MS 7093 Annotations made in copy of Herbert Spencerʹs Descriptive Sociology: A Cyclopaedia of Social Facts (Volume 3-6; New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874-78)
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content: NAA MS 7093
name: label: Creator
content: Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929
topic: label: Topic
content: Anthropology -- theoretical
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Creator
content: Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Deposited on loan by Niblack in USNM 1/11/1889. Received from SOA 5/9/67, at suggestion of William Sturtevant.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7093
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The annotations, which appear as interlineations and marginalia and on blank pages such as flyleaves and the backs of printed pages, are largely additions to, elaboration of and further classification of Spencerʹs catalog of the peoples of the South Pacific, Africa, Asia, and America. Linguistic and physical characteristics, especially as related to origins and ethnic differences, are emphasized in the notes more than are customs and subsistence. In addition to his own observations, Niblack relied heavily upon, and cited, published works of many contemporary scholars for his data and discussions.