Name Edward Keithahn | Role Museum curator | |
Died September 1970, Eugene, Oregon, United States Books Monuments in cedar, Alaskan igloo tales, Igloo tales, Eskimo Adventure: Another J | ||
Edward Linnaeus Keithahn (May 15, 1900 – September 1970) was an American museum curator and the author of a well known book on totem poles, Monuments in Cedar, published in 1945. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 725 libraries
He became interested in totem poles at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Washington, in 1909 and later traveled to southeast Alaska and eventually lived there. He lived and taught in native villages for about 15 years, and became working "in the Indian service," as he put it (meaning perhaps employment with the Bureau of Indian Affairs), living mainly among the Tlingit and Haida people.
He was Curator and Librarian at the Alaska Historical Library and Museum from 1941.
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