Walter Rochs Goldschmidt Papers, ca. 1930-1994

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Walter Rochs Goldschmidt Papers, ca. 1930-1994

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Walter Rochs Goldschmidt (b.1913) was a professor in UCLA's department of Anthropology (1946-69), founder and member of the board of directors (1957-60), African Studies Association, president of the Southwestern Anthropological Society (1950-51), president of the American Ethnological Society (1969-70), and editor of the (1956-59); publications include (1940), (1951), (1959), and (1966). The collection consists of correspondence, research notes, teaching records, editorial review files, manuscripts, and reprints. American anthropologist The Hupa white deerskin dance Nomlaki ethnography Man's way: a preface to the understanding of human society Comparative functionalism: an essay in anthropological theory

104 boxes (52 linear ft.); 4 oversize boxes

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Anthropology

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Goldschmidt, Walter, 1913-2010

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Goldschmidt was born on Feb. 24, 1913 in San Antonio, TX; BA (1933) and MA (1935), Univ. of TX; Ph. D, UC Berkeley, 1942; social science analyst at US Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1940-46; asst. professor (1946-50), assoc. professor (1950-56), professor, and chairman of the dept. of anthropology (1964-69), UCLA; founder and member of the board of directors (1957-60), African Studies Assn.; president, Southwestern Anthropological Society (1950-51) and president of the American Ethnological S...