Paul Radin Papers, 1940

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Paul Radin Papers, 1940

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Paul Radin (1883-1959) was a field ethnologist at the Geological Survey of Canada specializing in the study of the Winnebago. His publications include (1910), (1913), and (1915). The collection consists of typed, annotated transcripts and translations relating to the book (1940), edited by Radin. Winnebago tales The Peyote cult of the Winnebago Literary aspects of North American mythology An annotated bibliography of the poems and pamphlets of J.J. Fernández de Lizardi...

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Fernández de Lizardi, José Joaquín, 1776-1827

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Radin, Paul, 1883-1959

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Dr. Paul Radin is considered to be one of the formative influences in contemporary anthropology and ethnography in the United States and Europe. He was born in Lodz (Russian Poland) on April 2, 1883, the son of a reform rabbi and scholar. In 1884, his family moved to Elmira, New York, and then to New York City in 1890. Educated in the public school system, Radin entered the College of the City of New York as a sub-freshman at the age of fourteen, graduating in 1902. After a brief stint in gradua...