Frederick Starr collection, 1906-1928.

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Frederick Starr collection, 1906-1928.

Personal papers, correspondence, documents, memorabilia, and photographs relating chiefly to Starr's travels in Liberia in 1912. Includes legislative acts, resolutions, proclamations, and official expressions of support for the Liberian government; together with materials pertaining to the political history of Maryland County, Liberia, and the Grebo people of West Africa.

.5 linear ft.

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Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933

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Starr was born in Auburn, NY, Sept. 2, 1858; graduated from Lafayette College in 1882, and received his Ph. D in 1885; professor of biology, Coe College, 1883-87; Curator of Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1889-91; professor and Dean of the Science Dept., Pomona College, 1891; assoc. professor, Univ. of Chicago, 1895-1923; publications related to Mexico include: Some first steps in human progress (1895), American Indians (1898), Indians of Southern Mexico (1898), Reading...