Roland B. Dixon ethnology notes
Overview
Roland Burrage Dixon (1875-1934) was a professor of anthropology at Harvard University. At the Harvard Peabody Museum, Dixon organized one of the most comprehensive and functional anthropological libraries in the world and also developed Harvard into a leading center for the training of anthropologists. Dixon's ethnological research focused on the interrelationship between culture and the natural environment. This collection is comprised of a volume of ethnology notes written by Roland B. Dixon.
Dates
- Creation: [circa 1914-1934]
Creator
- Dixon, Roland Burrage, 1875-1934 (Person)
Researcher Access
Open for research.
Extent
.17 cubic feet (1 document box)This collection is comprised of a volume of ethnology notes written by Roland B. Dixon. It consists of 457 typed pages of lecture notes on Native Americans (pages 1-148), Anthropology II on Asia, Oceania, Australia, and other regions (pages 149-342), races and cultures of Europe, archeology, and ethnography (pages 343-382), and ethnology and archaeology of Africa (pages 383-457). Since there are some partial dates recorded with the lecture notes (i.e., month and day), these notes probably represent Dixon's lectures at Harvard University. There is no indication of who created the typewritten notes (i.e., whether they are a copy of notes made by Dixon or were notes taken down by a student listening to lectures) or the date of creation. There are indications within the text that some of the notes refer to Dixon's The Racial History of Man (1923). There are no dates within the volume; however, there are a few citations to published articles within the text that indicate it must date after April 1914.
Biographical note on Roland Burrage Dixon
Roland Burrage Dixon (1875-1934) was a professor of anthropology at Harvard University. At the Harvard Peabody Museum, Dixon organized one of the most comprehensive and functional anthropological libraries in the world and also developed Harvard into a leading center for the training of anthropologists. Dixon spent his entire career at Harvard, starting as an assistant in anthropology (1897) and eventually rising to a professor (1915). In 1904, Dixon became Librarian of the Peabody Museum, in 1909 Secretary, and 1912 Curator of Ethnology. In 1918, after World War I, Dixon was appointed an ethnologist for the American Peace Commission to Negotiate Peace. Dixon's research focused on the interrelationship between culture and the natural environment in North and South America, Asia, and the Oceania area, including Australia.
Acquisition Information
Received from the Colorado College Tutt Library, 2015 May 13; Accession 2016.007.
Inventory update
This document last updated 2022 August 11.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created in April 2021 by Dominic P. Grandinetti.
Information for this finding aid was assembled from legacy paper inventories, reference sources, and container management data. The collection was not re-examined.
Dates and titles supplied by the archivist appear in brackets.
Alma ID
99155447013303941
Creator
- Dixon, Roland Burrage, 1875-1934 (Person)
- Title
- Dixon, Roland Burrage, 1875-1934. Roland B. Dixon ethnology notes [circa 1914-1934]: an inventory
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua35021
Repository Details
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