Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964

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Anthropologist who studied the Chiga people of western Uganda.

From the description of May M. Edel papers, 1933-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122615907

From the guide to the May M. Edel papers, 1933-1965, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

May Mandelbaum Edel was an anthropologist who carried out field work in Africa and was an educator of high school students. May's husband, Abraham Edel, was an American philosopher and ethicist with whom she collaborated on some publications.

From the guide to the May Mandelbaum Edel Papers, undated, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)

From the guide to the May Mandelbaum Edel Papers, undated, (Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive)

May M. Edel was an American anthropologist.

From the description of American Indian linguistic materials, 1890-1939. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540152

From the guide to the American Indian linguistic materials, 1890-1939, 1890-1939, (American Philosophical Society)

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creatorOf May Mandelbaum Edel Papers, undated Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf American Indian linguistic materials, 1890-1939, 1890-1939 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf May M. Edel papers, 1933-1965 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society, 1882-1958 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964,. American Indian linguistic materials, 1890-1939. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf May M. Edel papers, 1933-1965. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf May Mandelbaum Edel Papers, undated Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
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Africa, East
Africa, East
Uganda
Uganda
Subject
Academic freedom
Anthropologists
Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology
Antisemitism
Bantus
Bantu-speaking peoples
Blacks
Chiga (African people)
College teachers' unions
Ethnology
Ethnology
Ethnology
Folk literature, African
Folklore
Folklore
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Jewish communists
Labor unions and communism
Salishan languages
Salish language
Teachers' unions
Tillamook language
Uganda
Women and peace
Women communists
Occupation
Anthropologists
Compilers
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Birth 1909

Death 1964

Americans

Salishan languages,

English,

Niger-Kordofanian languages

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