Inventory of the Polynesian Resources Collection SPC.1900.021
Karen Clemons
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2020-04; 2024-02
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
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archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Polynesian Resources Collection
source:
National geographic
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.1900.021
Physical Description:
.25 Linear Feet
Physical Description:
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1915, 1927, 1928, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1952, 1978, 1983; undated
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
The Polynesian Resources Collection (1928-1939; 1983; undated) contains scholarly articles, maps, and magazine articles relating
to various topics regarding Samoa and Polynesian society. Topics include Samoan grammar, earth-mounds, genus ficus, Polynesian
explorers, Micronesia, and others. This collection contains mostly reprints from
Journal of the Polynesian Society, and
National Geographic. Also included in this collection are articles and clippings related to Margaret Mead including obituaries and material related
to Derek Freeman's 1983 book "Margaret Mead and Samoa" and some of the controversies surrounding Mead's work in Samoa.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitized copies of
Bishop Museum Occasional Papers is located here: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/bmop.html; and digitized copies of
Journal of the Polynesian Society can be found via Jstor.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Polynesians
Samoa
Samoan language
National geographic
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
box 1, folder 1
"A Samoan Legend" Reprint from
Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. XXIV, No. 3
September 1915
box 1, folder 1
"Earthmounds in Samoa" by Andrew Thomson. Reprint.
Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. 36, No. 2
June 1927
box 1, folder 1
Review of: "A New Samoan Grammar" by Spencer Churchward. Review by H.W.W. Reprint from
Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. 36, No. 2
June 1927
box 1, folder 2
"A Voyage to the Island Home of Robinson Crusoe" by Waldo L. Schmitt, Ph.D. Reprint from
National Geographic Vol. 54
September 1928
box 1, folder 2
"Pacific Islands Mysterious Micronesia, and Map" by Willard Price.
National Geographic Vol. 69 and Vol. 70
April, December 1936
General
Full title: "Mysterious Micronesia. Yap, Map, and Other Islands Under Japanese Mandate are Museums of Primitive Man"
box 1, folder 3
"Pacific Ocean. Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for the National Geographic
Magazine" [map]
1936, 1942, 1952
Physical Description: 3 items(three maps)
box 1, folder 4
"The Genus Ficus in the Samoan Islands" by V.S. Summerhayes.
Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum Vol. XV, No. 9 (Honolulu, HI)
September 6, 1939
box 1, folder 4
"Polynesians Explorers of the Pacific" by J.E. Weckler, Jr. Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies Number Six, Smithsonian
Institution
January 13, 1943
box 1, folder 4
"Characteristics of the Coconuts of the Palmyra Islands" by O. Beccare (Florence, Italy)
undated
Material related to Margaret Mead
box 1, folder 6
Smithsonian Magazine Vol. 14, No. 1. Includes article: "Storm over Margaret Mead's Samoa" by Jane Howard
April 1983
box 1, folder 5
"Samoa: What Has Happened to Paradise?"
San Francisco Chronicle
May 4, 1983
box 1, folder 5
"Paradise Lost?" Editorial Comment.
San Francisco Chronicle
February 6, 1983
box 1, folder 5
"Margaret Mead Was Wrong, Book Claims"
San Francisco Chronicle
January 31, 1983
box 1, folder 5
Review and interview with Derek Freeman author of "Margaret Mead and Samoa"
Review
April 3, 1983
box 1, folder 5
"Tropical Storm: A Book Debunking Margaret Mead is Upsetting the Normal Tranquility of Life in Samoa"
Wall Street Journal
April 14, 1983
box 1, folder 5
"Coming Undone in Samoa- A Debunking of Margaret Mead" by Robert Levey.
S.F. Sunday Examiner and Chronicle
February 13, 1983
box 1, folder 5
"Famed Anthropologist Margaret Mead Dies"
circa November 1978
box 1, folder 5
"Bursting the South Sea Bubble, An Anthropologist Attacks Margaret Mead's Research in Samoa"
Time Magazine
February 14, 1983
box 1, folder 5
"Margaret Was Always Miss Mead"
Stockton Record
November 16, 1978
