[Lauriston Ward, 1882-1960, papers, 1936-1960 inclusive].

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Ward, Lauriston

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Lauriston Ward (1882-1960) was a journalist, businessman, and anthropologist. As a scholar, Ward studied the origins of the Neolithic Age in the Middle East and its spread to Northern Asia and the Far East. From the description of Papers of Lauriston Ward, 1900-1955 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 768584434 ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

American anthropological association

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Field, Henry, 1902-1986

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Anthropologist. Field worked with the Field Museum of Natural History, 1926-1941; the Library of Congress, 1941-1945; Harvard University, 1950-1969; and the University of Miami, 1966-present. During 1944 and 1945 he was Director of "M Project," a government study on migration and settlement. From the description of Papers, 1909-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155522906 ...

Day, Florence E.

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Hibben, Frank C. (Frank Cummings), 1910-2002

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Ehrich, Robert W.

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Fairservis, Walter Ashlin, 1921-1994

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Walter A. Fairservis Jr. was an authority on the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China. Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Fairservis traveled throughout the United States with his mother, an actress. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees in anthropology from Columbia University and a second M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. For many years Fairservis was associated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York wher...

Archaeological institute of America

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The AIA is an organization originally founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Harvard University professor Charles Eliot Norton and his friends and colleagues. The first meeting was in 1879 to form a society "for furthering and directing archaeological and artistic investigation and research." Norton was elected the first president. The first local society of the AIA was founded in Boston in 1884. From the description of Archaeological Institute of America records, 1879-1954. (Harvard...