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Date:1962
Contributor:Myers, Merlin G.
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography | Linguistics | Architecture | Kinship | Marriage customs and rites | Economic conditions | Demographics | Gender | Social life and customs | Rites and ceremonies
Type:Text
Genre:Dissertations
Extent:315 pages
Description: This dissertation by anthropologist Merlin G. Myers was submitted to Cambridge University in 1962. The author focuses on the economic features and composition of household groups, political and ritual aspects of matrilineal descent, kinship and marriage, and the effects of these on the household group. He pays particular attention to variables relating to age, gender, and relations between generations. The study is based on Myers' field research in 1956-1958, during which he (accompanied by his wife, whose associations with Longhouse women led to some valuable insights) worked in both English and halting Cayuga. Among other sources, Myers had access to unpublished field notes of William N. Fenton, who also introduced Myers to members of the Six Nations Reserve. This item was a gift of William N. Fenton. Published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2006.
Collection:Household structure among the Longhouse Iroquois of the Six Nations Reserve (Mss.970.3.M99)
Culture:
Mohawk includes: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language:English
Date:1635, 1936, 1939, 1957, 1972-1978, 1988, 1998
Contributor:Awkeks, Aren | Akwesasne Mohawk Counselor Organization | Fadden, Ray | Fenton, William N., (William Nelson), 1908-2005 | Reid, Gerald F., 1953-
Type:Text | Still Image
Genre:Correspondence | Newspaper clippings | Photographs | Genealogies
Extent:1 linear foot
Description: The Mohawk material in the Fenton papers can be found in multiple sections. In Series I, see correspondence with Akwesasne Mohawk Counselor Organization, Akwesasne Notes, Ray Fadden, Gerald Reid. Other correspondences may potentially contain additional info. In Series IIa, see the subject file for the Akwesasne Mohawk Counselor Organization and "Dutch Journal to Mohawk Country." Series III includes multiple drafts of Fenton's "Mohawk" chapter for the Handbook of North American Indians. Series IV contains a few papers by other on Mohawk language and history. Series VI contains a photo of "Wah-nee-nah. Mohawk Indian Maid, Vocalist." In Series VIII, see subseries A and B, which include genealogical information, field notes from Akwesasne (labelled as "St. Regis"), and miscellaneous historical notes.
Collection:William N. Fenton papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.20)