Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994

  1. Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994
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Frederick Johnson born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1904 ; did ethnographic fieldwork with Frank Speck ; received A.B. degree from Tufts University in 1929 ; worked as curator at Robert S. Peabody Foundation, 1936-1967, and director for one year, 1967-1968 ; in charge of Boylston Street Fish Weir salvage excavation project in Boston, 1939-1942 ; headed the Andover-Harvard Yukon Expedition in 1944 and 1948 ; twelth president of the Society for American Archaeology, 1946-1947 ; served as advisor to Willard Libby, working on radiocarbon dating research, in the late 1940s ; died in 1994.

Browman, David L & Stephen Williams. Anthropology at Harvard, 2013

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During research trips, Johnson photographed the Mi'kmaq, Innu, Algonquin, Potawatomi, Montagnais, Abenaki, Anishinaabe, and Mistassini Cree peoples of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Quebec, Canada, from 1924 to 1931.

Frederick Johnson photograph collection, 1924-1931

https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.001.038?s=490&n=10&t=C&q=Trade+cards&i=499

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Johnson organized the Committee for the Recovery of Archaeological Remains, 1945-1968 ; chaired the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Radioactive Carbon 14, 1948-1968.

Douglas S. Byers and Frederick Johnson records, 1912-1978 (bulk 1932-1968)

https://peabody.pastperfectonline.com/archive/8679D0D7-6443-45E6-B418-523184711340

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Name Entry: Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994

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Name Entry: Johnson, Fred, 1904-1994

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