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Title: Frederick Webb Hodge Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1894-1957
Collection number: 181
Creator: Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Frederick Webb Hodge (1864-1956) worked for the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), edited
the
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, was the editor of the
The American Anthropologist, co-founder and president of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), director of the Museum of the American Indian,
and director of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed materials
related to Hodge's career as an anthropologist, historian and museum director.
Language:
English
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging 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.
[Identification of item], Frederick Webb Hodge Papers (Collection 181). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1720468
Frederick Webb Hodge was born in Plymouth, England, October 28, 1864; attended Columbian University in Washington, D.C. (now
George Washington Univ.); employed as secretary, U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE); secretary,
Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition, 1886-89; executive assistant, Smithsonian Institution, 1901-5; edited
Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico; editor,
The American Anthropologist, 1899-1910 and 1912-1914; co-founder and president (1915-17) of the American Anthropological Association (AAA); director,
Museum of the American Indian, 1918-32; moved to Los Angeles to assume directorship of the Southwest Museum, 1932; editor
of Southwest Museum's
The Masterkey for 24 years; retired, 1956; died, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 28, 1956.
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed materials related to Hodge's career as an anthropologist,
historian and museum director. Includes correspondence with Lawrence Clark Powell and Joseph Gregg Layne as well as a portrait
of Hodge.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956--Archives.
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906- --Correspondence.
Layne, J. Gregg--(Joseph Gregg), 1885-1952--Correspondence.
Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Anthropologists--United States--Archival resources.
Indians of North America--History.
Sky, Sun, and Water: the Southwest of Frederick Webb Hodge / by Lawrence Clark Powell, 1954. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.