Paul Radin papers, 1940

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Radin, Paul
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.
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Paul Radin Papers (Collection 1250). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Processing information:

Processed by Anne Caiger, March 1980.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Paul Radin Papers (Collection 1250). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988