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Anthropology

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0573
Abstract

The Robert Anderson papers (1940-1990) contain correspondence, notebooks, research notes, maps, articles, news clippings, and manuscript drafts related to the life and work of this University of Utah Professor of Anthropology. Dr. Anderson's early research files concern the Cheyenne Indians. His later interest in psychiatry and anthropological theory culminated in the publication of his textbook The Cultural Context in 1976.

Dates: 1940-1990

Robert Anderson photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0342
Abstract

The Robert Anderson photograph collection contains photos from this cultural anthropologist include Sun Dance and Bear Dance ceremonies, Ute Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Nootka Indians, Gulf Eskimos, African and Bedouin tribes, Sumerian Period architecture and sculpture. Many photos were used in Anderson's The Cultural Context.

Dates: circa 1950-1987

Elzy J. Bird photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0558
Abstract

The Elzy J. Bird photograph collection contains a photograph of the drilling of holes to remove Native American Pictographs from the Barrier Canyon, along with other images. This collection has been fully digitized and is available in our Digital Library.

Dates: 1940s; 1980s

Fannie S. Dods photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0295
Abstract

The Fannie S. Dods photograph collection contains images of various scenes in Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and North Dakota.

Dates: 1850s-1920s

Gosiute Indian photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0074
Abstract

The Gosiute Indian photograph collection contains photographs used in a thesis from the University of Utah titled: A study of the Gosiute Indians of Utah by Carling I. Malouf. The Photographs are documenting various activities of the Gosiute Indians.

Dates: 1930-1949

Ronald L. Holt papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0657
Abstract

The Ronald L. Holt papers (1860-1994) consist of the papers Holt used in writing his dissertation, entitled Beneath These Red Cliffs: An Ethnohistory of the Utah Paiutes, and its subsequent publication in 1992. Primary and secondary source materials are included.

Dates: 1860-1994

Ronald L. Holt photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0586
Abstract

The Ronald L. Holt photograph collection contains photographs of Holt and friends and the Native American Environment in South West United States. This collection is digitized and available in the Digital Library.

Dates: circa 1990

Charles C. Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1865
Abstract The Charles C. Hughes papers (1946-1957) consist of diaries, field and research notes, and a dissertation relating to the time that Charles C. Hughes (1929-1997) spent living with the Sivuokakhmeit Eskimos on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Hughes received an A.B. from Harvard in 1951 and received his Ph. D. in Anthropology from Cornell University in 1958. He completed postgraduate research in Nigeria and Nova Scotia, served as director of the African Studies Center at Michigan State University...
Dates: 1946-1957

Charles C. Hughes photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0887
Abstract

The Charles C. Hughes photograph collection contains materials relating to the time that Hughes (1929-1997) spent living with the Sivuokakhmeit Eskimos on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.

Dates: 1946-1957

Jennings, Jesse D. archaeological video collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0550
Abstract

The Jennings, Jesse D. archaeological video collection (1957-1988) consists of two sents of videos produced by prominent University of Utah archaeologist and anthropologist Jesse Jennings: the archeological survey of Glen Canyon before it was flooded by Glen Canyon dam (1957-1959), and a recording of his popular course "Tabletop Archaeology" (1988).

Dates: 1957-1988

Margaret Lantis thesis

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2125
Abstract

The Margaret Lantis thesis is entitled Research on Human Ecology of the American Artic.

Dates: 1953

Native American photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0064
Abstract

The Native American photograph collection contains portraits of Native Americans and scenes from everyday life; principal tribes are the Ute, Navajo, and Paiute. Most are copies of photographs in the Smithsonian Institution.

Dates: circa 1860-1920

Edward Sapir photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0171
Abstract

The Edward Sapir photograph collection contains photographs taken by Edward Sapir on a visit to the Northern Utes on the Uintah Reservation and at White Rocks. The visit was for the University of Pennsylvania Museum in August and September of 1909.

Dates: August-September 1909

Kilton Riggs Stewart papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2824
Abstract

The Kilton Riggs Stewart papers (1902-1993) consist of personal and professional materials. Kilton Riggs Stewart (1902-1965) was an anthropologist from the 1920s to the 1960s. He spent the majority of his career focused on the psychology of dreams for which he traveled around the world to do several field studies.

Dates: 1902-1993

Charles N. Strevell papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1840
Abstract

The Charles N. Strevell papers (1894-1943) contain correspondence, family history, essays, speeches, publications, art work, posters, pamphlets, brochures, news clippings, and other related materials. Strevell was one of the organizers of Strevell-Paterson Hardware Company and was the president for many years before his retirement in 1912. He became well known for his essay, "Dinosauropodes,"" which was published several times during the 1930s.

Dates: 1894-1943

Charles N. Strevell photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0863
Abstract

The Charles N . Strevell photograph collection contains images on dinosaurs, Strevell's Museum, and Strevell's book: As I Recall Them.

Dates: 1930-1950

The Institute of the American West photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0046
Abstract The Institute of the American West photograph collection contains portraits and photographs documenting the history of the West and of Native Americans. The collection includes photographs documenting trips to Indian reservations relating to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and activities on the Navajo reservation in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Also included are photographs used in several television...
Dates: 1886-1985

University of Utah Department of Anthropology audio collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1085
Abstract

The University of Utah Department of Anthropology audio collection (circa 1960s-1970s) consists of commercially published audio recordings representing various cultures and ethnic groups. The recordings consist largely of musical traditions of Native American tribes and other cultures around the world. These materials were collected as teaching materials by the Univeristy of Utah Department of Anthropology.

Dates: circa 1960s-1970s