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Frederick Starr papers

Title
Frederick Starr papers, 1833-1925, bulk (1920-1925).
Author
Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933.
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Additional Authors
  • Casswell, John.
  • Castellanos, Abraham, 1868-1918.
  • Ninomiya, Shigeaki.
  • Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911.
Description
.8 linear foot (2 boxes).
Summary
Collection consists of correspondence, reports, lectures, vocabularies, documents, and related materials of Starr and others.
Subjects
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Frederick Starr (1858-1933) was an American anthropologist and ethnologist.
Language (note)
  • in Spanish and Spanish-Nahuatl dialect.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
MssCol 2862
OCLC
NYPW94-A277
Author
Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933.
Title
Frederick Starr papers, 1833-1925, bulk (1920-1925).
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Frederick Starr (1858-1933) was an American anthropologist and ethnologist. He taught biology at Coe College and geography at Chautauqua University and worked as a classifier in the Dept. of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History. In 1891 he taught geology and anthropology at Pomona College and the following year organized the Anthropology Dept. at the University of Chicago where he taught until his retirement in 1923.
Language
Some items in Spanish and Spanish-Nahuatl dialect.
Finding Aids
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Occupation
Anthropologists.
Ethnologists.
Added Author
Casswell, John.
Castellanos, Abraham, 1868-1918.
Ninomiya, Shigeaki.
Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911.
Research Call Number
MssCol 2862
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