Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Paul Radin Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1940
Collection number: 1250
Creator:
Radin, Paul, 1883-1959
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Paul Radin (1883-1959) was a field ethnologist at the Geological Survey of Canada specializing in the study of the Winnebago.
His publications include
Winnebago tales (1910),
The Peyote cult of the Winnebago (1913), and
Literary aspects of North American mythology (1915). The collection consists of typed, annotated transcripts and translations relating to the book
An annotated bibliography of the poems and pamphlets of J.J. Fernández de Lizardi... (1940), edited by Radin.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Paul Radin Papers (Collection 1250). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Radin was born on April 2, 1883 in Lodz in Russian Poland; came to the U.S. as an infant; BA, College of the City of New York,
1902; Ph.D, Columbia University, 1911; in 1912 became a field ethnologist at the Geological Survey of Canada; became an ethnologist
specializing in the study of the Winnebago; publications include
Winnebago tales (1910),
The Peyote cult of the Winnebago (1913), and
Literary aspects of North American mythology (1915); he died on February 21, 1959.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of typed, annotated transcripts and translations relating to the book
An annotated bibliography of the poems and pamphlets of J.J. Fernández de Lizardi... (1940), edited by Paul Radin.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Radin, Paul, 1883-1959--Archives.
Fernández de Lizardi, José Joaquín, 1776-1827.
Ethnologists--Archival resources.