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Chaco Culture National Historical Park (Agency : U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

1980-1984 Loop Road Project

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0014
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, drawings, maps, notes, and photographs related to excavation and mitigation work associated with the Loop Road Project at 29SJ 626, 29SJ 597, 29SJ 329, 29SJ 622, the historic era Employees Quarters (also known as Hyde House) adjacent to Pueblo del Arroyo, and various other locations, including testing along the South Loop Road. There appear to be no records for the work done at 29SJ 622 (Acc 470), except for a field specimen list.
Dates: 1920-1990 (bulk dates: 1980-1984)

1997 Pecos Conference Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0305
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

This is an assembled collection containing planning notes, conference ephemera, maps, correspondences, financial records, newsletters, publications, negatives, photographs, obituaries, permit records, compact cassette tapes, papers presented, transcriptions, floppy disks, and exhibit materials.
Dates: 1996-2008 (bulk dates: 1997)

Chaco Center Historic Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0028
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents

Correspondence, Inventories, Film Negatives, Photographs, Photocards, Interpositives, Maps, Reports.

Some have been digitized.
Dates: 1887-1985 (bulk dates: 1920s–1940s)

Chaco Culture Interagency Management Group (IMG) Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0039
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents: Newspaper articles, drafts of congressional bills, reports of archeological sites and outliers, land surveys and reports, draft guidelines for management of Chaco Cultural Archeological Protection Sites, task directives, general management plans, congressional amendments and bills, archeological surveys, maps of archeological sites, Senate Subcommittee testimony, congressional records, and memorandums from involved agencies. Most of the material is dated between...
Dates: 1972-2006 (bulk dates: 1977-1996)

Chaco Culture National Historical Park Additional Lands Survey Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0003
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

This collection contains archeological site forms, analysis forms, aerial photographs, reports and correspondence.
Dates: 1983-1984

Chaco Culture National Historical Park Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0013
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Manuscripts, reports, magazine and journal articles, dissertations
Dates: 1861-2006

Chaco Culture National Historical Park Natural Resource Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0200
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

This collection contains records that capture and speak to the understanding and interpretation of the Natural Resources of the park. Included in this collection are records associated with research projects, studies, reports, data, park-wide annual inventories and counts, and other related documentation.
Dates: 1923-2011 (Bulk Dates: 1940-1999)

Chaco Culture National Historical Park Old Timers Reunion Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0034
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Slides, Audiotapes, Photographs, Negatives, Photocards, Correspondence, Meeting notes, Papers
Dates: 1935-1997 (bulk dates: 1935-1990)

Chaco Culture National Historical Park Resource Management Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0300
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

This collection contains the Resource Management Records for Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. It contains Administration Records, Development and Maintenance Records, History and Archeology Records, Lands and Recreation Planning Files, and Natural and Social Sciences Files.
Dates: 1936-2004 (bulk dates: 1960-1990)

Chaco Culture National Historical Park Ruin Stabilization Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0021
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Records produced by the Ruin Stabilization Unit (RSU) during the course of stabilization projects in Chaco Canyon. Inlcudes stabilization reports, photographs, negatives, administrative files, and maps.
Dates: 1933-1976 (bulk dates: 1933-1969)

Chaco Wood Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0015
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Contains wood documentation forms, architecture recording forms, tree ring lab data, reports, field notes, site drawings, maps, correspondence, memos, administrative papers, electronic records on CD-R and/or other media.

*Note for 0015/002.005 suggests Tom Windes' papers were digitized.
Dates: 1919-2009 (bulk dates: 1985-2007)

Chetro Ketl Painted Wood Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0004
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Gordon Vivian's records documenting the analysis and writing of the report. Includes correspondence, memos, draft reports, drawings, maps, black & white and color prints and negatives, and card files.
Dates: 1947-1978

Donated Historic Photograph Collections

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0053
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents: Prints, negatives, glass lantern slides Note: For this collection, if the subject is a site photo, the Physical Description field is used to record the site number. The Physical Characteristics field contains information, if known, about whether or not there is a Safety Negative and where the photocard, if any, is housed. The Summary Notes field tallies the different formats of the image. The School of American Research donated collection was also pasted on to...
Dates: 1903-1976

Jim (Joseph James) Trott Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0054
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents: Associated field records from the office of Jim Trott. Includes CHCU project files, correspondence, field notes, maps, reports,VHS tapes, architctural documentation, interagency agreements between NPS and the Navajo Nation. Includes records regarding the NPS Fajada Butte Solstice Project, the Backfilling Program at Chetro Ketl and Pueblo Bonito Sites, and Drainage Repair at BC 50, BC 51, and BC 59. The collection also includes field records,...
Dates: 1973-2002 (bulk dates: 1980-2001)

Lloyd Pierson Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0011
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Records pertaining to Pierson's archaeological site survey and research on the history of archaeological excavation in Chaco Canyon.

Includes site survey file cards, field photos and negatives of most of the sites; correspondence, and a manuscript report on the survey. Also includes a copy of his MA thesis on Chaco Canyon for the University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology.
Dates: 1942-1986 (bulk dates: 1954-1960)

National Park Service and Getty Conservation Institute Backfill Testing Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0047
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Collection is divided into two series based on the two main sites investigated (Pueblo Bonito and Chetro Ketl in that order). For both sites the documents contained are as follows: data analysis sheets, scale drawings, graph charts, photos, negatives, contact sheets, VHS video tapes, photo logs, draft reports, final reports, memorandums, correspondence, research proposals, and academic journal articles
Dates: 1920-2004 (bulk dates: 1992-1996)

National Park Service Chaco Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0002
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents: This collection contains the records pertaining to 29SJ and 29MC sites survey, excavation, data analyses, and research publications conducted by the National Park Service Chaco Project staff at the Chaco Center, a research unit under the direction of the Southwest Regional Office. The records are organized into series primarily by site excavation or survey project. Other series include special studies, images, computer data, administrative files, and the...
Dates: 1823-2005 (bulk dates: 1970-1985)

National Park Service Remote Sensing Division Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0008
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:This collection consists of the records of the Remote Sensing Division of the Southwest Cultural Resources Center. The bulk of the records spans from the division’s creation as part of the Chaco Center through its eventual reorganization into a branch within the Southwest Cultural Resources Center. Records dated prior to 1969 are mostly reference material; records dated in the 1990s and 2000s include additional project material and imagery on remote sensing...
Dates: 1929-2005 (bulk dates: 1965-1987)

National Park Service Rock Art Documentation Projects

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0025
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Site reports, maps, photo logs, prints, daily logs, CD-Rs, drawings, negatives, and slides.
Dates: 1993-2010 (bulk dates: 1996-2008)

R. Gwinn Vivian Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0030
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Field notes, maps, reports, and photographs related to projects and general research on Chaco Canyon completed by Gwinn Vivian. Specific projects include the Chaco Canyon Water Control Project, the Prehistoric Roads Survey, and the Cly Canyon Survey.
Dates: 1901-1993 (bulk dates: 1952-1992)

Ted Sowers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0052
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Reports from 1941, Images, and Sowers' Field Technicians' Comment journals from December 1, 1944 through March 31, 1947
Dates: 1941-1986 (bulk dates: 1941-1946)

Thomas C. Windes Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0042
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

The records include field notes, site maps, site forms, artifact tallies, photographs, memorandums, correspondence, manuscripts, administration records, personnel files, conference papers, floppy discs and CD-R.
Dates: 1934-2007

Vivian Archive

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0001
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents: The Vivian Archive is a collection of manuscripts, field notes, photographs, negatives, glass lantern slides, student papers, monthly stabilization reports, galley proofs, copies of government memos, letters, maps, drawings, correspondence, etc. mainly related to Chaco Canyon and its history of archaeology and park management. In some cases, documents associated with archaeological projects were added to the VA and thus are cataloged under its Accession number...
Dates: 1889-1971 (bulk dates: 1930s-1960s)