Aleš Hrdlička
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Spencer, Frank, 1941-1999
label: Collection Creator
content: Langham, Ian, 1942-1984
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content: Frank Spencer Papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.39 Linear feet (3 boxes, 1 map folder, and 1 oversize folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1866-1867
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content: 1893-1942
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content: 1971-1981
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content: 1994-1999
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2002-21, Series 3
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content: Archival materials
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content: This series contains materials on Aleš Hrdlička that Spencer compiled for his dissertation, "Aleš Hrdlička, MD (1869-1943): A Chronicle of the Life and Work of an American Physical Anthropologist," published in 1979. Along with biographical information about Hrdlička, the series contains Hrdlička's correspondence, writings, and photographs. While most of the correspondence and photographs are copies of materials held at the NAA, a few are original documents, including correspondence between Hrdlička and his first wife, then fiancée, Marie Strickler. Also in this series are materials on Franz Boas as well as Boas's personal and professional letters, some of which include his correspondence with Hrdlička. With the pressures of finishing his dissertation, Spencer was unable to provide as full a treatment of Hrdlička's life as he would have liked and planned to return to the subject at a later time. Thus, this series also contains a 1981 outline for his proposed book on Hrdlička.  

In Series 12: Card Files is a subject card index to Hrdlička's papers which Spencer created to aid his research. Please also see Series 8: Coded Files, Series 13: Photographs, and Series 14: Audiotapes for more materials relating to Hrdlička. Hrdlička's 1869 report card can be found in folder "CK-1" in Series 8: Coded Files. A microfilm version of Spencer's dissertation is available at the NAA.