Alexander H. and Dorothea Cross Leighton Navajo research files, 1933-1942.

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Alexander H. and Dorothea Cross Leighton Navajo research files, 1933-1942.

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Files relating to the Leightons' work with the Navajo include lectures on personality organization study; correspondence, typescript and manuscript notes on Navajo religion; typescripts, correspondence, notes, and forms on various human relations subjects; Navajo personality studies; notes and reports on material and social aspects of Navajo culture; paper: "Some Types of Uneasiness and Fear in a Navaho Indian Community," 1941-1942; correspondence; and clippings relating to Navajos.

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Leighton, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1908-2007

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Alexander Leighton graduated from Princeton University in 1932, a Master's degree from Cambridge University, and an M.D. from Johns Hopkins Medical School. During his psychiatric training he was granted a Social Science Research Fellowship, which allowed him to carry out field work among the Navajo under the sponsorship of Columbia University in collaboration with his wife and fellow resident Dorothea Cross Leighton. From the description of Alexander H. and Dorothea Cross Leighton Na...

Leighton, Dorothea Cross, 1908-1992

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Physicians who researched Navajo life and problems. Both born in 1908, Dorothea C. and Alexander H. Leighton received their M.D.s from Johns Hopkins University in 1936. Both were training in psychiatry when they began their study of life problems of Native Americans in 1940. From the description of Dorothea C. Leighton and Alexander H. Leighton collection Papers. 1900-1982 1940-1959. (Nogales-Santa Cruz County Public Library). WorldCat record id: 24765027 ...