William Curry Holden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Curry Holden was an archaeologist and historian who taught for many years at Texas Tech University. He authored a number of books and articles on the history and culture of the Southwestern United States and Mexico and was instrumental in establishing the Southwest Collection and the Museum of Texas Tech University. He also conducted archaeological excavations at the Lubbock Lake Landmark.
Holden's daughter, Dr. Jane Holden Kelley, is a noted contemporary archaeologist in her own right who became a professor of archeology at the University of Calgary in Canada.
[edit] Partial list of works
- Alkali Trails: Or Social and Economic Movements of the Texas Frontier 1846-1900
- A ranching saga: The lives of William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell
- Rollie Burns, Or, an Account of the Ranching Industry on the South Plains
- Teresita
- A Yaqui Life: The Personal Chronicle of a Yaqui Indian
- Studies of the Yaqui Indians of Sonora, Mexico
[edit] References
 |
This biography of an American historian is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
