Papers, 1901-1980 1917-1980.

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Papers, 1901-1980 1917-1980.

The collection consists of records relating to Ted Bank's activities as an anthropologist and explorer. Included are papers relating to Aleutian expeditions, records of the American Institute for Exploration (later known as the Institute for Regional Exploration), drafts and publications by Ted Bank, records relating to the American-Japan Society of Hokkaido, motion picture film taken in the Aleutian Islands, and almost 10,000 photographs and negatives relating Alaskan expeditions, the Ainu people, and other subjects.

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Institute for Regional Exploration (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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Bank, Ted

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Theodore (Ted) Bank, II was born on August 31, 1923, in Patterson, Louisiana. He served as a Naval weather observer in the Aleutians and the North Pacific during World War II. Bank obtained his M.S. in ethnobotany from the University of Michigan (1950). He led and participated in numerous scientific expeditions to the Aleutian Islands, as well as expeditions to Japan (1955-1956), Argentina, West Africa, Mexico, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific. Bank's professional positions included village...

American-Japan Society (Hokkaido, Japan)

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