Haldon Chase was an American archaeologist known for his research on several rock art sites in Colorado.
16 Facts About Haldon Chase
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Haldon Chase met Joan Vollmer in New York in the early 1940s, and became one of Vollmer's tenants in the apartments at 421 West 118th Street and at 419 West 115th Street in New York.
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Haldon Chase joined the literary talks with the Beat circle as well: in the fall of 1945 there were seminal nightly discussions called "the Night of the Wolfeans", with Haldon Chase and Kerouac as the Thomas Wolfe-lovers in the group, and Burroughs and Ginsberg the "non-Wolfeans".
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Back in Denver, Haldon Chase had been the friend and mentor of Neal Cassady, who was then another notable protege of Brierly's.
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Haldon Chase moved out of the 115th Street apartment in 1946, drifting away from the scene, because he disapproved of the Beat circle's lifestyle.
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Haldon Chase was thereafter less often heard of by the Beat writers.
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In 1949, upon hearing that Haldon Chase was back in Colorado for some archaeological field work, Kerouac called Haldon Chase in the hope of reunion.
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In 1951, Haldon Chase went to Mexico and briefly reunited with some of the Beats there, including William Burroughs, and Frank Jeffries, his childhood friend who went to Columbia University.
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When Haldon Chase went to Mexico City to study the Zapotec languages, Bailey went with him.
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However, their marriage was said to have been undermined by the disagreement that, while Bailey was interested in field work, Haldon Chase preferred her to keep house for him.
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Enthusiastic about traditional Indian art, Haldon Chase had an interest in archaeology early in his teenage years, and had taken part in archaeological field research when in high school.
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Haldon Chase was influenced by anthropologists Julian Steward, Alfred Kroeber, and Franz Boas.
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Haldon Chase had worked for the Peabody Museum at Harvard, the Denver Art Museum, and Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum in Trinidad.
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In 1951, Haldon Chase took a teaching job at Trinidad State Junior College, and during that time contributed in setting up the archaeology programme there.
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In 1951, Haldon Chase, possibly granted by the Peabody Museum and the Taylor Museum of Colorado Springs, Colorado, went to Mexico City College to study the Zapotec languages, and stayed in Mexico until 1956, when he returned from Mexico to the US.
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Haldon Chase appeared as Winston Moor in Queer by William Burroughs.