New world archaeological foundation

Edwin Nelson Ferdon Jr. (1913 June 14- ) is a notable ethnologist noted for his studies of the peoples of Polynesia and the Americas. He earned his bachelors degree from the University of New Mexico, and a masters from the University of Southern California. He worked as a museum curator, researcher, and associate director in Southwestern cultural heritage institutions, retiring in 1983 from the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona.

From the guide to the Edwin Ferdon slides and negatives of Mesoamerica and Southern Mexico, 1906-1956, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)