Anthropology at Harvard : a biographical history, 1790-1940 / David L. Browman & Stephen Williams.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University, [2013]

xi, 589 pages, 64 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm.

A brief chronology of events related to the history of anthropology at Harvard -- Harvard contributions to the origins of Americanist archaeology, 1790-1860 -- The Lawrence Scientific School, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Peabody Museum, 1847-1866 -- Frederic Putnam and his student cohort, 1859--1875 -- Development of the Peabody Museum and its collections, 1875-1890 -- The influence of other professionals and the Archaeological Institute of America, 1865-1890 -- Development of the Harvard Anthropology Graduate Program, 1890-1900 -- Graduate students, faculty, and others, 1890-1900 -- Putnam's students at the American Museum of Natural History, 1894-1903 -- Professionals, benefactors, and supporters, 1890-1910 -- Peabody Museum students and faculty, 1900-1919 -- Growth and professionalism in the twenties -- An explosion of scholars, 1929-1939.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-555) and index.