Publications
 Investigating surface artifacts in Sonora, Mexico (1955) |
 On the way to La Quemada in Zacatecas, Mexico (1955) (Chicomostoc - the mythical origin place of the Aztecs.) |
George Emory Fay (1927-2015) was an American Anthropologist / Archaeologist / Professor interested in a wide variety of areas: Mexico-Mesoamerica / American Indians / European Archeology.
He studied at University of Missouri (A.B. 1948), University of Michigan (M.A. 1951), University of New Mexico (grad), and Interamerican University in Mexico (Ph. D. 1965). Much of his professional library was gifted to Univisity of Michigan Anthropology Department in 20xx.
He taught at Southern State College (now University of South Arkansas) from 1955-62, Wisconson State University 1962-66 (now University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh) and Colorado State College (later University of Northern Colorado) from 1966-92.
 Teaching an Anthropolgy class at SSC in the 1950-60's (I think?) |
Archaeologically his focus was primarily in Northern/Western Coastal Mexico - traveling 20 times between 1953 and 1974 - Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Durango, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, etc. He was affiliated with the Instituto Interamericano in Denton Texas (under Prof. Carl Compton), and the Museum de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico. He often brought student groups to Mexico.
His major life project was a series of mimeographed anthropolgy publications, started in 1953, which he carried with him to the instututions he worked at. He affliated his publications with these insitutions, however most of the work he did on his own. This was his passion for much of his life. The publications activities were mainly closed in 1986, after which he brought all the remaining materials home, however for health reasons he didn't continue much further after retirement in 1992. Some of the publications in progress at the end never got completed and were lost during the many moves and business dismantling.
Mimeographing was an early publishing technology, while not as slick as formal book publishing, it allowed small-scale publishing to be carried out affordably. This work fiilled a nitch at the time, when most institutions couldn't afford other publishing activity at all. Many people utilized his publications. (Now-a-days such an effort might be by Internet blog or website.)
This site has these publications and other information he produced that we still have available. Maybe this information can be useful for people.
There are still some 4000 hard copies of various publications available, in the old-style mimeograph format, for any that desire them. Also, we have also been scanning them and cleaning up to preserve for future availability.
 Mimeograph machine used for printing publications (1963) |
 Assembling publications by hand (1963) |
P/S If anyone needs a 1950-60's memeograph machine, a 1970's electronic stencil maker, and unused old-stock memeograph supplies, we still have these available for a lucky buyer (likely available in late 2026-27)!
| David Fay | ||
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