Chiefs of BAE after Powell, 1902-1965

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Summary

1902-1965. William Henry Holmes succeeds Powell as Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1902-1909) followed by: Frederick Webb Hodge, Ethnologist-in-Charge, 1910-1918; Jesse Walter Fewkes, Chief, 1918-1928; Matthew W. Stirling, Chief, 1928-1954, Director, 1954-1957; Frank H.H. Roberts, Jr., Director, 1957-1964; and Henry B. Collins, Acting Director, 1964-1965.

Subject

  • Collins, Henry Bascom 1899-
  • Fewkes, Jesse Walter 1850-1930
  • Hodge, Frederick Webb 1864-1956
  • Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933
  • Roberts, Frank H. H (Frank Harold Hanna) 1897-1966
  • Stirling, Matthew Williams 1896-1975
  • Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Guide to Smithsonian Archives. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution Number 4., p. 88

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1902

Topic

Directors

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