School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1908
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Alice C. Fletcher Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 087
Scope and Content
This collection consists of records from the School of American Archaeology in Santa Fe. Includes minutes, announcements, pamphlets, clippings, reports, official correspondence, and financial documents. Much of the correspondence involves officials at the School of American Archaeology and its parent institution the Archaeological Institute of America, including Edgar Hewett, Charles Lummis, Francis Kelsey, and Charles Bowditch, as well as scholars such as Jesse Fewkes.
Dates:
1904-1911
Boaz W. Long Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 136
Scope and Content
The Boaz Walton Long Collection consists of private and professional correspondence, financial records, and personal papers dating almost entirely from the 1940s.
Dates:
1942-1957
Edgar L. Hewett Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 105
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of archaeologist and educator Edgar Lee Hewett (1865-1946). The collection includes materials from 1861-1992, with the bulk of the materials from 1897-1947. The types of materials include correspondence, manuscripts by Hewett and others, publications, archaeological notes and reports, financial records, personal documents, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, account books and ledgers, visitor registers, maps, and other miscellaneous...
Dates:
1861 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1897 - 1947
Fényes-Curtin-Paloheimo Collection
Collection
Identifier: nmsfamh0011
Abstract
This collection documents the lives of three generations of one family, grandmother, Eva Scott Muse Fényes, mother, Leonora S.M. Curtin, and daughter, Leonora Curtin Paloheimo. The personal papers of the women contain extensive correspondence, diaries, thousands of photographs, business and financial documents, travel records, scrapbooks, clippings, and ephemera.
Dates:
1847-2005
Francis C. Wilson Files
Collection
Identifier: AC 06
Abstract
Papers include correspondence re the Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc., 1927-1949.
Dates:
1927-1962; 1927-1949; Majority of material found in 1927-1949
Found in:
School for Advanced Research
/
Francis C. Wilson Files
Guide to the Bruce T. Ellis Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 075
Scope and Content
The Bruce T. Ellis Collection consists of various original and photostatic copies of the Spanish, Mexican and American period of New Mexico's history. Ellis, a former employee of the Museum of New Mexico's History Bureau, collected and saved many of these diverse documents from destruction. The collection is arranged topically and then chronologically.
Dates:
1712-1980
J.O. Seth and Oliver Seth Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC05
Abstract
The papers of J. O. Seth (1883-1963) and his son Oliver Seth (1915-1996), both of whom served on the Managing Board and the Executive Committee of the School of American Research.
Dates:
1947-1966
Marjorie Lambert Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 561-p
Scope and Content
Collection consists of certificates of recognition as well as newspaper articles about Marjorie Lambert's accomplishments. Certificates include Spanish Colonial Arts Society (1990); State Board of Education (1969); Curator Emerita, Laboratory of Anthropology (1984); New Mexico Heritage Preservation Award (1988). Also included are a booklet of Indian Paintings from the Margretta S. Dietrich Collection (1963), a letter from the “Peanuts” artist Charles Schulz to Marjorie Lambert (1958), and...
Dates:
1958-1990
Museum of New Mexico Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 155
Scope and Content
Collection consists of a broad range of materials relating to the activities of the Museum of New Mexico in the 20th century with the bulk of the material being from the latter half. Included are plans, reports, finances, projects and correspondence involving the Museum of New Mexico, the School of American Research, National Park Service, and other state and national organizations. Among the many topics are the Florentine Codex, Navajo Reservoir Excavation Project, 75th Anniversary...
Dates:
1869-1994; Majority of material found in 1950s-1994; 1869-2008
Museum of New Mexico History Bureau Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 156
Scope and Content
The History Bureau Collection consists of twentieth century accession records of Collections and the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library. The artifacts recorded have been at various times property of the Historical Society of New Mexico, the School of American Research and finally the Museum of New Mexico. The records represent an important chronology of collections acquisition and development of the Museum's History Bureau.
Dates:
1883-1976
Parker Wilson Files
Collection
Identifier: AC07
Abstract
Parker Wilson (1905-1984) was the son of Francis C. Wilson (attorney for Martha and Elizabeth White). Parker Wilson was a board member of the School of American Research (SAR) and his papers include correspondence regarding the School from 1952-1971. Also included is a report on the Navajo Dam project by the National Park Service. There is also a folder of materials pertaining to the Laboratory of Anthropology, Inc., 1961-1963, especially financial accounts.
Dates:
1952-1984; Majority of material found in 1952-1971
Found in:
School for Advanced Research
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Parker Wilson Files
Paul A. F. Walter Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 234
Scope and Content
Collection includes correspondence of Paul A. F. Walter while he served as Secretary of the School of American Archaeology and later the School of American Research during the years 1913-1917, 1921-1922, and 1925-1928. Also included is Walter's Correspondence while he served as President of the New Mexico Historical Society in 1933-1934 and later from 1936 to 1941. Other items in the collection are related to Walter's official functions within the School of American Research or the...
Dates:
1913-1941
Paul A. F. Walter Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: AC 573
Scope and Content
Collection contains papers marking major professional and civic events in the life of Paul A. F. Walter.
Dates:
1937-1966; Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text
Ruth Kelsey Diel Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC 172
Scope and Content
Ruth Kelsey Diel Papers are arranged both topically and chronologically.
Dates:
1918-1970
School of American Research Records
Collection
Identifier: AC 207
Scope and Content
This collection, turned over by the School of American Research, contains land grants (deeds), financial records, and records pertaining to the affairs and archaeological activities of the School ("SAR"). It also contains collector's items [Folders 12-15] found among the foregoing records.
Dates:
1932-1959
Thomas M. Pearce Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-255
Abstract
Collection consists mostly of photos of T. M. Pearce, his family, colleagues, and friends and of subjects related to the folklore and history of New Mexico.
Dates:
1905-1985