Background on Armelagos, George J.
George Armelagos, expert on the diet of prehistoric humans and author of the book Consuming Passions: the Anthropology of Eating (1980) was a professor in the University’s Anthropology Department from 1971 until 1989. Armelagos was born in Lincoln Park, Michigan in 1936 and earned his B.A from the University of Michigan in 1958, his MA and PhD from the University of Colorado in 1963 and 1968 respectively. Armelagos became the face of physical anthropology in the 1980s, publishing popular works on forensic studies of prehistoric man and his research in the field of paleopathology attempted to apply the findings of skeletal research to contemporary nutrition and medicine. While at the University, Armelagos undertook a forensic study of the towns flooded by the Quabbin Reservoir. Armelagos left the University for a position at the University of Florida in 1989.
Scope of collection
The George Armelagos papers include correspondence, grant proposals, and lecture notes from his time at the University of Massachusetts. There is a folder of materials from his study of the Quabbin Reservoir and photographs from the Mesa Verde Path. The remainder of the collection contains Armelagos’ published and unpublished works, stretching from his time as a Ph.D. student through his time at the University.
Inventory
Academic press agreement
1983
Box 1: 3.
Annual faculty reports
1967-1988
Box 1: 4.
Conferences and workshops
1985-1987, undated
Box 1: 5.
Correspondence
1964-1968
Box 1: 6.
Correspondence
1975-1979
Box 1: 7.
Correspondence
1980-1989
Box 1: 8.
Correspondence
1980-1989
Box 1: 9.
Correspondence
1980-1989
Box 1: 10.
Correspondence: M, N
1965-1969
Box 1: 11.
Correspondence: O, P
1965-1969
Box 1: 12.
Correspondence: Q-S
1965-1969
Box 1: 13.
Correspondence: T-V
1965-1969
Box 1: 14.
Correspondence: W-Z
1965-1969
Box 1: 15.
Correspondence: Thank you letters
1969-1984
Box 1: 16.
Course proposal: "Topics in prehistoric diet..."
1988
Box 1: 18.
Grant proposals
1979
Box 1: 19.
Grant proposals
1981
Box 1: 20.
Grant proposals
1982-1984
Box 1: 21.
Grant proposals
1986
Box 1: 22.
Grant proposals
1988
Box 1: 23.
International Paleopathology Association
1966
Box 1: 24.
Lecture outline: Anthro 103
undated
Box 1: 25.
Lecture outline: Anthro 697B
undated
Box 1: 26.
Photos: Mesa Verde Path
undated
Box 1: 27.
Quabbin Reservoir forensic case
1988
Box 1: 28.
Writings: "Consuming passions..."
1980
Box 1: 29.
Writings: Published 1960s
1967-1969
Box 1: 30.
Writings: Published 1970s
1970-1973
Box 1: 31.
Writings: Published 1980s
1981-1985
Box 1: 32.
Writings: Research reports #8: Bibliography of human paleopathology
1971 Jul.
Box 1: 33.
Writings: Typescripts
1983, 1985
Box 1: 34.
Writings: Typescripts
undated
Box 1: 35.
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- Armelagos, George J. [main entry]
Genres and formats
- Correspondence
- Grant proposals
- Instructional materials
- Outlines (documents)
- Photographs
