MS 2008-12 Matthew Stirling manuscript on the history of anthropology
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2008-12
name: label: Creator
content: Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
label: Correspondent
content: Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973
label: Names
content: Smithsonian Institution
topic: label: Topic
content: Anthropologists -- United States
label: Topic
content: Anthropology -- United States -- History
creator: label: Creator
content: Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
label: Correspondent
content: Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Matthew Williams Stirling (1896-1975) was educated at the University of California (B.A., 1920) and George Washington University (M.S.,1922). He was awarded a D.Sc. by Tampa University in 1943. From 1921-1924, Stirling was a museum aid and assistant curator in the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Ethnology. In 1928, after several years absence from the Smithsonian staff, he became the chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology. He continued in the position until 1957, his title changing to director in 1947. After his retirement, Stirling was a research associate of the Smithsonian, a collaborator in archeology with the National Park Service, and a member of the Committee on Research and Exploration of the National Geographic Society. In addition to his career as an administrator, Stirling was active in the field, carrying out excavations in Florida, Georgia, South Dakota, New Guinea, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Mexico. He is best known for his discoveries relating to the Olmec civilization.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21 Leaves (typescript, 11 x 8.5 inches.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa August 1956
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Found in NAA vertical file.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2008-12
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Leaves
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection is comprised of a 20-leaf typed manuscript of an article tracing the history of anthropology in America. A title has been added in blue ink, presumably by Stirling, which reads "The History of Anthropology in America with Special Reference to the Smithsonian Institution." Also present is a letter from Stirling to Dr. Leonard Carmichael relating to the article.
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: See also Matthew Williams Stirling Papers.