Matheny, Ray T.
Variant namesDr. Matheny was a veteran of World War II and the Korean war and was a professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University for many years.
From the description of Interview, ca. 1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83212456
Ray T. Matheny (1925-)formerly served in the Air Force and set up an athropology field in Montezuma Canyon for Brigham Young University.
Ray T. Matheny was born in Los Angeles, California on 15 February 1925. He spent eleven years in the Air Force, including three during WWII. He was a prisoner of war of Germany for 16 months. His aviation career lasted twenty years, before he returned to college to for ten years to pursue anthropology. Ray received his doctorate in anthropology from the University of Oregon. His thesis centered on the Montezuma Canyon in Utah, and he later returned to set up an anthropology field there for BYU. He and his wife had six children.
From the guide to the Oral history interview with Ray T. Matheny, 1972, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
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creatorOf | Matheny, Ray T. Interview, 23 Jul 1973. | Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society | |
creatorOf | Matheny, Ray T. Oral history interview with Ray T. Matheny. | Harold B. Lee Library | |
creatorOf | Matheny, Ray T. Interview, ca. 1983. | Harold B. Lee Library | |
creatorOf | Oral history interview with Ray T. Matheny, 1972 | L. Tom Perry Special Collections |
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associatedWith | Page, Albert R., | person |
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Indians of North America |
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World War, 1939-1945 |
World War, 1939-1945 |
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Birth 1925-02-15