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Transferred by Professors Daniel Reichman and Robert J. Foster of the Department of Anthropology.
Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) was a founding figure of American anthropology. After graduating from Union College in 1840, he returned to his hometown of Aurora, New York, to pursue his career as a lawyer. After finding little success, Morgan moved to Rochester in 1844 and began studying the Iroquois. He published his ethnography
In 1963, the University's Department of Anthropology established the Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series to remember Morgan's legacy and honor his contributions to the University of Rochester. Funding for the series was provided by the families of alumni Joseph R. Wilson and Joseph C. Wilson. Professor Leslie White of the University of Michigan, a Morgan scholar, gave the first lecture, entitled "Lewis Henry Morgan: The Man, The Scientist."
[Item title, item date], Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series Posters, UA18, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Lewis Henry Morgan Papers (A.M85)
Published versions of the following lectures are available in the River Campus Libraries.
Fortes, Meyer.
Eggan, Fred.
Adams, Robert McC.
Turner, Victor W.
Goodenough,Ward A.
Fallers, Lloyd A.
Colson, Elizabeth
Bailey, F.G.
Munn, Nancy D.
Smith, Robert.
Moore, Sally Falk.
Obeyesekere, Gananath.
Tambiah, Stanley.
Rosen, Lawrence.
Martin, Emily.
Bloch, Maurice.
Parry, Jonathan.
Strathern, Marilyn.
Good, Byron.
Lave, Jean.
Guyer, Jane I.
Miller, Daniel.
Hannerz, Ulf.
Abu-Lughod, Lila.
Errington, Frederick, and Deborah Gewertz.
Matory, J. Lorand.
Ferguson, James.
de la Cadena, Marisol.
van der Veer, Peter.
This collection contains posters advertising the Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series. Lectures cover a wide range of topics from subfields of anthropology including cultural, legal, linguistic, and political anthropology. Dates provided in the content list indicate when lectures were given.
Most posters are 14" by 20". Some of these posters are accompanied by posters that are 11" by 16.5", 6" by 14", and 7" by 10".
To request reproductions or permission to publish materials from the collection, please contact the University of Rochester Archives (
Posters are arranged chronologically.
"Lewis Henry Morgan Biography."
"River Campus Colleges."