Brew, J. O. (John Otis), 1906-1988
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1906 - 1988
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Awatovi Expedition records
FOUND IN:
Peabody Museum Archives
Collection Identifier: 995-11, 35-126, 36-131, 38-120,39-97
Overview:
The collection documents the Peabody Museum Expedition to Awatovi (northeastern Arizona) from 1935-39, and includes historical material, financial records, field notes, diaries, photographs, drawings, correspondence, and field and artifact cards.
Papers of J.O. Brew
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUGFP 28.xx
Overview:
John Otis “J.O.” or “Jo” Brew (1906-1988), archaeologist, worked at the Harvard Peabody Museum and taught as Peabody Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology, spending his career at Harvard from 1928 until his retirement in 1972. The collection includes correspondence and related papers, teaching materials, research and subject files, biographical materials, and reprints and pamphlets.
Professional papers of J.O. Brew
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 405
Overview:
John Otis “J.O.” or “Jo” Brew (1906-1988), archaeologist, worked at the Harvard Peabody Museum and taught as Peabody Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology, spending his career at Harvard from 1928 until his retirement in 1972. Beyond teaching, he was actively involved in "salvage archaeology," working with a number of domestic and international organizations, including the National Park Service Advisory Board, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Human Relations Area Files, Inc.,...
Lorna Marshall research papers Digital
FOUND IN:
Peabody Museum Archives
Collection Identifier: 2018.9.1
Scope and Contents:
This collection includes research material collected and produced in part by Lorna Jean McLean Marshall regarding the Marshall family’s eight journeys to Namibia, Botswana and Angola to research the lifeways of African hunter-gatherers, primarily the G/ui and Ju/’hoansi. Of note are detailed itineraries; files organized by subject matter; chronological files; correspondence; notes by other scholars who accompanied the Marshalls on their expeditions, including Robert Dyson, J. Otis Brew,...
Southwest Africa Expeditions records Digital
FOUND IN:
Peabody Museum Archives
Collection Identifier: 51-60-00-56-57-00-58-43-00
Scope and Contents:
This collection comprises expedition correspondence, field note excerpts, field reports, research permits, bibliographies, news clippings, South West African government reports, and financial records (inventories, purchase lists, expense records, travel records, receipts, and cancelled checks). Of note are records related to expedition planning (including the co-sponsorship of the Smithsonian Institution starting in 1955), correspondence and reports sent from the expedition sites, and...
The Excavators' Club of Harvard University records
FOUND IN:
Peabody Museum Archives
Collection Identifier: 53-12-00/1
Scope and Contents:
The papers documents the conception of and organization of the Club, highlighting its work at the Blue Hills, St. Johns River, and Danforth-Foxcroft sites. Rowe's "President's File" consists primarily of correspondence regarding the formation of the club, the membership, and arrangements for speakers and digs. Later correspondence (1950's) concerns the deposition of Excavators' Club materials in the Peabody Museum. Many of the materials excavation by Club members are in the Peabody...
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- Subject
- Correspondence 3
- Field notes 3
- Diaries 2
- Ethnological expeditions -- Africa -- History -- 20th century 2
- Ethnology -- Angola 2
- Ethnology -- Namibia 2
- Ethnology -- South Africa 2
- Ethnology--Botswana 2
- Hunting and gathering societies 2
- Maps 2
- Visual anthropology -- Africa 2
- Archaeology 1
- Awatovi (Ariz.) 1
- Ceramics 1
- Decorative arts 1
- Drawings (visual works) 1
- Ethnographic films -- History 1
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona -- Awatovi 1
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Massachusetts 1
- Financial records 1
- G/wi (African people) 1
- G/wi (African people) -- Social life and customs 1
- Hopi (culture or style) 1
- Hopi pottery 1
- House furnishings 1
- Indigenous peoples -- Arizona 1
- Indigenous peoples -- Southwest, new 1
- Ju/'hoansi (African people) 1
- Ju/'hoansi (African people) -- Social life and customs 1
- Photographs 1
- Photography 1
- Photoprints. 1
- Pottery -- American 1
- Pottery -- Arizona -- Awatovi 1
- Reports 1
- Research Notes 1
- Research notes 1
- San (African people) 1
- San (African people) -- Social life and customs 1
- Shoshone 1
- Women anthropologists 1 ∧ less
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