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Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Berthold Laufer photographs of Asia, Mongolia, China, Siberia

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .L38
Scope and Contents

Album containing portrait and photos with Russian and French captions. Photos encompass a geographical range from Siberia, China, Mongolia and possibly Korea.

Dates: undated

Collection of Chinese albumen prints

 Collection
Identifier: PPC .L381
Scope and Contents

Photographs of China mounted on file cards with negative numbers.

Dates: undated

American Museum of Natural History, Expedition to China correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .E973
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 16 folders of material, primarily typewritten correspondence (some carbon copies), relating to the planning, organization and progress of the Expedition to China. The majority of the letters are between Laufer and Franz Boas (a famed anthropologist who had formerly worked at AMNH and at the time was running the anthropology PhD. program at Columbia University), with Laufer supplying regular reports on his work to Boas, who disseminated and coordinated the...
Dates: 1900-1904; Majority of material found within 1901-1904