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Anthropologists -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth Underhill, 1949-1952

 Item
Identifier: M060.02.0014.0007.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Ruth Underhill wearing bead necklace.

Dates: 1949-1952

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

William D. Schorger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M202
Abstract

Dr.William Schorger (1921-2003) was a professor of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan as well as an international scholar. The collection contains research, notes, articles, course materials and photos that he used during his work at the University of Michigan and in his research about North African and Middle Eastern cultures.

Dates: 1890-1972