Vogt, Evon Z. (Evon Zartman), 1918-2004

Overview: Evon Zartman Vogt, Jr. (1918-2004) was professor of social anthropology at Harvard from 1948 to 1989 and curator of Middle American ethnology at the Peabody Museum. Vogt’s research interests included ethnology, cultural change, religion, acculturation, and other topics in social anthropology, and he primarily studied ethnic groups in Mexico and the Southwestern United States, including the Maya and Navajo (Diné). The collection documents Vogt’s teaching and research while at Harvard,...