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Robert H. Lowie papers
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Robert H. Lowie papers
    Date (inclusive): circa 1926-1968, undated
    Collection Number: UA 165
    Creator: Lowie, Robert Harry, 1883-1957
    Extent: 0.42 linear feet (1 box)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: This collection contains a journal, stamps, documents, correspondence, bibliography and other material on anthropologist Robert H. Lowie, a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley from 1917-1950. Lowie's research focused on ethnographic fieldwork with indigenous peoples in the Great Plains region, including Crow (Apsáalooke), Arikaree, Hidatsa, Mandan and Shoshone communities. The collection contains information on Lowie's research and personal life.
    Languages: The collection is in English.

    Access

    This collection is unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections & University Archives regarding the availability of materials for research use.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Robert H. Lowie papers (UA 165). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Irma Hall, date unknown.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    This collection contains a journal, stamps, documents, correspondence, bibliography and other material on anthropologist Robert H. Lowie, a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley from 1917-1950. Lowie's research focused on ethnographic fieldwork with indigenous peoples in the Great Plains region, including Crow (Apsáalooke), Arikaree, Hidatsa, Mandan and Shoshone communities. The collection contains information on Lowie's research and personal life.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    University of California, Berkeley. Department of Anthropology
    Indians of North America
    Universities and colleges -- Faculty

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Anthropological studies
    Correspondence
    Diaries
    Documents