Under graduation at the University of California, Berkeley.

Barrett was the first student to receive a Ph.D., in 1908,under Alfred Kroeber.

• Barrett was most recognized for his efforts in ethnography of California.

• He undertook fieldwork among the Pomp, Miwok, Maidu, Yokuts, Yuki and Wintun for the Department of Anthropology at Berkeley.

• Barrett's most famous work of museology anthropological research is best viewed in Wisconsin.

Memoir of the Rev. Samuel Barrett, D. D.: With a Selected Series of His Discourses, The Ethno-Geography of the Pomo and Neighboring Indians , Pomo Indian Basketry (1908).