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Walter A. Fairservis Jr. was an authority on the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China. Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Fairservis traveled throughout the United States with his mother, an actress. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees in anthropology from Columbia University and a second M.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

For many years Fairservis was associated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York where he first volunteered in 1941. In 1949 Fairservis led the first American archaeological expedition to Afghanistan where he discovered a long forgotten imperial city. In 1960 Fairservis led an expedition to Pakistan and discovered a large ceremonial complex which shed new light on the prehistoric Harappan civilization.

Throughout his professional career, Fairservis was associated with various institutions, including the Peabody Museum (Harvard), the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania and the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum in Seattle. In 1969 he accepted the position of department head in anthropology at Vassar College and he taught at Vassar through 1993.

Publications include: The Roots of Ancient India (1969) The Ancient Kingdoms of the Nile and the Doomed Monuments of Nubia (1962) Cave Paintings of the Great Hunters (1959) The Harrapan Civilization and Its Writing: A Model for the Decipherment of the Indus Script (1992) The Archaeology of the Southern Gobi -- Mongolia (1993) Excavations at the Harappan site of Allahdino : the seals and other inscribed material (1976) South Asian Archaeology Studies (1993)

Sources: "Obituaries: Walter A. Fairservis, 73 Dies; Was Archaeologist and Author." . New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/16/obituaries/walter-a-fairservis-73-dies-was-archeologist-and-author.html?pagewanted=1

From the guide to the Fairservis, Walter A., Jr. (1921-1994) Papers, bulk, 1949-1993, (Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard University)

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Fairservis, Walter Ashlin, 1921-1994

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Walter A. Fairservis, Jr. papers,1941-1994.

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Walter A. Fairservis Jr. was an authority on ancient civilizations,including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China. The papers include expedition records,journals, manuscript and research materials and correspondence spanning Fairservis' professionalcareer.

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Pakistan field photographs, 1950-1951.

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Pakistan field photographs, 1950-1951.

Title: Pakistan field photographs, 1950-1951.

Photographs of various landscape scenes from Loralai and Zhob Districts, West Pakistan. The expedition scientist was Walter A. Fairservis, Jr. Photographs are identified.

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[Lauriston Ward, 1882-1960, papers, 1936-1960 inclusive].

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Ward, Lauriston. [Lauriston Ward, 1882-1960, papers, 1936-1960 inclusive].

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Field notes and manuscripts, 1851-1970, 1890-1960 (bulk).

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American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Anthropology. Field notes and manuscripts, 1851-1970, 1890-1960 (bulk).

Title: Field notes and manuscripts, 1851-1970, 1890-1960 (bulk).

Original field notes, some also in a typed version, and manuscripts of papers written and/or collected for the most part by curators and research fellows associated with the Museum, including A.F. Vandelier, Wendell C. Bennett, Junius Bird, Walter A. Fairservis, Marshall H. Saville, Harry L. Shapiro, Herbert Spinden, George C. Vaillant, and Clark Wissler. Field notes encompass daily events, reports of informants, raw data, sketches, photographs, some maps, and Plains Indian winter counts (Indian calendars), including those of Short Bull, Iron Crow, and Battiste Good. Other anthropologists and individuals represented by several field notebooks and areas studied include Charles L. Bernheimer, Southwest exploration; William Beynon, Tsimshian ethnography; D.C. Duvall, Blackfoot ethnography; David G. Mandelbaum, Plains Cree ethnography; James R. Murie, Pawnee ethnography; C.E. Schaeffer, Kutenai ethnography; V. Stefansson, Eskimo ethnography; and James R. Walker, Dakota ethnography.

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The prehistoric cultures of Shabarakh Usu; a study in Central Asiatic archaeology. 1948.

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Fairservis, Walter Ashlin, 1921-1994. The prehistoric cultures of Shabarakh Usu; a study in Central Asiatic archaeology.

Title: The prehistoric cultures of Shabarakh Usu; a study in Central Asiatic archaeology. 1948.

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Papers of Ida Pruitt, 1850s-1992

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Papers of Ida Pruitt, 1850s-1992

Title: Papers of Ida Pruitt, 1850s-1992

Correspondence, writings, photographs, and papers of Ida Pruitt documenting her life and family in China and United States.

ArchivalResource: 69 file boxes, 5 card file boxes, 10 folio folders, 8 folio+ folders, 8 oversize folders, 1 supersize folder; Photographs: 307 folders, 18 folio folders, 2 folio+ folders, 2 volumes, 4 daguerreotypes, 2 ambrotypes, 1 tintype

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Fairservis, Walter Ashlin, 1921-1994

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Walter A. Fairservis, Jr.

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Fairservis, Walter A. (Walter Ashlin), 1921-1994

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