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Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Historic Photograph Collection of Chaco Culture National Historical Park

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0018
Scope and Contents Scope and ContentsContains prints in a wide variety of sizes and conditions. In the case of the Historic Photograph Files, 4 x 5" prints were often cropped, then pasted onto NPS negative envelopes or photocards. Negative envelope contains both the negative and any additional prints of the image. There are also print file cards interspersed in this collection, but for the most part they do not have Chaco negative numbers. These may have come from the Regional Office or the...
Dates: 1903-1976 (bulk dates: 1941-1970)

Jane Kolber Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0009
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:

Slides, Prints, Negatives

Digital images available. Contact sheet on archival paper in document box. Slides, prints and negatives have been placed in cold storage.
Dates: 1972-2006

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 Monument Proclamations Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 447-p
Scope and Content These are five presidential proclamations establishing national monuments for El Morro National Monument, Gran Quivira National Monument, Chaco Canyon National Monument, Bandelier National Monument, and Capulin Mountain National Monument. The proclamations were executed by Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
Dates: 1906-1916

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 Cultural Resource Management Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0007
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents
Dates: 1933-2014, 2016

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)

National Park Service Solstice Documentation

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0016
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents
Dates: 1887-1995

Navajo Nation Chaco Protection Sites Program Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0024
Scope and Contents __This collection contains records documenting, preserving and interpreting Chaco Protection Sites Program sites on Navajo Nation land and a few corresponding sites, e.g. Chaco Culture NHP sites. The collection consists of eight series and thirty subseries covering the establishment of the program; it's administration and management; documentation of CPSP sites and various precolombian landscape projects with images, maps, and drawings; as well as publications, papers, and presentations by...
Dates: 1980-2009 (Bulk 1993-2009)

R. Gordon Vivian Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0029
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents:Photographs primarily taken by Gordon Vivian, assembled, organized, and inventoried into categories by his son, Gwinn Vivian. Most of Gwinn Vivian's categories have been retained as series: Series 001: Prehistoric Sites; Series 002: People; Series 003: Artifacts; Series 004: Environment; Series 005: Historic and Recent Structures; Series 006: Reiter/Hewett/Mindeleff photos.Collection includes prints, interpositive negatives, and negatives. Not all...
Dates: 1881-1966 (bulk dates: 1928-1964)

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)

S. L. (Sidney La Vern) Palmer Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0031
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents: The collection consists of 17 black and white prints (Neg. #s 79339- 79355); 14 glass negatives (Neg.#s 79339-79342, 79346- 79347, 79354-79363); and 7 glass slides (Neg. #s 79339, 79346 and 79351).The prints are in stable condition. Both the glass negative and glass slide for 79351 are broken and the glass negative for 79339 is broken.Dates and descriptions are typed on the back of the prints. The dates appear to be too early and Gordon...
Dates: 1894-1898

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)