Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Related Archival Materials note
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Melville J. Herskovits Pamphlet Collection
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Melville J. Herskovits Pamphlet Collection
- Identifier
- BMRC.NU.PAMPHLET
- Repository
- Northwestern University, Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
- Language
- English
- Size
- 12.51 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1906-1963
- Language of Materials note
- Collection is prodominantly in English; some materials also in German.
- Creator
- Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
Biographical note
Melville J. Herkovits was a pioneer anthropologist and Africanist and a Professor of Sociology (1927-38) and of Anthropology (1938-61) at Northwestern University. From 1961 through 1963, he held Northwestern’s Chair of African Studies, the first such position in the United States.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of pamphlets and offprint articles on a variety of topics as collected by Melville J. Herskovits. While many of the authors had ties to the Chicago area, the scope of the collection is international. Subjects include sociology, biology, historiography, medicine, political science, and anthropology.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 March 24 by Andrew Steadham and Lauren Kalal.