18.25 linear feet (in 24 boxes), 68.2 MB, 10 oversize folders, 1 tube

Archeologist, architect, and art historian who led archeological expeditions to Angers, France, Mount Sinai, Egypt, and countries in the Near East including Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Forsyth was a professor at the University of Michigan, chairman of the History of Art Department and director of the Kelsey Museum. Ilene H. Forsyth, who continued George’s publishing activities posthumously, was an art historian and professor at the University of Michigan. An art historian and professor at the University of Michigan, Ilene H. Forsyth made extensive efforts to publish her husband’s works after his death in 2015.

The collection documents the career of George H. Forsyth. Materials include personal and biographical materials, teaching materials, and extensive documentation of George Forsyth’s personal travel and archeological expeditions to Europe and the Near East, such as correspondence, field notes, photographs, drawings, and other visual materials. Ilene Forsyth’s materials document her efforts to publish George Forsyth’s work posthumously. Her materials include manuscripts, correspondence, topical files, and a catalog of drawings.

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