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Anthropology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Man in our Changing World exhibit, 1964

 File
Identifier: Box 20: Folder 4
Abstract

This file contains correspondence regarding the Man in Our Changing World exhibit, curated by Dr. R. Ariss.

Dates: Other: 1964

Maurice Machris film collection

 Collection
Identifier: NHM-ARC-0020
Abstract

The Maurice Machris film collection consists of 1432 film reels, the bulk of which are 16mm films and also include 34mm film, 16mm magnetic audio tape, and 35mm sound loops. These scientific and ethnographic films document Museum collecting expeditions sponsored by prominent museum patron Maurice A. Machris (1905-1980), primarily in East Africa and South Asia shot between 1955-1979.

Dates: 1939-1976, bulk 1959-1976

Nathan Cummings Collection of Ancient Peruvian Art -- object list

 File
Identifier: Box 3: Folder 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection is composed of correspondence, field notes, paleontological illustrations, and monthly reports from the Vertebrate Paleontology department under Henry Anson Wylde, Science Division Chief. It includes exhibit planning materials, collections management and specimen loan information, and excavation reports from Rancho La Brea and Conkling Cavern in New Mexico.

Dates: 1930-1936

NSF grant -- support for Improvement of Anthropological Collections at LACMNH, 1979

 File
Identifier: Box 21: Folder 25
Abstract

This file contains grant information for an NSF grant titled, "Support for Improvement of Anthropological Collections at LACMNH."

Dates: Other: 1979

Pittsburgh Foundation grant -- The Evolution of Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations, 1986

 File
Identifier: Box 21: Folder 27
Abstract

This file contains a Pittsburgh Foundation grant proposal titled, "The Evolution of Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations."

Dates: Other: 1986

Transfer of anthropology and history division, 1980

 File
Identifier: Box 26: Folder 27
Abstract

This file contains notes on the transfer of the anthropology and history divisions.

Dates: Other: 1980

Visual anthropology, 1980

 File
Identifier: Box 57: Folder 18
Abstract

This file contains transparencies and posterboard from the Anthropology department.

Dates: Other: 1980

with G. Reichel-Dolatoff -- UCLA anthropology, 1980

 File
Identifier: Box 55: Folder 15
Abstract

This file contains correspondence with UCLA anthropologist G. Reichel-Dolatoffregarding consulting services and the "Stones and Bones" project.

Dates: Other: 1980