Scope and Contents Reflects Ross T. Christensen's service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil, service in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, career as a professor of archaeology at Brigham Young University, activities as a founding member of the Society for Early Historic Archaeology (SEHA), interest in Book of Mormon archaeology, participation in Leadership Week and Education Week on the BYU campus and elsewhere, and family activities. Includes...

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Contains correspondence to and from the chairman of Brigham Young University's Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, published papers, and faculty information from the chairman's office. Records detail the administrative moves of the department's chairman. Materials dated from 1955-1976.

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Contains on and off-campus correspondence of Brigham Young University’s Department of Anthropology and Archaeology with its faculty on the creation of the department, with government agencies on projects, pertaining to the programs of the department, between other BYU departments, and with job inquires and offers. Materials dated 1947-1978.

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Contains administrative records from Brigham Young University’s Department of Anthropology including correspondence of the department, correspondence of the department chairman, faculty records, student records and various other administrative records pertaining to the department from 1941-1978. Also contains twenty-one reels of film of excavations from Ray T. Matheny, of the Department of Anthropology, from approximately 1980-1990, including work in Mexico.