Records Research and writings 1929-1997 (inclusive).

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Records Research and writings 1929-1997 (inclusive).

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The research & writings series contains professional records, research, and publications of the department staff, including articles, lectures, research notes, drafts, bibliographies, correspondence regarding scholarship and publications, invitations, and appointments. The bulk of this series consists of the work of Herbert J. Spinden. Typescripts of many of Spinden's articles are included, supplemented by correspondence. There are three sets of Spinden's lecture files, correspondence regarding lecture invitations from the U.S. and abroad, and with the State Department; lecture texts from the years 1929-1949; lecture notes for radio broadcasts and public events; course materials for the Brooklyn Museum and New York University; lists of lantern slides that accompany lectures; and correspondence regarding the slides.

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