Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology archives, 1927-[ongoing].

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Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology archives, 1927-[ongoing].

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Summary: As of 1997, collection consists of administrative records and related materials on the mission and activities of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology and its predecessors. Includes correspondence, project reports, minutes of board meetings, accession books, audits, and field school management files. Correspondence includes an extensive exchange between Jesse Nusbaum, director of the Lab 1931-1935, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Other correspondents include: Carl Guthe, William H. Jackson, Jesse D. Jennings, A.V. Kidder, Alexander Lesser, Sylvanus G. Morley, Earl Morris, Morris Opler, Elsie Clews Parsons, Herman Schweizer, Anna O. Shepard, Julian Steward, Duncan Strong, and M. Titiev, as well as staff members: Kenneth M. Chapman, A.E. Dittert, Bertha Dutton, Nancy Fox, Marjorie Lambert, H.P. Mera, Stewart Peckham, S.A. Stallings, and Stanley D. Stubbs. Field school files relate to summer sessions held annually 1929-1936, containing student letters, financial records, and correspondence with faculty. Supporting materials include scrapbooks, photograph albums, blueprints and plans. Subjects include: museum architecture, dendochronology, salvage archaeology, Indian arts and crafts, Indian pottery, the Hyde Expedition, the "Indian Detours" tours conducted by Fred Harvey and WPA projects.

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Museum of New Mexico Library

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Museum of New Mexico Library

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Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960

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John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in Midtown Manhattan known as Rockefeller Center, making him one of the largest real estate holders in the city. Towards the end of his life, he was famous for his philanthropy, donating over $500 million to a wide variety of different causes, including educati...

Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963

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Kidder was an archaeologist who excavated sites in the Southwest. He became a member of the Advisory Board for the Laboratory of Anthropology in 1927. From the description of Alfred Vincent Kidder Pecos papers, 1915-1935. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992640 Kidder was an archaeologist who excavated sites in the southwest. He became a member of the Advisory Board for the Laboratory of Anthropology in 1927. From the description of Alfred Vi...

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

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Renowned photographer of Western landscapes, employed by the United States Geological Survey and commercial enterprises to document wilderness areas and Native American cultures. From the description of Colorado Views [picture], ca. 1870-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 46460710 Official photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories conducted by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden. From the description of Papers, 1851-1878. (Duke University Library). ...

Schweizer, Herman.

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Dutton, Bertha P. (Bertha Pauline), 1903-1994

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Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology (Museum of New Mexico)

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The Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc., was created in 1927 with support from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Since its opening in 1931, the mission of the Laboratory has been archaeological and anthropological research, education (field schools), publication, collection, and the promotion of the arts and welfare of Indian communities. In 1948 the Lab became a unit of the Museum of New Mexico, dropping the "Inc." from its title. Another name change occurred in 1984 when, with the undertaking of a separat...

Opler, Morris Edward, 1907-1996

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Professor of anthropology. Born in Buffalo, N.Y. on May 16, 1907, Opler received a B.A. in sociology from the University of Buffalo in 1929, an M.A. in anthropology there in 1930, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1933. He served as an assistant anthropologist with the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1936-1937. He taught sociology at Reed College in Oregon from 1937-1938, then served as assistant professor of anthropology at Claremont College in California from...

Jennings, Jesse D. (Jesse David), 1909-1997

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Jesse D. Jennings (July 7, 1909- August 13, 1997) was born in Oklahoma and grew up in New Mexico. As a graduate student at the University of Chicago began archaeological excavations in the Midwest and Southeast in 1929. After working several jobs for the National Park Service, including superintendent of Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, Georgia, Jennings joined the faculty at the University of Utah, where he taught and conducted archaeological investigations from 1948 until his retirement in...

Stallings, Sidney A.

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Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972

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The Puerto Rico Project was an in-depth study of the Island's population organized by Dr. Jaime Benitez, chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, with the assistance of Clarence Senior, director of the University's Center of Social Science Investigations. In early 1947, the proposed study was brought to the attention of Dr. Julian Steward, chair of Columbia University's Anthropology Department.By December 1947 the organization of project goals, research hypotheses and met...

Titiev, Mischa, 1901-1978

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Mischa Titiev (1901-1978) was a Russian born Anthropologist who received his PhD from Harvard University in 1935. Titiev was responsible for a number of significant publications in his field including Old Oraibi which was based on his field research of the Hopi Indians between 1932 and 1934. From the guide to the Mischa Titiev collection, 1933-1941, 1992, (The Museum of Northern Arizona) ...

Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941

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Elsie Clews Parsons was a sociologist, anthropologist, and folklorist. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1882]-1978. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380114 From the description of Isleta sketches, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86138573 From the description of Papers, 1835-1944. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589249 Anthropologist. From t...

Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1883-1948

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Sylvanus G. Morley (1883-1948) was an archaeologist well known for his studies of Mayan ruins. From the description of Sylvanus Morley and Rhoads family photographs of Latin America, circa 1900s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 123235298 Sylvanus Griswold Morley was an archaeologist and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1940. From the description of Diaries, 1905-1947. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id...

Strong, Duncan.

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Mera, H. P. 1875-1951.

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Fred Harvey Firm

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Fred Harvey (1835-1901) began a partnership with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1878. In 1889, the Railway gave Harvey exclusive rights to manage and operate his eating houses, lunch stands, and hotel facilities upon the Santa Fe's railroads west of the Missouri River. The Harvey Houses took pride in their first class food, service, and cleanliness. From the description of Fred Harvey hotels collection, 1896-1945. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29699443 ...

Hyde Expedition.

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Guthe, Carl E. (Carl Eugen), 1893-1974

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Professor of anthropology and director of University of Michigan Museum. From the description of Carl Eugen Guthe papers, 1919-1943. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778401 From the description of Carl Eugen Guthe papers, 1919-1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423250 Guthe, an archaeologist, was president of the Board of Trustees of the Laboratory of Anthropology 1935-1941. From the description of Carl Eugen Guthe paper...

Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956

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Archaeologist, writer and teacher; Earl H. Morris studied prehistoric peoples in the Southwest, Mexico and Guatemala. From the description of Photographic Portfolio, ca. 1920s. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 39342680 Archaeologist, collector for the Dept. of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Papers, 1923-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511860 ...

Peckham, Stewart

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Lambert, Marjorie F.

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Marjorie Lambert, an archaeologist, worked at the Museum of New Mexico from 1937 to 1969. From the description of Marjorie F. Lambert papers, 1938-1960. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992693 ...

Dittert, Alfred Edward, 1922-

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Dittert, a curator on the staff of the Laboratory of Anthropology, served on a steering committee for the project. From the description of Alfred Edward Dittert files on the Northern Rio Grande Resources Conservation and Development Project, 1965-1974. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992639 ...

Lesser, Alexander, 1902-1982

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Chapman, Kenneth Milton, 1875-1968

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Chapman (1875-1968) served as chief curator and as interim director of the Laboratory of Anthropology, 1927-1968. From the description of Kenneth M. Chapman papers, 1929-1968, (bulk, 1929-1942). (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992692 Art administrator; New Mexico; born 1875; died 1968. From the description of Kenneth M. Chapman interview, 1963 Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192483 From the description of Oral history inte...

United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

Shepard, Anna Osler, 1903-1973

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Fox, Nancy Littell

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Stubbs, Stanley A.

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Stanley A. Stubbs, an archaeologist, was on the staff of the Museum of New Mexico and Laboratory of Anthropology from the 1930s to the 1950s. From the description of Stanley A. Stubbs weather observations, 1942 Jan.-1957 Jan. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992672 ...