Name
Métraux, Rhoda, 1914-2003 (Interviewee)
Olinger, Chauncey G (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Rhoda Métraux, 1994
Abstract
(1914-2003) Born of German heritage; privileged childhood as daughter of successful German banker during immediate post war, World War I, bilingual education in German and English in the home, strong emphasis on education; Trips to early Hitler Germany; Undergraduate education: Vassar College; Early marriage into army culture; First husband Arthur's suicide, and subsequent mourning; Work for Oxford University Press in 1930s New York City; Political activism against nazism in 1930s New York City; Enrollment in Yale anthropology graduate program after conversation with Bronislaw Malinowski
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Anthropologists--United States; German Americans; Métraux, Rhoda, 1914-2003
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1994
Note (Biographical)
Cultural anthropologist
Note
Interviewed by Chauncy G. Olinger, Jr. on August 28, 1994
Note (Provenance)
Rhoda Métraux, Gift
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
15311054
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-c7xx-j810
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.