Preston Holder

Born 1907-01-01

Holder was a distinguished American anthropologist. Holder attended UN-L for his freshman year, in 1926, and was close to other members of the Wimberly literary circle at the University. He then worked at a variety of jobs and traveled the rails until he was able to re-enter University again at the University of California at Berkeley in 1932, there he was part of a circle around Edward Weston, and pursued poetry and photography as well as anthropology. John L. Champe brought Holder back to UN-L in 1958 to serve as his successor as Chair of the Anthropology Department. There is no attempt in this entry to record his academic bibliography.

Places Lived

Lincoln, NE

Author Of

Nonfiction

Keywords

Anthropology; Photography

Occupation

Professor of Anthropology

Places Worked

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Bibliography

The Hoe and the Horse on the Plains. 1973.

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