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Object Number
58-43-00/1.7.3
Display Title
"Scientific American"
Descriptions
Archival Collections/Series
Southwest Africa Expeditions records > Records from accession file 58-43 > Subject files
Archival Scope and Content
Correspondence and engravers' proofs relating to use of Marshall photographs in "Scientific American" 1960 for article by Marshall Sahlins called "The Origins of Human Society." This material was removed from accession file 58-43G.
Department
Archival, Paper
Archives
Archival Collection - Folder
Archival Box, Folder
Box 4, Folder 15
Archival Inventory
letters
7/13/60 Dennis Flanagan to J.O. Brew
permission to use "Bushman" photos in "Scientific American" to illustrate "Origins of
Human Society" by Marshall Sahlins
7/20/60 Dennis Flanagan to J.O. Brew
list of photo subjects
7/26/60 Lorna Marshall to Dennis Flanagan
sending photos, list of photo #
7/26/60 Dennis Flanagan to J.O. Brew
receipt of photos
8/3/60 Dennis Flanagan to J.O. Brew
engravers proofs and captions
8/5/60 J.O. Brew to Dennis Flanagan (3 copies, 1 original)
caption revisions
8/24/60 J.O. Brew to Dennis Flanagan
thank you for check
8/18/60 Dennis Flanagan to J.O. Brew
payment for use of photos
8/26/60 J.O. Brew to Dennis Flanagan
thank you for advance copies
8/25/60 Dennis Flanagan to J.O. Brew
copies of September "Scientific American"
photos
engravers proofs of 8 photos used in 9/60 "Scientific American"
articles
Marshall Sahlins, "On the Origins of Human Society"
Date
1960
Artist
Laurence Marshall
Artist
Lorna Marshall
Artist
Dr. John Otis Brew
Artist
Marshall Sahlins
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Middlesex County
/
Cambridge
North America / United States / New York / <County> / New York City
North America / United States / New York / <County> / New York City
Materials
Paper , Ink , Pencil
Quantity
1
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