Samuel Dellinger

Samuel Claudius Dellinger (left), who was appointed curator of the University of Arkansas Museum in 1926 and built the museum’s archaeology collection into one of the finest in the nation; circa 1955.

Two old white men with glasses analyzing bits of pottery in artifact storage room

Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Historians and Historic Organizations / Historic Preservation

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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