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Marriage and family living [electronic resource]

Author:
National Conference on Family Relations (U.S.)  Search this
National Council on Family Relations  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Periodicals
Date:
1941
1963
1941-1963
Topic:
Families  Search this
Marriage  Search this
Social problems  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_741716

Culture and customs of Sudan / Kwame Essien and Toyin Falola

Author:
Essien, Kwame  Search this
Falola, Toyin  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 193 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Sudan
Date:
2009
C2009
Topic:
Civilization  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_919678

Gender roles, marriage, and family

Author:
Taylor, Scott D. 1965-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Zambia
Date:
2006
Topic:
Women  Search this
Families  Search this
Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Divorce  Search this
Sex role  Search this
Bride price  Search this
AIDS (Disease)  Search this
Call number:
GN657.R4 T39 2006
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_895878

Gender roles, marriage, and family

Author:
Adekunle, Julius  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Rwanda
Date:
2007
Topic:
Families  Search this
Kinship  Search this
Children  Search this
Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Social classes  Search this
Women  Search this
Call number:
DT450.23 .A33 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_895903

Gender roles, marriage, and family

Author:
Ndege, George O  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Mozambique
Date:
2007
Topic:
Marriage  Search this
Child rearing  Search this
Socialization  Search this
Social change  Search this
Families  Search this
Call number:
GN659.M6 N34 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_895938

The silver king : the remarkable life of the Count of Regla in colonial Mexico / Edith Boorstein Couturier

Author:
Couturier, Edith Boorstein 1929-  Search this
Subject:
Romero de Terreros, Pedro conde de Regla 1710-1781  Search this
Physical description:
x, 224 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Mexico
Hidalgo (State)
Hidalgo (Mexico : State)
Date:
2003
C2003
18th century
Spanish colony, 1540-1810
Topic:
Silver mines and mining--History  Search this
Charities--History  Search this
Businessmen  Search this
Philanthropists  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_900844

The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia : an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of Trobriand islands, British New Guinea / with a preface by Havelock Ellis

Author:
Malinowski, Bronislaw 1884-1942  Search this
Physical description:
1, 505 p. : ill ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Papua New Guinea
Trobriand Islands
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Date:
1932
Topic:
Trobriand Islanders--Sexual behavior  Search this
Trobriand Islanders--Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Sex customs  Search this
Families  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
HQ504 .M36 1932
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_907818

Marriage and family law

Author:
Knappert, Jan  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Indian Coast (Africa)
Date:
2005
Topic:
Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Women, Swahili--Legal status, laws, etc  Search this
Marriage law  Search this
Customary law  Search this
Divorce  Search this
Call number:
DT429.5.S94 K63 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_905829

In joy and in sorrow : women, family, and marriage in the Victorian South, 1830-1900 / edited by Carol Bleser

Author:
Bleser, Carol K. Rothrock  Search this
Fort Hill Conference on Southern Culture (1989 : Clemson University)  Search this
Physical description:
xxviii, 330 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
Southern States
Date:
1991
19th century
Topic:
Women--History  Search this
African American women--History  Search this
Families--History  Search this
Marriage--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_462635

MS 3455 Account of an Indian wedding (Makah) which took place at Mr Hancock's house at Neah Bay, Strait of Juan de Fuca

Creator:
Hancock, Samuel  Search this
Addressee:
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862  Search this
Collector:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873  Search this
Extent:
5 Pages
Culture:
Makah  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1850-1860 ?
Scope and Contents:
In Mr Hancock's writing, accompanied by a letter of transmittal addressed to Governor "Steavens" (Stevens).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3455
Topic:
Marriage and family -- Makah  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3455, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3455
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b8d34b61-db67-4e78-b18d-344977c48e1b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3455

MS 998 Three texts with interlinear English translations from Stephen Savage, Grande Ronde Reservation, Oregon, December 1877

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Informant:
Savage, Stephen  Search this
Extent:
12 Pages
Culture:
Cayuse  Search this
Molala  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Text as follows: "Marriage Ceremonies," 1 page. (The original contains notes following the text which are not included here.) "The Myth of the Coyote." 3 pages. "The Molala tribe raided by the Cayuse Indians," 9 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 998
Local Note:
Copied by Gatschet from his original texts in BAE Manuscript Number 2029.
Other Title:
Marriage Ceremonies
Myth of the Coyote
The Molala tribe raided by the Cayuse
Topic:
Marriage and family -- Molala  Search this
Folklore -- Molala  Search this
Molala Indians  Search this
War -- Cayuse  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 998, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS998
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36fe8915a-caed-47d5-ae51-f4a21cac5711
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms998

Covers his education, career, the SVP, colleagues, and the field of vertebrate paleontology, c. 1930-1989, including: 1938 meeting of the section of vertebrate paleontology of the PS; relationships of graduate students to older generation of paleontolo...

Collection Creator::
Whitmore, Frank C., interviewee  Search this
Container:
Interviews
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9557, Frank C. Whitmore Oral History Interviews
See more items in:
Frank C. Whitmore Oral History Interviews
Frank C. Whitmore Oral History Interviews / Interviews
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru9557-refidd1e246

MS 2029 Words, sentences and various texts collected at the Grande Ronde Agency, Northwestern Oregon, in November & Decb., 1877

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Informant:
Savage, Stephen  Search this
Extent:
50 Pages
Culture:
Molala  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Material includes: Molala words and sentences, numbered pages 3-36. "Marriage Ceremonies" as given by Stephen Savage, December 1877, 2 pages. Text and interlinear English translation. "Myth of the Coyote." December 1877, 3 pages. Text and interlinear English translation. Story of a conflict between the Cayuse and Molala (or "The Molala tribe raided by the Cayuse," cf. Manuscript Number 998). December 1877, 10 pages. Text and interlinear English translation. Notes on the name Molala, 1 page.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2029
Local Note:
The three texts were copied by Gatschet, attributed to the informant Stephen Savage, and separately catalogued as Manuscript Number 998.
Other Title:
Marriage Ceremonies
Myth of the Coyote
The Molala tribe raided by the Cayuse
Topic:
Marriage and family -- Molala  Search this
Folklore -- Molala  Search this
War -- Molala  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2029, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2029
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36bd4e458-f5c2-41c0-bee1-fdca3d8f8f1d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2029

Culture and customs of Morocco / Raphael Chijioke Njoku

Author:
Njoku, Raphael Chijioke  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 155 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Morocco
Date:
2006
Topic:
Civilization  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_821429

MS 2139 Miscellaneous ethnological notes and photograph

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Young Bear, George  Search this
Extent:
74 Pages
Culture:
Fox -- gentes  Search this
Fox -- list of months  Search this
Fox -- syllabary  Search this
Fox -- courting notes  Search this
Fox -- Games  Search this
Fox -- Folklore  Search this
Fox -- names of Indian tribes  Search this
Fox language  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Photographs
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Includes gentes and special hair cuts; lists of months, modern; Fox syllabary; courting notes and translations; various linguistic matters; names of cards; lists of gentes; various games; Fox names of various Indian tribes; text and translation of "A wonderful man-woman", original probably by Young Bear, translated by George (Young?) Bear; latter mislaid. Photo is of music students with instruments posed with teacher.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2139
Other Title:
A wonderful man-woman
Topic:
Kinship -- Fox  Search this
Marriage and family -- Fox  Search this
Names, months -- Fox  Search this
Names, tribal -- Fox  Search this
Games and toys -- Fox  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Manuscript 2139, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2139
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35edc6b04-1621-47d2-9088-8e90fea839da
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2139

Gender roles, marriage, and family

Author:
Diriye Abdullahi, Mohamed 1958-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Somalia
Date:
2001
Topic:
Sex role  Search this
Somalis--Social life and customs  Search this
Sexual division of labor  Search this
Somalis--Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Marriage  Search this
Call number:
GN650.S65 A34 2001X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_752457

Gender roles, marriage, and family / James Denbow and Phenyo C. Thebe

Author:
Denbow, James R (James Raymond) 1946-  Search this
Thebe, Phenyo C  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Botswana
Date:
2006
Topic:
Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Marriage  Search this
Bride price  Search this
Families  Search this
Call number:
DT2452 .D46 2006
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_838288

Gender roles, marriage, and family

Author:
Njoku, Raphael Chijioke  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Morocco
Date:
2006
Topic:
Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Families  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DT312 .N57 2006
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_830296

Culture and customs of Liberia / Ayodeji Olukoju

Author:
Olukoju, Ayodeji  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 154 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Liberia
Date:
2006
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_798679

Culture and customs of the Central African Republic / Jacqueline Woodfork

Author:
Woodfork, Jacqueline Cassandra  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 191 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Central African Republic
Date:
2006
Topic:
Civilization  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_816379

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