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Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964
Edel, Abraham, 1908-2007
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1928-1996
bulk 1928-1964
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4.58 Linear feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2005-27
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National Anthropological Archives
May Mandelbaum Edel (1909-1964) taught anthropology at Brooklyn College and the New School for Social Research, and founded the Anthropology Department at Rutgers University in 1960. She conducted fieldwork in Washington; Oregon; Uganda; and Brownsville, New York. The collection consists of field notes, lecture notes, language notes, manuscripts, books, correspondence, teaching materials, conference files, and personal papers. Included are lecture notes taken from courses with Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict, and extensive field notes for her work with the Okanagan Indians in Washington, the Bachiga (Bakiga) in Uganda, and Jewish families in Brownsville, New York.
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Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
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undated
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21 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4295
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes 2nd article, English translation of part of "Der Yuma Sprachstemm...", Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie, Volume 15, 1883, pages 123-147; the vocabularies of Yavapai, M'Mat, Seri and Tonto appearing in the published version are not present here.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1849-1919
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0.25 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box, 1 folder. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Natural
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Natural History forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Dance
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1882-1965
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0.96 Cubic feet (consisting of 2 boxes, 2 folders, 1 oversize folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Dance
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Dance forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972
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1895 - 1972
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23.97 Linear feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-017
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1895 to 1972 and measures 23.97 linear feet, documents the career and travels of Professor Lorenzo Dow Turner. The collection is comprised of correspondence, academic papers, research materials, books, newspaper and journal articles, sound recordings, and photographs.
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Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906
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Hisekitnutula
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1889
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71 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1451
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Recorded in J. W. Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Contains a vocabulary of Chimariko (pages 241-243), and a series of "Pit River" (probably Achomawi) verbs.
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Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933
Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900
Peet, Stephen D. (Stephen Denison), 1831-1914
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undated
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23 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4040
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National Anthropological Archives
Also S. D. Peet on Idols and Images, in American Antiquity, 1892. 2 pages.
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Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930
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1888
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22 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS382
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National Anthropological Archives
With notes, 2 pages, and marginalia by A.L. Kroeber and note by A.S. Gatschet.
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Shaw, J. Clifford (John Clifford), 1922-1991
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1933-1993
bulk 1950-1971
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20.5 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 4 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0580
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The John Clifford Shaw papers contain reports, research notes, correspondence, memorandum, and diagrams documenting Shaw's development of one of the earliest list processing languages (IPL) and an early interactive, time sharing program, the JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (JOSS). The collection also contains printed material on the RAND Corporation and the evolution of the artificial intelligence and electronic computer industry in the 1950s and 1960s. In addition there is biographical material documenting Shaw's personal interests, family, and academic career.
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Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
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undated
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19 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS836A
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National Anthropological Archives
Numbered after Smithsonian Institution Comparative Vocabulary. Contrasts the Tosawihi (White Knife) and Gosiute Shoshoni dialects. Tosawihi from Manuscript 836b; Gosiute probably from Manuscript 796d.