Myerhoff, Barbara G

LC control no.	n 79023248
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Myerhoff, Barbara G. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1935-02-16
Death date	1985-01-07
Place of birth	Cleveland (Ohio)
Place of death	Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Field of activity	Anthropology Documentary films--Authorship
Affiliation	Center for Visual Anthropology University of Southern California University of California, Los Angeles University of Chicago
Profession or occupation	Anthropologists Motion picture producers and directors
Found in	Juvenile gangs in context, 1967. Her The feminization of America, c1985: CIP t.p. (Barbara Myerhoff) Her Remembered lives, c1992: CIP t.p. (Barbara G. Myerhoff) data sheet (b. 1935) book t.p. (Barbara Myerhoff) Number our days, 1994: CIP t.p. (Barbara Myerhoff) pub. info (Dr. Myerhoff; chair of Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Southern Calif.; d. 1985) Wikipedia web site, July 29, 2016: (Barbara Myerhoff (February 16, 1935 - January 7, 1985) was an American anthropologist and filmmaker, and founder of the Center for Visual Anthropology at the University of Southern California. Born in Cleveland Ohio ; born: Barbara Gay Siegel, February 16, 1935, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. ; died: January 7, 1985 (aged 49), Burbank, California, U.S.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Myerhoff> Indiana University web site, July 29, 2016: (Myerhoff was born on February 16, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio ; As a teenager, she moved with her mother and stepfather from Cleveland to Los Angeles, and eventually began her career as a social scientist. In 1958, she received a BA in Sociology from the University of California and an MA in Human Development from the University of Chicago in 1963 (Timeline: JWA). She then entered UCLA's Anthropology PhD program. In 1968, Myerhoff received her PhD in Anthropology from UCLA ; In 1976, Myerhoff became a full professor at USC and chair of the Anthropology Department) <http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/theory_pages/Myerhoff.htm>