Background
Mason, John Alden was born on January 14, 1885 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Albert and Ellen Louise (Shaw) Mason.
anthropologist archaeologist linguist
Mason, John Alden was born on January 14, 1885 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Albert and Ellen Louise (Shaw) Mason.
Bachelor of Arts, Central High School, Philadelphia, 1903, University of Pennsylvania, 1907. Graduate work University of Pennsylvania, 1907-1910. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, 1910-1911, research fellow, 1916.
Doctor of Letters, Franklin and Marshall College, 1958.
He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1907 and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley in 1911. His dissertation was an ethnographic study of the Salinan Amerindian ethnic group of California. He also authored a number of linguistic studies, including a study of Piman languages.
His later ethnographic works included studies of the Tepehuan.
The first series of Juan Bobo stories published in the United States. occurred in 1921. They appeared in the Journal of American Folklore under the title Porto Rican Folklore, and were collected by Mason from Puerto Rican school children.
Mason was curator of the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania from 1926 until his retirement in 1958. His papers are housed at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president 1944), American Anthropological Association (Vice-President 1944, editor, 1945-1948), Society American Archaeology (president 1944), Eastern States Archaeological Federation (president 1942-1946), American Ethnological Association (treasurer 1925), American Folk-Lore Society (council), Pennsylvania Folklore Society (president 1963-1965), Society Pennsylvania Archeology (president 1929-1930), Archeological Society Delaware, Philadelphia Anthropological Society (president 1927, 54), Pan American Association of Philadelphia (president 1948), American Museum National History. Member Sociedad de Geografia e Historia de Guatemala, New Jersey Archeological Society (editor).
Member Sigma Xi.
Married Florence Roberts, December 23, 1921. 1 child, John Alden.