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Regina Flannery Herzfeld

Regina Flannery Herzfeld (December 1904 – November 26, 2004) was an American anthropologist. She was a professor of anthropology at the Catholic University of America (CUA) from 1935 to 1971, and editor of Anthropological Quarterly from 1949 to 1963.

Regina Flannery Herzfeld
A white woman standing outdoors, wearing a suit jacket and white blouse
Regina Flannery (later Herzfeld) in the 1930s
Born
Regina Flannery

December 1904
Washington, D.C.
DiedNovember 26, 2004 (age 99)
Washington, D.C.
Occupation(s)Anthropologist, college professor
SpouseKarl Herzfeld
RelativesCharles M. Herzfeld (nephew)

Early life and education

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Regina Flannery was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Martin Markham Flannery and Regina Fowler Flannery. She attended a Catholic high school, and graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. She earned a master's degree in anthropology from the Catholic University of America in 1931, and completed her doctoral studies there in 1938.[1]

Career

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In 1935, Flannery was the first laywoman to join the faculty of CUA. She was an anthropology professor there, and a full professor from 1953[2] until her retirement in 1971; she was chair of the anthropology department from 1953 to 1969, the first woman to be a department head at CUA.[3][4][5]

Flannery's research involved studies of the Cree, Gros Ventre, Montagnais, and Mesaclero Apache cultures, especially marriage and social customs affecting women's and children's lives.[6][7] She was editor of Anthropological Quarterly from 1949 to 1963.[1] She was president of the Anthropology Society of Washington, and secretary of the American Anthropological Association.[8]

Publications

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Flannery published dozens of scholarly articles in academic journals, including Anthropological Quarterly,[9][10][11] Journal of Educational Sociology,[12] Southwestern Journal of Anthropology,[13] Journal of American Folklore,[14] Anthropos,[15] Arctic Anthropology,[16][17] and Anthropologica.[18]

  • "The Position of Woman among the Mescalero Apache" (1932)[9]
  • "Gossip as a Clue to Attitudes" (1934)[10]
  • "The Position of Woman among the Eastern Cree" (1935)[11]
  • "Some Aspects of James Bay Recreative Culture" (1936)[19]
  • "Child Behavior from the Standpoint of the Cultural Anthropologist" (1937)[12]
  • "Cross-Cousin Marriage among the Cree and Montagnais of James Bay" (1938)[20]
  • An Analysis of Coastal Algonquian Culture (1939)
  • "The Shaking-Tent Rite among the Montagnais of James Bay" (1939)[21]
  • "The Cultural Position of the Spanish River Indians" (1940)[22]
  • "Social Mechanisms in Gros Ventre Gambling" (1946, with John M. Cooper)[13]
  • "Algonquian Indian Folklore" (1947)[14]
  • The Gros Ventres of Montana (1952)
  • "Infancy and Childhood among the Indians of the East Coast of James Bay" (1962)[15]
  • "Some magico-religious concepts of the Algonquians on the east coast of James Bay" (1971)[23]
  • "Witiko Accounts from the James Bay Cree" (1981, with Mary Elizabeth Chambers and Patricia A. Jehle)[16]
  • "Each Man Has His Own Friends: The Role of Dream Visitors in Traditional East Cree Belief and Practice" (1985, with Mary Elizabeth Chambers)[17]
  • "John M. Cooper's Investigation of James Bay Family Hunting Grounds, 1927-1934" (1986, with Mary Elizabeth Chambers)[18]
  • Ellen Smallboy: Glimpses of a Cree Woman's Life (1995)[24]

Personal life

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Flannery married Vienna-born physicist Karl Herzfeld in 1938.[7] Her husband died in 1978, and she died in 2004, in Washington, shortly before her 100th birthday. CUA hosts an annual Regina Flannery Herzfeld symposium in her memory.[25] Some of her papers, including field notes, are in the archives at CUA.[26] Scientist and defense researcher Charles M. Herzfeld was her nephew.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regina Herzfeld, 99". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  2. ^ "Catholic U. Names Women Professors". The Tidings. 1952-12-12. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Regina Flannery Herzfeld (1904-2004)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  4. ^ "Dr. Flannery Heads Catholic U. Course". Evening Star. 1953-12-17. p. 36. Retrieved 2023-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "First Time Job for a Woman". The Tidings. 1953-12-25. p. 21. Retrieved 2023-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Flannery, Regina (1995). Ellen Smallboy: Glimpses of a Cree Woman's Life. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-1369-3.
  7. ^ a b Love, Philip H. (1938-07-10). "Old Indian Customs to be Studied in Northern Wilds". Evening Star. p. 29. Retrieved 2023-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Dr. Herzfeld is Re-elected". Evening Star. 1947-02-03. p. 23. Retrieved 2023-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b Flannery, Regina (1932). "The Position of Woman among the Mescalero Apache". Primitive Man. 5 (2/3): 26–32. doi:10.2307/3316371. ISSN 0887-3925. JSTOR 3316371.
  10. ^ a b Flannery, Regina (1934). "Gossip as a Clue to Attitudes". Primitive Man. 7 (1): 8–12. doi:10.2307/3316227. ISSN 0887-3925. JSTOR 3316227.
  11. ^ a b Flannery, Regina (1935). "The Position of Woman among the Eastern Cree". Primitive Man. 8 (4): 81–86. doi:10.2307/3316438. ISSN 0887-3925. JSTOR 3316438.
  12. ^ a b Flannery, Regina (1937). "Child Behavior from the Standpoint of the Cultural Anthropologist". The Journal of Educational Sociology. 10 (8): 470–478. doi:10.2307/2262413. ISSN 0885-3525. JSTOR 2262413.
  13. ^ a b Flannery, Regina; Cooper, John M. (December 1946). "Social Mechanisms in Gros Ventre Gambling". Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 2 (4): 391–419. doi:10.1086/soutjanth.2.4.3628543. ISSN 0038-4801. S2CID 147256393.
  14. ^ a b Flannery, Regina (1947). "Algonquian Indian Folklore". The Journal of American Folklore. 60 (238): 397–401. ISSN 0021-8715. JSTOR 536439.
  15. ^ a b Flannery, Regina (1962). "Infancy and Childhood among the Indians of the East Coast of James Bay". Anthropos. 57 (3/6): 475–482. ISSN 0257-9774. JSTOR 40455816.
  16. ^ a b Flannery, Regina; Chambers, Mary Elizabeth; Jehle, Patricia A. (1981). "Witiko Accounts from the James Bay Cree". Arctic Anthropology. 18 (1): 57–77. ISSN 0066-6939. JSTOR 40315990.
  17. ^ a b Flannery, Regina; Chambers, Mary Elizabeth (1985). "Each Man Has His Own Friends: The Role of Dream Visitors in Traditional East Cree Belief and Practice". Arctic Anthropology. 22 (1): 1–22. ISSN 0066-6939. JSTOR 40316077.
  18. ^ a b Flannery, Regina; Chambers, M. Elizabeth (1986). "John M. Cooper's Investigation of James Bay Family Hunting Grounds, 1927-1934". Anthropologica. 28 (1/2): 108–144. doi:10.2307/25605195. ISSN 0003-5459. JSTOR 25605195.
  19. ^ Flannery, Regina (1936). "Some Aspects of James Bay Recreative Culture". Primitive Man. 9 (4): 49–56. doi:10.2307/3316249. ISSN 0887-3925. JSTOR 3316249.
  20. ^ Flannery, Regina (1938). "Cross-Cousin Marriage among the Cree and Montagnais of James Bay". Primitive Man. 11 (1/2): 29–33. doi:10.2307/3316201. ISSN 0887-3925. JSTOR 3316201.
  21. ^ Flannery, Regina (1939). "The Shaking-Tent Rite among the Montagnais of James Bay". Primitive Man. 12 (1): 11–16. doi:10.2307/3316273. ISSN 0887-3925. JSTOR 3316273.
  22. ^ Flannery, Regina (1940). "The Cultural Position of the Spanish River Indians". Primitive Man. 13 (1): 1–25. doi:10.2307/3316350. ISSN 0887-3925. JSTOR 3316350.
  23. ^ Flannery, Regina (1971). "Some magico-religious concepts of the Algonquians on the east coast of James Bay". Themes in Culture: 31–39.
  24. ^ Flannery, Regina (1995). Ellen Smallboy: Glimpses of a Cree Woman's Life. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-1369-3.
  25. ^ "Annual Regina Flannery Herzfeld Symposium". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  26. ^ John M. Cooper and Regina F. Herzfeld Ethnographic Field Notes, Catholic University of America Archives & Special Collections.
  27. ^ "Charles Herzfeld Obituary - Washington, DC". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
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