Field, William W.
William W. Field and Frederick C. Cross, Jr., graduated from Yale University in 1940. Dorothea and Alexander Leighton, Cross's sister and brother-in-law, both physicians and anthropologists from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, invited Field and Cross to spend the summer of 1940 with them in Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, where they were studying Eskimo culture. William W. Field died in 1993.
From the description of A journal : in which is described a journey to St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, during July and August 1940, including excerpts from a diary kept that summer, photographs, and Eskimo drawings and descriptions of daily life : New Haven, Connecticut / written by William W. Field, M. D., 1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83545492
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| creatorOf | Hughes, Charles C. (Charles Campbell). Charles Hughes Collection, 1940-1984. | University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library | |
| referencedIn | Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 | Smithsonian Institution Archives | |
| referencedIn | Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 | Smithsonian Institution Archives | |
| creatorOf | Field, William W. A journal : in which is described a journey to St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, during July and August 1940, including excerpts from a diary kept that summer, photographs, and Eskimo drawings and descriptions of daily life : New Haven, Connecticut / written by William W. Field, M. D., 1982. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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| associatedWith | Cross, Frederick C. | person |
| correspondedWith | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | person |
| associatedWith | Hughes, Charles C. (Charles Campbell) | person |
| associatedWith | Leighton, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1908- | person |
| associatedWith | Leighton, Dorothea Cross, 1908-1992 | person |
| associatedWith | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society | corporateBody |
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| Eskimos |
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| Yuit Eskimos |
| Yuit Eskimos |
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Active 1984
