Marian E. White

Marian Emily White (28 August 1921 — 31 October 1975) was an American archaeologist and university professor. During her career, White conducted research on the Neutral Nation, Erie people and the Wenrohronon in the Niagara Frontier. White posthumously won the 1975 Cornplanter Medal.

Marian E. White
Born
Marian Emily White

(1921-08-28)August 28, 1921
Hartland, New York, US
DiedOctober 31, 1975(1975-10-31) (aged 54)
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Known forstudying the Iroquois of the Niagara Frontier
AwardsCornplanter Medal (1975)

Early life and education

White was born on 28 August 1921 in Hartland, New York. In 1942, she graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics alongside an anthropology minor. White later completed further education at the University of Michigan with a Master of Arts in 1953 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1956.[1]

Career

Upon completing her Bachelor of Arts in 1942, White was a clerk in statistics for the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences until 1943. During World War II, she worked as a statistician for the United States Army until the end of 1945. After the war, White worked as a tour guide from 1946 to 1952 for the Buffalo Museum of Science and later became a curator for the museum in 1958. White began her anthropology career for the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences in 1956 as a researcher before moving to the University of Buffalo in 1959. At the university, she continued her research before becoming a lecturer in 1960 and professor in 1968.[2]

Outside of education, White was an archaeologist studying the Iroquois of the Niagara Frontier from the late 1950s to late 1970s. She conducted excavations of archaeological sites determining the history of the Neutral Nation, Erie people and the Wenrohronon. Throughout her career, some of her investigations included the Van Son Cemetery in Grand Island, New York and the Kleis Site. At the end of her career, she created the New York Archaeological Council and served as president from 1972 to 1974.[3]

Awards and honours

In 1975, White was posthumously awarded the Cornplanter Medal.[4] The University of Buffalo established the Marian E. White Research Museum in 1979.[5]

Death

White died on 31 October 1975 from cancer.[6]

References
  1. Leacock, Kathyrn; Engelbrecht, William (2017). "Marian E. White (1921 – 1975): Action Archaeologist". Ontario Archaeology. 97: 121. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. Milisauskas, Sarunas (April 1977). "Marian Emily White, 1921–1975". American Antiquity. 42 (2): 191. doi:10.1017/S0002731600077490.
  3. Leacock & Engelbrecht 2017, p. 124-130.
  4. Fenton, William N. (December 1976). "Marian E. White 1921-1975". American Anthropologist. 78 (4): 892. doi:10.1525/aa.1976.78.4.02a00150.
  5. "A woman, a pipe and a lot of local history". University at Buffalo. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. Leacock & Engelbrecht 2017, p. 124.
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