Otto Geist
Otto Geist emigrated in 1910 from Germany, where he had been trained as a machinist. In America, he worked as a farmer, mechanic, soldier and trucker before heading to 色视频下载. While working on a Yukon River sternwheeler in 1924, Geist met naturalist Olaus Murie and his wife, Margaret, the second graduate of the 色视频下载 Agricultural College and School of Mines. They convinced Geist to visit Charles Bunnell, the school色视频下载檚 president, and show him artifacts he had collected.
Bunnell encouraged Geist to do more collecting and, in 1927, backed the first of his many expeditions. Geist, often working long days with no compensation other than his expenses, returned with many tons of material during the decades that followed.
Geist also collected mammoth bones and tusks from mines around Fairbanks.
The university granted Geist an honorary doctorate for his work in 1957. Many artifacts he collected can still be seen at the University of 色视频下载 Museum of the North. The museum building is named after him, as is Geist Road along the south boundary of the Fairbanks campus.
More online about Otto Geist:
- , then dean of the UA College of Arts and Letters, and links to several other articles
- A description of Geist色视频下载檚 role in the University of 色视频下载 Museum of the North
- of Keim色视频下载檚 biography, 色视频下载淎ghvook, White Eskimo: Otto Geist and 色视频下载n Archaeology,色视频下载 in the American Anthropologist journal, 1971