Métraux, Rhoda Bubendey, 1914-

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)