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Contains 16 Results:
Correspondence: Antiquities Act, 1901 - 1908
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, minutes, and assorted documents concerning the development, lobbying, and passage of the Antiquities Act of 1906. Many documents relate to Hewett's actions as Secretary of the Joint Committee on Preservation of American Antiquities of the Archaeological Institute of America and the American Anthropological Association. Includes a significant amount of correspondence with representatives of the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Department of the Interior,...
Dates:
1901 - 1908
Correspondence: Archaeological Institute of America and School of American Archaeology, 1909 - 1916
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, bulletins, and assorted documents concerning the Archaeological Institute of America and the School of American Archaeology. Many documents pertain to the establishment and function of the School of American Archaeology, including its location in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the appointment of Hewett as Director; the creation of the Museum of New Mexico; and the use of the Palace of the Governors.
Dates:
1909 - 1916
Correspondence, 1919-1932, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Mostly undated personal correspondence addressed to Edgar L. and Donizetta A. Hewett. Also includes some correspondence with Marsden Hartley.
Dates:
1919-1932, undated
Correspondence, 1905 - 1907
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the following topics: the Antiquities Act of 1906; the Archaeological Institute of America; Hewett's appointment as Fellow in American Archaeology for the year 1906; his survey of Mesa Verde; his archaeological work in New Mexico, Colorado, and Mexico; and the creation of the School of American Archaeology. Includes correspondence from the US Department of the Interior, General Land Office, and Forest Service, such as letters and permits from Secretary of the Interior...
Dates:
1905 - 1907
Correspondence, 1907
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the following topics: the proposal to locate the School of American Archaeology in the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe; Mesa Verde National Park; the Archaeological Institute of America; the Antiquities Act of 1906, and archaeological work in the Southwestern United States. Includes correspondence with Lucy E. Peabody, Thomas D. Seymour, Charles P. Bowditch, John R. McFie, Atherton Noyes, George Grant MacCurdy, Z. X. Snyder, Herbert J. Hagerman, and others. Also...
Dates:
1907
Correspondence, 1907
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the following topics: the School of American Archaeology; the Archaeological Institute of America; archaeological work in the Southwestern United States, including at the ruins of Casa Grande in Arizona; Mesa Verde National Park and a controversy over its superintendent; and existing and proposed national parks and monuments. Includes correspondence with Lucy E. Peabody, F. W. Putnam, Gerard Fowke, Z. X. Snyder, Thomas D. Seymour, A. L. Kroeber, and others. Also...
Dates:
1907
Correspondence: Bowditch-Bixby AIA Matter, 1908 - 1909
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning a proposed excavation of the ruins of Palenque in Mexico and the subsequent controversy between Hewett and Charles P. Bowditch of the Archaeological Institute of America over the plans and funding for the excavation. Includes copies of an agreement between Charles P. Bowditch, William K. Bixby, and the Archaeological Institute of America concerning funding for excavations at Palenque; as well as an English translation of a "Letter of Concession from the Department of...
Dates:
1908 - 1909
Correspondence, 1908
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence concerning the following topics: the School of American Archaeology; the Archaeological Institute of America; plans for archaeological work at the site of Palenque in Mexico; and various archaeological and professional matters. Includes correspondence with F. W. Putnam, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Alice C. Fletcher, Charles P. Bowditch, H. Rushton Fairclough, Lucy E. Peabody, and John Peabody Harrington. Also includes the following: copies of an agreement between Charles P....
Dates:
1908
Correspondence, 1909
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence concerning the following topics: the Archaeological Institute of America; the establishment of the School of American Archaeology in Santa Fe; plans for archaeological work in the Southwestern United States and in Central America; Mesa Verde National Park; the creation of the Museum of New Mexico; and various archaeological matters. Includes correspondence with Alice C. Fletcher, Frederick Webb Hodge, Lucy E. Peabody, Jesse L. Nusbaum, John Peabody Harrington, A. L....
Dates:
1909
Correspondence, 1909
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence concerning the following topics: the School of American Archaeology; the Museum of New Mexico; the Palace of the Governors; the Archaeological Institute of America; plans for archaeological work in Mexico and Central America; the archaeological site of Gran Quivira; the Historical Society of New Mexico; and various archaeological matters. Includes correspondence with Carl Lotave, A. L. Kroeber, Edward Herbert Thompson, Lucy E. Peabody, Virginia McClurg, Jesse Walter...
Dates:
1909
Correspondence, 1910
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence concerning the following topics: the School of American Archaeology; the Museum of New Mexico; the Archaeological Institute of America; the Bureau of American Ethnology; Carl Lotave's paintings in the Palace of the Governors; Mesa Verde National Park; and archaeological work in the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Guatemala. Includes correspondence with Alice C. Fletcher, John R. McFie, Virginia McClurg, Frederick Webb Hodge, Neil Merton Judd, and Edward Herbert...
Dates:
1910
Correspondence, 1910
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the following topics: the School of American Archaeology; the Museum of New Mexico; the SAA's 1910 summer field school; the Archaeological Institute of America; Mesa Verde National Park; lectures; publications; and various archaeological and museum matters. Includes correspondence with George Grant MacCurdy, Maud Woy, Junius Henderson, Neil Merton Judd, Virginia McClurg, Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Alice Kurtz, Frank H. Lord, Anna L. Wolcott, John F. Lacey, and others.
Dates:
1910
Correspondence, 1910
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the following topics: the School of American Archaeology; the SAA's 1910 summer field school in the Rito de los Frijoles area; the Archaeological Institute of America; lectures; Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah; the excavation and restoration of Balcony House in Mesa Verde National Park; Puye Cliff Dwellings; trades of archaeological material and human remains between the Museum of New Mexico and the Smithsonian Institution; Native American education and...
Dates:
1910
Correspondence, 1911
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence concerning the following topics: the School of American Archaeology; the Museum of New Mexico; the Archaeological Institute of America; plans for the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, California; archaeological work at the site of Quiriguá in Guatemala; cooperative work with the Bureau of American Ethnology; and various archaeological and museum matters. Includes correspondence with Frederick Webb Hodge, Alice C. Fletcher, Mitchell Carroll, Kenneth Milton...
Dates:
1911
Correspondence, 1911
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the following topics: the School of American Archaeology; the Museum of New Mexico; the Bureau of American Ethnology; John Peabody Harrington's ethnological research on the Tewa and Mohave peoples; Mesa Verde National Park; Barbara Freire-Marreco's anthropological research on Pueblo government and politics at Santa Clara Pueblo/Kha'p'o Owingeh; museum pottery collections; publications and manuscripts; and archaeological work at the site of Quiriguá in Guatemala....
Dates:
1911
Correspondence, 1911
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence concerning the following topics: the School of American Archaeology; the Museum of New Mexico; the Archaeological Institute of America; the Bureau of American Ethnology; the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, California; and archaeological work at the site of Quiriguá in Guatemala. Includes correspondence with Frederick Webb Hodge, Jesse L. Nusbaum, Earl Halstead Morris, Richard W. Corwin, Ralph Emerson Twitchell, and Barbara Freire-Marreco, as well as...
Dates:
1911