Margaret Mead Papers and the South Pacific Ethnographic Archives 1838-1996 (bulk 1911-1978)

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Margaret Mead Papers and the South Pacific Ethnographic Archives 1838-1996 (bulk 1911-1978)

Anthropologist, author, and educator. Personal, professional, and family papers, consisting of correspondence, notebooks, organization files, appointment books, writings, teaching and office files, field notes, photographs, and miscellany relating primarily to anthropological and ethnological fieldwork, Mead's association with various universities and other cultural, scientific, and educational institutions, and her interests and activities in the broader areas of race, technological change, overpopulation, and peace. Also includes papers of Mead's associates and colleagues.

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