This series includes correspondence, manuscripts, illustrations, reviews, printing blocks and engraving plates, and financial papers related to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology (AJPA). Hrdlička was the central and driving force behind the creation of the AJPA in 1918. The journal served to establish the identity of the discipline, allowed Hrdlička to define physical anthropology in broad modern terms, and gave him a platform to campaign for recognition of the profession. He served as the first editor of the AJPA from 1918 to 1942, a period during which twenty three volumes were published. He also contributed considerable personal funds to the journal. In 1927, having previously declined, the Wistar Instute agreed to take over management of the journal from Hrdlička. The AJPA was recognized as the official organ of the fledgling American Associaton of Physical Anthropologists in 1930.
There is a considerable amount of material regarding the AJPA in Series 3: Correspondence "American Journal of Physical Anthropology". Series 3: Correspondence, "American Anthropological Association" includes letters exchanged with Robert Lowie regarding an agreement for him to refer submissions on physical anthropology to the AJPA. There are book reviews for the journal in Series 22: Manuscripts of Writings, "Undated: Brief book reviews for the American Journal of Physical Anthropology".
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Aleš Hrdlička papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, provided funds for the arrangement and description of the Aleš Hrdlička papers
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Aleš Hrdlička papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Rathbun's forensic case files donated in 2013 are restricted until 2088. Two folders containing student grades have been separated and are restricted until 2055. For preservation reasons, his computer disks have been separated and restricted. Please note that the collection contains images of human remains.
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Ted Allan Rathbun papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Donald J. Ortner Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
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The cards in the front of the box date from 1945-1948. The bulk of the cards are alphabetical listings of authors who published in the AJPA between 1927 and 1941.
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The Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, provided funds for the arrangement and description of the Aleš Hrdlička papers
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Aleš Hrdlička papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, provided funds for the arrangement and description of the Aleš Hrdlička papers
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Aleš Hrdlička papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Beard, K. 1988. New notharctine primate fossils from the early Eocene of New Mexico and southern Wyoming and the phylogeny of Notharctinae. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 75: 439-469.
Type Status:
holotype
Place:
Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States
Collection Date:
11 Aug 1953
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Euarchonta Primates Notharctidae Notharctinae
Includes C.G. Abbot, L.V. Anantha Krishna Iyer, Barry J. Anson, M.F. Ashley-Montagu, Franz Boas, and William C. Boyd.
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Includes P.B. Candela, C. Chang, Harold Cummins, C.H. Danforth, C.F. De Garis, and Henry Field.
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Includes Germanistic Society of American (Franz Boas), A.C. Haddon, Melville J. Herskovits, and Earnest Albert Hooton.
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Aleš Hrdlička papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, provided funds for the arrangement and description of the Aleš Hrdlička papers
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Aleš Hrdlička papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, provided funds for the arrangement and description of the Aleš Hrdlička papers