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Peabody Museum of American 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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Herbert Thompson collection of negatives

Collection Identifier: 2004.24 (A)
Overview:

This collection contains negatives of photographs taken by E. H. Thompson during his explorations of the Yucatán Peninsula (1889-1908), Minnesota (1902), and Utah (1931). Many of the photographs are of Mayan artifacts (wooden, ceramic, and stone), Mayan ruins, ancient and contemporary architecture, engravings, and landscapes.

Eugene C. Worman papers

Collection Identifier: 998-2

Frederic Ward Putnam negatives

Collection Identifier: 2004.24 (F)
Overview:

This collection contains negatives taken by Frederic Ward Putnam during an expedition to the Serpent Mound in Ohio from 1883-1888. The negatives capture camp life, landscapes and burial mounds. This expedition was a result of Professor Putnam's strong encouragement of research involving man's early occupation of the New World.

Frederic Ward Putnam papers

Collection Identifier: 999-24
Overview:

This collection of Putnam papers were formerly part of the Ralph Dexter Papers at Kent State University Archives. They include FW Putnam family correspondence, professional papers and ephemera.