Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996 (bulk 1911-1978)
Mead, Margaret,
1901-1978
South Pacific Ethnographic Archives.
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Arranged in fifty-nine series. Parts A through T consist of fifty-six series, followed by three series: Addition V, Restricted, and Oversize.
Parts A-P arranged in sixteen series. Series 1 (A): Family Papers, 1838-1979; Series 2 (B): Special Correspondence, 1914-1979; Series 3 (C): General Correspondence, 1909-1979; Series 4 (D): Curriculum Vitae, 1925-1979; Series 5 (E): Organizations File, 1921-1979; Series 6 (F): Special Working Groups, 1931-1978; Series 7 (G): Projects in Contemporary Cultures, 1933-1977; Series 8 (H): Scheduling File, 1928-1979; Series 9 (I): Publications and Other Writings File, 1923-1980; Series 10 (J): Teaching File, 1927-1978; Series 11 (K): Office File, 1925-1980; Series 12 (L): Miscellany, 1924-1979; Series 13 (M): Institute for Intercultural Studies, 1937-1980; Series 14 (N): Fieldwork: South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1925-1978; Series 15 (O): Papers of Colleagues, 1908-1978; and Series 16 (P): Photographic File, 1878-1978.
Part Q: Addition I arranged in thirteen series. Series 17: Family Papers, 1861-1985; Series 18: Special Correspondence, 1923-1980; Series 19: General Correspondence, 1910-1978; Series 20: Curriculum Vitae, 1920-1984; Series 21: Organizations File, 1971-1978; Series 22: Scheduling File, 1949-1976; Series 23: Publications and Other Writings File, 1908-1979; Series 24: Teaching File, 1947-1967; Series 25: Office File, 1911-1980; Series 26: Miscellany, 1908-1981; Series 27: Institute for Intercultural Studies, 1958-1977; Series 28: Fieldwork, 1953-1973; and Series 29: Photographic File, 1874-1987.
Part R: Addition II arranged in eleven series. Series 30: Family Papers, 1875-1979; Series 31: Special Correspondence, 1922-1978; Series 32: General Correspondence, 1914-1978; Series 33: Curriculum Vitae, 1926-1941; Series 34: Publications and Other Writings File, 1902-1975; Series 35: Teaching File, 1927-1962; Series 36: Office File, 1940-1975; Series 37: Miscellany, 1912-1978; Series 38: Fieldwork, 1925-1976; Series 39: Papers of Colleagues, 1937-1957; and Series 40: Photographic File, 1891-1954.
Part S: Addition III arranged in nine series. Series 41: Family Papers, 1913-1996; Series 42: Special Correspondence, 1923-1977; Series 43: General Correspondence, 1929-1972; Series 44: Projects in Contemporary Culture: Columbia University Research in Contemporary Cultures (RCC), 1951; Series 45: Publications and Other Writings, 1924-1978; Series 46: Miscellany, 1923-1980; Series 47: Fieldwork, 1927-1981; Series 48: Papers of Colleagues, 1912-1983; and Series 49: Photographic File, 1918-1984.
Part T: Addition IV arranged in seven series. Series 50: Family Papers, 1877-1947; Series 51: General Correspondence, 1945-1946; Series 52: Publications and Other Writings, 1952; Series 53: Miscellany, 1946; Series 54: Fieldwork, 1953-1978; Series 55: Papers of Colleagues, Ruth Benedict, 1912-1942; and Series 56: Photographic File, 1896-1954.
Series 57: Addition V. Photographic File, 1936-1939.
Series 58: Restricted, 1931-1979.
Series 59: Oversize, 1887-1984.
Correspondence, writings, field notes, notebooks, teaching and office files, organization files, appointment books, family papers, photographs, and other papers chiefly concerning anthropological and ethnological field work particularly in American Samoa and with the Admiralty Islands and Sepik River Valley cultures of Papua New Guinea; Balinese of Indonesia; and Omaha Indians of the Great Plains in North America. Subjects include cultural issues relating to World War II, cybernetics, ekistics (study of human settlements), health, interdisciplinary studies, nutrition, overpopulation, peace, population, race, and technological change.
Documents Mead's associations with the American Anthropological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University, Committee for National Morale, Fordham University, Hanover Seminar in Human Relations, National Research Council, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Food Habits, New York University, Research in Contemporary Cultures, World Federation for Mental Health, World Health Organization, and World Society for Ekistics.
Includes records of the Institute for Intercultural Studies and papers, chiefly field research, of Gregory Bateson, Jane Belo, Ruth Benedict, Edith Cobb, Lenora Foerstel, Reo Fortune, Margaret Lowenfeld, Lola Romanucci-Ross, Theodore Schwartz, and Martha Wolfenstein.
Family members represented include Mead's ancestor, Fanny Fogg Clary; grandparents, Giles F. Mead and Martha Adaline Ramsay Mead; parents, Edward Sherwood Mead and Emily Fogg Mead; husbands, Gregory Bateson, Luther Sheeleigh Cressman, and Reo Fortune; daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson; sisters, Priscilla Mead Rosten and Elizabeth Mead Steig; brother, Richard R. Mead; aunt, Fanny Fogg McMaster; and mother-in-law, Caroline Beatrice Bateson.
Other individuals represented include Léonie Adams, Franz Boas, Peter Henry Buck, Eliot Dismore Chapple, E.W. Pearson Chinnery, Wilton Dillon, John Dollard, Marie Eichelberger, Kenneth Pike Emory, Milton H. Erickson, Erik H. Erikson, Raymond Firth, Mary Shattuck Fisher (Langmuir Essex), Lawrence K. Frank, Frank Fremont-Smith, Margaret E. Fries, Clifford Geertz, Hildred Geertz, Geoffrey Gorer, A. Irving Hallowell, Leah Josephson Hanna, Barbara Honeyman Heath, Melville J. Herskovits, Herbert Ian Hogbin, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Phyllis Mary Kaberry, Madē Kalēr, Clyde Kluckhohn, A.L. Kroeber, Eleanor Pelham Kortheuer, Harold D. Lasswell, Kurt Lewin, Robert Harry Lowie, Katharane Edson Mershon, Rhoda Bubendey Métraux, Philip E. Mosely, William Fielding Ogburn, Douglas L. Oliver, Sir Frederick Beaumont Phillips, G. Frederick Roll, Louise M. Rosenblatt, Katharine Rothenberger, Walter Spies, Sol Tax, and John Wesley Mayhew Whiting.
Access restrictions apply, in part; other restrictions apply. Contact the Manuscript Reading Room for further information.
Addition V: Photographic File, Photographs from Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson's field expedition in Bali and among the Iatmul people of New Guinea, available in the Manuscript Reading Room and onsite at the Library of Congress via a Stacks terminal at Contact the Manuscript Reading Room in advance regarding access.
Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Contact Manuscript Reading Room for information regarding restrictions on use and duplication.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Margaret Mead Papers and the South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Addition V: Photographic File, Photographs from Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson's field expedition in Bali and among the Iatmul people of New Guinea, available onsite at
Selections from Series N, Fieldwork: South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, available on the Library of Congress website at
Microfilm edition of notebook, circa 1911-1912, (container Q7, folder 5) available, no. 24,326.
Microfilm 24,326 produced from original in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 2014.
Bequest, estate of Margaret Mead, 1979-1980.
Gift and deposit converted to gift, Mary Catherine Bateson, 1981-2005.
South Pacific Ethnographic Archives. Gift, Institute for Intercultural Studies, 1980.
Gift and purchase, various donors, 1980-2008.
Anthropologist, author, and educator.
Collection material in English.
Related collection: Rhoda Métraux papers. Available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Motion picture films, sound recordings, and related material transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009117
Adams, Léonie,
1899-1988
Bateson, Caroline Beatrice.
Bateson, Mary Catherine.
Boas, Franz,
1858-1942
Buck, Peter Henry,
1877?-1951
Chapple, Eliot Dismore.
Chinnery, E. W. Pearson (Ernest William Pearson),
1887-1972
Clary, Fanny Fogg.
Cressman, Luther S.,
1897-1994
Dillon, Wilton.
Dollard, John,
1900-1980
Eichelberger, Marie,
1894-1983
Emory, Kenneth Pike,
1897-
Erickson, Milton H.
Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger),
1902-1994
Firth, Raymond,
1901-2002
Fisher, Mary Shattuck,
1899-
Frank, Lawrence K. (Lawrence Kelso),
1890-1968
Fremont-Smith, Frank,
1895-1974
Fries, Margaret E. (Margaret Evelyn),
1896-
Geertz, Clifford.
Geertz, Hildred.
Gorer, Geoffrey,
1905-1985
Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving),
1892-1974
Hanna, Leah Josephson.
Heath, Barbara Honeyman.
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean),
1895-1963
Hogbin, Herbert Ian,
1904-1989
Hutchinson, G. Evelyn (George Evelyn),
1903-1991
Kaberry, Phyllis Mary,
1910-
Kalēr, Madē.
Kluckhohn, Clyde,
1905-1960
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis),
1876-1960
Kortheuer, Eleanor Pelham.
Lasswell, Harold D. (Harold Dwight),
1902-1978
Lewin, Kurt,
1890-1947
Lowie, Robert Harry,
1883-1957
McMaster, Fanny Fogg.
Mead, Edward Sherwood,
1874-1956
Mead, Emily Fogg,
1871-
Mead, Giles F.
Mead, Martha Adaline Ramsay.
Mead, Richard R. (Richard Ramsay),
1904-1975
Mershon, Katharane Edson.
Métraux, Rhoda,
1914-2003
Mosely, Philip E. (Philip Edward),
1905-1972
Ogburn, William Fielding,
1886-1959
Oliver, Douglas L.
Phillips, Frederick Beaumont,
Sir,
1890-1957
Roll, G. Frederick,
1911-2001
Rosenblatt, Louise M. (Louise Michelle)
Rosten, Priscilla Mead,
1911-1959
Rothenberger, Katharine.
Spies, Walter.
Steig, Elizabeth Mead,
1909-1983
Tax, Sol,
1907-1995
Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew,
1908-1999
Mead family.
American Anthropological Association.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
American Museum of Natural History.
Columbia University.
Committee for National Morale.
Fordham University.
Hanover Seminar in Human Relations.
National Research Council (U.S.)
National Research Council (U.S.).
Committee on Food Habits.
New York University.
Research in Contemporary Cultures.
World Federation for Mental Health.
World Health Organization.
World Society for Ekistics.
Anthropology
Anthropology
American Samoa
Anthropology
Great Plains
Anthropology
Indonesia
Bali
Anthropology
Papua New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
Anthropology
Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
Balinese (Indonesian people)
Culture
Cybernetics
Ethnology
Ethnology
American Samoa
Ethnology
Great Plains
Ethnology
Indonesia
Bali
Ethnology
Papua New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
Ethnology
Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
Health
Human settlements
Interdisciplinary research
Nutrition
Omaha Indians
Overpopulation
Peace
Population
Race
Samoans
Technological innovations
Technology and civilization
World War, 1939-1945
Anthropologists
Authors
Educators
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Gregory Bateson papers
Bateson, Gregory,
1904-1980
Jane Belo papers
Belo, Jane,
1904-1968
Ruth Benedict papers
Benedict, Ruth,
1887-1948
Edith Cobb papers
Cobb, Edith,
1895-1977
Lenora Foerstel papers
Foerstel, Lenora,
1929-
Reo Fortune papers
Fortune, Reo,
1903-1979
Margaret Lowenfeld papers
Lowenfeld, Margaret,
1890-1973
Lola Romanucci-Ross papers
Romanucci-Ross, Lola.
Theodore Schwartz papers
Schwartz, Theodore.
Martha Wolfenstein papers
Wolfenstein, Martha,
1911-1976
Institute for Intercultural Studies records
Institute for Intercultural Studies.
Visual materials from the Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives
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Rhoda Métraux papers
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Métraux, Rhoda, 1914-2003.
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