Carl and Florence Voegelin
Drs. Florence and Carl Voegelin first came to MNA in 1954 as Independent Scientists from Indiana University to conduct research on the Hopi language. They were instrumental in developing MNA linguistics studies, especially on the Hopi language.
By the mid-1960s, the Voegelins led the MNA Field School in Linguistics, with a focus on the Hopi language. Each summer, the Voegelin’s brought students to MNA and established headquarters in Newberry Hall. During the week, all would be in the Hopi villages documenting the intricacies of the Hopi language through tape recordings and field notes. The group would arrive back at MNA on Friday evenings analyze their week’s work over bottles of wine. The Voegelins tenure at MNA lasted for two decades.
Carl Voegelin began at Indiana University in 1941 and in 1946 founded their Department of Anthropology to consolidate American Indian studies into the four fields of anthropology. Dr. Voegelin published widely, and he and Robert C. Euler wrote “Introduction to Hopi Chants” for the Journal of American Folklore in 1957.