The Correspondence series, 1966-2003 (7.5 linear feet), is divided into three subseries: chronological correspondence, Santa Fe correspondence, and student correspondence. The series includes materials from Ford's early teaching and research career, his work as a professor and director of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, his research trips in Santa Fe, and correspondence from students.
28 linear feet — 48.7 MB (online)
The Richard I. Ford Papers document the professional and personal life of one of the country's most prominent paleoethnobotanists, curator and former director of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, and longtime University of Michigan professor of Anthropology and Botany. The records in this collection measure 27 linear feet, and date from 1968 to 2005, with the majority of the records from the period 1970 to 1990. The Ford papers are primarily comprised of correspondence, legal filings and consulting materials, lectures and conference presentations, publications, committee and service records, administrative materials, teaching files, and mixed media. The records are arranged into seven series: Correspondence, Legal Consultations, Professional Service and Activities, Teaching, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, Audio-Visual Materials, and Research, Publications, and Projects.