tahiti (French Polynesia: Island) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Japan | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| China | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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