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© President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Object Number 58-43-00/1.7.2
Display Title Baboons
Descriptions
Archival Collections/Series Southwest Africa Expeditions records > Records from accession file 58-43 > Subject files
Archival Scope and Content Correspondence, reports, and memos regarding a possible study of baboons "in situ." This material was removed from accession file 58-43G.
Archives Archival Collection - Folder
Archival Box, Folder Box 4, Folder 14
Archival Inventory
letters 6/13/55 Laurence Marshall to J.O. Brew (original and carbon) study of baboons "in situ" 7/22/55 J.O. Brew to Leonard Carmichael baboon proposal 8/8/55 Leonard Carmichael to J.O. Brew baboon proposal: names to contact, personal interest, funding 8/10/55 J.O. Brew to Leonard Carmichael proposes to get various opinions expedition update 8/10/55 J.O. Brew to Clarence Carpenter request for opinion on baboon proposal 8/16/55 Clarence Carpenter to J.O. Brew uncertain re project 8/22/55 J.O. Brew to Clarence Carpenter thanks for opinions 9/2/55 Raymond A. Dart to J.O. Brew Niels Bolwig's ability to do baboon research 9/21/55 Niels Bolwig to Laurence Marshall baboon research literature 10/3/55 Henry W. Nissen to J.O. Brew (1 original, 2 copies) study important, investigator crucial to success 8/10/55 J.O. Brew to Henry W. Nissen request for opinion on baboon proposal 11/3/55 Jacob Fine, MD to J.O. Brew interview with Henry W. Nissen re baboons 11/8/55 J.O. Brew to Jacob Fine, MD thanks for report on Henry W. Nissen memos Niels Bolwig: "Proposed Program for a Suggested Study of Baboons" (1 original, 3 copies) 8/1/55 Edward Hunt "Memorandum to Dr. J.O. Brew Concerning Baboon Project" (original, 2 copies) undated (Wm. Howells?) "Baboon project WWH remarks" notes "Baboon project-suggestions by Sherry Washburn" 7/10/56
Date 6/13/1955-11/8/1955
Artist Lorna Marshall
Artist Jacob Fine
Artist Clarence R. Carpenter
Artist Niels Bolwig
Artist Dr. Edward E. Hunt
Artist Dr. John Otis Brew
Artist Raymond Dart
Artist Smithsonian Institution
Artist Laurence Marshall
Artist Henry W. Nissen
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge
Africa / South Africa / Gauteng / <County> / Johannesburg
North America / United States / Florida
North America / United States / District of Columbia / Washington County / Washington
North America / United States / Pennsylvania
Quantity 1

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40058/400580400.pdf
58-43-00/1.3.2 1955 records, possibly from J.O. Brew, including letters dating 8/1/1955-11/28/1955
Namibia
Botswana
New Haven
New York
Washington
Boston
Cambridge
40069/400690200.pdf
58-43-00/1.7.4 Lauriston Ward
Massachusetts
Namibia
Botswana
New York City
South Africa
40069/400690100.pdf
58-43-00/1.7.3 "Scientific American"
New York City
Cambridge
40068/400681100.pdf
58-43-00/1.6.2 1952-53 records, possibly from J. O. Brew, including letters dating 12/13/1952-11/12/1953
Cambridge
Namibia
South Africa
40068/400680500.pdf
58-43-00/1.4.9 Recordings: Gilbert Rouget, Paul Collaer, Folkways
Paris
New York
Cambridge
Brussels
40068/400681200.pdf
58-43-00/1.7.1 Permits
Cambridge
Namibia
New York City
40068/400680000.pdf
58-43-00/1.4.4 1958 Expedition records, including letters dating 1/8/58-11/6/58
Johannesburg
Namibia
Cambridge
Washington
40068/400680400.pdf
58-43-00/1.4.8 Recordings: L. F. Maingard
Johannesburg
Namibia
Cambridge
40068/400680600.pdf
58-43-00/1.4.10 Recordings: Gilbert Rouget, Paul Collaer, Folkways
Cambridge
France
40068/400680300.pdf
58-43-00/1.4.7 CBS-TV episode of “Adventure”
New York
Cambridge
40068/400680700.pdf
58-43-00/1.4.11 Films
Paris
Cambridge
40068/400680800.pdf
58-43-00/1.4.12 Lorna Marshall's field notes
Nyae Nyae Conservancy