Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1901, Dec. 16 | Born, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1919-1920 | Attended DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. |
| 1923 | B.A., Barnard College, New York, N.Y. Married Luther Sheeleigh Cressman (divorced 1928) |
| 1924 | M.A., psychology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1925-1926 | Field trip to American Samoa as a National Research Council fellow for the study of adolescent girls Associate, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 1926-1969 | Assistant curator (1926), associate curator (1942), and curator (1964-1969) of ethnology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y.; retired in 1969 as curator emeritus |
| 1928 | Married Reo Fortune (divorced 1935) |
| 1928-1929 | Field trip to Manus, Admiralty Islands, with Reo Fortune, as a fellow of the Social Science Research Council for a study of young children |
| 1929 | Ph. D., anthropology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1930 | Field trip with Reo Fortune to study the Omaha (Umonhon) Tribe of Nebraska |
| 1931-1933 | Field trip to New Guinea with Reo Fortune to study the Arapesh, Biwat (Mundugumor), and Chambri (Tchambuli) people |
| 1936 | Married Gregory Bateson (divorced 1950) |
| 1936-1939 | Field expedition with Gregory Bateson to Bali and New Guinea to study the Iatmul people |
| 1939 | Birth of daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson |
| 1939-1941 | Visiting lecturer in child study, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
| 1942-1945 | Executive secretary, Committee on Food Habits, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. |
| 1947-1951 | Lecturer, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1948-1950 | Director, Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures, New York, N.Y. |
| 1953 | Field trip to Manus, Admiralty Islands, with Theodore and Lenora Schwartz |
| 1954 | Adjunct professor of anthropology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1955-1962 | Member, Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1956-1957 | President, World Federation for Mental Health |
| 1957 | Recipient, Viking Medal in General Anthropology, Wenner Gren Foundation |
| 1957-1958 | Returned to Bali with Ken Heyman |
| 1957-1978 | Visiting professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1960 | President, American Anthropological Association |
| 1961-1978 | Wrote regular feature for Redbook magazine with Rhoda Bubendey Métraux |
| 1964-1965 | Field visits to Manus, Admiralty Islands |
| 1966-1968 | Chairperson, Committee on Science in the Promotion of Human Welfare, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1967 | Field visits to Manus, Admiralty Islands, to make the film "New Guinea Journal" and to New Guinea to consult with Rhoda Bubendey Métraux on the Iatmul people Helped establish Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1969 | Received William Proctor Prize for Scientific Achievement, Scientific Research Society |
| 1969-1971 | Professor of Anthropology, Fordham University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1971 | Field visits to Manus, Admiralty Islands, and to New Guinea and American Samoa Received Arches of Science Award, Pacific Science Center; Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science, UNESCO and the Government of India; and Joseph Priestley Award, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. |
| 1972 | Chairperson, advisory committee to the U.S. delegation to the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences Co-chairperson, U.S. Task Force on the Future of Mankind and the Role of the Churches in a World of Science-based Technology Member, organizing committee for the IXth International Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, Ill. President, Scientists' Institute on Public Information and the Society for General Systems Research Special guest of secretary general, United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1973 | Field visit to study the Arapesh people at Hoskins Bay, New Britain |
| 1975 | President, American Assocation for the Advancement of Science Field visit to Manus, Admiralty Islands Member, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1977 | Field visit to Bali |
| 1978, Nov. 15 | Died, New York, N.Y. |