Hodge (Frederick W.) Papers, 1894-1957

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Title:: Frederick Webb Hodge Papers,
Dates:: 1894-1957
Creators:: Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956
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.
Extent:: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Frederick Webb Hodge Papers (Collection 181). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Scope and content:: 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.
Biographical / historical:: 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.
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.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Subjects:: Indians of North America--History.
Anthropologists--United States--Archival resources.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala.
Date Prepared:: © 2005
Date Encoded:: Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, May 1999 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: unknown .

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Restrictions:: 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.
Terms of access:: 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.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Frederick Webb Hodge Papers (Collection 181). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US