Calvin, Ross, 1889-

Ross Randall Calvin was born in Illinois in 1889. He attended De Pauw University (graduating in 1911), Harvard, where he got his Ph.D. in English in 1916, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City from 1920-1921. He served as an Episcopalian minister at the Church of the Good Shepard in Silver City, New Mexico, from 1927-1942, and at the St. James Church in Clovis, N.M. thereafter. He was the author of four noted publications as well as a contributor to numerous religious and regional publications. Calvin's non-religious writings deal primarily with the southwest and the climatological, archaeological, anthropological, and historical influences in this region's present cultural and ecological state.

From the guide to the Ross Calvin Photograph Collection, 1880-1970, (Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico.)

Ross Randall Calvin was born in Illinois in 1889. He attended De Pauw University (graduating in 1911), Harvard, where he got his Ph.D. in English in 1916, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City from 1920-1921. He served as an Episcopalian minister at the Church of the Good Shepard in Silver City, New Mexico, from 1927-1942, and at the St. James Church in Clovis, N.M. thereafter. He was the author of four noted publications ( Sky Determines ; River of the Sun ; The People of New Mexico ; Lieutenant Emory Reports ; as well as a contributor to numerous religious and regional publications (such as Arizona Highways, New Mexico Magazine, and the Southwest Churchman ). Calvin's non-religious writings deal primarily with the southwest and the climatological, archaeological, anthropological, and historical influences in this region's present cultural and ecological state. A review of Calvin's book Sky Determines, published in the Minneapolis Journal sums up Ross Calvin as "a desert-loving clergyman."

From the guide to the Ross Calvin Papers, 1899-1969, (University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research.)

Ross Calvin was a noted author and naturalist in southwestern New Mexico.

From the description of Papers, 1902-1965. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 25740860

Ross Randall Calvin was born in Illinois in 1889. He attended De Pauw University (graduating in 1911), Harvard, where he got his Ph. D. in English in 1916, and the General Theological Seminary in New York City from 1920-1921. He served as an Episcopalian minister at the Church of the Good Shepard in Silver City, New Mexico, from 1927-1942, and at the St. James Church in Clovis, N.M. thereafter. He was the author of four noted publications as well as a contributor to numerous religious and regional publications. Calvin's non-religious writings deal primarily with the southwest and the climatological, archaeological, anthropological, and historical influences in this region's present cultural and ecological state.

From the description of Papers, 1899-1969. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 45456488