Found 5 collections related to Anthropologists.

Dr. Bernhard Stern was a lecturer in anthropology at Columbia University in the 1930s and 1940s with a particular interest in race relations. Dr. Alain Locke was Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University and the principal spokesman of the "New Negro Movement," the black arts movement of the 1920s. Correspondence between Bernhard Stern and Alain Locke, co-editors of When Peoples Meet, A Study in Race and Cultural Contacts (1946), a book on race relations. Letters document the working relationship between the two and some of the work that went into finalizing and publicizing the book. Also research notes and correspondence re: Stern's and Melville Jacob's book Outline of Anthropology; a file (1939-1942) related to Stern's involvement with the Carnegie Corporation "Negro in America" study, including memoranda from Gunnar Myrdal and Doxey Wilkerson, another project participant; also Stern's lecture notes for courses in anthropology at the New School for Social Research, 1930s-1950. less

May M. Edel was an anthropologist who studied the Chiga people of western Uganda. This collection consists of stories, tales, field notes, correspondence, and various drafts of the manuscript about the Chiga people entitled "The Bachiga of East Africa". less

Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits were American anthropologists who helped establish African and African American studies in American academia. The Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits papers consist of the research data used for their seminal publications on both Old and New World African cultures, manuscripts of their books and published articles, conference papers and materials relating to their careers as academicians, as well as some personal papers. less

José A. Vigo was a professor of Afro-American studies, anthropology, and Puerto Rican history and culture. The José Vigo papers consist of materials reflecting Vigo's dissertation topic, "Language Maintenance and Ethnicity: A Sociolinguistic Study of Samaná, Dominican Republic". less