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Object Number
995-1-10/100526.1
Display Title
Earnest A. Hooton papers, 1926 - 1974
Descriptions
Object Description
Papers of Earnest A. Hooton. 52 boxes, oversize drawings: correspondence; manuscripts of lectures and writings; manuscripts (with Stagg & Dupertuis), etc; grant study & contracts with Army-Air Force, Quartermaster General, etc.; A. Damon, J. Stefansson, and Hooton research records, 1927-1963; Century of Progress data; anthropometric data, compiled by Carl Seltzer, 1934; criminal study [RESTRICTED]; somatotypes [RESTRICTED]; lecture notes; Central European Expedition, Irish Survey; miscellaneous; oversize illustrations
Inventory Description
Hooton, Earnest A. Papers
Department
Archival, Paper
Date
Late 19th century-Mid 20th century
Artist
Dr. Earnest Albert Hooton
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Earnest Albert Hooton
(1886-1954 - 1954)
Donor
Dr. Earnest Albert Hooton
(July 1995)
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