Dates

• Majority of material found within 1875 - 2015

Extent

2 boxes Linear Feet (Dr. Larry Kruckman is a Professor Emeritus from the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). He retired in 2011 after 27 years with the department and was named Professor Emeritus in 2012. Dr. Kruckman taught a wide range of courses from Liberal Studies to cultural theory, social change, medical anthropology, and birth issues. He curated exhibits at the University Museum, and published articles about birth and parental support in Social Science and Medicine. For 15 years, he was the department’s internship coordinator. In addition to his service to IUP, he was acting president of Postpartum Support International (PSI) and received the Dr. Robert Logan and Mary Ellen Logan Awareness Award from PSI in 2010. Before coming to IUP, Dr. Kruckman was a NIMH postdoctoral fellow in public health and epidemiology at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. The collection contains research conducted by IUP Anthropologist Larry Kruckman about mascots used by area schools and Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania. This research is mostly concerned with the use of Native American mascots in Indiana, Pennsylvania in 1990s-2000s, but includes historical material and information back to the days of Indiana State Normal School (1875-1927).)

Language of Materials

English