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