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Manuscript/Mixed Material Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives: Fieldwork, 1925-1978; Papua New Guinea; New Guinea; Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli peoples; 1931-1933, Mead and Reo Fortune field trip; Field data; Arapesh; Notes; Oral habits, child care, posture, and gesture

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Title

  • Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives: Fieldwork, 1925-1978; Papua New Guinea; New Guinea; Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli peoples; 1931-1933, Mead and Reo Fortune field trip; Field data; Arapesh; Notes; Oral habits, child care, posture, and gesture

Names

  • Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

Created / Published

  • 1925 - 1978

Headings

  • -  Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
  • -  Mead family
  • -  Columbia University
  • -  National Research Council (U.S.)
  • -  Anthropology
  • -  Anthropology--American Samoa
  • -  Anthropology--Great Plains
  • -  Anthropology--Papua New Guinea--Admiralty Islands
  • -  Anthropology--Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
  • -  Culture
  • -  Ethnology
  • -  Ethnology--American Samoa
  • -  Ethnology--Great Plains
  • -  Ethnology--Papua New Guinea--Admiralty Islands
  • -  Ethnology--Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
  • -  Fortune, Reo, 1903-1979
  • -  Human settlements
  • -  Interdisciplinary research
  • -  Omaha Indians
  • -  Race
  • -  Samoans
  • -  Manuscripts
  • -  United States
  • -  Papua New Guinea
  • -  American Samoa

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Call Number/Physical Location

  • series: Fieldwork: South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1925-1978
  • mss32441, box N97

Source Collection

  • Margaret Mead Papers and the South Pacific Ethnographic Archives

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Digital Id

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Mead, Margaret. Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives: Fieldwork, -1978; Papua New Guinea; New Guinea; Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli peoples; 1931 to 1933, Mead and Reo Fortune field trip; Field data; Arapesh; Notes; Oral habits, child care, posture, and gesture. - 1978, 1925. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss324410540/.

APA citation style:

Mead, M. (1925) Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives: Fieldwork, -1978; Papua New Guinea; New Guinea; Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli peoples; 1931 to 1933, Mead and Reo Fortune field trip; Field data; Arapesh; Notes; Oral habits, child care, posture, and gesture. - 1978. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss324410540/.

MLA citation style:

Mead, Margaret. Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives: Fieldwork, -1978; Papua New Guinea; New Guinea; Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli peoples; 1931 to 1933, Mead and Reo Fortune field trip; Field data; Arapesh; Notes; Oral habits, child care, posture, and gesture. - 1978, 1925. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss324410540/>.