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[Identification of item], Ernestine Friedl Papers, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Ernestine Friedl Papers were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 2004.
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Personal Information: Born August 13, 1920, in Szegled, Hungary; U.S. citizen; daughter of Nicholas and Ethel (Neudorfer) Friedl. Education: Hunter College (now Hunter College of the City University of New York), A.B., 1941; Columbia University, Ph.D., 1950. Memberships: American Anthropological Association (fellow; president, 1975), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (fellow), American Association for the Advancement of Science (fellow), American Ethnological Society (president, 1967), Northeastern Anthropological Association (president, 1971), Phi Beta Kappa.
Awards: Fulbright and Wenner-Gren Foundation Award, for
Career: Wellesley College, instructor in anthropology, 1944-46; Queens College of the City University of New York, 1947-74, assistant professor, 1955-61, associate professor, 1962-65, professor of anthropology, 1965-74, chair of department, 1964-68, executive officer of Ph.D. program in anthropology, 1969-70; Duke University, professor of anthropology, 1973-, chair of department, 1973-78, dean of Arts and Sciences and Trinity College, 1980-1985.
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[Adapted from: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2005. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2005.]
The Ernestine Friedl papers include personal and professional correspondence, subject files, course materials, articles, reprints, field notes, and sound recordings related to her anthropological research and her roles as professor and administrator at Queens College and Duke University.
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