Leslie A. White Papers, 1921-1974

Start Over Collection Leslie A. White Papers, 1921-1974 Date range 1925 to 1929

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26 linear feet

Professor of anthropology at University of Michigan, student of the culture of the Pueblo Indians of the southwestern United States, and of the career of early American anthropologist, Lewis H. Morgan. Correspondence files, articles and reviews relating to all phases of his anthropological interests, research notes on Lewis H. Morgan, and field notes pertaining to his trips among the Pueblo Indians, and collection of scholarly publications.

The Leslie A. White papers document the fifty-year career of one of America's most distinguished and influential anthropologists. The collection documents through correspondence and other materials the development of modern anthropological theory and practice, particularly the concept of cultural evolution and his theory that the control of energy is basic to the evolution of culture. The collection has been arranged into the following series: Correspondence; Course Work; University Career; Biographical/Personal; Writings; Speeches and Lectures; Miscellaneous; Field Notes and Research Trips; and Published Materials.

Undated, 1921-1944

9 folders

Box 1

(in chronological order by day)

Harry Elmer Barnes, 1913-1968

14 folders

Box 10

Elsie Clews Parsons, 1926-1941

Box 10

(concerns Pueblo Indian research)

Course work: Columbia University/University of Chicago, 1923-1926

The Course work series consists of papers, examinations, and other materials accumulated by Leslie White while a student at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. White was a student of R. S. Woodworth at Columbia and of Fay-Cooper Cole at the University of Chicago. He also was part of a summer course at UCLA taught by Frank Thilly. Out of this class, White put together his own thoughts on matters of right and wrong and expounded his own view of ethics.