William B. Griffenpapers, 1955-1965

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William B. Griffenpapers, 1955-1965

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Collection includes handwritten field notebooks and revised notesof observations of the Seri Indians of Mexico. Most of the notebooks focus onfamily organization and social customs of the Seri. Rites associated withevents such as birth, puberty, marriage, and death are recorded throughout thenotebooks. Collection also contains fifty four black and white photographs ofpeople and buildings taken in Desemboque, Sonora, Mexico, 1955; correspondenceand other materials relating to a paper written by Griffen and Ed Moserentitled "A Spanish Transcription of Terms from a Native Indian language"; andphotocopies of two published works: "Notes on Seri Indian Culture Sonora,Mexico," and "Seventeenth Century Seri."

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Griffen, William B.

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Anthropologist, professor and chairman of the Anthropology Dept. at Northern Arizona University. From the description of The Chiricahua Apache Population Resident at the Janos Presidio, 1792 to 1858 1988. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 43875811 Anthropologist, served as chair of the Anthropology Department at Northern Arizona University, 1964 to 1968 and 1971 to 1990. From the description of William B. Griffen papers,...