University of Denver. Department of Anthropology
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Anthropology Records
Collection
Identifier: U003
Abstract
This collection contains the records of the Anthropology Department at the University of Denver, established in 1917 with Etienne Renaud as its first department head. Anthropology is a department in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. This collection contains administrative records of the department, including memos, syllabi, correspondence, program development, and reports.
Dates:
Other: 1930-2009
Etienne B. Renaud Papers
Collection
Identifier: M015
Abstract
Etienne B. Renaud (1880-1973) served as a faculty member of University of Denver Department of Anthropology from 1920-1948. Renaud influenced archeaological survey methods describing one of the first attempts at systematic excavation in the American Southwest. In 1929 he directed a field expedition for the Colorado Museum of Natural History. He conducted archaeological surveys of the American plains area including Eastern Colorado, 1930-1933; Eastern Wyoming, 1931; Western Nebraska,...
Dates:
1916-1965
Ruth Underhill Papers
Collection
Identifier: M060
Abstract
Anthropologist Ruth Murray Underhill served as Supervisor of Indian Education with the U.S. Indian Service from 1942-1948 and was professor of Anthropology at the University of Denver from 1948-1952. She was born in Ossining, New York on August 22, 1883 and graduated from Vassar College in 1905 with a B.A. in comparative literature. She earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University in 1934 and worked for the U.S. Indian Service (later the Bureau of Indian Affairs). Underhill was...
Dates:
1888-1987; Majority of material found within 1950-1960