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Baker Brownell (1887-1965) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 12/1/3
Abstract
Baker Brownell enjoyed a rich and varied career as a soldier, newspaper man, popular teacher and lecturer, prolific writer and minor power, and scholar concerned with the dynamics of both the "small community" and the larger "human community" of which it formed an important component. During his lifetime, much of which was spent as a member of the faculty at Northwestern, Brownell achieved a national reputation based upon both his recognized abilities as a lecturer and teacher and his...
Dates:
1904-1965
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963) Papers
Collection
Identifier: 35/6
Abstract
Anthropologist Melville Jean Herskovits presided over the creation of the department of anthropology at Northwestern University in 1938. In 1961, Northwestern appointed Herskovits to the Chair of African Studies, the first such position in the United States. The Melville J. Herskovits Papers document Herskovits' career during a period of very rapid growth of both anthropology and African studies. The bulk of the collection consists of professional correspondence and manuscripts of...
Dates:
1906-1963
Found in:
Northwestern University Archives
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- Adler, Mortimer J. (Mortimer Jerome), 1902-2001 1
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 1
- Brownell, Baker, 1887-1965 1
- Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 1
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952 1
- Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976 1
- Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973 1
- Gale, Zona, 1874-1938 1
- Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963 1
- Hicks, Granville, 1901-1982 1
- La Follette, Philip Fox, 1897-1965 1
- McCormick, Robert R. (Robert Rutherford), 1880-1955 1
- Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 1
- Medill School of Journalism--Faculty 1
- Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
- Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987 1
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)--Faculty 1
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Anthropology 1
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Program of African Studies 1
- Otto, Max Carl, 1876-1968 1
- Richberg, Donald R. (Donald Randall), 1881-1960 1
- Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 1
- Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
- Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 1
- Santayana, George, 1863-1952 1
- Simms, Ruth Hanna McCormick, 1880-1944 1
- Tallmadge, Thomas E. (Thomas Eddy), 1876-1940 1
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations 1
- Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965 1
- Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975 1
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