James Alfred Ford Papers, 1940-1962.

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James Alfred Ford Papers, 1940-1962.

1940-1962

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Ford's papers referring to his archaeological excavations at prehistoric sites of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Arkansas and other areas of the South, New Jersey, Alaska, Peru, and Poverty Point, Louisiana, the latter excavated with Junius Bird. His papers consist of field notes including photographs of the sites taken at ground level and from the air, correspondence, hand-drawn maps, charts of the sites, drafts of manuscripts, and illustrations used in publications.

3 cubic ft.

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American Museum of Natural History

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology

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The collection was probably amassed by James Howard McGregor of the Anthropology Dept. as the first part of a lecture on the evolution of man. The first part was entitled "Apes" and the second, "Studies of Man." Many photographs come from the Museum's Dept. of Public Education. From the description of Mammalogical photographs, [ca. 1914-1953] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155515619 Canadian geologist Robert Bell directed the Geological Survey of Canada from 1901-1906. ...

Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968

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Archaeologist, museum curator. Ford was Curator of North American Archaeology in the Dept. of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, 1946-1964. From the description of Papers, 1940-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511692 ...

Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982

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Junius Bouton Bird (b. September 12, 1907, Rye, New York- d. April 2, Spuyten Duyvil, New York), was an American archaeologist who was appointed curator of South American Archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History in 1934. His contributions to the study of ecology, climate, and pre-Columbian archaeology earned him several awards including The Viking Fund Medal for Archaeology (1956) and The Order of "El sol de Peru" (1974). In 1961 he was elected as the president of the Society for Am...