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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | Wyman, Leland Clifton, 1897- |
Collection Name: | Leland C. Wyman papers |
Inclusive Dates: | 1908-1985 |
Bulk Dates: | (bulk 1930-1980) |
Physical Description: | 3.5 linear ft. |
Abstract: | Papers, 1908-1985, bulk 1930-1980. This collection is comprised of Leland C. Wyman’s interests, both personal and professional. The bulk is made up of personal and professional correspondence, lecture note cards, and publications. His professional files reflect both his careers as a biologist and an anthropologist. |
Collection Number: | MS 441 |
Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ |
Leland Clifton Wyman was born in 1897 Livermore Falls, Maine. He got his bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 1918 and his Ph. D. degree from Harvard in 1922. He taught experimental and theoretical physiology, sociology, anthropology, American Indian art, and Asiatic art at the Boston College of Liberal Arts. He also directed research work on Navajo ethnology at the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico. From 1942 to 1946 he served as chairman of the Division of Medical Sciences at Boston University. He spent 40 summers conducting research in the American southwest establishing him as one of the leaders on Navajo research. He was an author of numerous publications in the fields of biology and anthropology. For various years he was the curator of archives at the Museum of Northern Arizona and research associate at the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art. As part of his research and personal interests he traveled to Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Europe. He died in 1988.
This collection contains personal and professional materials relating to the life and career of Leland C. Wyman. The bulk of the personal series includes correspondence to and from Wyman as well as correspondence between others. General files relating to his personal life include his drawings and sketches and other materials collected by him including a song book, theatre programs, and newspaper clippings. Scrapbooks detail information on sports programs and materials on or about Livermore Falls and Bowdoin College. The professional series includes correspondence as well as general files on museum collections and his teaching files. The collection also contains a large amount of his index card lecture notes. Also present in the collection are numerous essays and publications by Leland Wyman, spanning over 60 years.
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Series I: Personal, 1908-1985 | |||||||||||
Subseries I: Correspondence, ca. 1908-1985 | |||||||||||
This subseries is arranged chronologically. It contains correspondence between Leland C. Wyman with his family and friends. It is organized alphabetically and chronologically. | |||||||||||
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1 | 1 | Correspondence 1900-1940s | |||||||||
1 | 2 | Correspondence 1950s | |||||||||
1 | 3 | Correspondence 1960-1964 | |||||||||
1 | 4 | Correspondence, 1965-1969 | |||||||||
1 | 5 | Correspondence , 1970 | |||||||||
1 | 6 | Correspondence , 1971-1972 | |||||||||
1 | 7 | Correspondence , 1973 | |||||||||
1 | 8 | Correspondence , 1976-1979 | |||||||||
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2 | 1 | Correspondence , 1979-1981 1985 | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Correspondence-Season’s Greetings , 1956-1972 | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Correspondence-Season’s Greetings 1973-1975 | |||||||||
2 | 4 | Correspondence-Season’s Greetings 1977-1980 1983 | |||||||||
2 | 5 | Correspondence | |||||||||
Subseries II: General, ca. 1908-1985 | |||||||||||
This subseries is arranged alphabetically. It contains arts and crafts from childhood to his sketches for studying human anatomy, Bowdoin College files, calendars and schedules, childhood museum catalogue, essays, White Star ephemera, invitations and announcements, materials from his interest on magic and spiritual matters, newspaper clippings, notebooks, address book, song book, and theater programs from Europe. | |||||||||||
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3 | 1 | Arts and Crafts-Drawings and sketches of animals and nature | |||||||||
3 | 2 | Arts and Crafts-Drawings and sketches of geography and geology | |||||||||
3 | 3 | Arts and Crafts-Scientific drawings of the human body | |||||||||
3 | 4 | Arts and Crafts-Drawings and sketches of human subjects | |||||||||
3 | 5 | Arts and Crafts-Drawings and sketches of objects | |||||||||
3 | 6 | Bowdoin College files | |||||||||
3 | 7 | Calendars and schedules | |||||||||
3 | 8 | Childhood museum catalogue | |||||||||
3 | 9 | Essays | |||||||||
3 | 10 | First trip to Europe White Star ephemera | |||||||||
3 | 11 | Invitations and announcements | |||||||||
3 | 12 | Magic and spiritual | |||||||||
3 | 13 | Magic-Newspaper clippings | |||||||||
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4 | 1 | Miscellaneous | |||||||||
4 | 2 | Newspaper clippings | |||||||||
4 | 3 | Notebooks and address book | |||||||||
4 | 4 | Song book | |||||||||
4 | 5 | Theater programs from Europe | |||||||||
Subseries III: Scrapbooks, ca. 1908-1940s | |||||||||||
This series is arranged alphabetically. It contains scrapbooks dedicated to Livermore Falls, Bowdoin College, and college sports. | |||||||||||
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5 | 1 | Scrapbook | |||||||||
5 | 2 | Scrapbook Livermore Falls and Bowdoin College | |||||||||
5 | 3 | Scrapbook-Programs of college sports events |
Series II: Professional, 1908-1985 | |||||||||||
Correspondence 19201970 | |||||||||||
This series is arranged chronologically and alphabetically. It contains the professional correspondence of Leland C. Wyman. | |||||||||||
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6 | 1 | Correspondence 1920s 1930s | |||||||||
6 | 2 | Correspondence 1940 October-1945 October | |||||||||
6 | 3 | Correspondence 1945 November-1949 November | |||||||||
6 | 4 | Correspondence 1950s | |||||||||
6 | 5 | Correspondence 1960s | |||||||||
6 | 6 | Correspondence 1970-1980 | |||||||||
6 | 7 | Correspondence-Boston University MOnetary appointments 1922-1964 | |||||||||
6 | 8 | Correspondence-Donations, loans, and appraisal of collections ca 1937-1979 | |||||||||
6 | 9 | Correspondence-Exhibits and collections ca 1953-1979 | |||||||||
6 | 10 | Correspondence-Exhibit, The Art of Book in the East ca 1954-1958 | |||||||||
6 | 11 | Correspondence-Exhibits Islamic and Persian Art ca 1958-1963 | |||||||||
6 | 12 | Correspondence-Faculty and student research 1937-1959 | |||||||||
6 | 13 | Correspondence-Publications and reviews ca 1937-1978 | |||||||||
6 | 14 | Correspondence-Research on North American Indians and the southwest 1931-1979 | |||||||||
6 | 15 | Correspondence-Single Cell Research Foundation 1954-1970 | |||||||||
6 | 16 | Correspondence, Undated | |||||||||
Subseries II: General ca. 1920-1980 | |||||||||||
This series is arranged alphabetically. It contains Awards, recognitions, memberships, collection value, curriculum vitae, faculty and student evaluation, inventory of artifacts, invitations and announcements, journal, key to catalogue numbers of Wyman Collection, lectures and speaking engagements, miscellaneous, museum programs, flyers, catalogues, notes for exhibits, outlines, teaching materials, travel logs and itineraries. | |||||||||||
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7 | 1 | Awards, recognitions, and memberships | |||||||||
7 | 2 | Collection value ca. 1953-1958 | |||||||||
7 | 3 | Collection value-American Indian ca. 1960 | |||||||||
7 | 4 | Collection value-Asian | |||||||||
7 | 5 | Collection value-Egyptian and African | |||||||||
7 | 6 | Collection value-Islamic ca. 1958 | |||||||||
7 | 7 | Collection value-Latin America | |||||||||
7 | 8 | Collection value-Persian and Indian ca. 1953-1958 | |||||||||
7 | 9 | CURRICULAM VITAE and personal information ca. 1927-1959 | |||||||||
7 | 10 | Faculty and student evaluation ca. 1948-1969 | |||||||||
7 | 11 | Inventory of artifacts | |||||||||
7 | 12 | Invitations and announcements | |||||||||
7 | 13 | Journal 1920 | |||||||||
7 | 14 | Key to catalogue numbers of Wyman Collection | |||||||||
7 | 15 | Lectures and speaking engagements 1933-1972 | |||||||||
7 | 16 | Miscellaneous | |||||||||
7 | 17 | Museum programs, flyers, catalogues ca. 1954-1970 | |||||||||
7 | 18 | Captions for exhibits | |||||||||
7 | 19 | Outlines | |||||||||
7 | 20 | Teaching materials | |||||||||
7 | 21 | Travel logs and itineraries | |||||||||
Subseries III: Essays and publications | |||||||||||
This series is arranged alphabetically. It contains bibliography, essays, journal articles, newsletters, publications, and papers and publications by others. | |||||||||||
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8 | 1 | Bibliography 1922-1959 1970 | |||||||||
8 | 2 | Essays | |||||||||
8 | 3 | Journal articles | |||||||||
8 | 4 | Newsletters | |||||||||
8 | 5 | Publications 1920s | |||||||||
8 | 6 | Publications 1930s | |||||||||
8 | 7 | Publications 1940s | |||||||||
8 | 8 | Publications 1950s | |||||||||
8 | 9 | Publications 1960s-1970s | |||||||||
8 | 10 | Papers and publications by others ca 1912-1968 | |||||||||
Subseries 4: Lecture note cards | |||||||||||
Lecture note cards from his teaching days at Boston University on the topics of American Indians, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian culture and art. | |||||||||||
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9 | Lecture note cards-American Indians | ||||||||||
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10 | Lecture note cards-American Indians/China and Japan | ||||||||||
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11 | Lecture note cards-China and Japan/India | ||||||||||
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12 | Lecture note cards-India |