Anthropology and Archaeology
Below Kukti Chamba. Walter Koelz Papers, Box 7, Photographs - Afghanistan, India, and Iran, 1930s-1950s
Koelz, Walter, 1895-
- 1873-1989 (bulk 1910
- 8 linear ft.
Walter Koelz (1895-1989) was a zoologist and collector who acquired many artifacts on his world travels that became part of the Museum of Anthropology's collections. Koelz was a member of the MacMillan-Byrd Arctic Expedition in 1925. With his traveling partner Rup Chand, Koelz journeyed to and collected in Tibet, India, Persia and Nepal many times from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Koelz's papers document his travel and work in South Asia and the Middle East in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his life in Michigan, both before and after traveling abroad, and include photographs and films.