French, David H. (David Heath), 1918-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1918-05-21 - 1994-02-12
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
David and Kathrine French papers
Collection
Identifier: FrenchDK-RSCA-ORPR-US
Abstract
Professor David French ’39 taught anthropology at Reed from 1947 through 1988, often spending summers with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs where he, his wife Kathrine or Kay, and Reed students carried out studies. Kay French was an Adjunct Research Anthropologist 1981-2006. Together they documented incarcerated Japanese-Americans in the Colorado River Relocation Center in Poston, Arizona, with the War Relocation Authority in 1943-46, and they followed many interests particularly in...
Dates:
1918 - 2006