"From My Journeys"
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
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content: Aleš Hrdlička papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1898-1938
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1974-31, Series 25
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged in order of the numbers assigned by Vincent J. McNally.
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content: This series is essentially a personal diary of Hrdlička's field studies from 1898 to 1938. The manuscripts consist mainly of Hrdlička's daily experiences in fieldwork and contain more information on customs than on physical anthropology. There is more data on Hrdlička's Alaska expeditions than any of his other work. Of special interest are notes on obtaining collections. Hrdlička intended to publish "From My Journeys." The only portion published, however, appeared in 1943 as Alaska Diary. A considerable number of photographs are in the series. The exception is the material on Alaska, where few photographs are found, probably because they were removed for use in Alaska Diary. The materials cover Hrdlička's trips to Latin America, the American Southwest, Tennessee, Quebec, Egypt, Europe, the Far East, India, Australia, South Africa, and Alaska. The only correspondence in the papers is in folder "MJ 10.63," which contains letters exchanged by Hrdlička and his wife, Marie Strickler, from 1915 to 1916. Folder "MJ 10.69" contains a manuscript which Hrdlička titled "Anthropological and Archeological Work on Kodiak Island." Hrdlička edited the journal. In 1980, Vincent J. McNally organized the materials into folders numbered "MJ 1.1" through "MJ 11.73B". McNally's folder descriptions are more detailed than those included here and contain descriptions of the photographs. A copy of his descriptions is maintained with the papers. Some fragments and early drafts of these papers are in the series of manuscripts of writings.