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Anthropology -- Study and teaching (Higher)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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

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