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Creator:
Stirling, Gene M.  Search this
Annotator:
Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this
Correspondent:
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978  Search this
Addressee:
Wedel, Waldo R. (Waldo Rudolph), 1908-1996  Search this
Collection Creator:
United States. Federal Civil Works Administration  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
24 Pages
28 Photographs
Type:
Archival materials
Pages
Photographs
Date:
August 10, 1934
Scope and Contents:
Includes associated reports, notes, sketches, letters and illustrations.
Exploration of a Mound Group Near Belle Glade, Florida, by Matthew W. Stirling [1934-35?] Typescript Document 7 pages and draft of same, Typescript and Manuscript Document 7 pages. Letter to "Matt" [hew W. Stirling] from "Gene" [Stirling] regarding Belle Glade site and other Florida field work. n.d. Manuscript Document 1 page. Pencil sketch of Belle Glade burial mound. Manuscript Document 1 page. Scale drawing in pencil of 7 1/2 feet of profile in the Belle Glade burial mound, 1 sheet (approximately 2 x 2 in.).
Letter to Dr. Waldo R. Wedel, USNM, from A. Wetmore, USNM, regarding identification of fish bone fragments from the Belle Glade site. Washington, D.C. August 22, 1941. Typescript Letter Signed 1 page. Photographs of Belle Glade excavation (primarily the profile) and the Cypress (Indian) family, Belle Glade, Florida. 1934. 27 prints; and one print (cropped from 8 x 10 in.) of wooden artifacts from Belle Glade site. 8 negatives (not transferred to National Anthropological Archives negative file as of 10-69).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4307 (part)
General:
United Civil Works Administration (date manuscript 4307 11/18/86), tfield notes, maps and photographs relating to archeological work in Florida, serial of manuscript 4307
Topic:
Belle Glade site (Florida) -- Archeology  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 4307, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 4307 Field notes, maps, and photographs relating to archaeological work in Florida
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36ab94ec4-1fc1-496f-9165-df9a1980995b
EDAN-URL:
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