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Meggers, Betty Jane
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circa 1933
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2 photographic postcards
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.82-73A
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National Anthropological Archives
Collection of two postcards, including a hand-tinted image of two Japanese women bowing to one another and an image of the "Hakurin-tei" pavillion, an example of Korean Buddhist-style architecture, at Fujiyama Garden, Shirongane, Shiba district, Tokyo. The postcards were sent to Betty Meggers in Washington, DC, circa 1933.
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Slattery, Richard Gates (collector and photographer)
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circa 1938-1940
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20 Prints (silver gelatin)
4 Negatives (acetate)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.83-13
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs depicting archeological excavations at Fisher Site in Loudoun County, Virginia. They include views of the surrounding area, the dig site, members of the field expedition, and burials, skeletal remains, and artifacts discovered during the dig. Some photographs are by Waldo Rudolph Wedel.
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1921-1979
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13 Linear feet (26 boxes, 2 audio reels)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2006-22
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National Anthropological Archives
The bulk of this collection documents the professional life of Ruth Leah Bunzel from the 1940s to 1970s. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, research files, teaching materials, card files, artwork, and sound recordings.
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Smith, C. Earle (Claude Earle), 1922-1987
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1942-1998
bulk 1960-1987
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7.72 Linear feet (20 document boxes and 1 restricted box)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2006-24
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
C. Earle Smith Jr. (1922-1987) was one of the founders of the modern field of paleobotany. This collection documents his research and professional activities through correspondence, research notes, data, manuscripts, publications, and photographs. Represented in the collection is his fieldwork in Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Costa Rica.
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Hay, Richard L. (Richard LeRoy), 1926-
Leakey, L. S. B. (Louis Seymour Bazett), 1903-1972
Leakey, Mary D. (Mary Douglas), 1913-1996
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1953-2005
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15.97 Linear feet ((13 document boxes, 3 flat boxes, 8 card file boxes, and 1 oversized box) plus 1 CD-RW and 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-09
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Richard LeRoy Hay was a geologist, known for his contributions to sedimentary petrography and archaeological geology. This collection contains field notebooks, maps, photographs, data, and documentation of geological specimens he collected, primarily in Africa, but also in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He was known for his work with Mary Leakey, in which he provided the geological framework for Olduvai Gorge and Laetoli in Tanzania.
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Ottenberg, Simon
Ottenberg, Phoebe
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1950-1960
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4.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2002-08
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection documents Simon Ottenberg's field research in White Bluff, Georgia during the Summer of 1950 through articles, correspondence, field notes, reports, and photographs. Also covered is Ottenberg's field work in Abakaliki Division and Town, Nigeria in 1960. This portion of the collection consists of field notes and a draft manuscript. ...
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Bleek, W. H. I. (Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel), 1827-1875
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1873
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16 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1075
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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Weldon, John Mitchell (collector and photographer)
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circa 1911-1912
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21 Prints (silver gelatin)
15 Copy prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.83-33
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs probably made by John Mitchell Weldon while working in New Mexico. They include images of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, roads, railroads, livestock, a mine, caverns, a ranch, and Navajo and other Southwest peoples. Also included are portraits of Native Americans, which appear to be the work of a professional photographer.
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Santiago, Margaret
- Dates:
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undated
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4 Prints (silver gelatin (including some on postcard-imprinted stock))
2 Postcards (halftone)
1 Postcard (photogravure)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.91-22
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs depicting a Zulu mother and child, two women bearing loads on their heads, two women described as "South African native belles," a group of Namibian women using mortars and pestles, a Namibian woman and baby, zebras, and elephants. They include photographs made by Joseph Reiter and Lynn Acutt.
Ruth Landes papers
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Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Wallis, Ruth Sawtell, 1895-1978
Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991
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1928-1992
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26.5 Linear feet ((63 document boxes and 1 oversized box))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1991-04
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National Anthropological Archives
Most of Ruth Landes's papers relate directly or indirectly to Landes's American Indian research, her work in Brazil, and her study of bilingualism. There is also a considerable amount of material that relates to her experiences (sometimes fictionalized) at Fisk University. There is only small amount of material related to her other interests. Her collection also has material of and relating to the Brazilian folklorist and journalist Edison Carneiro. There is also noteworthy material concerning Herbert Baldus, Ruth Benedict, Elmer C. Imes, Charles S. Johnson, and Robert E. Park. There is a large amount of printed and processed materials in the collection, mainly in the form of newspaper clippings and a collection of scholarly papers.
