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Jane Richardson Hanks collection on Alfred Kroeber, 1951-2002.
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Jane Richardson Hanks collection on Alfred Kroeber, 1951-2002Creator/Contributor:
Hanks, Jane Richardson, 1908-, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Foster, George M. (George McClelland), 1913-2006Creator/Contributor:
Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Kroeber, Theodora, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Kroeber, Karl, 1926-2009, correspondent.Abstract:
Letters, articles, notes, and correspondence relating to noted anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, his wife Theodora, and son Karl,
from a former graduate student of his at the University of California, Berkeley. Three small handwritten notes (3 p.) on University
of California, Department of Anthropology letterhead stationery stamped "A.L. Kroeber, 1325 Arch Street, Berkeley 8, California"
are signed "Alfred" (dated 1951 and 1957), one handwritten letter (2 p.) is from Theodora (dated Feb. 6, 1961), and a typewritten
letter (1 p.) on Columbia University letterhead stationery signed by Karl Kroeber (dated Dec. 6, 1999). Includes pages 3-6
from Anthropology News (Oct. 1999), containing a letter from Ursula K. Le Guin and an article by George M. Foster. Both pieces
rebutt a previous article in the same publication called "Assuming Responsibility for Ishi" (May 1999). Also includes a 17
x 12 cm photomechanical print of Alfred Kroeber [age 45?], photocopies of newspaper articles about Ishi, and a movie portrayal
of Kroeber and Ishi played by Jon Voight and Graham Greene (in "The Last of His Tribe," 1992), photocopy of correspondence
from Hanks to the Berkeley Department of Anthropology on her memories of Phoebe Hearst, and a photocopy of Hanks's personal
recollection of the longshoreman's strike in 1934 and her experience asking the carpenter's union for help to defend a teacher
being fired in Eureka, and observations on John Steinbeck padlocking a San Francisco theater. Also includes Hanks' notes about
Kroeber made in preparation for a commemorative lecture she gave at the State University of New York, Albany, upon his death.
Date:
1951 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAnthropologists -- United States
Longshoremen's Strike, San Francisco, Calif., 1934 -- Personal narratives
Anthropologues -- États-Unis
Anthropologists
California -- San Francisco
United States
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis) -- 1876-1960 -- Correspondence
Hanks, Jane Richardson -- 1908- -- Correspondence
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis) -- 1876-1960
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis) -- 1876-1960 -- Portraits
Steinbeck, John -- 1902-1968
Ishi -- -1916
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson -- 1842-1919
Hanks, Jane Richardson -- 1908-
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson -- 1842-1919
Ishi -- -1916
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis) -- 1876-1960
Steinbeck, John -- 1902-1968
Note:
Transfer; Anthropology Library, University of California, Berkeley; 20080815.
Additions: Gift; Of Jane Richardson Hanks; 2005.
Photograph transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC xxx).
Preferred citation: Jane Richardson Hanks collection on Alfred Kroeber, BANC MSS 2008/79, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Personal narratives.Portraits.
Personal correspondence.
Photographs.
Letterheads.
Clippings.
Physical Description:
print
1 folder.
Language:
English