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Leighton, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1908-2007.

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander H. and Dorothea Cross Leighton Navajo research files

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070745587]
Identifier: 6937
Scope and content

Files relating to the Leightons' work with the Navajo include lectures on personality organization study; correspondence, typescript and manuscript notes on Navajo religion; typescripts, correspondence, notes, and forms on various human relations subjects; Navajo personality studies; notes and reports on material and social aspects of Navajo culture; paper: "Some Types of Uneasiness and Fear in a Navaho Indian Community," 1941-1942; correspondence; and clippings relating to Navajos.

Dates: 1933-1942.

Cornell University Department of Sociology and Anthropology records

 Collection — Box 4: [Barcode: 31924131863031]
Identifier: 14-25-2209
Abstract

Records for a research training seminar and various other reports.

Dates: 1951-1955.

Japanese American relocation centers records

 Collection — Box 30: [Barcode: 31924065229159]
Identifier: 3830
Abstract

Includes documentation collected by military sociologists on two World War II-era Japanese-American relocation centers, along with sociological observations and studies.

Dates: 1935-1953.

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Subject
Anthropology -- Study and teaching. 1
Autobiographies (literary genre) 1
Blueprints. 1
Internment camps -- United States 1
Interviewing in sociology. 1