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The Choctaw Nation
written by Muriel Hazel Wright, 1889-1975, in Muriel Wright Collection, of Oklahoma Historical Society. Research Center (1983.018, Box 23D, FF05) (Oklahoma City, OK) (16 January 1939) , 8 page(s)
Muriel H. Wright worked as a historian and freelance writer. Her commitment to the Wright family’s Choctaw lineage sustained her commitment to the history of Indian people and to Indian affairs in Oklahoma, while her work as a historian and her involvement in Indian affairs invigorated her family ties. Her…
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written by Muriel Hazel Wright, 1889-1975, in Muriel Wright Collection, of Oklahoma Historical Society. Research Center (1983.018, Box 23D, FF05) (Oklahoma City, OK) (16 January 1939) , 8 page(s)
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Muriel H. Wright worked as a historian and freelance writer. Her commitment to the Wright family’s Choctaw lineage sustained her commitment to the history of Indian people and to Indian affairs in Oklahoma, while her work as a historian and her involvement in Indian affairs invigorated her family ties. Her collection at the Oklahoma Historical Society includes draft copies of articles, book chapters, and book proposals. She promoted Indian…
Muriel H. Wright worked as a historian and freelance writer. Her commitment to the Wright family’s Choctaw lineage sustained her commitment to the history of Indian people and to Indian affairs in Oklahoma, while her work as a historian and her involvement in Indian affairs invigorated her family ties. Her collection at the Oklahoma Historical Society includes draft copies of articles, book chapters, and book proposals. She promoted Indian history, especially the Five Civilized Tribes, and she participated in Indian affairs, especially those of the Choctaw Nation. Topics also include education, Oklahoma, cultural affairs, family, politics, and biography, among others.
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
16 January 1939, 1939
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Essay
Author / Creator
Muriel Hazel Wright, 1889-1975
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Choctaw, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Choices
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)
Handwritten notes on unlined paper titled "Choices," a tale from Barbados. Two people, going to heaven, are given a choice of items to carry: a bale of cotton or a bag of salt. One, being greedy, chooses the more valuable cotton. Then it begins to rain, and the cotton becomes very heavy, keeping its owner from…
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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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Handwritten notes on unlined paper titled "Choices," a tale from Barbados. Two people, going to heaven, are given a choice of items to carry: a bale of cotton or a bag of salt. One, being greedy, chooses the more valuable cotton. Then it begins to rain, and the cotton becomes very heavy, keeping its owner from moving. The bag of salt melts away, and its owner goes straight up to heaven.
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
Barbadians
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Choices
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 95]: American Indian Mythology Field Notes) (1935) , 2 page(s)
Typewritten notes, with copious handwritten annotations, on an unlined note card, titled "Choices," comparing folk tales of various cultures using this plot element. Groups listed are the White Mountain Apache [Western Apache], Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and African Americans [South Carolina]. Includes citations…
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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) , 2 page(s)
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Typewritten notes, with copious handwritten annotations, on an unlined note card, titled "Choices," comparing folk tales of various cultures using this plot element. Groups listed are the White Mountain Apache [Western Apache], Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and African Americans [South Carolina]. Includes citations. Undated.
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
African Americans, Zuni, Western Apache, Hopi, Navajo
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Christmas Play at United Methodist Church
in Elmer W. Hunt Photograph Collection, of University of North Carolina, Pembroke. Mary Livermore Library. Archives/Special Collections (Pembroke, NC); photographed by Elmer William Hunt, Sr., 1919-1987 , 1 page(s)
Unidentified Woman at United Methodist Church playing the role of Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ. KEYWORDS: Women's Faith
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in Elmer W. Hunt Photograph Collection, of University of North Carolina, Pembroke. Mary Livermore Library. Archives/Special Collections (Pembroke, NC); photographed by Elmer William Hunt, Sr., 1919-1987 , 1 page(s)
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Unidentified Woman at United Methodist Church playing the role of Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ. KEYWORDS: Women's Faith
Collection
Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Photograph
Author / Creator
Elmer William Hunt, Sr., 1919-1987
Topic / Theme
Women and Religion, Religious Leadership and Religious Activism, Lumbee, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright for the images in this collection is held by UNC Pembroke. The images are available for use in research, teaching and private study, provided that proper citation is used (i.e., Mary Livermore Library, University Archives/Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of UNC Pembroke, is strictly prohibited.
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![Circumlocution[?] for ... After Death](https://d2k5g6qd3t5ep1.cloudfront.net/content/1008021xxx/1008021450/1008021450-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Circumlocution[?] for ... After Death")
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Circumlocution[?] for ... After Death
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 notes list Chinook, Delaware, and Mohegan and include a partial citation: Skinner [possibly Alanson Skinner] B 48.
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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 notes list Chinook, Delaware, and Mohegan and include a partial citation: Skinner [possibly Alanson Skinner] B 48.
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
Mohegan, Delaware (Indians), Chinook
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![Citation [Mexican Folklore]](https://d2k5g6qd3t5ep1.cloudfront.net/content/1008021xxx/1008021280/1008021280-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Citation [Mexican Folklore]")
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Citation [Mexican Folklore]
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 citation: Frederick Starr, Catalogue of a Collection of Objects Illustrating the Folklore of Mexico (Publications of the Folklore Society, Vol. 43), p. 7. 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 citation: Frederick Starr, Catalogue of a Collection of Objects Illustrating the Folklore of Mexico (Publications of the Folklore Society, Vol. 43), p. 7. 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
Mexicans
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Citations
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 brief, handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card contain citations: "Jones XXXII" and "Herodotus II, 121." Also noted: two br[others], King.
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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 brief, handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card contain citations: "Jones XXXII" and "Herodotus II, 121." Also noted: two br[others], King.
Date Written / Recorded
1922
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Research notes
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
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Citations
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
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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Citations
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
Contributor
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Russians, Hopi
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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