Richard I. Ford papers 1968-2005 1970-1990

ArchivalResource

Richard I. Ford papers 1968-2005 1970-1990

University of Michigan professor of anthropology; professor of botany; curator of ethnology; and former director of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology. Well-known for his innovative research in archaeology, ethnobotany, and paleoethnobotany, as well as a long and distinguished teaching career and dedication to public and professional service.

28 linear feet

eng,

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6388712

Bentley Historical Library

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

University of Michigan.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f803v2 (corporateBody)

Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Ford, Richard I.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62m153f (person)

Richard Irving Ford was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 27, 1941, and raised in Livingston, New Jersey. He earned his bachelor's degree with high honors in anthropology from Oberlin College in 1963. Ford then attended the University of Michigan for graduate work in anthropology (MA, 1965, PhD, 1968), where he worked with influential American anthropologist James B. Griffin, and studied ethnobotany under the guidance of distinguished ethnobotanist Volney H. Jones. ...

University of Michigan. Museum of Anthropology.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv5ns7 (corporateBody)

Established in 1922, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Michigan is one of the major research facilities in the United States for the collection and study of archaeological and ethnological materials. From the description of Museum of Anthropology (University of Michigan) records, 1894-1990. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 79108231 The Latin American Ethnohistory Library was created by Joyce Marcus, and supplemented with funding from D...

Ford, Richard I.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62m153f (person)

Richard Irving Ford was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 27, 1941, and raised in Livingston, New Jersey. He earned his bachelor's degree with high honors in anthropology from Oberlin College in 1963. Ford then attended the University of Michigan for graduate work in anthropology (MA, 1965, PhD, 1968), where he worked with influential American anthropologist James B. Griffin, and studied ethnobotany under the guidance of distinguished ethnobotanist Volney H. Jones. ...

University of Michigan. Faculty.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d28b5n (corporateBody)