Title:John M. Cooper and Regina F. Herzfeld Ethnographic Field Notes
Created:1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abstract:This collection contains the field notes of Catholic University anthropologists John M. Cooper and Regina F. Herzfeld, taken during their ethnographic studies of the James Bay Cree of Ontario, Canada in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. John Montgomery Cooper, priest, theologian, anthropologist and sociologist, served as professor and administrator at the Catholic University of America from 1909 until his death in 1949. Regina Flannery Herzfeld trained under Cooper in the Catholic University Department of Anthropology, then joined the faculty herself. This digital collection contains the field notes of Cooper and Regina Flannery Herzfeld taken primarily during their ethnographic studies of the James Bay Cree of Ontario, Canada in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. These voluminous notes, both handwritten and typed, are comprised of a series of 3 x 5 index cards and depict observations on the traditions, culture, language, and territories of the Cree and additional tribes. The collection also contains museum objects, teaching notes, student-faculty correspondence, published material, and chapter and article drafts by both Cooper and Herzfeld