Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1912.
Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.
Month | Day | Event | Source of Information | Notes |
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August | No day | L.H. Dudley Buxton awarded Distinction in Diploma of Anthropology | Peter Rivière |
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August | No day | Beatrice Blackwood awarded 2nd class degree in English language and literature | DNB entry | |
September | by | Sometime during academic year 1911-12, Blackwood meets Maria Czaplicka for the first time. She opened Blackwood's eyes to anthropological research | Frances Larson pers comm.; PRM Manuscript Collections, Blackwood papers box 33, letter to Antoni Kuczynskiy, 15 March 1971 | |
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Unspecified | Tylor knighted | DNB entry |
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Unspecified | Balfour reappointed Curator for further 7 years | Relational Museum timelines | ||
Unspecified | Balfour resigns as secretary to the Delegates of the OUMNH | Relational Museum timelines | ||
Unspecified | George Reginald Carline (1885-1932) volunteers, working on drafting list of accessions up to 1912 | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1912 | He would later become a diploma student, see 1919 | |
Unspecified | Wilfred Susan Blackman volunteers at Museum working on fire-making and music catalogues | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1912 | ||
Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Graphic art, rock / cave paintings, slings bolas lassoes, weighing appliances | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1912 | ||
Unspecified | Delegates from the Congress of Americanists held in London visit Museum | Annual Report 1912 |
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