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MS 7030 Letter to John Wesley Powell transmitting archaeological specimens and sketches of petroglyphs

Addressee:
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902  Search this
Creator:
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918  Search this
Extent:
1 Folder (15 pages)
Container:
Folder 7031
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
North America
Colorado
Kansas
Date:
1896 March 24
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of a letter dated March 24, 1896 from Grove Karl Gilbert to John Wesley Powell. The letter transmits archeological specimens (now held in the Department of Anthropology object collections) together with sketches of petroglyphs collected during work for the United States Geological Survey in the Arkansas River Valley from Colorado to Kansas. Included are sketches of petroglyphs and notes on specimens.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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 National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical Note:
Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918) was an American geologist. He joined the Powell Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region in 1874, becoming Powell's primary assistant, and stayed with the survey until 1879. After the creation of the United States Geological Survey in 1879, he was appointed to the position of Senior Geologist and worked for the USGS until his death.

John Wesley Powell (1835-1902) was the first Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1879-1902) and the second Director of the USGS (1881–1894).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7030
Variant Title:
Letter to John Wesley Powell
Separated Materials:
The artifacts described in the letter are held by the Department of Anthropology object collections in Accession 31683.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Petroglyphs  Search this
Citation:
MS 7030 Letter to John Wesley Powell transmitting archaeological specimens and sketches of petroglyphs, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7030
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38bef51fd-5cd1-4fba-87bf-a86622150956
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7030
Online Media:

Division of Archaeology Miscellaneous Photographs

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Department of Anthropology Division of Archeology  Search this
Jochelson, Waldemar I.  Search this
Bernheimer, Charles L.  Search this
Colburn, Burnham S.  Search this
Featherstonehaugh, Thomas  Search this
Geist, Otto William  Search this
Hill, A. T.  Search this
Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this
Langford, George Langford  Search this
Montgomery, Henry  Search this
Moore, Clarence B. (Clarence Bloomfield), 1852-1936  Search this
Pittier, Henri F.  Search this
Stebbins, F. B.  Search this
Artex, Charles Artes (archeological collector)  Search this
Beckwith, C. W.  Search this
Branch, C. W.  Search this
Hempstead, F. S.  Search this
Pillars, James  Search this
Price, Governor  Search this
Squier, Ephraim George  Search this
Davis, Edwin Hamilton  Search this
Riaboushinsky Expedition. Ethnological Section  Search this
Collector:
Colburn, Burnham S.  Search this
Photographer:
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this
Matteson, Sumner W.  Search this
Mearns, Edgar S.  Search this
Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948  Search this
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882  Search this
Names:
Wetherill, Richard -- Mancos Canyon, Colorado  Search this
Extent:
1,600 Items
Culture:
Tlingit -- burials  Search this
Cherokee  Search this
Unangan (Aleut)  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Negatives
Photomechanical prints
Tintypes
Drawings
Clippings
Notes
Letters
Place:
Massachusetts -- Dighton Rock
Alabama -- 1931 -- Moundville
Alabama -- Archeology
Alaska -- Archeology
Arizona -- Archeology
Arkansas -- Archeology
California -- Archeology
Colorado -- Archeology
Connecticut -- Archeology
Delaware -- Archeology
Florida -- Archeology
Georgia -- Archeology
Illinois -- Archeology
Indiana -- Archeology
Iowa -- Archeology
Kansas -- Archeology
Kentucky -- Archeology
Maryland -- Archeology
Maine -- Archeology
Massachusetts -- Archeology
Michigan -- Archeology
Minnesota -- Archeology
Mississippi -- Archeology
Missouri -- Archeology
Nebraska -- Archeology
Nevada -- Archeology
New Jersey -- Archeology
New Mexico -- Archeology
New York (State) -- Archeology
North Carolina -- Archeology
North Dakota -- Archeology
Ohio -- Archeology
Oklahoma -- Archeology
Oregon -- Archeology
Pennsylvania -- Archeology
South Carolina -- Archeology
Tennessee -- Archeology
Texas -- Archeology
Utah -- Archeology
Virginia -- Archeology
Washington -- Archeology
Costa Rica -- Archeology
British Columbia -- Antiquities
Canada -- Archeology
New Zealand -- Archeology
Nova Scotia -- Archeology
Pacific Islanders -- Archeology
West Indies -- Archeology
Date:
1870s-1930s
Scope and Contents:
The material consists mostly of photographic prints. A few negatives, photomechanical prints, tintypes, drawings, newspaper clippings, notes, and letters are also included. Much of the material is annotated. In part, the file was assembled for or relates to many accessions and cataloging units of the division.

The material was received from professionals and amateurs, mostly working in North America. The images are of artifactual and skeletal specimens, fradulent specimens, collections of specimens, sites, excavations, site features, ruins, petroglyphs, and field parties. A few are reproductions of maps and portraits of native people. Some of the specimens are in the Smithsonianʹs collections, but many are not.

Included among the many subjects are photographs of Dighton Rock in Massachusetts; many ruins of the 1931 Moundville, Alabama, excavation; Tlingit burial boxes; excavations, specimens, and Aleut portraits taken by Waldemar I. Jochelsonʹs Ethnological Section of the Riaboushinsky Expedition, 1909-1912; Richard Wetherillʹs party in Mancos Canyon, Colorado, and F. S. Hempsteadʹs Archaeological and Topographic Map of Portsmouth," [Ohio].

Some of the material relates to the work of Charles L. Bernheimer in Utah, Burnham S. Colburn in Georgia and North Carolina, Thomas Featherstonehaugh in Florida, Otto William Geist in Alaska, A. T. Hill in Nebraska, Walter Hough in Arizona (for the Gates-United States National Museum Expedition, 1901), George Langford in Illinois, Henry Montgomery in North Dakota, Clarence B. Moore in Florida, Henri F. Pittier in Costa Rica, and F. B. Stebbins in Tennessee. Collections are those of Charles Artes (filed Indiana), Thomas Beckwith (filed Missouri), C. W. Branch (filed West Indies), Burham S. Colburn Cherokee relics (filed North Carolina), James Pillars (filed Ohio), Governor Price (frauds from New Mexico), Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis (filed Ohio).

The material is from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Utah, Virginia, Washington, Costa Rica, British Columbia, Canada, New Zealand, Nova Scotia, South Pacific, and West Indies.

The works of many photographers are included. Among them are John K. Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Sumner W. Matteson, Edgar A. Mearns, Victor Mindeleff, and Timothy H. OʹSullivan.
Arrangement:
(1) Frauds; (2) petroglyphs (3) general
Topic:
Archeology -- artifacts -- skeletal specimens -- frauds -- collection -- sites -- Excavations -- Petroglyphs  Search this
Archeology -- frauds -- New Mexico  Search this
Archeology -- Alabama  Search this
Archeology -- Arizona  Search this
Archeology -- Alaska  Search this
Archeology -- Arkansas  Search this
Archeology -- California  Search this
Archeology -- Colorado  Search this
Archeology -- Connecticut  Search this
Archeology -- Delaware  Search this
Archeology -- Florida  Search this
Archeology -- Georgia  Search this
Archeology -- Illinois  Search this
Archeology -- Indiana  Search this
Archeology -- Iowa  Search this
Archeology -- Kansas  Search this
Archeology -- Kentucky  Search this
Archeology -- Maryland  Search this
Archeology -- Maine  Search this
Archeology -- Massachusetts  Search this
Archeology -- Michigan  Search this
Archeology -- Minnesota  Search this
Archeology -- Mississippi  Search this
Archeology -- Missouri  Search this
Archeology -- Nebraska  Search this
Archeology -- Nevada  Search this
Archeology -- New Jersey  Search this
Archeology -- New Mexico  Search this
Archeology -- Archeology  Search this
Archeology -- North Carolina  Search this
Archeology -- North Dakota  Search this
Archeology -- Ohio  Search this
Archeology -- Oklahoma  Search this
Archeology -- Oregon  Search this
Archeology -- Pennsylvania  Search this
Archeology -- South Carolina  Search this
Archeology -- Texas  Search this
Archeology -- Utah  Search this
Archeology -- Virginia  Search this
Archeology -- Washington  Search this
Archeology -- Costa Rica  Search this
Archeology -- British Columbia  Search this
Archeology -- Canada  Search this
Archeology -- New Zealand  Search this
Archeology -- Nova Scotia  Search this
Archeology -- Oceania  Search this
Archeology -- West Indies  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Negatives
Photomechanical prints
Tintypes
Drawings
Clippings
Notes
Letters
Citation:
Photo lot 40, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.40
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3413cc2cb-bf9c-41d2-bd29-5e2c850d63d9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-40

Petroglyphs 5 to 8 miles west of Montrose, Colorado

Creator:
Monroe, Arthur  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1671, Colorado
Topic:
Colorado -- Archeology -- Pictographs  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1671, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
MS 1671 Miscellaneous group of photos showing pictographs mostly in western states
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw388dec63d-9bbd-4147-888c-568bdc1043d7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1671-ref47

Petroglyphs

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1671, Colorado
Topic:
Colorado -- Archeology -- Pictographs  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1671, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
MS 1671 Miscellaneous group of photos showing pictographs mostly in western states
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d812fd1d-3932-47c1-9c3c-0ef359a38395
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1671-ref49

Petroglyphs in a canyon not far from Grand Junction, Colorado

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1671, Colorado
Topic:
Colorado -- Archeology -- Pictographs  Search this
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1671, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
MS 1671 Miscellaneous group of photos showing pictographs mostly in western states
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b42c7011-7389-4d44-bf5b-8de326f7ff28
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms1671-ref56

MS 1832 Western Colorado Petroglyphs

Creator:
McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this
Extent:
108 Pages
3 Drawings
39 Photographs
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Drawings
Photographs
Place:
Colorado -- Western Colorado -- Archeology -- Pictographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1832
Local Note:
see manuscript 1833
Restrictions:
Original negatives are in cold storage.
Citation:
Manuscript 1832, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1832
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ab341078-40df-4d76-ac1a-f143ebc3723f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1832

Nine rock art sites in the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, southeastern Colorado / by Lawrence L. Loendorf ; with contributions by Jeffrey R. Hanson ... [et al.] ; prepared for National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Regional Office ; prepared by Department of Anthropology, University of North Dakota

Author:
Loendorf, Lawrence L  Search this
Hanson, Jeffery R (Jeffery Raymond) 1949-  Search this
United States National Park Service Rocky Mountain Regional Office  Search this
University of North Dakota Department of Anthropology and Archaeology  Search this
Fort Carson (Colo.) Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Office  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 521 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Colorado
Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site
Date:
1989
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Indian art  Search this
Petroglyphs  Search this
Rock paintings  Search this
Call number:
E78.C6 L82 1989
E78.C6L82 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_390749

Visions from canyon walls : petroglyphs and pictographs from the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site / by Lawerence L. Loendorf ; edited by Nancy Debevoise ; illustration by Hannah Hinchman and Linda Olson

Title:
Petroglyphs and pictographs from the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site
Author:
Loendorf, Lawrence L  Search this
Fort Carson (Colo.) Directorate of Environmental Compliance and Management  Search this
Midwest Archeological Center (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
51 p. : ill., map ; 21 x 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Colorado
Pinon Canyon
Pinon Canyon (Colo.)
Date:
1998
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Petroglyphs--Antiquities  Search this
Rock paintings--Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_591588

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