Wax, Murray Lionel, 1922-
Variant namesAmerican anthropologist and sociologist specializing in Native American education.
During the 1960's Wax (Ph. D Univ. of Chicago, 1959) and his wife and colleague Rosalie Hankey Wax directed a study of Oglala Sioux education at the Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D., an Indian Education Research Project that studied rural and urban education among the Oklahoma Cherokee, and other projects. Wax taught at Emory, The Univ. of Kansas, and Washington Univ. in St. Louis. Rosalie Hankey Wax (Ph. D. Univ. of Chicago, 1950) did her first field work in 1944 at a Japanese internment camp at Tule Lake, Calif.
From the description of Murray L. Wax papers, 1944-1992 (bulk 1962-1969). (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 48547892
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Council on Anthropology and Education. Council on Anthropology and Education records, 1966-1992 (inclusive) | University of Chicago Library | |
| creatorOf | Wax, Rosalie Hankey. Papers, 1967-1998 | Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, | |
| creatorOf | Murray L. Wax papers | Newberry Library | |
| referencedIn | Council on Anthropology and Education. Records | Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, |
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| associatedWith | Breunig, Robert. | person |
| associatedWith | Council on Anthropology and Education. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Dumont, Robert V. | person |
| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Feraca, Stephen E., 1934- | person |
| associatedWith | Head Start Program (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Henning, Marilyn Jadene, 1937- | person |
| associatedWith | Holy Rock, Roselyn. | person |
| associatedWith | National Indian Health Board. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rough Rock Demonstration School. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Tax, Sol, 1907-1995. | person |
| associatedWith | United States. Office of Education. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wax, Rosalie H. | person |
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| Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) | |||
| Tule Lake Relocation Center (Calif.) | |||
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| Anthropologists |
| Anthropology |
| Cherokee Indians |
| Hopi Indians |
| Indians of North America |
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| Manuscripts, American |
| Oglala Indians |
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