Weltfish, Gene, 1902-1980

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American anthropologist known for her cultural and linguistic studies of the Pawnee Indians.

Born in New York City and a student of Franz Boas at Columbia University, Weltfish began to work with the Pawnee in Oklahoma in 1928. During the summer of 1935 she focused on documenting social relations and surviving customs, and worked with her Pawnee colleague Mark Evarts to reconstruct the seasonal cycles of the Pawnee for the year 1867. She later conducted ethnological, archaeological, and historical research on the Pawnee at the University of Nebraska, and combined this study with the results of her 1935 field work to publish The lost universe (New York : Basic Books, 1965).

From the description of Gene Weltfish Pawnee field notes, 1935. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 48548004

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referencedIn Papers of the magazine Transition, 1933-1941. Houghton Library
referencedIn Blos, Joan W. Papers of the Melcher family [manuscript] 1785-1987. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Morss, Noel, 1904-1981. Noel Morss papers, 1927-1980 Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard University
referencedIn William Shedrick Willis papers, [ca. 1940-1983], Circa 1940-1983 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Weltfish, Gene, 1902-1980. Gene Weltfish Pawnee field notes, 1935. Newberry Library
referencedIn Willis, William Shedrick, 1921-1983. Papers, [ca. 1940-1983]. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf American Civilization Institute of Morristown. Records. Morris County Library
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associatedWith American Civilization Institute of Morristown. corporateBody
associatedWith Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Evarts family. family
associatedWith Evarts, Mark. person
associatedWith Morss, Noel, 1904-1981. person
associatedWith Newberry Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Transition. corporateBody
associatedWith Willis, William Shedrick, 1921-1983. person
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Oklahoma
Nebraska
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Women anthropologists
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Manuscripts, American
Pawnee Indians
Pawnee Indians
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Birth 1902-08-07

Death 1980-08-02

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