Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1914, Oct. 18 | Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1927-1932 | Student, Packer Collegiate Institute, New York, N.Y. |
| 1934 | B.A., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
| 1934 | Married Arthur B. Proctor (died 1935) |
| 1935-1939 | Worked for Oxford University Press |
| 1940-1941 | Postgraduate studies, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1941 | Married Alfred Métraux (divorced 1959) |
| 1941-1949 | Fieldwork, Haiti (1941, 1946, 1948-1949) |
| 1942-1943 | Research assistant, Committee on Food Habits, National Research Council |
| 1943 | Fieldwork, Mexico |
| 1943-1945 | Planning staff, Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C. |
| 1946 | Fieldwork, Mendoza, Argentina |
| 1946-1947 | Postgraduate studies, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1947-1948 | Convener, French Group, Research in Contemporary Cultures, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1947-1952 | Research on contemporary cultures, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1948 | Birth of son, Daniel Alfred Metraux, New York, N.Y. |
| 1951 | Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1952-1953 | Assistant director, Studies in Contemporary Cultures, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. |
| 1953 | Published with Margaret Mead The Study of Culture at a Distance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press |
| 1953-1954 | Director, Montserrat Anthropological Expedition |
| 1954 | Published with Margaret Mead Themes in French Culture. Stanford: Stanford University Press |
| 1954-1957 | Research fellow, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N.Y. |
| 1957-1980 | Consultant, Institute for Intercultural Studies |
| 1960-1965 | Associate director, Studies in Allopsychic Orientation, American Museum of Natural History |
| 1965-1969 | Project director, Cultural Structure Perceptual Communication, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. |
| 1967-1973 | Fieldwork, Papua New Guinea (1967-1968, 1971, 1972-1973) |
| 1970-1980 | Research associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. |
| 1970 | Published with Margaret Mead A Way of Seeing. New York: McCall Publishing Co. |
| 1974 | Published with Theodora Mead Abel Culture and Psychotherapy. New Haven, Conn.: College and University Press |
| 1979 | Edited Margaret Mead: Some Personal Views. New York: Walker |
| 2003, Nov. 26 | Died, Barton, Vt. |