DuBois, Cora Alice, 1903-1991. Papers, 1869-1988 (inclusive), 1912-1985 (bulk).

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DuBois, Cora Alice, 1903-1991. Papers, 1869-1988 (inclusive), 1912-1985 (bulk).

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Personal and professional papers reflecting Du Bois' life as a family member, student, field worker, teacher, and author including: correspondence, diaries, resumeĢs, class notes, ethnographic data, field notes, biographical materials, interviews, lectures, speeches, drafts of writings, bibliographies, photographs, maps, family materials including genealogies, teaching materials, clippings, and much more. Papers include correspondence with family, friends, and professional associates. There is much information concerning the development of the fields of applied and psychologic anthropology, especially in materials concerning Abram Kardiner, and work on People of Alor. The collection is also rich in materials concerning anthropology and women (e.g., Margaret Mead and many others), and her teaching materials at Harvard and elsewhere. See finding aid for full description.

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Harvard University. Department of Anthropology

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Instruction was first offered in the Dept. of Anthropology in ca. 1895. From the description of General information by and about the Department of Anthropology, 1895- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511101 ...

Du Bois, Cora Alice, 1903-1991

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Cora Alice Du Bois, an anthropologist, was one of the first female tenured professors at Harvard. She was a prominent figure in the culture and personality movement within American anthropology, and her fieldwork was among the Wintu in California, the community of Atimelang on the island of Alor in Indonesia, and Bhubaneswar, India. Du Bois was born October 26, 1903 in Brooklyn, New York. Her family lived in St. Quentin, France and Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Her father died when she was eightee...

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...

Kardiner, Abram, 1891-1981

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Du Bois family.

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