Edward Malin

Background

Edward Malin was born on July 1, 1923, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Education

In 1949 Edward Malin received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Master of Arts degree in 1961. From 1949 to 1950 he had a graduate study at the University of Washington, Seattle. Malin also attended Harvard University from 1952 to 1953.

Career

From 1963 to 1968 Edward Malin was an Indian arts specialist with Indian Arts and Crafts Board at the United States Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. From 1968 to 1974 he was an associate professor of anthropology and chairperson of social sciences at Marylhurst College. From 1974 to 1982 Malin was a chairperson of humanities department at Museum Art School (now the Pacific Northwest College of Art). From 1982 to 1986 Edward served as a lecturer in Japanese business culture at the Institute of International Trade and Commerce at Portland State University.

In 1984 he was a professor at Lewis and Clark College. In 1987 Malin was an adjunct professor of anthropology at Linfield College. From 1988 to 1994 he was an adjunct professor of Japanese business culture at the University of Portland.

Achievements

• Edward Malin is best known as the author of A World of Faces: Masks of the Northwest Coast Indians, Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast, and Northwest Coast Indian Painting: House Fronts and Interior Screens. His works were launched by literary critics.

Works

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  • Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast

    (This survey of totem poles from the Tlingit settlements o...)

    1986
  • Masks and Totems: A Northwest Coast Odyssey

    (Cultural Anthropologist Edward Malin has devoted his life...)

    2012
  • Northwest Coast Indian Painting: House Fronts and Interior Screens

    (This book includes rare photographs and the author's own ...)

    1999
  • A World of Faces: Masks of the Northwest Coast Indians

    (An exploration of the meaning behind the treasured masks ...)

    1978
  • Indian Art of the Northwest Coast: The Cultural Background of the Art 1962

Interests

• art and illustration, work as a museum curator, mountain hiking, travel

Connections

In July 1952 Edward Malin married Benigna. In January 1996 she died. He is a companion of Roberta Beckman, an artist. He had two children from his first marriage: Paul Edward Harrison, Eric.

late spouse:

Benigna Malin

life partner:

Roberta Beckman

Son:

Paul Edward Harrison Malin

Son:

Eric Malin

References

• Contemporary Authors
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