Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy prints
Prints
Photographs
Place:
New Mexico -- Antiquities
Alaska
Mississippi
Pueblo Bonito Site (N.M.)
Date:
circa 1920-1936
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs depicting crews, camps, artifacts, and excavated areas from various archeological digs and anthropological expeditions. These include Neil Merton Judd's archeological excavations at Pueblo Bonito, Collins and Hermes Knoblock measuring Choctaw people in Mississippi, James Alfred Ford and Paul Silook at Miyowagh on St. Lawrence Island, and Ford at Cape Prince of Wales.
Biographical/Historical note:
Henry B. Collins (1899-1987) began his career in anthropology as an assistant on Neil M. Judd's 1922-1924 expeditions to Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico. In 1924, he became an aid in the United States National Museum Division of Ethnology and shortly afterwards was promoted to assistant curator. He received a Masters in Anthropology from the George Washington University in 1925 and was appointed associate curator in 1938. In 1939, Collins took a position as senior ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology and became acting director in 1963. When the BAE and the Department of Anthropology were merged in 1965, Collins became a senior scientist in the new Smithsonian Office of Anthropology. He was appointed archeologist emeritus in 1967.
Collins' independent field work during the early part of his career focused on the American South, in which he conducted investigations relating to the Choctaw and to areas whose cultural history was little known. Collins is most recognized, however, for his efforts in Arctic archeology. Between 1927 and 1936, he and colleagues, including James A. Ford and T. Dale Stewart, focused on the Bering Sea area and the Arctic coasts of Alaska, including St. Lawrence Island, Nunivak Island, the Diomedes, Punuk Island, Bristol Bay, Norton Sound, Point Hope, Cape Prince of Wales, the Aleutians, and the interior of the Seward Peninsula.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 82-23
Location of Other Archival Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds Henry Bascom Collins's papers, as well as those of James Alfred Ford.
Additional photographs by Collins can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 28, Photo Lot 86-42, Photo Lot 86-43, and Photo Lot 86-59.
Additional papers by Collins can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4908, MS 4976, and MS 4977.
Additional photographs of Pueblo Bonito by O. C. Havens can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo lot 83-16.
Indians of North America -- Southern states Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 82-23, Henry Bascom Collins photograph collection relating to Pueblo Bonito, Mississippi Choctaws, and Alaska, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Film reels (42 minutes, color sound, 1,512 feet, 16mm)
Culture:
Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Chaco (archaeological) Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Sound films
Place:
Mesa Verde (Calif.)
Pueblo Bonito Site (N.M.)
Chaco Canyon (N.M.)
North America
Date:
circa 1975
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced by the Shell Oil Company in consultation with the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology. Film presents the theory that a prehistoric land bridge existed between Seward Peninsula and Siberia allowing the migration of man to North America. Animated scenes depict the formation of glaciers and the subsequent fall in sea level creating the landbridge. Sites depicted and discussed include Mesa Verde in Colorado, Chaco Canyon and Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico, Cahokia Mound in Illinois, and the Mississippian Mounds of southeast United States. Discussion of lifeways in the Anasazi pueblos includes tool and pottery making demonstrations. Other subjects discussed are the history of cultivation, particularly corn, and dating sites using tree rings.
Legacy keywords: Tools and implements American Indian ; Pottery American Indian ; Museum exhibits ; Dendrochronology ; Geomorphology ; Corn ; Paleography ; Pueblo Indians
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Local Numbers:
AAK4632FA; HSFA 1976.1.1
Provenance:
Received from the Shell Oil Company in 1976.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Image of pueblo buildings, probably at Pueblo Bonito.
Biographical/Historical note:
Charles Martin was the first chief of National Geographic's Photo Lab in the 1920s. At that time, the autochrome process was used by National Geographic because it was the most dependable color photography process.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 86-15
General note:
Information taken from speculation provided by Volkmar Kurt Wentzel in a letter accompanying the collection, dated 1984.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs by Charles Martin can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 33, Photo Lot 8, and Neil Merton Judd's papers.
Additional photographs of Pueblo Bonito can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 83-16, Photo Lot 82-23, and Judd's papers.
Photographs made by Havens while visiting the Zuni in the 1920s, including images of Zuni Pueblo, people, ceremonies, irrigation work, and a shrine. Also included are photographs showing Pueblo Bonito expedition vehicles stuck in the mud after rains. Many photographs have brief annotations on their versos, probably by Havens.
Biographical/Historical note:
O.C. Havens was a photographer for the National Geographic Society (NGS). In the 1920s, Havens photographed NGS-sponsored archeological expeditions to Pueblo Bonito, New Mexico, directed by Neil Merton Judd (1887-1976).
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 83-16
Local Notes:
All of the original negatives have associated prints; however some prints do not have original negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs by O.C. Havens can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 82-23 and the papers of Neil Merton Judd.
The National Geographic Society also holds Neil Merton Judd's papers, with some O.C. Havens photographs.
Restrictions:
Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and not available for viewing.
Everyday life in Pueblo Bonito : as disclosed by the National Geographic Society's archeologic explorations in Chaco Canyon National Monument, New Mexico / by Neil Merton Judd
Pueblo Bonito, the ancient : the National Geographic Society's third expedition to the Southwest seeks to read in the rings of trees the secret of the age of ruins / by Neil M. Judd
