Luther Cressman papers, 1930-1990.

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Luther Cressman papers, 1930-1990.

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Collection includes personal papers, professional papers, publications, field notes, slides and negatives of Luther Cressman (1897-1994), an anthropologist and University of Oregon professor who focused on prehistoric man in Oregon. Personal papers includes media related to the controversy over anthropologist Margaret Mead, who was Cressman's first wife, and her research in Samoa, including an editorial by Cressman. Collection also includes field journals, photographs, and other material related to Cressman's research at Fort Rock Cave in Oregon, where he discovered bark sandals determined to be 10,000 years old, and Catlow Caves. Collection includes correspondence and manuscripts related to Cressman's publications, which included a volume of memoirs and works on prehistoric man in Oregon and the West.

12 linear ft. (26 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6811681

University of Oregon Libraries

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Cressman, Luther S., 1897-1994

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American anthropologist Luther Sheeleigh Cressman (1897-1994) was an authority on prehistoric man in the Pacific Northwest and founded the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon, which he chaired from 1935 to his retirement in 1963. Cressman discovered sagebrush bark sandals determined to be 10,000 years old at Fort Rock in Lake County, Or. He was deeply involved in regional anthropology organizations, including the University of Oregon's Museum of Natural History, the Oregon Sta...

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

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American anthropologist. From the description of Letter 1968 June 12. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38156541 Anthropologist. From the description of Collection re Margaret Mead, 1978-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131863 Anthropologist, author, and educator. From the description of Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996 (bulk 1911-1978). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068917 M...

University of Oregon. Center for Teaching Writing

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The Univeristy of Oregon was established on October 19, 1872 and began classes on October 16, 1876. In 1915 there were 119 professors and instructors; by 1934 that number had grown to over 174 faculty. From the guide to the Faculty bulletins and scrapbooks, 1914-1934, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) The High School debating league was started by the Oregon Teacher Association. The University of Oregon contributed by publishing th...