Correspondence with Franz Boas, 1917-1935 [microform].

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Correspondence with Franz Boas, 1917-1935 [microform].

Collection pertains to professional affairs in anthropology, particularly the publication of articles in the journal Human biology, edited by Pearl. Also includes an exchange refuting the German propagandists' claim of Nordic superiority.

51 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7417389

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Boas, Franz, 1858-1942

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Born in Minden, Germany, on July 8, 1858, the anthropologist Franz Boas was the son of the merchant Meier Boas and his wife, Sophie Meyer. Raised in the radical and tradition of German Judaism, Franz's youth was steeped in politically liberal beliefs and a largely secular outlook that he carried with him from university through his emigration to the United States. At the universities of Heidelberg and Bonn, Boas studied physics and geography before completin...

Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940

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Professor of biology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. From the description of Correspondence to Morley Roberts, 1934. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 645650881 Raymond Pearl was a biologist and statistician. He spent most of his academic career (1918-1940) at the Johns Hopkins University, where he was Professor of Biometry and Vital Statistics and Director of the Institute of Biological Research. He was founder of...