The Albert Clanton Spaulding Papers consist of correspondence, field project data, manuscripts, and teaching notes documenting his work at the University of Michigan, University of California Santa Barbara, the National Science Foundation, and field work at the Arzberger Site and Agattu.
Scope and Contents:
The Albert Clanton Spaulding Papers consist of correspondence, field project data, manuscripts, and teaching notes documenting his work at the University of Michigan, University of California Santa Barbara, the National Science Foundation, and field work at the Arzberger Site and Agattu. Although it has been noted that there are significant and inexplicable lucunae in Spaulding's papers, they nevertheless touch on most phases of his professional life. There is, however, relatively little field material.
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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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, 1948-1982; 2. manuscript of Spaulding writings; 3. material concerning students; 4. site reports and field project data; 4. material regarding conferences and committees; 6. material related to work as National Science Foundation archeology program director; 7. student notebooks and dissertation; 8. material regarding the Arzberger site; 9. administrative material regarding the University of Michigan; 10. academic papers collected by Spaulding, teaching aids, and lecture notes; 11. Philip C. Phillips and Gordon R. Willey file; 12. James A. Ford file; 13. correspondence regarding publications; 14. miscellany; 15. photographs
Biographical note:
Albert C. Spaulding was trained at Montana State University (B.A. in economics, 1935), the University of Michigan (M.A. in ahthropology, 1937), and Columbia University (Ph.D., 1946). In 1946-1947, he taught at the University of Kansas and was an assistant curator at the university's Museum of Anthropology. From 1947-1961, he taught at the University of Michigan and was curator of that university's Museum of Anthropology. In 1959-1961, Spaulding was first program director for the History and Philosophy of Science Program of the National Science Foundation and the NAS program director for anthropology. In 1963-1966, he was professor and chairman of the anthropology department at the University of Oregon. In 1967-1971, he became dean of the College of Letters and Science at the University of California at Santa Barbara and continued at that institution as professor of anthropology until 1983. Spaulding served the Society for Amercian Archeology as associate editor, secretary, vice president, and president. In 1964, he was vice president for Section H of American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Although Spaulding carried out several significant field projects, he is best rememberd for his theoretical and methodological concerns. In relating his first archeological field work, he declared: "My fundamental interest at the time (and now) was clarification of the basic concepts of archeology, which led me into explicit definitions of archaeological problems in terms of relationship between or among well-defined variables." Spaulding produced many articles and book reviews in which he dealt with such problems. Some of the best-known appeared in the pages of American Antiquity in 1953 and 1954 when be debated James A. Ford in general terms concerning teh most productive methods of archeology in general and the nature of archeological types and methods of defining them in particular. Because of his espousal of rigor in method, Spaulding is considered on of the main forerunners of the "new archeology" of the 1960s. For his work, he received the SAA distinguished Service Award in 1981.
Restrictions:
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William S. Webb photographs of excavations in Norris basin
Creator:
Webb, William S. (William Snyder), 1882-1964 Search this
Extent:
6 Prints (silver gelatin)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Place:
Tennessee -- Antiquities
Date:
1934
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs depicting temple and mound excavations in Norris basin, Tennessee.
Biographical/Historical note:
William S. Webb (1882-1964) was Head of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology as well as the Department of Physics at the University of Kentucky. During the 1930s he coordinated archeological excavations in Tennessee, northern Alabama, and western Kentucky for the Tennessee Valley Authority. He documented these excavations in BAE Bulletins 118, 122, and 129.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 73-17
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Correspondence from Webb can be found in other collections within the National Anthropological Archives, including the records of the Bureau of Ethnology, the records of the River Basin Surveys, and collections of personal papers.
The National Anthropological Archives holds MS 3435-d, James Bennet Griffin and William Webb's manuscript on Tennessee Valley Archeology.
Additional photographs relating to Webb's archaeological work may be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24.
The Flint River site, Ma 48, by Wm. S. Webb and David L. De Jarnette. Prepared with the assistance of the Work Projects Administration and with the cooperation of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Author:
Webb, William S (William Snyder) 1882-1964 Search this
United States Work Projects Administration (Ala.) Search this
The Whitesburg Bridge site Ma 10 / by Wm. S. Webb and David L. De Jarnette. Prepared with the assistance of the Work Projects Administration and with the cooperation of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Title:
Geological Survey of Alabama
Author:
Webb, William S (William Snyder) 1882-1964 Search this
Ancient life in Kentucky; a brief presentation of the paleontological succession in Kentucky coupled with a systematic outline of the archaeology of the commonwealth. By W.D. Funkhouser ... and W.S. Webb ... Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-six original photographs, maps and diagrams
Author:
Funkhouser, W. D. (William Delbert) 1881-1948 Search this
Webb, William S. (William Snyder) 1882-1964 Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 349 p. incl. front., illus., pl., port., diagrs. 24 cm
Mt. Horeb earthworks : site 1, and the Drake mound, site 11, Fayette County, Kentucky / by Wm. S. Webb. With notes on textiles by Henry A. Carey, and physical anthropology by Charles E. Snow
Author:
Webb, William S (William Snyder) 1882-1964 Search this
The C. and O. mounds at Paintsville : sites Jo 2 and Jo 9, Johnson County, Kentucky / by Wm. S. Webb ; with chapters on pottery by Wm. G. Haag and physical anthropology by Charles E. Snow
Author:
Webb, William S (William Snyder) 1882-1964 Search this
