Marshall Saville photograph collection

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Marshall Saville photograph collection

1901-1922; bulk 1907-1918

https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.001.037

Photographs and glass plate negatives documenting the various archaeological expeditions of all three Savilles. The bulk of the images concern the activities headed by Marshall Saville (and assisted by Foster and Randolph) in both South and Central America. Included to a lesser degree are the explorations of Foster in North America and Randolph in the Caribbean, South and Central America. Images document archaeological digs, their settings, the peoples encountered, as well as the objects found. The dates of the images found in this collection and taken by the various Savilles during their numerous expeditions are as follows (the photographer(s) attributed to photographs taken during a specific expedition is/are listed in parentheses following the country of the specific expedition) : 1891: Honduras (Marshall), 1900-1902: Mexico (Marshall), 1907: Cuba (Marshall), 1907: Ecuador (Marshall, Foster, Randolph), 1915: Honduras (Marshall), 1915: Cuba, Jamaica, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala (Randolph), 1914-1916: Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica (Marshall, Foster, Randolph), 1918: Pantigo site, Easthampton, Long Island, New York (Foster), 1922: Photographic portrait of Marshall

526 Negatives (photographic) (526 glass plate negatives, black and white); 51 Photographic prints (black and white); 2 Lantern slides (black and white, color)

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658206

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Saville, Marshall H. (Marshall Howard), 1867-1935

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Charles Pickering Bowditch was a major benefactor to the Peabody Museum. Frederic W. Putnam served as the curator of the Peabody Museum. Alice E. Putnam was Frederic Putnam's daughter and served as a research assistant at the Peabody Museum, as well as Frederic's liason to the museum when his health began to fail. From the description of Notes, correspondence and drawings on the Indian mounds of the Ohio Valley, 1915-1935. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64064236 ...

Saville, Foster H. (Foster Harmon), 1874-1942

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Photographs, notes, and sketches of artifacts found in Rhode Island. Includes excavation photos and field notes as well as some biographical information of individuals from the 17th century. Some of the photos of Indian artifacts have Museum of the American Indian artifact numbers. Includes a photo of a coin showing the Maurice, Prince of Orange. Pictures of pipes, utensils, and pottery. From the description of Rhode Island field notebook, [undated]. (Cornell University Library). Wor...

Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924

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Archaeologists. Pepper, field director, and Wetherill, assistant, excavated prehistoric pueblo sites in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, 1896-1899, for the Hyde Expeditions on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. The Hyde Expeditions were funded by B.T.B. Hyde and Frederick Hyde. From the description of George Pepper and Richard Wetherill papers, 1896-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511944 ...