Oral history interview with Rhoda Métraux, 1994
- 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.