Collection, 1889-1992 1921-1977.

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Collection, 1889-1992 1921-1977.

Contains correspondence, articles by and about Eiseley, biographical and genealogical materials, including a scrapbook, information about the Loren C. Eiseley Memorial Convocation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1977, and selected photographs and negatives of Eiseley and his family. Also included are family trees, marriage certificates, memorial service programs, letters, newspaper clippings, and family crests. The materials include a few handwritten transcriptions of Eiseley's works that appeared in The New York Herald and The American Mercury.

1 box (.4 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7636841

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977

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Loren Corey Eiseley was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1907. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a B.S. degree in English and geology/anthropology in 1933. He received an A.M. degree in anthropology in 1935 and a Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937. In 1937, Eiseley married Mabel Langdon. The Eiseleys moved to Kansas, then Ohio, then Pennsylvania, where Eiseley held a number of administrative posts at universities. He was active in several professional and aca...