Preston Holder

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Preston Holder (September 10, 1907,

archaeologist and photographer
.

In 1930 he entered the

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
, showing four prints.

While photographing part-time, Holder continued his education at Berkeley and received his B.A. in 1935. There is almost nothing written about his photographic career after he graduated. By 1940 he seemed to have drifted away from his photography interests and dedicated himself to becoming a full-time archeologist.

In 1951, he earned his Ph.D. from

Antonio J. Waring, Jr., Preston Holder began excavations at the Irene Mound in September 1937.[3][4][5]
Located on the outskirts of
Antonio Waring's, The Waring Papers. In 1938, Holder also wrote Excavations on Saint Simons Island and Vicinity.[8]
He left Georgia in January 1938.

His work in this area was additionally published as a journal article,[9] and discussed in later publications,[4][10] In 1951, he earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

He died of cancer on June 3, 1980, at the age of 72 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

References

  1. ^ Therese Thau Heyman (1992). Seeing Straight: The f.64 Refolution in Photography. Oakland Museum. p. 152.
  2. ^ Brouwer, Kenneth. Pack of Wolfes
  3. ^ Kiernan, Kevin (2013). "Preston Holder's WPA Excavations in Glynn and Chatham Counties, Georgia, 1936-1938". In Means, Bernard K. (ed.). Shovel Ready: Archaeology and Roosevelt's New Deal for America. University of Alabama Press. pp. 202–22.
  4. ^ a b Elusive Women of Irene: The WPA Excavation of Irene Mound" by Gail Whalen. Retrieved April 26, 2007
  5. Works Project Administration 1936-37 Smithsonian Institution
    . Retrieved April 26, 2007
  6. ^ LAMAR Institute Publication Series, Report Number 161. The WPA Glynn County Excavation Project: Phase I-Preston Holder's Paper Trail. (61.7 MB)." by Daniel T. Elliott, compiler,2010 The LAMAR Institute, Inc. Retrieved March 30, 2013
  7. ^ Kevin Kiernan, "Preston Holder on the Georgia Coast, 1936-1938," The Society for American Archaeology Archaeological Record, Special Forum: New Deal Archaeology, Part II, 11:5 (2011), 30-33.
  8. ^ Holder, Preston. "Excavations on Saint Simons Island and Vicinity, Glynn County, Georgia" (Winter 1936-1937). Proceedings of the Society for Georgia Archaeology l(1):8-9. 1938" cited in National Park Service bibliography. Retrieved April 26, 2007
  9. ^ Holder, P. and Wike, J., "The Frontier Culture Complex, a Preliminary Report on a Prehistoric Hunters' Camp in Southwestern Nebraska", American Antiquity vol. 14, pp. 260-266 (1949), available in [1]JSTOR (. Retrieved April 26, 2007) (by subscription)
  10. ^ Blasing, R. "The History of Archeological Research at Medicine Creek Reservoir" Cultural Resource Management v.23 no.1 (2000) from the [2]National Park Service Archived June 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (. Retrieved April 26, 2007)

External links section

https://archives.nebraska.edu/repositories/8/resources/3307

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