Margaret Mead Papers and the South Pacific Ethnographic Archives ...

Collection Summary
Title: Margaret Mead Papers and the South Pacific Ethnographic Archives
Span Dates: 1838-1996
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1911-1978)
ID No.: MSS32441
Creator: Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Extent: 530,000 items; 1,790 containers plus 50 oversize; 783.2 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Anthropologist, author, and educator. Personal, professional, and family papers,
consisting of correspondence, notebooks, organization files, appointment books, writings, teaching
and office files, field notes, photographs, and miscellany relating primarily to anthropological and
ethnological fieldwork, Mead's association with various universities and other cultural, scientific,
and educational institutions, and her interests and activities in the broader areas of race,
technological change, overpopulation, and peace. Also includes papers of Mead's associates and
colleagues.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online
catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by
occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Adams, Léonie, 1899-1988.
Bateson, Caroline Beatrice.
Bateson, Mary Catherine.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
Buck, Peter Henry, 1877?-1951.
Chapple, Eliot Dismore.
Chinnery, E. W. Pearson (Ernest William Pearson), 1887-1972.
Clary, Fanny Fogg.
Cressman, Luther Sheeleigh, 1897-1994.
Dillon, Wilton.
Dollard, John, 1900-
Eichelberger, Marie, 1894-1983.
Emory, Kenneth Pike, 1897-
Erickson, Milton H.
Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger), 1902-1994.
Firth, Raymond, 1901-2002.
Fisher, Mary Shattuck, b. 1899.
Frank, Lawrence K. (Lawrence Kelso), 1890-1968.
Fremont-Smith, Frank, 1895-1974.
Fries, Margaret E. (Margaret Evelyn), 1896-
Geertz, Clifford.
Geertz, Hildred.
Gorer, Geoffrey, 1905-
Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974.
Hanna, Leah Josephson.
Heath, Barbara Honeyman.
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.
Hogbin, Herbert Ian, 1904-1989.
Hutchinson, G. Evelyn (George Evelyn), 1903-1991.
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