Description of the Material
Miscellaneous archives accumulated during Cornelius Osgood's time at the Peabody Museum.
Dates
- 1934-1973
Creator
Language of Materials
In English.
Extent
10 Linear Feet
Persistent URL
Abstract
A portion of the archives of Cornelius Osgood, accumulated during his time at Yale.
Biographical Sketch
Cornelius Osgood (b. 1905, d. 1983) was Curator of Anthropology at the Yale Peabody Museum from 1934 to 1973. He brought significant collections to the Museum from his research expeditions to the Arctic, China and Korea. Osgood may be best known for his research among the Athapaskan speaking people of interior Alaska, much of it published through the Yale University Publications in Anthropology series, and was also active in Connecticut archaeology.
Education
- Ph.B. University of Chicago, 1927
- Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1930
Field work
- Northwest Territory, Canada (1928-1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937)
- Yunnan, China, began 1938
- Yale Caribbean Anthropological Program, began in 1933
--Lake Valencia, Venezuela
--Chiriqui Province, Panama
- Title
- Cornelius Osgood Archives
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Nathan P. Utrup
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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