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Wheeler-Voegelin, Erminie, 1903-1988

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American anthropologist, ethnohistorian, and folklorist; founder of the American Society for Ethnohistory, editor of Ethnohistory (1954-1964), and director of the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Research Project at Indiana University (1956-1969). Wheeler-Voegelin's fieldwork and research during the 1930's and 1940's focused on the Ojibwa, Shawnee, and Tubatulabal Indians. At Indiana University, the research project she directed created research reports and other materials to pro...

Kurath, Gertrude Prokosch

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Gertrude Prokosch Kurath is an anthropologist. From the description of Senshare ceremony, 1964. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122624389 ...

Copway, George, 1818-1869

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George Copway (1818 – June 27, 1869) was a Mississaugas Ojibwa writer, ethnographer, Methodist missionary, lecturer, and advocate of indigenous peoples. His Ojibwa name was Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh (Gaagigegaabaw in the Fiero orthography), meaning "He Who Stands Forever." In 1847 he published a memoir about his life and time as a missionary. This work made him Canada's first literary celebrity in the United States. In 1851 he published The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of The Ojibway...

Cornplanter, Edward, 1856-1918

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Edward Cornplanter (1856–1918) was a chief of the Seneca people of the Iroquois Nation (Haudenosaunee) and a leading exponent of the Code of Handsome Lake (Gai'wiio, also known as the Longhouse Religion). He was the great-great-grandson of Chief Cornplanter, who led the tribe during the American Revolutionary War. His Seneca name So-son-do-wa means "Deep Night." Cornplanter was one of six Iroquois authorized as "holders of the Gai'wiio"; he regularly traveled among the Iroquois reservations t...

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979

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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954....

Gibson, Simeon, 1889-1943

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Simeon Gibson was a farmer and translator whose knowledge of the history, language, customs, and traditions of Indigenous Peoples of the Six Nations of the Grand River (Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, and Tuscarora) informed and contributed to numerous anthropological and ethnographic studies and publications. Simeon Gibson was born on August 1, 1889 to John Arthur Gibson (1849 or 1850-1912), a Seneca Nation Chief, and Mary Skye, of Cayuga heritage. He spoke numerous languages inclu...

Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963

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Kidder was an archaeologist who excavated sites in the Southwest. He became a member of the Advisory Board for the Laboratory of Anthropology in 1927. From the description of Alfred Vincent Kidder Pecos papers, 1915-1935. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992640 Kidder was an archaeologist who excavated sites in the southwest. He became a member of the Advisory Board for the Laboratory of Anthropology in 1927. From the description of Alfred Vi...

Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960

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Alfred L. Kroeber was an anthropologist. He taught anthropology at the University of California, 1901-1946, and was curator, 1908-1925, and director, 1925-1946, of the University's anthropological museum. From the description of Yana vocabulary and grammatical notes, 1911-1912. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165433 Anthropologist. From the description of Anthropology : mss., 1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85185772 A...

Spier, Leslie, 1893-1961

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Anthropologist. From the description of Leslie Spier papers, 1924-1961. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 80971494 Anthropologist; b. Leslie Ephraim Spier. From the description of Leslie Spier collection, 1918-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70922393 Leslie Spier (December 13, 1893 – December 3, 1961) studied the Klamath Indians as well as Plains Indians and Indians of the Southwest during his career as an anthro...

Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902-

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Robert T. Hatt was a member of the Purdue University Class of 1923. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. The records that are available do not indicate that he graduated from Purdue. His father was William Kendrick Hatt who was a Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue. The scrapbook has numerous mementos of Robert Hatt's days at Purdue, with a strong emphasis on Phi Kappa Psi, R.O.T.C., photographs of campus life and other ephemera relating to his time as a Purdue student. Hatt graduated from the...

Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895

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Seneca sachem born at Indian Falls, Genesee County, N.Y. in 1828; raised on the Tonawanda Reservation. Studied law and civil engineering; appointed superintendant of government works at Galena, Ill. in 1857, where he became a friend of Ulysses S. Grant. Served during the Civil War as Gen. Grant's secretary. Appointed U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Grant. Died at Fairfield, Conn. in 1895. From the description of Ely S. Parker correspondence and paper on the Iroquois...

Kilpatrick, Jack Frederick, 1915-1967

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Composed 1939. First performance Muskogee, Oklahoma, 19 February 1941, Oklahoma State Symphony, Victor Alessandro conductor, Walter Kessler soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Romanza : for oboe and strings, op. 7 / by Jack Frederick Kilpatrick. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52576458 ...

Wallace, Paul A.W.

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Paul A. W. Wallace was a professor of English, with interests in Pennsylvania history. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1920]-1967. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122347523 Anthropologist, historian, and folklorist Paul A.W. Wallace (1894-1967) drew national recognition in the 1940s and 1950s for his pioneering work on eighteenth century Indian-white relations. A contemporary and colleague of Alfred Irving Hallowell, Wallace br...

Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923-....

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J. N. B. Hewitt was an Iroquois Indian and ethnologist. From the guide to the Tuscarora Indian materials, 1883-1890, 1883-1890, (American Philosophical Society) Anthony F. C. Wallace is an anthropologist. From the description of William Parsons material, [1941-1947, n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380079 From the guide to the William Parsons material, [1941-1947, n.d.], Circa 1941-1947, (American Philosophical Soci...

Carpenter, Edmund, 1922-2011

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Edmund Snow Carpenter was an archaeologist. From the guide to the The ancient mounds of Pennsylvania, 1950, 1950, (American Philosophical Society) Edmund Snow Carpenter is an archaeologist. From the description of The ancient mounds of Pennsylvania, 1950. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122440372 Ashley Montagu, born Israel Ehrenberg on June 28, 1905, was a British-American anthropologist, specializing in the ar...

Cook, Sherburne Friend, 1896-1974

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Professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was also a noted pioneer in population studies of the native peoples of North America and Mesoamerica and in field methods and quantitative analysis in archaeology. From the description of Sherburne Friend Cook papers : additions, 1900s (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26872430 ...

Kurath, Gertrude Prokosch.

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Gertrude Prokosch Kurath (1903-1992) was educated at Bryn Mawr College (MA, 1928, History of Art) and at the Yale University School of Drama (1929-1930). She received extensive training in music practice and theory, and in several systems of art dance as well as folk dancing, in Germany and the United States. From 1923-1946, she was an active teacher of modern dance, as a concert performer with the stage name Tula, and as a producer of pageants and dance dramas. In the mid-1940s, she turned her ...

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937

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J. N. B. Hewitt was an Iroquois Indian and ethnologist. From the description of Tuscarora Indian materials, 1883-1890. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122474060 From the guide to the Tuscarora Indian materials, 1883-1890, 1883-1890, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 1908-2009

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Claude Lévi-Strauss (b. Nov. 28, 1908, Brussels, Blegium–d. Oct. 30 2009, Paris, France) grew up in Paris and studied law and philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 1935, was part of a French cultural mission to Brazil as a visiting professor of sociology at the University of São Paulo while his then wife, Dina. Together they conducted research into the Mato Grosso and the Amazon Rainforest. Lévi-Strauss returned to France in 1939. He was employed at a lycée in Montpellier but was dismissed under the Vi...

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844

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Du Ponceau was a Philadelphia lawyer who arrived in Portsmouth, N.H., from France in 1777, achieved early prominence as an aide to von Steuben, and as secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Congress in 1781. Du Ponceau was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1785 where his familiarity with both American and European law brought him an important practice. His intellectual interests included both history and linguistics and he published extensively in both fields. He ...

Wanneh, Gawaso, 1881-1955

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Arthur C. Parker was born in 1881 on the Cattaraugus Reservation of the Seneca Nation of New York in western New York. He was the son of Frederick Ely Parker, who was one-half Seneca, and his wife Geneva Hortenese Griswold, of Scots-English-American descent, who taught school on the reservation. As the Seneca are a matrilineal nation, the young Parker did not have membership status at birth, as his mother was not part of the tribe, but he was descended from prominent Seneca, including the prophe...

Cornplanter, Jesse J., 1889-1957

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Jesse J. Cornplanter (September 16, 1889 – March 18, 1957) was an actor, artist, author, craftsman, Seneca Faithkeeper, and World War I decorated veteran. He illustrated several books about Seneca and Iroquois life. Jesse Cornplanter was born in 1889 to Seneca parents Nancy Jack and Edward Cornplanter on the Cattaraugus Reservation in New York. His father (Seneca name Sosondowah) was a Faithkeeper of the Longhouse religion. His mother was of the Snipe Clan of the Tonawanda, and the matrilinea...

Waugh, F. W. (Frederick Wilkerson), 1872-1924

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Canadian Frederick Wilkerson Waugh worked as an ethnologist. From the guide to the Collection of Iroquois folklore, 1912-1918, 1912-1918, (American Philosophical Society) Frederick Wilkerson Waugh was a Canadian ethnologist. From the description of Collection of Iroquois folklore, 1912-1918. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523720 ...

Stewart, Omer Call, 1908-1991

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Omer C. Stewart (1908-1991) was a leading expert on and advocate of American Indian culture. He received a Ph. D. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1939. After returning from work in the War Department during World War II, Stewart founded the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he taught until his death in 1991. He received the Society for Applied Anthropology's prestigious Bronislaw Malinowski Awarad in 1983. From th...

National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center

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Curator of the exhibit was Susan Milbrath. From the description of Star gods of the ancient Americas [1982]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 67615718 Founded in 1916 by George G. Heye, the Museum is devoted to the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of materials connected with the anthropology of the aboriginal peoples of North, Central, and South America. From the description of Records, 1860-1983, 1890-1980 (bulk). (Unknown). World...

Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963

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Pioneer anthropologist and Africanist; Professor of Sociology (1927-38) and of Anthropology (1938-61), Northwestern University. From 1961 through 1963, held Northwestern's Chair of African Studies, the first such position in the United States. From the description of Melville Herskovits Papers, 1906-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80577063 Anthropologist; Africanist; founder of the first African Studies program in the United States. Melville J. ...

Vogel, Virgil J.

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Virgil J. Vogel (1918-1994) was an historian, socialist political organizer, activist and University of Chicago alumnus. Born in Keota, Iowa, Vogel attended Chicago State University (B.E., 1942) and University of Chicago (M.A. 1949, Ph.D. 1966). Vogel's academic research was in the field of Native American history and language. His dissertation American Indian Medicine was published by University of Oklahoma Press in 1970 and remains a definitive text in the field. He also published...

White, Marian E. (Marian Emily), 1921-1975

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Marian E. White dedicated her career to western New York archaeology during her sixteen years of service at University at Buffalo. She graduated in 1942 from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree. Shortly after graduation she joined the Army Air Force, working from 1944 to 1945 as an IBM Tabulator Machine Operator. Upon her return to civilian life, she held a position as a Science Guide at the Buffalo Museum of Science until 1952. White became the first woman to graduate from the Universit...

Snow, Jones

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Sturtevant, William C.

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A Wisconsin native, Lounsbury completed his undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and took an MA degree there. He then went to Yale University and was awarded a Ph.D. for work on Oneida phonology and morphology in 1949. While in the Ph.D. program he started teaching, and remained at Yale for the rest of his career. Retiring in 1979, Lounsbury was appointed Sterling Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, a post he held until his death at age 84. I...

White, Leslie A., 1900-1975

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Professor of anthropology at University of Michigan, chairman of the anthropology department, 1932-1957 and 1959, and student of the culture of the Pueblo Indians of the southwestern United States, and of the career of early American anthropologist, Lewis H. Morgan. From the description of Leslie A. White papers, 1921-1974. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423619 Leslie White was an influential American anthropologist and anthropological theorist ...

Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn

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Barker, John

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Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch viii.21 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x000382 Epithet: esquire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x000381 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x00035c Epithet: Captain ...

Harris, Helen, 1955-

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Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950

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Frank G. Speck was an anthropologist. From the description of Naskapi scenes, [ca. 1930]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523446 From the guide to the Naskapi scenes, [ca. 1930], Circa 1930, (American Philosophical Society) Frank Gouldsmith Speck was an anthropologist. From the description of Delaware Indian material, 1928. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122440271 From the descripti...

Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974

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Alfred Irving Hallowell, University of Pennsylvania anthropologist, was best known for his innovative use of the Rorschach Test in his studies of the psychological interrelations of individuals and their culture. Hallowell's field studies involved the Abenaki of Quebec; the Montagnais-Naskapi of Labrador; and especially the Ojibwa-speaking peoples of Wisconsin and the Lake Winnipeg region of Canada. From the description of Papers, 1892-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122417092 ...

Witthoft, John

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John Witthoft taught in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1959-1969. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191213574 Born October 4, 1921 in Oneonta, New York, John Witthoft had an unusual childhood. Suffering from scarlet fever at age 6, the disease left him with permanent eye damage and life-long tremors. His family saw these physical afflictions as retribution for his di...

Kluckhohn, Clyde, 1905-1960

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Anthropologist and author. From the description of Papers of Clyde Kluckhohn, 1945-1948. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233131951 Kluckhohn taught anthropology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn, 1930-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973102 Ashley Montagu, born Israel Ehrenberg on June 28, 1905, was a British-American anthropologist, specializing in the ar...

Tooker, Elisabeth

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Elisabeth Tooker is an anthropologist whose research includes Iroquois culture and history. Her graduate work was on Southwestern Indians. Tooker's published works include "An Ethnography of the Huron Indians, 1615-1649"; "The Iroquois Ceremonial of Midwinter"; and "Lewis H. Morgan on Iroquois Material Culture." From the description of Papers, 1945-1994. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122579049 An anthropologist and Iroquoian schol...

Brandt, Elizabeth A.

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Professor of History, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University. From the description of Guide to the Elizabeth Brandt collection : manuscript, 1985-1986 / Labriola National American Indian Data Center, Department of Archives and Manuscripts, Arizona State University Libraries. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 430214301 Elizabeth Brandt was born in Sanford, Florida, a rural farming area, in 1945. She receiv...

Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005

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William Nelson Fenton is an anthropologist and ethnologist specializing in Iroquoian studies. From the description of Papers relating to Indian affairs, 1709-1797. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122439907 From the guide to the George Chalmers papers relating to Indian affairs, 1750-1775, 1750-1775, (American Philosophical Society) William N. Fenton is an anthropologist specializing in Iroquois studies. He has published many papers, rev...

Eggan, Fred, 1906-1991

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Fred Eggan was born in Seattle, Washington on September 12, 1906. His parents, Alfred J. and Olive Smith Eggan, later relocated to Lake Forest, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago. In 1923 Eggan came to the University of Chicago as an undergraduate and continued on to earn an M.A. in psychology with a minor in anthropology in 1928. His master's thesis was entitled "An Experimental Study of Attitudes toward Race and Nationality." From 1928 to 1930 he taught psychology, so...

Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939

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American anthropologist and linguist. From the description of Yana field notes: holographs, 1907. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 227536942 ...

Pouwer, Jan

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Lafitau, Joseph-François, 1681-1746

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New York State Museum

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Clinton F. Kilfoyle served as Curator of Paleontology for the New York State Geological Survey from 1926 to 1969. From the description of Paleontology Curator's correspondence files, 1941-1968. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 83188750 The New York State Museum originated with the State Geological and Natural History Survey, established by the legislature in 1836 (Chapter 142). It was charged with completing a geological survey of the S...

Bierhorst, John

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John Bierhorst was born in 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University (1958). He was a concert pianist, but later became an author and translator of stories focusing on the customs, traditions and tales of Native Americans. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, v. 91, pp. 20-23. From the guide to the John Bierhorst papers, undated, 1969-1974, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collection...

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