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Alexander H. and Dorothea Cross Leighton Navajo research files

Collection — Box: 1

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.

Creator

Leighton, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1908-2007. (Person)
Leighton, Dorothea Cross, 1908-1992. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Alexander Leighton graduated from Princeton University in 1932, a Master's degree from Cambridge University, and an M.D. from Johns Hopkins Medical School. During his psychiatric training he was granted a Social Science Research Fellowship, which allowed him to carry out field work among the Navajo under the sponsorship of Columbia University in collaboration with his wife and fellow resident Dorothea Cross Leighton.