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Collector:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4372

Citation:

Manuscript 4372, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4372

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MS 4372 Miscellaneous material relating to the history of the Bureau of American Ethnology, the history of anthropology, and anthropological controversies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw392d3e4fe-134a-4900-b029-7e5e05b9a8d1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4372

Interviewee:

Wedel, Waldo R. (Waldo Rudolph), 1908-1996  Search this

Interviewer:

Banks, Larry D.  Search this

Givens, Douglas R.  Search this

Names:

River Basin Surveys  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this

Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941  Search this

Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981  Search this

Haury, Emil W. (Emil Walter), 1904-1992  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Lehmer, Donald Jayne, 1918-1975  Search this

Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966  Search this

Stephenson, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd), 1919-  Search this

Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997  Search this

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1962  Search this

Wedel, Mildred Mott  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound cassettes (analog)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1996 June 17

Scope and Contents:

Interview of Waldo R. Wedel conducted by Larry D. Banks and Douglas Givens on June 17, 1996 in Boulder, Colorado. The interview was conducted at Wedel's nursing home, a couple of months before he died.This interview is part of a series of oral histories of archaeologists recorded by Givens. Topics include Wedel's youth, career, fieldwork, colleagues, the Smithsonian Institution, and the River Basin Surveys.

Biographical / Historical:

Waldo R. Wedel was an archaeologist, best known for his contributions to Plains archaeology. He worked at the Smithsonian Institution from 1936 to 1977. He began his career at the Smithsonian as an assistant curator under Neil M. Judd in the Division of Archeology in the United States National Museum. He later became curator of archeology in 1950, and in 1962, he became head curator of the Department of Anthropology. In 1964-1965, he was acting head of the newly organized Smithsonian Office of Anthropology. Wedel also established and directed the Missouri Basin Project (1946-50) of the Bureau of American Ethnology's River Basin Surveys.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2011-29

General:

Date on box insert incorrectly listed as July 18, 1996.

Other Archival Materials:

See also Waldo R. Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel Papers

Provenance:

Received from Dennis Stanford.

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Manuscript 2011-29, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.MS2011-29

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f690200b-ddb5-4bcf-9d57-acf2d3494375

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2011-29

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Editor  Search this

Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973  Search this

Johnson, F.  Search this

Correspondent:

Adams, William Yewdale  Search this

Alphonse, Rev. E.S.  Search this

Bass, William Marvin, III  Search this

Basso, Keith  Search this

Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948  Search this

Biese, L. P.  Search this

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this

Bowers, Alfred W.  Search this

Boyd, Mark F.  Search this

Bunzel, Ruth Leah, 1898-1990  Search this

Caldwell, Warren W.  Search this

Cancillius, D.  Search this

Capron, Louis Bishop, 1891-1971  Search this

Chafe, William  Search this

Coe, Joffre Lanning  Search this

Coe, Michael  Search this

Colton, Harold Sellers, 1881-1970  Search this

Cooper, Paul L. (Paul Lemen), 1909-1961  Search this

Davis, I.  Search this

De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004  Search this

Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957  Search this

Devereux, George  Search this

Dorsey, H. W.  Search this

Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982  Search this

Evans, Clifford, Jr.  Search this

Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997  Search this

Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005  Search this

Fisher, E. M.  Search this

Flannery, Kent Vaughn  Search this

Flannery, Regina  Search this

Fogelson, Raymond D.  Search this

Follett, W. I.  Search this

Fowke, Gerard, 1855-1933  Search this

Gearing, Frederick O., 1922-  Search this

Gentry H. S.  Search this

Gifford, Edward Winslow  Search this

Goggin, John M.  Search this

Goldfrank, Esther Schiff  Search this

Grange, R. T., Jr  Search this

Griffin, James B. (James Bennett), 1905-1997  Search this

Gulick, John  Search this

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Hass, Mary  Search this

Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979  Search this

Henry, J.  Search this

Hickerson, Harold  Search this

Hickerson, Joseph Charles, 1935-  Search this

Hilger, Marie Inez, Sister, 1891-1977  Search this

Hoffman, B.  Search this

Holland, C. G.  Search this

Holzinger, C. H.  Search this

Howard, James H., 1925-1982 (James Henri)  Search this

Hoyme, Lucile Eleanor  Search this

Jelks, Edward  Search this

Jones, J. A.  Search this

Keyes, I.  Search this

Kilpatrick, F. and A.  Search this

Kissell, Mary Lois  Search this

Krieger, Herbert W. (Herbert William), 1889-1970  Search this

Kupferer, Harriet J.  Search this

Kurath, G.  Search this

Kutsche, P.  Search this

Ladd, J.  Search this

La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932  Search this

Landy, D.  Search this

Le Claire, P.  Search this

Lewis, M. G.  Search this

Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn  Search this

Malouf, Carling I. (Carling Isaac), 1916-2007  Search this

Mangelsdorf  Search this

Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967  Search this

Mason  Search this

Mattes, Merrill J.  Search this

Merriam, Alan P. (Alan Parkhurst), 1923-1980  Search this

Metcalf, George, 1900-1975  Search this

Meyer, G.  Search this

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this

Miller, Carl F.  Search this

Mills, J. E.  Search this

Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1883-1948  Search this

Murrill, R.  Search this

Neuman, R.  Search this

Oberg, Kalvero  Search this

O'Bryan, A.  Search this

Olbrechts, Frans M., 1899-1958  Search this

Osborne, Douglas  Search this

Oswalt, W.  Search this

Palmer, M. H.  Search this

Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941  Search this

Petersen, Karen Daniels  Search this

Pierson, D.  Search this

Radin, Paul, 1883-1959  Search this

Rands, R. L.  Search this

Rhodes, Willard, 1901-1992  Search this

Roberts, Helen H. (Helen Heffron), 1888-1985  Search this

Roth, William P.  Search this

Shimkin, Demitri Boris  Search this

Shiner, Joel L.  Search this

Smith, C.  Search this

Smith, Homer Garner  Search this

Solecki, Ralph S.  Search this

Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950  Search this

Spencer, Robert  Search this

Spier, Leslie, 1893-1961  Search this

Squier, Robert J.  Search this

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this

Tax, Sol, 1907-1995  Search this

Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922  Search this

Thomas, R. K.  Search this

Tooker, Elizabeth  Search this

Tschopik, Harry S. Jr.  Search this

Tsien Y. Y.  Search this

Van Stone, James W.  Search this

Wheeler-Voegelin, Erminie, 1903-1988  Search this

Vogt, Evon Zartman  Search this

Wallace, A.  Search this

Wallace, W. J.  Search this

Webb, William S. (William Snyder), 1882-1964  Search this

Wedel, Waldo R. (Waldo Rudolph), 1908-1996  Search this

Weiant, C. W. (Clarence Wolsey), 1897-1986  Search this

Weltfish, Gene, 1902-1980  Search this

Wheeler, Richard Page  Search this

White, Leslie A., 1900-1975  Search this

Wilder, C. S.  Search this

Willey, Gordon R. (Gordon Randolph), 1913-2002  Search this

Wood, Raymond  Search this

Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009  Search this

Ackerknecht, Erwin H.  Search this

Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon), 1901-1985  Search this

Boyd W.  Search this

Collier, Donald, 1911-1995  Search this

Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery), 1881-1949  Search this

De Avile, B.  Search this

De Gandia, E.  Search this

Frenguelli, Joaquín, 1883-1958  Search this

Gillin, John, 1907-1973  Search this

Gilmore, R. M.  Search this

Goldman, Irving, 1911-2002  Search this

Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979  Search this

Henckel, C.  Search this

Horton, D.  Search this

Imbelloni, J.  Search this

Kubler, G. A.  Search this

La Barre, Weston, 1911-1996  Search this

Levi-Strauss, C.  Search this

Lipkind, William, 1904-1974  Search this

Lowie, Robert Harry, 1883-1957  Search this

McBryde, F. W.  Search this

McCown, T. D.  Search this

Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967  Search this

Miller, R. R.  Search this

OʹNeale, Lila M.  Search this

Parks, E. T.  Search this

Pourchet, M. J.  Search this

Powers, N.  Search this

Riley, M. W.  Search this

Root, W. C.  Search this

Rouse, Irving, 1913-2006  Search this

Rowe, John Howland, 1918-2004  Search this

Sauer, Carl  Search this

Steggerda, Morris, 1900-1950  Search this

Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972  Search this

Stone, D.  Search this

Stout, D. C.  Search this

Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1962  Search this

Tax, Sol, 1907-1995  Search this

Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991  Search this

Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991  Search this

Wilson, E. A.  Search this

Science Information Services  Search this

Names:

Hunter College  Search this

Extent:

3 Volumes

4 Boxes

Culture:

Isleta Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Date:

1927-1967

Scope and Contents:

Also records of galley and page proofs.

Arrangement:

Letters are arranged alphabetically by author, except for a separate file relating to the Handbook of South American Indians (BAE-B 143).

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4846

Topic:

Handbook of Middle American Indians  Search this

Policy  Search this

River Basin Survey Bulletin-Final Costs  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4846, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4846

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw335c2e46c-a52c-403a-a722-0c1f083c5c3b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4846

Correspondent:

Evans, Clifford, Jr.  Search this

Cook de Leonard, Carmen  Search this

Kubler, George  Search this

Payne, Melvin M.  Search this

Bushnell, Geoffrey  Search this

Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973  Search this

Coe, Michael Douglas  Search this

Coe, William R.  Search this

Bernal, Ignacio  Search this

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Squier, Robert J.  Search this

Rainey, Froelich G. (Froelich Gladstone), 1907-1992  Search this

Wuchopi, Robert  Search this

Williams, Howel  Search this

Stuckenrath, Robert  Search this

Author:

Contreras, Eduardo  Search this

Healy, P. F.  Search this

Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982  Search this

Clewlow, C. William  Search this

Squier, Robert J.  Search this

Creator:

Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979  Search this

Photographer:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Extent:

16.75 Linear feet

Culture:

Olmec (archaeological culture)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic slides

Maps

Letters

Writings

Notebooks

Processed materials

Photographs

Printed materials

Notes

Date:

1943-1978

bulk 1955-1970

Scope and Contents:

Robert F. Heizer was an anthropologist best known for his archeological work in California and Nevada and ethnographic work in California. A University of California Ph.D. (1941), he was on the Berkeley staff from 1946 to 1976, when he gained emeritus status. For many years he headed the Archeological Survey in California.

In 1955, Heizer extended his work into Mexican archeology with an expedition to La Venta with Philip Drucker, of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and Robert J. Squiers. The National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian, and the University of California sponsored the expedition. Its purpose was to follow up with large-scale excavations the preliminary work of Matthew W. Stirling of 1941 and Stirling and Waldo R. Wedel's work of 1943. Controversies concerning chronology took Heizer back to La Venta between 1967 and 1969. His interest in Middle American archeology continued until his death.

In 1957, Heizer began work at a site just west of the great pyramid at Cuicuilco. Involved was an investigation of a group of mounds threatened by lava quarrying. The site proved to be one of long occupation, back to around 2000 B.C. With James A. Bennyhoff, Heizer worked at the site in 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1962.

Virtually the entire collection of Heizer's papers in the National Anthropological Archives concerns the work at La Venta, the material relating to Cuicuilco representing a small miscellany. There are a few additional materials that concern Heizer's other activities, particularly in Middle America. Included are documents of an administrative nature concerning arrangements, management, and publications. There are also materials that came directly from the field work and studies of museum specimens. Also present are materials that concern controversies over Olmec chronology.

Heizer also collected notes, notebooks, photographs, cartographic material, and manuscripts from some of his colleagues and assistants on the La Venta expeditions. Included among these are materials of C. William Clewlow, Eduardo Contreras, Philip Drucker, and P.F. Healy. There are manuscripts of writings and reprints of publications from some of these and from students of Heizer. The photographic collections, considerable amounts of which are unidentified, include field negatives and prints of LaVenta, many other Olmec sites, and other archeological sites in Mexico and Middle America. There are also photographs collected from other archeologists, including Stirling.

Correspondents include James A. Bennyhoff, Ignacio Bernal, Geoffrey Bushnell, Leonard Carmichael, Michael D. Coe, William R. Coe, Carmen C. de Leonard, Philip Drucker, Clifford Evans, George Kubler, Melvin M. Payne, Froelich G. Rainey, Anna O. Shepard, Robert J. Squier, Matthew W. Stirling, Robert Stuckenrath, Howel Williams, and Robert Wuchopi.

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.

Arrangement:

(1) Correspondence, 1954-1973; (2) notebooks, 1955-1968; (3) subject file, ca. 1954-1970; (4) writings, 1956-1974; (5) printed and processed material, ca. 1950s-1970s; (6) miscellany, 1955-1978; (7) maps and other cartographic material, 1955-1968; (8) drawings, n.d.; (9) photograph albums with negatives, n.d.; (10) photographs arranged by site, 1955-1969; (11) photographs of expeditions, 1955, 1967-1969; (12) miscellaneous photographs, n.d.; (13) slides, 1943-1971; (14) illustrations for Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 170, ca. 1957

Biographical Note:

Robert Fleming Heizer was an anthropologist best known for his archeological work in California and Nevada and ethnographic work in California. A University of California PhD (1941), he was on the staff at Berkeley from 1946 to 1976, when he assumed an emeritus status. For many years he headed the Archeological Survey in California. In 1955, Heizer extended his work into Mexican archeology with an expedition to La Venta that was led by him, Philip Drucker, of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and Robert J. Squiers. The expedition was sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian, and the University of California. Its purpose was to follow up with large-scale excavations the preliminary work of Matthew Williams Stirling of 1941 and Stirling and Waldo Rudolph Wedel of 1943.

Controversies concerning the chronology of the site led to Heizer's return to La Venta between 1967 and 1969. His interest in Middle American archeology continued in the meantime and afterward until his death.

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds Photo Lot 77-59, Photograph of Robert F. Heizer at Palenque.

Papers relating to other aspects of Heizer's career are at the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley.

Provenance:

The papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by the terms of Dr. Heizer's will and placed in the archives in 1979. An addition to the collection was donated by Thomas R. Hester in 1980.

Restrictions:

The Robert F. Heizer papers are open for research.

Access to the Robert F. Heizer paper requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Archeology -- Olmec -- Mexico -- La Venta -- Middle America  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic slides

Maps

Letters

Writings

Notebooks

Processed materials

Photographs

Printed materials

Notes

Citation:

Robert F. Heizer papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1980-44

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f1fb9309-b635-4369-9636-4e377456df0b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1980-44

Creator:

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this

Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941  Search this

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940  Search this

Laird, Carobeth, 1895-1983  Search this

Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939  Search this

Siebert, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), 1912-1998  Search this

Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950  Search this

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

Collection Creator:

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Container:

Box 1165

Type:

Archival materials

Correspondence

Date:

bulk 1935-1954

Scope and Contents note:

Microfilm Reel: 16

Scope and Contents:

This subseries of the Correspondence series is a small file of letters sent or received by persons other than Harrington. Some of these items may have been hand delivered to him; others were possibly enclosures which became separated from their covering letters.

Certain letters were sent to and from individuals who were staying with him such as Indian informants (Lucerecia Garcia, Isabelle Meadows, Perry Keahtigh) or young assistants (Jack and Glenn Marr). In some cases Harrington actually wrote the letters and signed the informant's name.

Arrangement:

The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order according to the name of the writer. There are several items at the end of the set in which the sender is not clearly identified.

Local Numbers:

Accession #1976-95

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Collection Citation:

John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

The preferred citation for the Harrington Papers will reference the actual location within the collection, i.e. Box 172, Alaska/Northwest Coast, Papers of John Peabody Harrington, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

However, as the NAA understands the need to cite phrases or vocabulary on specific pages, a citation referencing the microfilmed papers is acceptable. Please note that the page numbering of the PDF version of the Harrington microfilm does not directly correlate to the analog microfilm frame numbers. If it is necessary to cite the microfilmed papers, please refer to the specific page number of the PDF version, as in: Papers of John Peabody Harrington, Microfilm: MF 7, R34 page 42.

See more items in:

John Peabody Harrington papers

John Peabody Harrington papers / Series 9: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f838a6b6-41aa-41d1-9302-86e86b1d15e7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1976-95-ref16073

Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Wilding, Anthony  Search this

Performer:

Sanchez, Philip  Search this

Translator:

Hunt, Wilbert Blue Sky Eagle, 1907-2007  Search this

Annotator:

White, Leslie A., 1900-1975  Search this

Extent:

1 Portfolio

Culture:

Acoma  Search this

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Portfolios

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Songs sung by Philip Sanchez, translated by Wilbert Hunt, and recorded by Anthony Wilding for M. W. Stirling, Washington, D. C., October, 1928. Songs numbered 1A-24A. Three copies of list, as follows: original, in handwriting of M. W. Stirling, Anthony Wilding, and ; typescript, annotated by Leslie A. White; typescript carbon, edited in writing of M. W. Stirling.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4533

Topic:

Music  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4533, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4533

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c55f84a5-817b-4d9b-8874-cd2934ea6a15

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4533

Creator:

Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this

Informant:

Estes, Joseph  Search this

Addressee:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Names:

Bushotter, George, 1864-1892  Search this

Culture:

Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1899-1956

Scope and Contents:

Contains Swanton's revisions of texts found in MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, and related materials. Contents:

1. George Bushotter's first story, the myth of Miwakan yuhala. [1899]. Autograph Document Signed. 10 pages. Copy of Lakota text, with interlinear translation in Swanton's hand; revised with "information provided by Joseph Estes [a Yankton]."

2. English translations of George Bushotter's Lakota texts 1 and 3-17. [1889-1900]. 64 pages.

3. "Dakota notes made in 1899." Approximately 55 pages in small notebook. Linguistic and ethnologic notes, mainly concerning the George Bushotter texts.

4. Note on the history of the Bushotter texts. 1903-1905. Typescript and autograph document. 1 page.

5. Letter to M. W. Stirling, concerning the Bushotter texts. Newton, Massachusetts. March 16, 1956. Typescript letter signed. 2 pages. 3 related letters by Stirling. March-April 1956. carbon copy Typescript letter. 4 pages.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2632

Topic:

Teton Indians  Search this

Folklore  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 2632, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2632

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38cf3ff6b-fc68-4ded-9383-95d3731da8db

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2632

Creator:

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Correspondent:

Wagner, Günter, 1908-1952  Search this

Extent:

1 Page

Culture:

Euchee (Yuchi)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Correspondence

Date:

1929

Scope and Contents:

MS 2733 originally contained Uchean linguistic notes and the legend of how the South Wind lost his ears, collected by Truman Michelson (11 pages). In January 1929, these materials were sent by Matthew W. Stirling, chief of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, to Gunter Wagner. The present location of the Uchean notes and text is unknown, and MS 2733 now only contains a copy of Stirling's letter of transmittal to Wagner.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2733

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Uchean languages  Search this

Yuchi language  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence

Citation:

Manuscript 2733, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.MS2733

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f37e695a-ef38-4087-937a-cde107cbb91c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2733

Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (005 in x 005 in)

Container:

Box Arch:2, Folder 7

Culture:

Cherokee  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

1930

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.01728100

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint

Place:

Kentucky -- Wolf County

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 24 SPC Archeo Ky 01728100, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 3: Archaeology / Archeo Ky

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3143e3968-15b5-41e6-8ba2-55ddaee933a0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref16175

Collection Creator:

Burns, Allan F. (Allan Frank), 1945-  Search this

Bernard, H. Russell (Harvey Russell), 1940-  Search this

Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (VHS) (2 hours, color sound)

Type:

Archival materials

Videocassettes (vhs)

Date:

1984

Scope and Contents:

Video oral history of anthropologist William Fenton conducted by anthropologist David Sapir. Dr. Fenton, known as "Mr. Iroquois" for his extensive work among this Indian group, discusses the people and events that were influential in his career including Edward Sapir and Franz Boas and his work among the Sioux and Iroquois.

Legacy Keywords: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 ; Hewitt, J.M. ; Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 ; Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975 ; Universities Harvard University ; Museums Peabody Museum ; Institution Bureau of Ethnology ; Special Collections ; Iroquois Indians ; Sioux ; Seneca Indians ; Indians of North America Northeast ; Indians of North America Great Plains ; Dakota Indians

General:

Local Number: HSFA 1989.10.3

Collection 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.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Video Dialogues in Anthropology, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc97cd1f4fc-10b6-4000-9fd0-0cb505ab7e24

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-1989-10-ref6

Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Extent:

0.5 Linear feet (1 box and 1 envelope)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

United States -- Archeology

Western Hemisphere -- Archeology

Date:

1920s-1940s

Scope and Contents:

The index is to letters in the Bureau of American Ethnology correspondence files and in the files of the Smithsonian's central administration that report sites mostly in the United States and a few in other American countries.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 7191

Citation:

Manuscript 7191, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7191

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37ce38e24-d9fc-435d-bc3a-a5b612e9e0ce

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7191

Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982  Search this

Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005  Search this

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this

Willey, Gordon R. (Gordon Randolph), 1913-2002  Search this

Extent:

1 Linear foot (3 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

ca. 1948-1956

Scope and Contents:

Includes separate folders with letters received while on field trips, carbon copies of requests for detail and various personnel matters, for the following: Philip Drucker, William N. Fenton, John Peabody Harrington, Matthew William Stirling, John Reed Swanton, Gordon R. Willey.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4621

Citation:

Manuscript 4621, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4621

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32bb33700-7f08-4d03-b435-eaf20c986082

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4621

Creator:

Ladd, John, 1923-1971  Search this

Willey, Gordon R. (Gordon Randolph), 1913-2002  Search this

Names:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Extent:

1.5 Linear feet (3 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Notes

Photographs

Place:

Panama -- Antiquities

Date:

ca. 1959-1964

Scope and Contents:

Includes notecards on "finds," packing lists, and photographs apparently used by Ladd in the preparation of his Archeological Investigations in the Parita and Santa Maria Zones of Panama, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 193, 1964. There are also notes on specimens by Gordon Randolph Willey.

Biographical / Historical:

The sites of the materials referred to in the collection were explored in expeditions led by Matthew Williams Stirling and Gordon Randolph Willey.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 7196

Genre/Form:

Notes

Photographs

Citation:

Manuscript 7196, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7196

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a8cdb4d7-c266-47a8-8b53-98866de30cb8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7196

Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Expedition  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (003 in x 005 in)

Culture:

Land Dyak  Search this

Dayak (Indonesian people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

1926

Scope and Contents:

Man and Two Wood Canoes Nearby

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.07361500

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount

Place:

Indonesia -- New Guinea

Genre/Form:

Photographs

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Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection

Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / Malaysia

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fa576a47-a4f2-46b7-86da-f82bfa53bfff

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref6569

Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Expedition  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (004 in x 006 in)

Culture:

New Guinea people  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.07364400

Local Note:

File Print

Black and white photoprint

Place:

New Guinea -- Merauke

Genre/Form:

Photographs

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Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection

Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / Melanesians

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34a99e6e3-1089-4539-9040-6c0190ff9773

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref6602

Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (004 in x 006 in)

Culture:

Papuans  Search this

Papuan  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

1926

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.07500800

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint

Place:

New Guinea

Genre/Form:

Photographs

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Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection

Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / Papuan

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33cff8a4b-f6ba-4634-827f-8ed9032c73ca

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref8335

Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (004 in x 006 in mounted on 010 in x 011 in)

Culture:

New Caledonia  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.07500900

Local Note:

Photo Lists Both New Caledonia and New Guinea, Ledger Lists New Caledonia; ACC Date, Nov 10, 1887

Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount

Place:

New Caledonia

Genre/Form:

Photographs

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Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection

Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / Papuan

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b9eb4166-7677-4f2e-8e26-415b14f370e4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref8336

Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Stirling, Marion  Search this

Names:

National Geographic Society (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

37.94 Linear feet (84 boxes, 3 map folders)

Culture:

Olmec (archaeological culture)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Field notes

Photographs

Correspondence

Place:

Papua New Guinea

Mexico

Ecuador

Costa Rica

Panama

Date:

1876-2004, undated

bulk 1921-1975

Summary:

The Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers, 1876-2004 (bulk 1921-1975), document the professional and personal lives of Matthew Stirling, Smithsonian archaeologist and Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1928-1957), and his wife and constant collaborator, Marion Stirling Pugh. The bulk of the material is professional in nature and includes material from Matthew's early career in the 1920s, the careers of Matthew and Marion together from when they married in 1933 to Matthew's death in 1975, and Marion's life and work from 1975 until her death in 2001.

The majority of the documentation relates to the investigation of the Olmec culture in Mexico by the Stirlings, including the discoveries of eight colossal Olmec heads. In addition, the collection documents their work in Panama, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, looking for connections between Mesoamerica and South America. Materials include field notes, journals, correspondence, photographs, writings, clippings, ephemera, articles, and scrapbooks.

Scope and Contents:

The Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers, 1876-2004 (bulk 1921-1975), document the professional and personal lives of Matthew Stirling, Smithsonian archaeologist, and Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1928-1957), and his wife and constant collaborator, Marion Stirling Pugh. The bulk of the material is professional in nature and includes material from Matthew's early career in the 1920s, the careers of Matthew and Marion together from when they married in 1933 to Matthew's death in 1975, and Marion's life and work from 1975 until her death in 2001. The majority of the documentation relates to the investigation of the Olmec culture in Mexico by the Stirlings, including the discoveries of eight colossal Olmec heads. In addition, the collection documents their work in Panama, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, looking for connections between Mesoamerica and South America. Materials include field notes, journals, correspondence, photographs, writings, clippings, ephemera, articles, and scrapbooks.

Series 1. Field work, 1921-1998 (bulk 1921-1975) and undated, documents the archaeological expeditions undertaken by Matthew and Marion Stirling over a span of 40 years. This includes expeditions Matthew undertook prior to his marriage and collaboration with Marion to Papua New Guinea, Ecuador, and Florida, and extensive documentation of expeditions they embarked on together to Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, and Costa Rica.

Series 2. Other travels, 1946-1972 is comprised of materials documenting trips the Stirlings took that, for the most part, did not include field work. This includes trips for both business and personal travel, however it was common for the two to overlap.

Series 3. Administrative files, 1924-1980 and undated is partly comprised of materials the Stirlings compiled and organized into an alphabetical filing structure and also of materials that are administrative in nature and did not directly relate to other categories outlined in this finding aid.

Series 4 Writings and lectures, 1925-1990 and undated, consists of articles, papers, drafts, and notes primarily written by Matthew Stirling, with some materials co-written by Marion, and documentation relating to presentations the Stirlings gave regarding their field work and other professional matters. Also included is material relating to films that were made about the Stirling's work.

Series 5. Personal and family materials, 1880-1996 and undated, consists of documents, photographs, and ephemera that are personal in nature. This includes items relating to Matthew Stirling's young life and family history, photographs, correspondence, and clippings relating to his extended family, and photographs of and correspondence from Matt and Marion's children.

Series 6. Anthropological journals, 1876-1959, consists of collections of anthropological journals collected and categorized for reference and research purposes.

Series 7. Marion Stirling Pugh, 1924-2004 (bulk 1948-2002) and undated, consists of materials relating to endeavors Marion undertook without Matthew, primarily relating to her participation in the Society of Women Geographers from 1948-2000 and her life after Matthew died in 1975 until her death in 2001.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 7 series: 1) Field work, 1921-1998 (bulk 1921-1975), undated; 2) Other travels, 1946-1972; 3) Administrative files, 1924-1980, undated; 4) Writings and lectures, 1925-1990, undated; 5) Personal and family materials, 1880-1996, undated; 6) Anthropological journals, 1876-1959; 7) Marion Stirling Pugh, 1924-2004 (bulk 1948-2002), undated.

Biographical note:

MATTHEW WILLIAMS STIRLING:

Matthew Williams Stirling, archaeologist and Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1928-1957), was born on August 28, 1896 in Salinas, California. After serving as an Ensign in the Navy from 1917-1919, he graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology in 1920 from the University of California, Berkeley studying under T.T. Waterman, Alfred L. Kroeber, and E.W. Gifford. From 1920-1921 he worked as a teaching fellow at the university, where he taught William Duncan Strong. Stirling's first tenure at the Smithsonian (then the U.S. National Museum (USNM)) was from 1921-1924, first as a museum aide, then as an Assistant Curator of Ethnology. While in the position he took night classes at George Washington University and received his M.A. in 1922. He received an honorary Sc.D. from Tampa University in 1943. In 1924, Stirling resigned his position at the museum and embarked on a journey to South American with his friend Perry Patton. From 1925-1927 he embarked on the Smithsonian sponsored American-Dutch Expedition to Papua New Guinea to explore the previously unknown interior region of Dutch New Guinea. Stirling was appointed Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution in 1928 and married Marion Illig in 1933. They worked together for the next 40 years studying Olmec culture and the connection to greater Mesoamerica and South America. They had two children (Matthew W. Stirling Jr. in 1938 and Ariana Stirling in 1942). Stirling retired as Director of the B.A.E. on December 31, 1957. He died January 23, 1975 in Washington, D.C.

Sources consulted:

Collins, Henry B. "Matthew Williams Stirling, 1896-1975." American Anthropologist, New Series, 78, no. 4 (1976): 886-88.

Coe, Michael D. "Matthew Williams Stirling, 1896-1975." American Antiquity 41, no. 1 (1976): 67-73.

MARION STIRLING PUGH:

Marion Stirling Pugh (nee Illig) was born in Middletown, New York on May 12, 1911. She graduated from Rider College in 1930 and came to Washington D.C. in 1931 where she took a job as a secretary to the Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Matthew Stirling. She attended night school at George Washington University from 1931-1933 where she studied anthropology, geology, and Russian. Marion and Matthew were married on December 11, 1933 and promptly embarked on a honeymoon expedition to Florida where Matthew was in charge of Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects. They worked together for the next 40 years studying Olmec culture and the connection to greater Mesoamerica and South America. They had two children (Matthew W. Stirling Jr. in 1938 and Ariana Stirling in 1942).

Marion was an active member of the Society of Women Geographers and was elected to the executive board in 1954. She served as president of the society from 1960-1963 and 1969-1972. She had a long-time association with the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. and in the 1970s established what would become the Latin American Research Fund to secure Latin American ethnographic textiles for the museum.

After Matthew's death in 1975, Marion married General John Ramsey Pugh in 1977. Pugh died in 1994. Marion continued to travel the world, including making a trip to Antarctica in her 80s, until her death on April 24, 2001 in Tucson, Arizona.

Sources consulted:

"Marion Stirling Pugh, 89." The Washington Post. May 11, 2001. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/05/11/marion-stirling-pugh-89/01329ba8-f32b-4d66-83fb-9f3c311aaefb/?utm_term=.ab20f25e060b (accessed May 16, 2019).

Conroy, Sarah Booth. "Archaeologist Marion Pugh, Digging Up Memories." The Washington Post. July 8, 1996. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/07/08/archaeologist-marion-pugh-digging-up-memories/09f465e7-5900-455e-bcd5-b81828a502d5/?utm_term=.703ff0e84313 (accessed May 16, 2019).

Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh Chronology

1896 August 28 -- Matthew Williams Stirling born in Salinas, California to Ariana and John Williams Stirling

1911 May 12 -- Marion Illig born in Middletown, New York

1914-1920 -- Matthew Stirling attended the University of California, Berkeley, receiving his B.A. in Anthropology in 1920. He studied under A.L. Kroeber, T.T. Waterman, and E.W. Gifford.

1917-1919 -- Matthew Stirling served as an ensign in the U.S. Navy during World War I

1920 -- Matthew Stirling's travels to Europe with his parents

1920-1921 -- Matthew Stirling worked as teaching fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and taught William Duncan Strong

1921-1924 -- Matthew Stirling worked at the United States National Museum (USNM), first as a Museum Aide and then as an Assistant Curator of Ethnology

1922 -- Matthew Stirling received Master of Arts degree from George Washington University, studying under Truman Michelson Matthew Stirling went on a trip to the cave country of France and Spain with friend Perry J. Patton

1923 Winter -- Matthew Stirling sent by J. Walter Fewkes to excavate at Weedon (or Weeden) Island, Florida

1924 Spring -- Matthew Stirling resigned from his Smithsonian USNM post

1924 Summer -- Matthew Stirling conducted excavations in Mobridge, South Dakota

1924 July -- Matthew Stirling went on a trip to South America with friend, Perry J. Patton

1924 Winter -- Matthew Stirling continued excavations in Weedon Island, FL

1924-1925 -- Matthew Stirling sold real estate on Weedon Island, Florida to fund the expedition to Papua New Guinea in the winters of 1924 and 1925

1925-1927 -- Matthew Stirling organized and led the American-Dutch Expedition (or Smithsonian Institution-Dutch Colonial Government expedition) to Papua New Guinea

1928 -- Matthew Stirling named Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) at the Smithsonian Institution

1929 March-April -- Matthew Stirling surveyed mounds in Tampa Bay and Calusa areas of Florida

1930s -- Matthew Stirling conducted various archaeological excavations in Georgia and Florida under the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

1930 -- Marion Illig received a Bachelor of Science degree from Rider College From February through April, Mathew Stirling conducted more work on Tampa Bay mounds in Florida In July, Matthew Stirling went to Marfa, Texas to examine pictographs in caves and also went to Deeth, Nevada

1931 September-1932 March -- Matthew Stirling a member of the Latin American Expedition to South and Central America. He studied the Tule/Kuna Indians in Panama and the Jivaro in Ecuador

1931-1933 -- Marion Illig moved to Washington D.C. to attend George Washington University and worked at the BAE as a secretary for Matthew Stirling

1933 December 11 -- Matthew and Marion Stirling married

1933 December-1934 May 5 -- Matthew Stirling supervised Federal Civil Works Administration (or Federal Emergency Relief Administration) projects in Florida, also called Florida Federal Relief (Bradenton, Perico Island, Canaveral Island, and Belle Glade) and BAE excavations in Macon, Georgia

1934 October -- Conducted archaeological work in King, Queen, and Halifax counties in Virginia and Granville City, North Carolina

1935 -- Matthew Stirling acted as the president of the Anthropological Society of Washington Expedition to Guatemala, Honduras, and Yucatan Peninsula to study the Maya and the Quché (or Quiche) Indians from January to February 15, 1935

1935-1936 -- Matthew Stirling acted as the vice president of the American Anthropological Association

1936 -- Matthew Stirling and WPA workers conducted archaeological surveys in southern Florida in July 1936 Matthew and Marion Stirling visited an excavation in Macon, Georgia in Fall 1936 Matthew Stirling supervised archaeological projects in Hillsborough and Dade Counties in Florida

1938 January-March -- Matthew and Marion Stirling take first field trip to Mexico, visiting Tres Zapotes

1938 December 24-1939 April 15 -- First Smithsonian Institution/National Geographic Society Expedition to Mexico with C.W. Weiant. Excavated Tres Zapotes and discovered lower portion of Stela C

1939 -- Matthew Stirling received his first Franklyn L. Burr Award from the National Geographic Society

1939 December 26-1940 April 20 -- Second Smithsonian Institution/National Geographic Society Expedition to Mexico with Dr. Philip Drucker. Excavated Cerro de las Mesas and La Venta

1940 December 29-1941 April 30 -- Third Smithsonian Institution/National Geographic Society Expedition to Mexico with Dr. Philip Drucker. Excavated Cerro de las Mesas and Izapa

1941 -- Matthew and Marion Stirling received the Franklyn L. Burr Award from the National Geographic Society (shared with Richard Hewitt Stewart)

1942 April -- Matthew Stirling visited Dr. Philip Drucker at La Venta

1942 April-June -- Fourth Smithsonian Institution/National Geographic Society Expedition to Mexico. Visited Tuxtla Gutierrez, Zoque, Tzotzil and Chamula Indians, and Palenque

1943 -- Fifth Smithsonian Institution/National Geographic Society Expedition to Mexico with Dr. Waldo R. Wedel. Excavated La Venta Matthew Stirling awarded honorary Doctor of Science from Tampa University

1944 January 28-May -- Sixth Smithsonian Institution/National Geographic Society Expedition to Mexico. Visited Michoacán, Jalisco, Uruapan, Tlaquepaque, and Tarascan Indians from Lake Pátzcuaro and conducted archaeological surveys in Southern Veracruz, Tabasco, and Campeche

1945 January 22-May 31 -- Seventh Smithsonian Institution/National Geographic Society Expedition to Mexico. Excavated La Venta, San Lorenzo, Piedra Parada, and Tapachula

1946 January 26-April -- Eighth Smithsonian Institution/National Geographic Society Expedition to Mexico with Dr. Philip Drucker. Excavated San Lorenzo

1947 -- Matthew Stirling becomes Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology (title changed from "Chief")

1947 December-1948 -- First Smithsonian Institution/ National Geographic Society Expeditions to Panama including Cocle, Balboa, Chitre, Parita (Sixto Pinilla Place), Monagrillo, and El Hatillo

1949 -- Second Smithsonian Institution/ National Geographic Society Expedition to Panama

1951 -- Third Smithsonian Institution/ National Geographic Society Expedition to Panama

1953 -- Fourth Smithsonian Institution/ National Geographic Society Expedition to Panama

1954 -- Marion Stirling elected to the executive board of the Society of Women Geographers

1955 -- "Pan Am" (or Inter-American Highway) Road Trip

1956-1957 -- Smithsonian Institution/ National Geographic Society Expedition to Ecuador. Excavated in the ManabÍ Province

1957 December 31 -- Matthew Stirling retired as Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology

1958 -- Matthew Stirling received his third Franklyn L. Burr Award from the National Geographic Society

1960-1963 -- Marion Stirling acted as president for the Society of Women Geographers for the first time

1960-1975 -- Matthew Stirling's membership in the National Geographic Society Committee on Research and Exploration

1961 -- Trip to Mexico Marion Stirling's trip to Peru Matthew Stirling collaborated with Dr. L.S.B. Leakey through the NGS Committee on Research and Exploration

1963 -- Trip to Nicaragua

1964 -- Expedition to Costa Rica Trip to Asia

1967 -- International Tuna Match, Bahamas

1968 -- Trip to New Guinea Attended the Cultural Olympics in Mexico City

1969 -- Trip to Turkey, Bali, Etc.

1969-1972 -- Marion Stirling acted as president for the Society of Women Geographers for the second time

1972 -- Trip to Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands Farmer finds upper portion of Stela C, confirming Matthew Stirling's original date as 31 B.C.

1972-1973 -- Trip to Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

1974 -- Marion Stirling established the Mexican Research Fund (now the Latin American Research fund) for the Textile Museum

1975 January 23 -- Matthew Williams Stirling died in Washington D.C.

1977 -- Marion Stirling married Major General John Ramsey Pugh

1985 -- Marion Stirling Pugh received the Distinguished Service Medal from the Peruvian Embassy

1994 -- Death of Major General John Ramsey Pugh Marion Stirling Pugh's trip to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco

1995 -- Marion Stirling Pugh's trip to Antarctica and the Falkland Islands

1996 -- Marion Stirling Pugh's trip to China, and separately to Belize and Honduras

2001 April 24 -- Marion Stirling Pugh died in Tucson, Arizona

Separated Materials:

Film materials were transferred to the Human Studies Film Archive (HSFA).

Provenance:

The bulk of these papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives in 2016 by Matthew and Marion Stirling's grandchildren, Jessica Gronberg and Jeremy Withers.

Restrictions:

The Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers are open for research.

The scrapbooks listed in Series 1.7 are restricted due to preservation concerns. Please contact the reference archivist for more information.

Access to the Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Occupation:

Women archaeologists  Search this

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Field notes

Photographs

Correspondence

Citation:

Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.2016-24

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GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31131a350-b4ba-421a-bc30-0ecfb99820e9

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Stirling, Marion  Search this

Container:

Box 47

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1971

Collection Restrictions:

The Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers are open for research.

The scrapbooks listed in Series 1.7 are restricted due to preservation concerns. Please contact the reference archivist for more information.

Access to the Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers / Series 7: Marion Stirling Pugh / 7.1: The Society of Women Geographers / Alphabetical files:

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fd5881d1-d75c-4c43-90ae-2018cabbcad3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2016-24-ref1000

Collection Creator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Stirling, Marion  Search this

Container:

Box 47

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1970-1972

Collection Restrictions:

The Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers are open for research.

The scrapbooks listed in Series 1.7 are restricted due to preservation concerns. Please contact the reference archivist for more information.

Access to the Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers

Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers / Series 7: Marion Stirling Pugh / 7.1: The Society of Women Geographers / Alphabetical files:

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e1b48ac4-1101-41e2-9909-487c706e387b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2016-24-ref1001