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Underhill, Ruth, 1883-1984

 Person

Biography

Sources found: Provision for war cripples in Italy, 1918: t.p. (Ruth Underhill) found: Work a day life of the Pueblos, 1983: CIP t.p. (Ruth Underhill) found: Curr. biog. index, 1984 (Underhill, Ruth Murray; b. Aug. 22, 1884; d. Aug. 15, 1984) found: E-mail to PSD, Mar. 14, 2011 (faxes of birth and baptism certificates: Ruth Murray Underhill; b. Aug. 22, 1883) found: SSDI, Mar. 14, 2011 (Underhill, Ruth; b. Aug. 22, 1883; d. Aug. 1984; last address of record: Denver) found: LC database, Mar. 14, 2011 (hdg.: Underhill, Ruth Murray, 1884-1984; usage: Ruth Underhill, Ruth M. Underhill, Ruth Murray Underhill)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

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