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![Complexes into Wh[ich] G.S. [Guardian Spirit] Enters](https://d2k5g6qd3t5ep1.cloudfront.net/content/1008021xxx/1008021446/1008021446-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Complexes into Wh[ich] G.S. [Guardian Spirit] Enters")
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Complexes into Wh[ich] G.S. [Guardian Spirit] Enters
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten notes include references to Puget Sound Salish; British Columbia; disease; Thompson; hunting territories of the Penobscot; crest origins; Aesop; and Tsimshian. 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) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten notes include references to Puget Sound Salish; British Columbia; disease; Thompson; hunting territories of the Penobscot; crest origins; Aesop; and Tsimshian. 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
Penobscot, Tsimshian, Thompson, Salish
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Complexes - 'Soul' Lost Before Death
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten notes include references to Puget Sound; Kwakiutl; Tsimshian; Shuswap; Penobscot; Central America (Honduras); Hupa; Chukchee; Thompson; Laguna (heart in pursuit); Quileute; Haida; and Diegueño. Numerous partial citations. 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) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten notes include references to Puget Sound; Kwakiutl; Tsimshian; Shuswap; Penobscot; Central America (Honduras); Hupa; Chukchee; Thompson; Laguna (heart in pursuit); Quileute; Haida; and Diegueño. Numerous partial citations. 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
Kumiai, Hondurans, Haida, Quileute, Western Keres, Chukchi, Hupa, Shuswap, Penobscot, Thompson, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl
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![The Concept of the G.S. [Guardian Spirit]](https://d2k5g6qd3t5ep1.cloudfront.net/content/1008021xxx/1008021458/1008021458-size-exact-140x0.jpg "The Concept of the G.S. [Guardian Spirit]")
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The Concept of the G.S. [Guardian Spirit]
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten outline. Section I mostly struck through. Section II - Tutelage - lists Dakota and Hidatsa, with partial citations. 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) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten outline. Section I mostly struck through. Section II - Tutelage - lists Dakota and Hidatsa, with partial citations. 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
Hidatsa, Dakota
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Concordance of Folklore Characters and Story Elements
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 93], Folder 1. Concordance for Shoshone Folklore -- Notes) (1935) , 16 page(s)
Handwritten notes, on lined paper, untitled, providing a concordance of folklore characters and story elements, with citations and notes. Selected entries: "Abandoned children," "Bluebeard," "Childbirth," "Dumb queen," "Frog Prince." Undated. [Note that pages 1, 2, 11, 12, and 16 are blank.]
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 93], Folder 1. Concordance for Shoshone Folklore -- Notes) (1935) , 16 page(s)
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Handwritten notes, on lined paper, untitled, providing a concordance of folklore characters and story elements, with citations and notes. Selected entries: "Abandoned children," "Bluebeard," "Childbirth," "Dumb queen," "Frog Prince." Undated. [Note that pages 1, 2, 11, 12, and 16 are blank.]
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Folklore
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A Concordance of Southwest Mythology - Introduction, Preface, and Suggestions for Printing
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 89], Folder 4. Southwest Myth Concordance - Preface) (1900) , 9 page(s)
Date: Unknown. Typewritten essay about Southwest American Indians, their mythology and folklore.
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 89], Folder 4. Southwest Myth Concordance - Preface) (1900) , 9 page(s)
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Date: Unknown. Typewritten essay about Southwest American Indians, their mythology and folklore.
Date Written / Recorded
1900
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Essay
Contributor
Elsie Clews Parsons, 1875-1941, Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Elsie Clews Parsons, 1875-1941, Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Folklore, Myths and legends, American Indians
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Conflagration
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Conflagration," contain information about a Zuni myth as related in "Zuñi Indians," Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 23, pp. 57-61. In this story, a great fire destroys people and plants and…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Conflagration," contain information about a Zuni myth as related in "Zuñi Indians," Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 23, pp. 57-61. In this story, a great fire destroys people and plants and turns some animals into small, stone versions of themselves.
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
Zuni
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Connection with Puberty
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 note reads 'Connection with puberty.' 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 note reads 'Connection with puberty.' Undated.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
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Contents - masking with plate
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
Handwritten citation note written on an unlined white paper titled, 'Contents - masking with plate.' First part of the citation includes the following phrases: coyote and owl, coyote sick, but successful. Second part of citation includes the phrase, 'Scaring, Zuni 312, ugly and bear who prevent people from using…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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Handwritten citation note written on an unlined white paper titled, 'Contents - masking with plate.' First part of the citation includes the following phrases: coyote and owl, coyote sick, but successful. Second part of citation includes the phrase, 'Scaring, Zuni 312, ugly and bear who prevent people from using good foraging ground. Boy painted by [...] = [...] = ugly. 314 shades earth changing or tree with magic axes. Bear [...]. Bears [...] […
Handwritten citation note written on an unlined white paper titled, 'Contents - masking with plate.' First part of the citation includes the following phrases: coyote and owl, coyote sick, but successful. Second part of citation includes the phrase, 'Scaring, Zuni 312, ugly and bear who prevent people from using good foraging ground. Boy painted by [...] = [...] = ugly. 314 shades earth changing or tree with magic axes. Bear [...]. Bears [...] [...] nuts.'
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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
Zuni
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Contes Populaires Canadiens
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1925) , 2 page(s)
Handwritten notes cite C.-Marius Barbeau, Contes Populaires Canadiens (Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 29) and include abstracts (in English) of 14 French-Canadian tales. Also references Stith Thompson. 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) , 2 page(s)
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Handwritten notes cite C.-Marius Barbeau, Contes Populaires Canadiens (Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 29) and include abstracts (in English) of 14 French-Canadian tales. Also references Stith Thompson. 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
French Canadians
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Contest between Summer and Winter
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Contest between Summer and Winter," contain information about a myth as related in "Some Early Cheyenne Tales," George Bird Grinnell, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 20, p. 172. This is the story of how the two seasons follow each other…
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 96]: Serrano Field Trip Notes) (1922) , 1 page(s)
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These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Contest between Summer and Winter," contain information about a myth as related in "Some Early Cheyenne Tales," George Bird Grinnell, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 20, p. 172. This is the story of how the two seasons follow each other back and forth in the year.
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
Cheyenne
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