Armand Winfield Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll 0045
Scope and Contents
Manuscript,magazine and newspaper articles,
Resumes, Press Releases, Lantern
Slides
This collection contains an unpublished manuscript entitled “Windy,” a bio-novel account of his experience at the 1939 and 1940 field schools as well as experience as a graduate student at the University of New Mexico. It also contains a photocopy of Armand's scrapbook with his captions, a resume, published articles of his plastics research, and glass lantern slides (circa 1940) which relate to Chaco Canyon.
This collection contains an unpublished manuscript entitled “Windy,” a bio-novel account of his experience at the 1939 and 1940 field schools as well as experience as a graduate student at the University of New Mexico. It also contains a photocopy of Armand's scrapbook with his captions, a resume, published articles of his plastics research, and glass lantern slides (circa 1940) which relate to Chaco Canyon.
Dates
- 1943-2003 (bulk dates: 1939-1940)
Biographical / Historical
Armand Winfield earned his undergraduate degree in museum studies from Franklin and
Marshall College, PA in 1941. It was during his time as Assistant Curator at the school’s
museum of anthropology that Winfield gained an interest in the art of museum preservation and
conservation. While he was still attending F&M, he took part in the 1940 Chaco Canyon field
school as well as the 1939 Jemez Mountain field school in New Mexico. This experience gave
him invaluable field experience as well as new ideas on how to preserve and excavate artifacts in
the field.
After he finished his undergraduate study, Winfield was immediately accepted to the UNM
Graduate School of Anthropology. However, his studies at UNM were cut short when he was
drafted into military service in 1943.
After his return, Winfield enrolled in the Master’s program in Sociology and Anthropology at
Washington University in St. Louis, MO, where he renewed his interest in museum preservation
techniques. His research yielded innovative new methods of plaster/plastic casting of objects for
preservation. Later he founded his own plastics consulting company and made a name for
himself as a custom jewelry designer and architecture critic.
Extent
1 Linear foot
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Unarranged.
Summary notes for images are Armand's descriptions from inventory that he wrote up, also inlcuded in the collection.
Summary notes for images are Armand's descriptions from inventory that he wrote up, also inlcuded in the collection.
Provenance
Armand Winfield
- Title
- Finding Aid for Armand Winfield Collection
- Subtitle
- Coll 0045
- Author
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the NPS Chaco Culture National Historical Park Repository
Contact:
Chaco Culture NHP & Aztec Ruins NM Museum & Archives Program
Hibben Center Rm 307 - MSC01 1050
450 University Blvd NE
Albuquerque NM 87106 USA
Chaco Culture NHP & Aztec Ruins NM Museum & Archives Program
Hibben Center Rm 307 - MSC01 1050
450 University Blvd NE
Albuquerque NM 87106 USA