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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

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Name changed in 1928 from Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Awatovi Expedition records

Collection Identifier: 995-11, 35-126, 36-131, 38-120,39-97
Overview:

The collection documents the Peabody Museum Expedition to Awatovi (northeastern Arizona) from 1935-39, and includes historical material, financial records, field notes, diaries, photographs, drawings, correspondence, and field and artifact cards.

Hemenway Expedition records

Collection Identifier: 43-39A, 46-73, 13-26, 980-2, 2000.20,2001.7
Scope and Contents: The Hemenway Expedition Records reveal the working relationships in field correspondence between expedition members and with Mary Hemenway; the intellectual products of the work in Cushing, Bandelier, and ten Kate's ethnological manuscripts; and the raw data of site notes and cards, reports, plans, and field notebooks. The records also contain some of Margaret Magill's watercolors of archaeological artifacts. The materials are organized primarily by chronological accession and then according...

Samuel K. Lothrop negatives

Collection Identifier: 2004.24 (D)
Overview:

This collection includes negatives Samuel K. Lothrop took during Peabody Museum-sponsored expeditions to South and Central America, Antigua, and Puerto Rico. Many of the black and white negatives depict ancient ruins, artifacts, architecture, landscapes, and indigenous people engaged in daily and festive activities.