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George Irving Quimby

Born: 05/04/1913   Grand Rapids , MI
Died: 02/17/2003
Parents: George Irving Quimby, Ethelyn S. Quimby
Spouse: Helen
Children: Sedna (Mrs. David Wineland), George Edward, John Emerson, Robert William

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Edward Curtis in the Land of the War Canoes: A Pioneer Cinematographer in the Pacific Northwest
- Co-Editor with Bill Holm 		Non Fiction Adult Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press 1980
Maritime Adaptations of the Pacific
- Co-editor with Richard Casteel 		Non Fiction Adult The Hague : Mouton ; Chicago : distributed by Aldine 1975
In the Land of the War Canoes: Kawkiutl Indian Life on the Northwest Coast
- Co-editor 		Non Fiction Adult Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press 1974
Indian Culture and European Trade Goods : The Archaeology of the Hisotric Period in the Western Great Lakes
- (Publication Years: 1966, reprinted 1978) 		Non Fiction Adult Madison, University of Wisconsin Press 1967
The Dunaw Creek Site, A 17th Century Prehistoric Indian Village and Cemetery in Osceana County, Michigan Non Fiction , Michigan History Adult Chicago: Field Museum Press 1966
Indian Life in the Upper Great Lakes: 11,000 B. C. to A. D. 1800
- Archeology, ethnology, and geography of the Upper Great Lakes (Publication Years: 1960, reprinted 1990) 		Non Fiction Adult Chicago : University of Chicago Press 1960
The old copper culture and the Keweenaw Waterway
- with Albert C. Spaulding. 		Non Fiction , Michigan History Adult Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum 1957
Indians of the Western Frontier: Paintings of George Catlin Non Fiction Adult Chicago, Ill: Chicago Natural History Museum 1954
Indians before Columbus; twenty thousand years of North American history revealed by archeology
- With Paul S. Martin and Donald Collier (Publication Years: 1947, reprinted 1975) 		Non Fiction , History Adult Chicago, Ill. : The University of Chicago press 1947
Tchefuncte Culture, an early occupation of the lower Mississippi valley
- With J. A. Ford 		Non Fiction Adult Menasha, Wis. : Pub. jointly by the Society for American Archaeology and Louisiana State University Press 1945
Aleutian Islanders; Eskimos of the north Pacific
- Chicago natural history museum. Anthropology leaflet no. 35. 		Non Fiction Adult Chicago: Field Museum Press 1944
Indian trade objects in Michigan and Louisiana Non Fiction , Michigan History Adult "Reprinted from Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, v. 27, 1941" 1942
Other writings:
- Author of more than 150 articles published in periodicals and professional journals. Contributor to American People's Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, Encycopedia Britannica, and World Book Encyclopedia 		Non Fiction
What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, "I have published mostly articles and monographs beginning in 1937. All of them deal with archaeology, ethnography and history in a humanistic context."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Distinguished Service Award, Society for American Archaeology 1989
Harrington Medal, Society for Historical Archaeology
Honorary Doctorate in Anthropology from Grand Valley State University
Fellow, American Anthropology
Fellow, American Association for the Advance of Science

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed., 3rd. ed.
- Including in the following editions: 1980, 1993 		1980 -1993
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 57-60 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 34 		1976 -1992
Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World

Memberships:

Name Date
Honorary Life Member, Council of Michigan Archaeologists
Honorary member of Sigma Xi, scientific society

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Graduate Study University of Chicago Chicago , IL 1938 -1939
Master of Arts (M.A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1936 -1937
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- Anthropology 		University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1932 -1936

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor Emeritus, Director Emeritus of Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture University of Washington Seattle 1984
Curator, Professor of Anthopology, Museum Director University of Washington Seattle 1965 -1984
Curator-Anthropology Field Museum of Natural History Chicago , IL 1942 -1965
Director Muskegon Museum, Museum Board Muskegon , MI 1941 -1942

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