Fredericka Martin collection of John Peabody Harrington papers
name: label: Creator
content: Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
label: Former owner
content: Martin, Fredericka I.
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Tobyanne Berenberg, Daughter of Fredericka Martin, in 2022.
creator: label: Creator
content: Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
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content: Fredericka Martin collection of John Peabody Harrington papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Fredericka "Freddie" Imogene Martin (1905-1992) was a nurse and served as administrator of the American medical volunteers during the Spanish Civil War. During World War II she was a nurse with the US Department of the Interior on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea (Pribilof Islands). There, Martin met John Peabody Harrington, A linguist with the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, and the two became lifelong friends.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .75  Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1982
label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2023-02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection documents the relationship and interests between Martin and Harrington. Papers include correspondence between Harrington and Martin (mostly Harrington's letters), writings and poetry by Harrington, and reprints and publications by Harrington. Also included is a copy of Encounter with an Angry God, By Carobeth Laird.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the papers of John Peabody Harrington.