Annette B. Weiner papers, 1933-1997 (bulk 1970-1997).

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Annette B. Weiner papers, 1933-1997 (bulk 1970-1997).

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The contents of this collection include material generated by Dr. Annette Weiner between 1960-1997, representing her academic career and service to New York University. The papers document her years as a student, field-work in Papua New Guinea and elsewhere, and her work as a teacher, writer, administrator and editor. They also include numerous reprinted articles that reflect Dr. Weiner's work and interests. The collection contains some administrative records from her tenure as Dean of New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1991-1996). Materials in the collection include: correspondence, field notebooks, and published and unpublished writings (reviews, course materials and dissertations), as well as clippings, scrapbooks, photographs and yearbooks. Her writings deal with a wide range of subjects, including controversy related to Margaret Mead and Samoa. Correspondents include Thomas O. Beidelman, Horst Cain, Derek Freeman, Penelope Schoeffel Meleisea, Fred R. Myers, Gunter Senft, and William Edward Wormsley.

60 linear ft. (121 boxes).

Churchill County Museum

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Churchill County Museum

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Mitchell, William E.

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Society for Cultural Anthropology (U.S.)

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Weiner, Annette B., 1933-....

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Annette B. Weiner (1933-1997) was a prominent anthropologist and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University from 1983-1991. She was best known for her work on the role of women in the Trobriand Islands of Papua, New Guinea, which challenged the conclusions of Bronislaw Malinowski. Between 1969 and 1991 she conducted fieldwork in a variety of places, including Western Samoa, Bastrop County, Texas, Sind, Pakistan, Antigua, and Guatemala. Educated at the University of Pe...

Myers, Fred R., 1948-....

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Meleisea, Penelope Schoeffel

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Bryn Mawr college

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Beidelman, T. O. (Thomas O.), 1931-

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Cain, Horst

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Freeman, Derek

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Prominent Australian anthropologist and author of the controversial book Margaret Mead and Samoa (1983), Derek Freeman was born in New Zealand in 1916 and educated at the University of London and Cambridge University. He received a masters (1948) for research on Samoa and a doctorate (1953) for fieldwork among the Iban of Borneo. Freeman was a professor at Australian National University and professor emeritus at ANU's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. Beginning in 1983 he stirred int...

Senft, Gunter, 1952-....

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New York University. Graduate School of Arts and Science

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Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942

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Bronislaw Malinowski was educated in Poland, Germany, and England. From 1914-1918, he conducted field work in New Guinea, Australia, and Melanesia. Malinowski taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1921-1942. From the description of Bronislaw Malinowski papers, 1869-1946 (inclusive), 1914-1939 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145078358 From the description of Bronislaw Malinowski papers, 1869-1946 (inclusive), 1914-1939 (bulk). (Unknown). W...

New York University. Dept. of Anthropology.

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New York University

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The Class Collection documents selected student and alumni activities of New York University graduating classes from 1843-1966. Formal and informal gatherings were common, and were documented in detail by the participants. From the description of Class collection, 1843-1966. 1880-1900 (bulk). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477254465 New York University (formerly, University of the City of New York), is an academic institution and, as such, its faculty produces ar...

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

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American anthropologist. From the description of Letter 1968 June 12. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38156541 Anthropologist. From the description of Collection re Margaret Mead, 1978-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131863 Anthropologist, author, and educator. From the description of Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996 (bulk 1911-1978). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068917 M...

Wormsley, William Edward

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American anthropological association

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