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Identity elements
Reference code
US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-005
Name and location of repository
Nivelul descrierii
Subfonduri
Titlu
"Aberle, David Friend" correspondence
Date(s)
- 1967-1968 (Creation)
- 1967-1968 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder, 2 items, 3 pages
Name of creator
(1918-2004)
Biographical history
David Friend Aberle was a professor of anthropology at University of British Columbia whose specialty was the study of the Navajos.
Content and structure elements
Domeniul de aplicare și conținut
W. H. "Ping" Ferry had asked David Aberle, an anthropologist, to write to Merton about the Sioux (Lakota) and about Sitting Bull. Though not an expert on the Lakota, Aberle offers some resources and advice. Merton responds that he is most interested in background on the Ghost Dance.
System of arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).