Current Anthropology. Records 1957-1987

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Current Anthropology. Records 1957-1987

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Current Anthropology began publication in January 1960 under editor Sol Tax. It is published by the University of Chicago Press and funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. It is one of the few journals that publishes articles encompassing all the subdisciplines of anthropology. The 144.5 linear feet of records of the Current Anthropology contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, subscriptions, financial records, production notes, published manuscripts, and associates' reply letters. A large portion of the collection is composed of records of the journal’s associates, either private or institutional. The rest of the collection consists of correspondence with associates, printers, and foundations; records of Associate’s Reply Letters; page-proofs and production notes for journal issues; and office records of finances, mailings, and personnel.

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Tax, Sol, 1907-1995

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Sol Tax (1907-1996) was a prominent cultural anthropologist. He completed a Bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1931, a M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Chicago (1932 and 1935). He took a faculty position at University of Chicago in 1940 and remained there until 1977. Tax founded the academic journal Current Anthropology (1959), served on the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology (1946-1954), served on the President's Task Force on India...

Current Anthropology.

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Current Anthropology began publication in January 1960 under editor Sol Tax, with support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. From its beginning, it has been an international journal of general anthropology, and is considered the major scholarly periodical in anthropology for a worldwide audience covering all subdivisions of the field. The journal is devoted to research on humankind, and thus encompasses the full range of anthropological scholar...