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Andrew Gulliford | |
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| Born | November 2, 1953 |
| Occupations | Author, historian |
| Website | andrewgulliford |
Dr. Andrew Gulliford (born November 2, 1953) is an American author, historian and photographer. He is a professor of history at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.
He has received the National Individual Volunteer Award from the U.S. Forest Service, for his work in wilderness education, and has been recognized by the Secretary of Agriculture for his "contributions to America's natural and cultural resources."[1]
Early life
[edit]Gulliford, who grew up in Lamar, Colorado, completed his bachelor's degree in American history and his master's degree in teaching at Colorado College. He gained a doctorate in American culture and history at Bowling Green State University.[2]
Career
[edit]Gulliford worked as a fourth-grade teacher in Silt, Colorado, and, before studying for his doctorate, taught American history at Colorado Mountain College's Rifle branch.[2]
In 1997, Gulliford began a three-year stint as director of the Western New Mexico University Museum. Between 1990 and 2000, he was a professor of the Public History and Historic Preservation program at Middle Tennessee State University. In 2000, he became the director of the Center of Southwest Studies prior to becoming a professor of history at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.[2]
He received the Fitch Foundation's Mid-Career Fellowship in 1991, based on his research on the preservation of tribal history.[3] He wrote "Gulliford's Travels", a monthly column in The Durango Herald.[1][4]
Publications
[edit]Gulliford has written several books, including:[1]
- America's Country Schools
- Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions
- Boomtown Blues: Colorado Oil Shale
- Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology[5]
- The Woolly West (2019) ISBN 978-1-62349-930-3
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gulliford". Academics. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- 1 2 3 "M191 Andrew Gulliford papers". swcenter.fortlewis.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ JMFitchFound. "Meet the Fellows: Andrew Gulliford, 1991". Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ "Gulliford's Travels - Durango Herald". Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ "Andrew Gulliford". University of Oklahoma Press. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
External links
[edit]- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Lamar, Colorado
- Writers from Colorado
- American architecture writers
- 20th-century American historians
- 21st-century American historians
- Historians of the United States
- Fort Lewis College faculty
- Historians of the American West
- American photographers
- Colorado College alumni
- Bowling Green State University alumni
- Middle Tennessee State University faculty