Video Dialogues in Anthropology: Frederica de Laguna and Norman Markel
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1989.10.4
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Burns, Allan F. (Allan Frank), 1945-
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content: Bernard, H. Russell (Harvey Russell), 1940-
label: Collection Creator
content: Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991
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content: Video Dialogues in Anthropology
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content: 1 Videocassettes (VHS) (2 hours, color sound)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Videocassettes (vhs)
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content: Video oral history of anthropologist Frederica de Laguna conducted by anthropologist Norman Markel. Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Bryn Mawr College and former president of the American Anthropological Association, Dr. de Laguna discusses the events and people that were influential in her career. Video features conversations concerning her studies in Europe, in particular Denmark, France, and Greenland; her life as a student of Franz Boas at Columbia University; and the evolution of the field of anthropology.

Legacy Keywords: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 ; Malinowski, Bronislaw ; Perry ; Universities Bryn Mawr College ; Universities Columbia University ; Special Collections