MS 4843 Winslow M. Walker files on archaeological explorations in Arkansas and Louisiana
Creator:
Walker, Winslow M. (Winslow Metcalf), 1903-1996 Search this
Extent:
1 Item (inch )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Field notes
Photographs
Writings
Place:
Arkansas
Louisiana
Date:
1931 and undated
Scope and Contents:
Contains typescript drafts of "Cave Culture of Arkansas" and "A Reconnaissance of North Louisiana Mounds" and associated field notes, drawings, and photographs.
Photographs and drawings mostly relating to archeological subjects, collected and arranged by Jesse Walter Fewkes for his reference. Subjects include burial mounds, excavations, drawn maps, as well as urns, implements, idols, pottery, and other artifacts found in excavations, and Hopi, Zuni, and Piegan ceremonies and dances. Many of the photographs and drawings were probably made by Fewkes. Publication information is noted on some. The collection also includes newspaper clippings and correspondence.
Photographs were taken in Alabama, Arizona (including Casa Grande, Elden Pueblo, Navajo National Monument, and Wupatki National Monument), Colorado (including Mesa Verde and Montezuma Valley), Florida (including Weeden Island), Illinois (Cahokia Mound), Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico (including La Huasteca Region), Mississippi Valley, New Mexico (including Chaco Canyon, Hawikuh, and Mimbres Valley), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (including Hill Canyon, McElmo Canyon, and McLean Basin Ruins), Hovenweep National Monument, the West Indies (including Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, and Cuba), and West Virginia.
Biographical/Historical note:
Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930) was a naturalist, anthropologist, and archeologist, and chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1918 to his death in 1928. Fewkes received a Ph.D. in marine zoology from Harvard in 1877, and acted as curator of lower invertebrates at the Museum of Comparative Zoology until 1887. While on a collecting trip in the western United States, he developed an interest in the culture and history of the Pueblo Indians. In 1891, Fewkes became director of the Hemenway Southwestern Archeological Expedition and editor of the Journal of American Archeology and Ethnology, studying and recording Hopi ceremonials. In 1895, he embarked on various archeological explorations for the Bureau of American Ethnology, excavating ruins in the Southwest, the West Indies, and Florida. He was appointed chief of the Bureau in 1918, and played an important role in the creation of Hovenweep National Monument in Colorado and Wupatki National Monument in Arizona.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 4321
Location of Other Archival Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives also holds the Jesse Walter Fewkes Papers (MS 4408), his photographs of excavations in Mesa Verde (Photo Lot 30), his negatives (Photo Lot 86), and other manuscript collections by and related to Fewkes' ethnological research and archeology and his work with the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Correspondence from Fewkes held in the National Anthropological Archives in the George L. Beam papers (MS 4517), the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. papers, the Anthropological Society of Washington records (MS 4821), the Herbert William Krieger papers, the J.C. Pilling papers, the Walter Hough Papers (in the records of the Department of Anthropology), and the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
The anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History hold artifacts collected by Fewkes, including USNM ACC 048761 (relating to Casa Grande excavations) and USNM ACC 050765 (relating to Mesa Verde excavations).
Restrictions:
Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing.
Photo Lot 4321, Jesse Walter Fewkes photograph collection relating to archaeological subjects, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Archaeology, history, and predictive modeling research at Fort Polk, 1972-2002 / David G. Anderson and Steven D. Smith ; with contributions by J.W. Joseph and Mary Beth Reed
The last voyage of El Nuevo Constante : the wreck and recovery of an eighteenth-century Spanish ship off the Louisiana coast / Charles E. Pearson and Paul E. Hoffman
Archaeological survey on 65 acres of land adjacent to Bayou des Familles : Barataria Unit, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana / Herschel A. Franks, Jill-Karen Yakubik ; contribution by Marco J. Giardino
This collection contains the professional papers of anthropologist Robert W. Neuman. The collection documents Neuman's work on the River Basin Surveys (Missouri and Chattahoochee rivers); his archaeological field work in the United States, Canada and Mexico; and Neuman's participation in professional activities such as conferences and scholarly publications. Materials include administrative records, articles, correspondence, field notes, journals, memorandums, newsletters, notebooks, photographs, programs, slides, and reports from the various excavation sites.
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.
Biological Note:
Robert W. Neuman received his Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Tulane University and Master of Arts in Anthropology from Louisiana State University. For twelve years he worked on the North American Great Plains for the Smithsonian Institution, excavating archaeological sites dating from 5,000 B.C. to the historic period. From 1967 until his retirement in 1994, Neuman was curator of anthropology at Louisiana State University. During his tenure with LSU he conducted major excavations at prehistoric sites in Louisiana while continuing his interests in grassland archaeology in the pampas of Argentina and the grasslands of northern China.
Provenance:
Donated by Robert Neuman.
Restrictions:
Some materials in the collection may be restricted for privacy reasons.
Access to the Robert W. Neuman papers requires an appointment.
Krieger, Alex D. (Alex Dony), 1911-1991 Search this
Extent:
9 Prints (silver gelatin)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Date:
circa 1939-1940
Scope and Contents note:
The collection consists of snapshots, including images of Alex Dony Krieger, Charles Kelley, William Benjamin Newell, and Marcus Goldstein. There are also views of the University of Texas Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, a site at Marshall Ford, and an Indian mound on the Louisiana State University campus.
Biographical/Historical note:
Marcus Solomon Goldstein (1906-1997) was a physical anthropologist specializing in paleopathology, a public health analyst, and pioneer of dental anthropology. He received his BA and MA from George Washington University and a PhD from Columbia University. Following graduation, he worked as an aide to Ales Hrdlicka of the United States National Museum in 1927. After World War II, Goldstein started on a career in various govermnent agencies, including the US Public Health Service, National Institutes of Mental Health, and the Social Security Administration. He moved to Israel in 1971, where he joined the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. In 1987 he was given the Distinguished Service Award of the the Israel Association of Anthropology.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 7B
Location of Other Archival Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds the Marcus Solomon Goldstein Papers 1940-1960s and photographs by Goldstein in Photo Lot 24.
Additional photographs of Goldstein held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 7A and Photo Lot 4822.
Correspondence from Goldstein held in the National Anthorpological Archives in the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. Papers, Ales Hrdlicka Papers, and John Lawrence Angel Papers.
Photo lot 7B, Marcus S. Goldstein photograph collection from University of Texas and Louisiana State University, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Moore, Clarence B. (Clarence Bloomfield), 1852-1936 Search this
Extent:
1 copy print
23 prints (silver gelatin (including some enlargements))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy prints
Prints
Photographs
Place:
Ouachita River (Ark. and La.)
Date:
circa 1908-1909
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs made by Arthur W. Clime during Clarence B. Moore's expedition on the Ouachita River, which include images of excavations, archeological crew, mounds, and Moore's riverboat, the Gopher of Philadelphia. Individuals depicted in the photographs include Clime, as well as Clarence B. Moore, his principal assistant Milo Miller, and captain of the Gopher riverboat, Josiah S. Raybon. The collection also includes a copy print of a studio portrait of Clime, made at a later date than the other photographs.
Biographical/Historical note:
Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936) was a wealthy amateur archaeologist from Philadelphia. He excavated over 850 archeological sites (mostly burial mounds) on or near the shores of rivers of the American southeast between 1891 and 1918, which he accessed with his steam-powered paddleboat, the Gopher of Philadelphia. In November 1908, and from January-April 1909, Moore and his expedition party explored the Oachita Valley in northeastern Louisiana and southeastern Arkansas. He described this expedition in his report, "Antiquities of the Ouachita Valley," published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 14.
Arthur W. Clime (1885-1962) worked as general assistant to Clarence Moore from 1906-1910, joining him for excavations on the Ouachita and Mississippi Rivers and ancient cemeteries of Arkansas and Mississippi. While working with Moore, Clime collected animal specimens and examples of modern stonework, which he donated to the Zoological Society of Philadelphia and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Shortly after finishing his work with Moore, Arthur Clime moved to Washington, D.C. with his new wife, Louise B. Wollersheim. There, he worked as secretary and laboratory assistant for Alexander Graham Bell at his Volta Bureau, conducting research on deafness. In 1917, he began working for the Federal government, later becoming an inspector and then manager of public buildings and parks with the Public Buildings Service (part of the General Services Administration).
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 2000-78, NAA Photo Lot 98-41
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Photographs previously filed in Photo Lot 98-41 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 2000-78. These are enlargements of photographs were also made by Arthur Clime and form part of this collection.
A photograph in a frame, collected by Clime, held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 98-58.
Reports and photographs from Moore's expeditions held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 2400, Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 78, Photo Lot 81P, records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the Division of Archeology's Reference File.
Correspondence from Moore held in the National Anthropological Archives in the Ales Hrdlicka Papers, Army Medical Museum records concerning skeletal material transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology records, and records relating to the investigation of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
The Department of Anthropology and the National Museum of the American Indian hold artifacts collected by Moore.
The Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections holds the Clarence Bloomfield Moore collection of field notebooks and other material.
Photo Lot 2000-78, Arthur W. Clime photographs of Clarence B. Moore's Ouachita River expedition, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Archeological assessment of the Barataria Unit, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park / by John Stuart Speaker ... [et al.] ; submitted to Southwest Region, National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior ; submitted by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc
Two Caddoan farmsteads in the Red River Valley : the archeology of the McLelland and Joe Clark sites / edited by David B. Kelley ; with contributions by Whitney J. Autin
The Louisiana and Arkansas expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore / edited and with an introduction by Richard A. Weinstein, David B. Kelley, and Joe W. Saunders
Author:
Moore, Clarence B (Clarence Bloomfield) 1852-1936 Search this
