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BOX S7 Addition III: General Correspondence, 1929-1972
Letters sent and received including miscellaneous attachments and enclosures.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX S7 1929-1965, 1972, undated
(2 folders)
BOX S8 Addition III: Projects in Contemporary Culture: Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures (RCC), 1951
Project manual and research paper on China.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX S8 China, research paper, undated
Project manual, 1951
(2 folders)
BOX S9 Addition III: Publications and Other Writings, 1924-1978
Correspondence, drafts, notes, reviews, and miscellaneous items relating to articles, poetry, and other writings by Mead and others.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX S9 Articles, books, and other writings by Mead
Books
An Anthropologist at Work, book review, 1959
Coming of Age in Samoa, correspondence, 1928
New Lives for Old, book reviews, 1956
Letters to the editor, 1961
Poetry, 1924-1934, 1947, undated
Writings
“Autobiography,” 1971-1972
“Life History,” 1935
“The Soviet Film,” 1959
“Underground,” 1928
Bibliography, undated
Comments on Pierre La Doux's manuscript on Murik Lakes, 1938, 1978, undated
(2 folders)
Notes, 1955
Poetry by others
Adams, Léonie, 1930, undated
Miscellaneous, 1929, 1952, undated
BOX S9-S11 Addition III: Miscellany, 1923-1980
Correspondence, personal notebooks, address and appointment books, notes, financial and legal records, cards and invitations, printed matter, and other items.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX S9 Address books, 1931, undated
(2 folders)
BOX S10 American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y., 1933, 1967, undated
Appointment book, 1978
Autobiographical note, 1957
Awards and degrees, 1969 See Oversize
Blanc, Tulia, 1954, undated
Cards and invitations, 1923, 1958, undated
Fieldwork supply lists, undated
Itineraries and related documents, 1954-1965
Kilipak, John
Carmel, Calif., 1969 See also Container S15, same heading
Margaret Mead photography exhibit, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, Calif., 1979 See also Container S16, same heading
Newspaper clippings, 1968-1974, undated
Marriage license receipt, 1936
Métraux, Rhoda Bubendey
Financial papers, 1961-1963
Household ledger, 1955-1961
Miscellany, 1966, undated
New Year's Eve party, 1962
Newspaper clippings and articles about Mead, 1960, 1971-1980, undated
(3 folders)
BOX S11 Notes, 1936, 1957, undated
Personal notebooks, 1928, 1952, 1976-1978
(3 folders)
Personal papers of Margaret Mead, 1965, 1974, undated
Printed matter and other items, 1949, circa 1955, undated
Square's test
Correspondence, 1944-1947
Diagrams and notes, 1933-1949, undated
Wills and instructions, 1957-1962
Working papers and documents, 1941, 1952, 1965, 1973, undated
BOX S11-S12 Addition III: Fieldwork, 1927-1981
Field notes and notebooks, diary, correspondence, and copies of a census manuscript.
Arranged alphabetically by geographical location.
BOX S11 American Samoa, Mead field trip (1925-1926), post-field correspondence, 1927-1928
Bali, Mead and Gregory Bateson field trip (1936-1939), field notebook and notes, circa 1936-circa 1937
Papua New Guinea, New Guinea
Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli peoples
Mead and Rhoda Bubendey Métraux field trip, field notebook, 1971
Iatmul people
Mead and Gregory Bateson field trip, 1938
Census of Tambunam village, 1938
Photocopy of original handwritten manuscript, 1980
BOX S12 Typed transcript by Rhoda Bubendey Métraux, 1981
Mead and Rhoda Bubendey Métraux field trip, diary, 1971
BOX S12-S15 Addition III: Papers of Colleagues, 1912-1983
Correspondence, projective test materials, manuals, printed matter, and miscellaneous items relating to Theodora Mead Abel and Ruth Benedict.
Arranged alphabetically by name of colleague.
BOX S12 Abel, Theodora Mead
Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures, manual for field-workers, undated
Margaret Lowenfeld Kleidobloc Test
Manual, 1976
Printed matter, 1965, 1981-1983
St. Catherine's Indian School, Sante Fe, N.Mex., 1977
(3 folders)
BOX S13 (1 folder)
Printed matter, 1971
Projective tests, 1971-1978
(8 folders)
BOX S14 (9 folders)
Benedict, Ruth
Correspondence
Adams, Léonie, 1938, undated
Benedict, Stanley, 1912-1917
Cohen, Morris R., 1929-1930, undated
BOX S15 Eichelberger, Marie, 1932
Sapir, Edward and Jean, 1924-1932
Unidentified, undated
Miscellany, 1926-1933, 1976, undated
BOX S15-S17 Addition III: Photographic File, 1918-1984
Photographs and slides of Mead, family members, friends, colleagues, and field trips. Also includes film catalogs of the Iatmul of Tambunam village, Papua New Guinea.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein alphabetically by subject.
BOX S15 Film catalogs, 1938, 1969-1980
Photographs
Family
Bateson, Gregory, 1930-1935, undated
Cressman, Luther Sheeleigh, 1922-1926, undated
Fogg, James Leland, undated
Fortune, Reo, 1928, undated
Mead, Emily Fogg, undated
Mead, Priscilla, undated
Mead, Richard Ramsay, undated
Mead family, undated
Friends and colleagues
Kilipak, John
Carmel, Calif., 1969 See also Container S10, same heading
(2 folders)
BOX S16 Margaret Mead photography exhibit, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, Calif., 1979 See also Container S10, same heading
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