Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

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ミード, マーガレット, 1901-1978

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American anthropologist.

From the description of Letter 1968 June 12. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38156541

Anthropologist.

From the description of Collection re Margaret Mead, 1978-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131863

Anthropologist, author, and educator.

From the description of Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996 (bulk 1911-1978). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068917

Margaret Mead was an anthropologist.

From the guide to the An Anthropologist at work: writings of Ruth Benedict / by Margaret Mead, n.d., (American Philosophical Society)

Mead was a cousin to Mildred Howells (daughter of William Dean Howells) on one side of the family as well as being a cousin to Van Wyck Brooks on the other.

From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, [between 1959 and 1963]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 181759160

Anthropologist, ethnologist.

Margaret Mead was Curator Emeritus of Ethnology in the Dept. of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University.

Anthropologist.

Gregory Bateson lived from 1904 to 1980.

From the description of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson: Analysis of Balinese togogs (carvings), [ca. 1930]-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511831

One of the world's foremost anthropologists.

Taught at Fordham, Columbia and other universities; made many expeditions to the South Pacific; authored hundreds of articles and more than a score of books; curator of the American Museum of Natural History.

From the description of Film collection for the teaching of anthropology, 1939-1978. (Hampshire College). WorldCat record id: 18062122

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1901, Dec. 16 Born, Philadelphia, Pa. 1919 1920 Attended DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. 1923 B.A., Barnard College, New York, N.Y. Married Luther Sheeleigh Cressman (divorced 1928) 1924 M.A., psychology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1925 1926 Field trip to American Samoa as a National Research Council fellow for the study of adolescent girls Associate, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 1926 1969 Assistant curator (1926), associate curator (1942), and curator (1964-1969) of ethnology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y.; retired in 1969 as curator emeritus 1928 Married Reo Fortune (divorced 1935) 1928 1929 Field trip to Manus, Admiralty Islands, with Reo Fortune, as a fellow of the Social Science Research Council for a study of young children 1929 Ph. D., anthropology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1930 Field trip with Reo Fortune to study the Omaha Indians 1931 1933 Field trip to New Guinea with Reo Fortune to study the Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli people 1936 Married Gregory Bateson (divorced 1950) 1936 1939 Field expedition with Gregory Bateson to Bali and New Guinea to study the Iatmul people 1939 Birth of daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson 1939 1941 Visiting lecturer in child study, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1942 1945 Executive secretary, Committee on Food Habits, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. 1947 1951 Lecturer, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1948 1950 Director, Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures, New York, N.Y. 1953 Field trip to Manus, Admiralty Islands, with Theodore and Lenora Schwartz 1954 Adjunct professor of anthropology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1955 1962 Member, Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1956 1957 President, World Federation for Mental Health 1957 Recipient, Viking Medal in General Anthropology, Wenner Gren Foundation 1957 1958 Returned to Bali with Ken Heyman 1957 1978 Visiting professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 1960 President, American Anthropological Association 1961 1978 Wrote regular feature for Redbook magazine with Rhoda Bubendey Métraux 1964 1965 Field visits to Manus, Admiralty Islands 1966 1968 Chairperson, Committee on Science in the Promotion of Human Welfare, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1967 Field visits to Manus, Admiralty Islands, to make the film "New Guinea Journal" and to New Guinea to consult with Rhoda Bubendey Métraux on the Iatmul people Helped establish Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, N.Y. 1969 Received William Proctor Prize for Scientific Achievement, Scientific Research Society 1969 1971 Professor of Anthropology, Fordham University, New York, N.Y. 1971 Field visits to Manus, Admiralty Islands, and to New Guinea and Samoa Received Arches of Science Award, Pacific Science Center; Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science, UNESCO and the Government of India; and Joseph Priestley Award, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. 1972 Chairperson, advisory committee to the U.S. delegation to the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences Co-chairperson, U.S. Task Force on the Future of Mankind and the Role of the Churches in a World of Science-based Technology Member, organizing committee for the IXth International Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, Ill. President, Scientists' Institute on Public Information and the Society for General Systems Research Special guest of secretary general, United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, Sweden 1973 Field visit to study the Arapesh people at Hoskins Bay, New Britain 1975 President, American Assocation for the Advancement of Science Field visit to Manus, Admiralty Islands Member, National Academy of Sciences 1977 Field visit to Bali 1978, Nov. 15 Died, New York, N.Y. From the guide to the Margaret Mead Papers and the South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, (bulk 1911-1978), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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