Viola Edmundson Garfield papers, 1927-1978 (bulk 1935-1978).

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...

Garfield, Viola Edmundson, 1899-1983

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Noted anthropologist and University of Washington faculty member, Viola Garfield (1899-1983) spent the majority of her professional life studying, promoting and trying to preserve the art and culture of Northwest Coast Indians. Born Viola Edmundson in Iowa, she moved with her family to Whidbey Island, Washington in 1905. She entered the University of Washington in 1919, but, during her second year, transferred to the Bellingham Normal School. Shortly after earning a teac...

Beynon, William, 1888-1958

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Born to a Welsh father and Niska mother of high status, William Beynon was raised in Victoria, B.C., speaking both Niska and English. A member of the Wolf (Laxgibu) phratry, Beynon was schooled in some of the traditional responsibilities of a hereditary Tsimshian chief, however he later wrote that when he first traveled to Prince Rupert in 1914 to perform rites associated with the funeral of his maternal uncle, a chief of the wolf phratry, he felt that he was insufficiently knowledg...

Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948

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Anthropologist. Vassar College Class of 1909. From the description of Papers, 1905-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518646 Anthropologist. Vassar College Class of 1909. From the description of Ruth Fulton Benedict papers, 1905-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576400 ...

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University of Washington. University Archives

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