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Highlight: Correspondence between Clark Wissler, lecturer in anthropology in Teachers College at Columbia
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence between Clark Wissler, lecturer in anthropology in Teachers College at Columbia University, and the secretary of the University. Correspondence relates to Wissler's appointment

Highlight: (Subjects: Andora Apartments (Dallas, Texas); Anesthesiology, Department of; Anthropology
Abstract Or Scope: (Subjects: Andora Apartments (Dallas, Texas); Anesthesiology, Department of; Anthropology, Department of; Apartments in University-owned Buildings; Appointment Declined (William R. Markesbery); Appointed Staff, Appeal Procedure for; April in Paris Ball)

Highlight: . They include notes primarily on art history lectures, but with some anthropology and other courses
Abstract Or Scope: This series contains notes taken by Professor Douglas Fraser when he was a student at Columbia. They include notes primarily on art history lectures, but with some anthropology and other courses included as well.

Highlight: Correspondence between Franz Boas, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, and University
administrators and faculty regarding the Department of Anthropology, projects, and expeditions.
, funding and appropriations for a variety of projects, the development of work in anthropology and
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence between Franz Boas, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, and University administrators and faculty regarding the Department of Anthropology, projects, and expeditions.

Highlight: : Anthropology (starting in 1946-1947, before that it was part of the Faculty of Philosophy), Economics, History
Abstract Or Scope: (Courses taught by the Faculty of Political Science included the following disciplines: Anthropology (starting in 1946-1947, before that it was part of the Faculty of Philosophy), Economics, History, Mathematical Statistics, Public Law and Government, and Sociology.)

Highlight: Correspondence regarding the murder of Columbia anthropology student Henrieta Schmerler and the
in the United States Department of the Interior; Franz Boas, professor of anthropology at Columbia
anthropology
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence regarding the murder of Columbia anthropology student Henrieta Schmerler and the investigation of the case. Schmerler was killed while doing field work on the White River Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona. Correspondence relates to the circumstances of the murder, Schmerler's living and working arrangements, the collection of her personal effects and the return of her body to New York, and federal investigation of the crime and the arrest of suspects. Correspondents include: the secretary of Columbia University; William Donner, Superintendent of the Fort Apache Agency of the Indian Field Service in the United States Department of the Interior; Franz Boas, professor of anthropology at Columbia University; Charles VanBergen, curator of archaeology in the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art; Elias Schmerler; C. J. Rhoads, Commissioner of Indian Affairs in the United States Department of the Interior; George W. P. Hunt, Governor of Arizona; and Jesse L. Nusbaum, director of the Laboratory of anthropology

Highlight: associate professor of anthropology and the executive officer of the Department of Anthropology. Most of the
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence between Ruth Benedict and the secretary of Columbia University. Benedict was an associate professor of anthropology and the executive officer of the Department of Anthropology. Most of the records consist of correspondence and financial records relating to the business of the department. Topics include: funding for research projects and field training, gifts to the department, and the management of special funds. Includes correspondence regarding funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and correspondence relating to the Boas Gift Fund. Also includes a report to the Rockefeller Foundation which briefly outlines the work of graduate students in the department.

Highlight: and Society, Museology, Museum Anthropology: History and Theory, and Native Americans and Europeans.
Abstract Or Scope: Teaching material related to courses including the Archeology of Colonial Encounters, Colonial Encounters in Native North America, a student paper from 1984, Exhibitions: Practical Considerations, Food and Society, Museology, Museum Anthropology: History and Theory, and Native Americans and Europeans.

Highlight: degree at Columbia University. Box 19, Folder 1 contains a notebook from an Anthropology course
Abstract Or Scope: Box 9, Folder 2 contains correspondence regarding Jeannette Mirsky's nomination for an honorary degree at Columbia University. Box 19, Folder 1 contains a notebook from an Anthropology course entitled "Social Organization" which Mirsky was enrolled in from 1934-1935 at Columbia University.

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