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| Creator: | Julian H. Steward | |
| Title: | Julian H. Steward Papers | |
| Dates: | 1842-1976 | |
| Abstract: | Papers of Julian H. Steward (1902-72), professor of anthropology (1952-72), including correspondence, reports, manuscripts, reviews, publications, government documents, minutes, newsletters, directories, conference programs, research proposals and applications, student records and evaluations, lecture notes, diaries, field notes, drawings, maps, charts and photographs. | |
| Volume: | 17.3 cubic feet | |
| Record Series Number: | 15/2/21 | |
Julian H. Steward (1902-72) was a professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois (1952-72) and one of the most respected and influential anthropologists of his generation. His theory that cultural change is a multilinear evolutionary process similar to biological evolution led to the influential idea that human culture develops along several different paths rather than from a single central stem. Based on extensive field research, he contended that what has happened in one culture may be found in others with its own distinct pattern. This won him world acclaim and helped set the research agenda and theoretical framework for a generation of anthropologists.
Papers of Julian H. Steward (1902-72), professor of anthropology (1952-72), including correspondence, reports, manuscripts, reviews, publications, government documents, minutes, newsletters, directories, conference programs, research proposals and applications, student records and evaluations, lecture notes, diaries, field notes, drawings, maps, charts and photographs concerning personal, business and professional activities of faculty, friends and family; foundations and academic organizations supporting anthropological fieldwork in North and South America, Africa, Europe and Asia; petroglyphs; cultural ecology and evolution; human ecology; cultural anthropology theory; multilinear evolution; ethnography; indigenous religions; cross cultural regularities; North and South American indigenous cultures; Ute, Paiute Carrier and Shoshone peoples; Southwestern United States archaeology and ethnology; Utah, Great Basin; Puerto Rico; travels and teaching in Japan as Director of the Kyoto American Studies Seminar (1956-57); world trip (1957-58); Indian claims commission hearings (ca. 1950-55) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (1936-37); American Association for the Advancement of Science; Telluride Association; teaching and supervision of graduate and field research in University of Illinois Sociology and Anthropology Departments (1952-69) and faculty positions at the Universities of Michigan (1928-30), Utah (1930-33), California at Berkeley (1933-34) and Columbia (1946-52) and as Associate Anthropologist in the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution (1935-46). Correspondents include Ralph L. Beals, Robert F. Heizer, Alfred Kroeber, Margaret Mead, George P. Murdock, Leslie White, Gordon K. Willey, Eric Wolf and Emma Schroeder (genealogy and sailing journals).
Arranged by correspondent (chronological and alphabetical thereunder), subject, project, publications, depart
Subject Terms |
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| The subject headings used by the University of Illinois Archives were developed by University of Illinois Archivist Maynard Brichford and University Archivist Bill Maher. They are specific to this institution | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| American Association for the Advancement of Sciences | ||
| Indian Affairs, Bureau of | ||
| National Academy of Sciences (NAS) | ||
| Social Science Research Council | ||
| Telluride Association | ||
| Places: | ||
| Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Cape Horn | ||
| Chile - History and Geography | ||
| Great Basin | ||
| Japan - Education | ||
| Melbourne, Australia | ||
| New York City | ||
| Puerto Rico - Religion and Sociology | ||
| San Francisco, California | ||
| Sweden - Religion and Sociology | ||
| Utah | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| Anthropology | ||
| Baptists | ||
| Carrier Indians | ||
| Cross Cultural Research | ||
| Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Ecology | ||
| Ethnography | ||
| Evolution | ||
| Ford Foundation | ||
| Genealogy | ||
| Human Ecology | ||
| Indian Land Claims | ||
| Indians, American | ||
| Paiute Indians | ||
| Petroglyphs | ||
| Photography | ||
| Religions, Primitive | ||
| Sailing Ships | ||
| Sailors | ||
| Shoshoni Indians | ||
| South American Indians | ||
| Ute Indians | ||
University of Illinois Department of Anthropology Records
CORRESPONDENCE, 1946-62. Box 1 - 2
CORRESPONDENCE, 1961-74. Box 3 - 3
INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION HEARINGS, 1949-1959. Box 3 - 4
SUBJECT FILES--AREA STUDIES, 1946-52. Box 4 - 4
SUBJECT FILES, 1925-1970. Box 5 - 13
GRADUATE STUDENTS, 1960-1966. Box 13 - 13
BIOGRAPHICAL AND PUBLICATIONS, 1929-1971. Box 13 - 13
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 1951-1963. Box 14 - 14
CORRESPONDENCE, 1953-63. Box 15 - 15
STEWARD PUBLICATIONS, 1956-1973. Box 15 - 16
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 1951-76. Box 16 - 16
STEWARD FAMILY DIARIES AND PHOTOS, 1842-1947. Box 17 - 18
ETHNOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS, ca. 1927-1936. Box 19 - 20