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George C. Vaillant Book Fund
Established in 1946 by his wife, this generous gift supports the acquisition of materials for Penn's Museum Library.
George C. Vaillant was Director of the University Museum from 1941 to 1945. His publications on Mesoamerica from The chronological significance of Maya ceramics, 1927, to Aztecs of Mexico; origin, rise and fall of the Aztec nation, 1944, are in the Mesoamerican collection at the Penn Libraries that has been so enriched by the many acquisitions made possible by this endowment.
Materials purchased through this fund include:
- Israele, Cristo e Roma : mistero di Israele e mistero di Roma : escatologia universale, palingenesi e regno divino
- Burial at the site of the parish church of St. Benet Sherehog before and after the Great Fire : excavations at 1 Poultry, City of London
- Handbook of forensic anthropology and archaeology
- Ancient languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia
- Mixing cultural identities through transracial adoption : outcomes of the Indian Adoption Project (1958-1967)
- See additional titles purchased through this fund









