Métraux, Rhoda Bubendey, 1914-

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Birth 1914
Death 2003
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Cultural anthropologist.

From the description of Oral history interview with Rhoda Métraux , 1994. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 495528132

Anthropologist; born Rhoda Bubendey.

From the description of Rhoda Bubendey Métraux papers, 1905-1980 (bulk 1948-1970). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983696

Biographical Note

1914, Oct. 18 Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1927 1932 Student, Packer Collegiate Institute, New York, N.Y. 1934 B.A., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1934 Married Arthur B. Proctor (died 1935) 1935 1939 Worked for Oxford University Press 1940 1941 Postgraduate studies, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1941 Married Alfred Métraux (divorced 1959) 1941 1949 Fieldwork, Haiti (1941, 1946, 1948-1949) 1942 1943 Research assistant, Committee on Food Habits, National Research Council 1943 Fieldwork, Mexico 1943 1945 Planning staff, Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. 1946 Fieldwork, Mendoza, Argentina 1946 1947 Postgraduate studies, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1947 1948 Convener, French Group, Research in Contemporary Cultures, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1947 1952 Research on contemporary cultures, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1951 Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1952 1953 Assistant director, Studies in Contemporary Cultures, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. 1953 Published with Margaret Mead The Study of Culture at a Distance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1953 1954 Director, Montserrat Anthropological Expedition 1954 Published with Margaret Mead Themes in French Culture. Stanford: Stanford University Press 1954 1957 Research fellow, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N.Y. 1957 1980 Consultant, Institute for Intercultural Studies 1960 1965 Associate director, Studies in Allopsychic Orientation, American Museum of Natural History 1965 1969 Project director, Cultural Structure Perceptual Communication, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. 1967 1973 Fieldwork, Papua New Guinea (1967-1968, 1971, 1972-1973) 1970 1980 Research associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. 1970 Published with Margaret Mead A Way of Seeing. New York: McCall Publishing Co. 1974 Published with Theodora Mead Abel Culture and Psychotherapy. New Haven, Conn.: College and University Press 1979 Edited Margaret Mead: Some Personal Views. New York: Walker 2003, Nov. 26 Died, Barton, Vt.

From the guide to the Rhoda Bubendey Métraux Papers, 1905-1980, (bulk 1948-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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