Gertrude Kurath

American ethnomusicologist, archivist and dancer, who also performed under the name 'Tula'. She devoted much of her research to the heritage of dance and music of the native American tribes, both in published works and in field recordings of the subject. Born: August 19, 1903. Chicago, Illinois. Died: August 1, 1992. She was married to Austrian-born American linguist Hans Kurath