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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten list of citations with few keywords.

Yokuts: A.L. Kroeber, Indian Myths of South Central California (University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 4), p. 228.

Ute - water: John Wesley Powell, Mythology of the North American Indians (Report of the Bureau of…

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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten list of citations with few keywords.

Yokuts: A.L. Kroeber, Indian Myths of South Central California (University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 4), p. 228.

Ute - water: John Wesley Powell, Mythology of the North American Indians (Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 1), p. 49.

Jemez and Isleta: Charles F. Lummis, Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories, pp. 140, 155, 255.

Handwritten list of citations with few keywords.

Yokuts: A.L. Kroeber, Indian Myths of South Central California (University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 4), p. 228.

Ute - water: John Wesley Powell, Mythology of the North American Indians (Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 1), p. 49.

Jemez and Isleta: Charles F. Lummis, Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories, pp. 140, 155, 255.

Tewa - Owl Boy, magic tree: no source given.

Cochiti: Father Noël Dumarest, Notes on Cochiti, New Mexico (Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association, Vol. 6), p. 232.

Zuni - self-replenishing bag of medicine: Matilda Coxe Stevenson, The Zuni Indians (Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 23), p. 606, n. a.

Shivwits - Iron Man, Eagle: no source given.

Luiseño - water: Constance Goddard Dubois, Religion of the Luiseño Indians of Southern California (University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 8), p. 155.

San Carlos Apache - Naiyenezgani, cornmeal, belt: Pliny Earle Goddard, Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 24), p. 19.

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Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
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Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Apaches, Luiseño, Southern Paiute, Zuni, Cochiti, Tewa, Southern Tiwa, Jemez, Ute, Yokuts
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1935) , 1 page(s)
These handwritten, undated research notes on a torn piece of newspaper contain a citation for "Ethnological Notes on the Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales and Victoria," R. H. Mathews, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Vol. 38, p. 351. An additional reference is made to "Dixon,"…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1935) , 1 page(s)
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These handwritten, undated research notes on a torn piece of newspaper contain a citation for "Ethnological Notes on the Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales and Victoria," R. H. Mathews, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Vol. 38, p. 351. An additional reference is made to "Dixon," p. 281.
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ephemera
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Australian Aborigines
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten list of citations: NB - Great Russian Animal Tales of Adolf [Adolph] Gerber (American Language Association '91); and Cosmos Mindeleff, Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona (Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 13), p. 188 (Hopi).
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten list of citations: NB - Great Russian Animal Tales of Adolf [Adolph] Gerber (American Language Association '91); and Cosmos Mindeleff, Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona (Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 13), p. 188 (Hopi).
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
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Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Russians, Hopi
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten list of citations: British Association for the Advancement of Science, 5th Report on N.W. Tribes, p. 25; Omaha (1897), p. 586; and [Adolf] Bastian, Über psychische Beobachtungen bei Naturvölkern (Leipzig, 1890). Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten list of citations: British Association for the Advancement of Science, 5th Report on N.W. Tribes, p. 25; Omaha (1897), p. 586; and [Adolf] Bastian, Über psychische Beobachtungen bei Naturvölkern (Leipzig, 1890). Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Omaha-Ponca
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten citations on Pima and Mojave mythology: Frank Russell, The Pima Indians, p. 216; and John G. Bourke, Notes on the Cosmogony and Theogony of the Mojave Indians of the Rio Colorado, Arizona (Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 2), p. 188. Additional notation: Mole[?] - Kr [A.L. Kroeber?]
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten citations on Pima and Mojave mythology: Frank Russell, The Pima Indians, p. 216; and John G. Bourke, Notes on the Cosmogony and Theogony of the Mojave Indians of the Rio Colorado, Arizona (Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 2), p. 188. Additional notation: Mole[?] - Kr [A.L. Kroeber?]
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Pima, Mohave
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Citations: Antigua, Philippines, Shawnee, Bahamas
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten list of citations: (1) John H. Johnson, 'Folk-Lore from Antigua, British West Indies' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 34, p. 78; (2) Simón P. Santos, 'The Man-Eater' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 34, p. 393 (Philippines); (3) J. Spencer, 'Shawnee Folk-Lore' in 'Journal of American…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1930) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten list of citations: (1) John H. Johnson, 'Folk-Lore from Antigua, British West Indies' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 34, p. 78; (2) Simón P. Santos, 'The Man-Eater' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 34, p. 393 (Philippines); (3) J. Spencer, 'Shawnee Folk-Lore' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 22, p. 323 (a dish of water); (4) Elsie Clews Parsons, 'Folk-Tales of Andros Island, Bahamas' in 'Memoirs of the American…
Handwritten list of citations: (1) John H. Johnson, 'Folk-Lore from Antigua, British West Indies' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 34, p. 78; (2) Simón P. Santos, 'The Man-Eater' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 34, p. 393 (Philippines); (3) J. Spencer, 'Shawnee Folk-Lore' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 22, p. 323 (a dish of water); (4) Elsie Clews Parsons, 'Folk-Tales of Andros Island, Bahamas' in 'Memoirs of the American Folklore Society,' Vol. 13, pp. 67, 69 (pot boils to blood). Also notes to compare Johannes Bolte and Jirí Polívka, 'Anmerkungen zu den Kinder - u. hausmärchen der brüder Grimm,' Vol. 1, p. 528. Undated. Show more Show less
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Demons, Bahamians, Shawnee, Filipinos, Antiguans
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Citations from "Journal of American Folk-Lore"
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 94], Folder 1. Concordance for Shoshone Folklore) (1935) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten note on unlined paper, not written by Ruth Benedict, re: citations from the "Journal of American Folk-Lore." Subjects mentioned: Coyote measuring earth, Undesirable in-laws, Swing death, Roadrunner. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 94], Folder 1. Concordance for Shoshone Folklore) (1935) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten note on unlined paper, not written by Ruth Benedict, re: citations from the "Journal of American Folk-Lore." Subjects mentioned: Coyote measuring earth, Undesirable in-laws, Swing death, Roadrunner. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Topic / Theme
Murder, In-laws
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Clan Grouping
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 3 page(s)
Three pages contain hand-written notes on clans of the Hopi. The first and second contain a two-column table comparing clan groupings in Mishongnovi, a Second Mesa pueblo, and at First Mesa, site of the Walpi Pueblo. There is a reference to a manuscript. The second page also contains a brief list of clans…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 3 page(s)
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Three pages contain hand-written notes on clans of the Hopi. The first and second contain a two-column table comparing clan groupings in Mishongnovi, a Second Mesa pueblo, and at First Mesa, site of the Walpi Pueblo. There is a reference to a manuscript. The second page also contains a brief list of clans attributed to Elsie Parsons; and the third, a table of clans and 'synonyms,' named in Hopi and English as found in 'The North American Indian,…
Three pages contain hand-written notes on clans of the Hopi. The first and second contain a two-column table comparing clan groupings in Mishongnovi, a Second Mesa pueblo, and at First Mesa, site of the Walpi Pueblo. There is a reference to a manuscript. The second page also contains a brief list of clans attributed to Elsie Parsons; and the third, a table of clans and 'synonyms,' named in Hopi and English as found in 'The North American Indian, Vol. 12 - The Hopi' by Edward S. Curtis, 1922, pages 59-60. Show more Show less
Date Written / Recorded
1929
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Clans, Hopi
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Clan in Hopi
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 4. Southwest Notes) (1922) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten notes on Hopi clans and localization mention 'wӧye.' Also cites Edward Curtis, 'The North American Indian,' Vol. XII, p. 35, on Hopi birth and naming rituals. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 4. Southwest Notes) (1922) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten notes on Hopi clans and localization mention 'wӧye.' Also cites Edward Curtis, 'The North American Indian,' Vol. XII, p. 35, on Hopi birth and naming rituals. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Religious rites and ceremonies, Birth, Clans, Hopi
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Clans
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 4. Southwest Notes) (1920) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten notes on index cards mention clans, Hopi, Zuni, W. Keres, E. Keres, Jemez, and Tewa. Undated.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 4. Southwest Notes) (1920) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten notes on index cards mention clans, Hopi, Zuni, W. Keres, E. Keres, Jemez, and Tewa. Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1920
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Clans, Tewa, Eastern Keres, Western Keres, Zuni, Hopi, Jemez
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