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Addresses, book reviews, radio talks, chapter drafts, lesson plans, and other miscellaneous papers written by Hewett and others. Topics include Southwestern archaeology, world history, Native American history, and the work of the School of American Research.

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Student term papers from Hewett's archaeology and sociology classes at the University of New Mexico. Also includes the following papers: "Indian Corn: Its Origin and Early Use" by Anna O. Shepard; and "A Study of the Textile Activities as Employed by the Ancient Peoples of the Southwest with a critical review of Textiles, Methods, Uses, Decorations and Terminology" by Sara Goddard, which includes samples of woven plant material.

Scope and Contents Papers, newspaper articles, and publications by and about Aleš Hrdlička, a physical anthropologist with the Smithsonian Institution. Topics include: physical anthropology, anthropometry, eugenics, race, and immigration. Aleš Hrdlička, "Race Deterioration and Destruction with Special Reference to the American People," reprinted from "Proceedings of the Third Race Betterment Conference," Jan. 2-6,...

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Lists of books, references, reports, and articles on topics related to archaeology, art, anthropology, ethnology, Southwestern history, and related topics. Also includes course outlines and a paper titled "A Proposed Classification of Southwestern Culture Periods Based on Ceramic Development" by Lyndon L. Hargrave and Harold S. Colton.

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Papers cover three topics: lists of lantern slides taken during Hewett's 1934-1936 summer field schools by Professor Verle L. Annis (University of Southern California) of locations and buildings in Guatemala and Peru; mid-term papers from Hewett's Sociology 142 class; and two undated term papers on Native American mythology.

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Contains two sets of undated papers: first, vocabulary translations of an unidentified (Native American?) language, possibly by linguist Leonora F. Curtin Paloheimo; and second, an unpublished paper titled "Art as a Social Force" by Mary R. Van Stone.

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Annotated and edited manuscript of Hewett's book, Ancient Life in the American Southwest, published in 1930.

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Carbon copy of the 1938 manuscript of Hewett's book Ancient Andean Life, which was published in 1939.

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Printer's copy of the manuscript of Hewett's book Ancient Andean Life, which was published in 1939.

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Edited manuscript of Hewett's book Ancient Life in Mexico and Central America, which was published in 1936.

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Edited English manuscript of Hewett's doctoral dissertation at the University of Geneva, "Ancient Society in the American Desert," published in French in 1908 as "Les communautes anciennes dans le desert americain."

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Sections of manuscripts from Hewett's published lecture series, "Man in the Pageant of the Ages." The lecture series consisted of three collections: "From Cave Dwelling to Mount Olympus" (1943); "Man and the State" (1944); and "Man and Culture" (1944). Also included are sections from the manuscripts of Hewett's books Ancient Life in the American Southwest (1930), Ancient Life in Mexico and Central America (1936), and Ancient Andean Life (1939).