Helen Heffron Roberts | |
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 Helen Heffron Roberts in CA, 1926, by J. P. Harrington. Likely shot during recording sessions of the now extinct Konomihu language in Somes Bar, CA. | |
| Born | June 12, 1888 |
| Died | March 26, 1985 (aged 96) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | American Conservatory of Music, Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Anthropologist, ethnomusicologist |
Helen Heffron Roberts (1888–1985) was an American anthropologist and pioneer ethnomusicologist. Her work included the study of the origins and development of music among the Jamaican Maroons, and the Puebloan peoples of the American southwest. Her recordings of ancient Hawaiian meles are archived at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu. Roberts was a protege of Alfred V. Kidder and Franz Boas.