Pathfinder #8:
Sources for studying the archaeology of the Southwest
(especially the Four Corners)
in special collections at the Center of Southwest Studies
(listed alphabetically by collection title) (click here for the list in PDF format)

M 159: Al and Alice Lancaster papers.  Papers and printed materials of Southwest field archaeology work.

M 215: Alden Hayes papers : http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/HayesPapers.htm   
Alden Hayes was a prominent southwestern archaeologist who spent most of his career as a researcher for the National Park Service; he supervised or worked on a number of major excavation and research projects.

P 034: Alden Hayes' slide transparencies: http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/HayesSlides.htm  
More than 1,200 images, circa 1958-1975.  Approximately half of them document excavations at Gran Quivira in central New Mexico.  Others pertain to Mesa Verde National Park (especially the Wetherill Archaeological Project), Chaco Canyon, Pecos National Historical Park, and Ute pictographs in Mancos Canyon (Colo.).

P 008: Ansel Hall's Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expeditions of 1933-34: http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/HallPhotosInv.htm (part of the Ansel Hall photograph collection, which includes photos of Mesa Verde).  Approximately 2,000 sepia toned black and white photographs.  Digital images of the pages of photos in nine albums documenting the expeditions are accessible online.

In M 198: Bandelier National Monument rock art drawings by Lisa Ferguson Stoeffel (digital images accessible online): http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/BandRock.htm

P 057: Edward Ellison Southwest photonegatives (digital images accessible online): http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/EllisonPhotos.htm

M 040: Helen Sloan Daniels papers: http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/DanielsHelenSloanColl.htm

In M 124: Homer Root's official report of the Ridges Basin Project -- archaeological field work by Fort Lewis College, May –Aug. 1966: http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/images/M124/M1244002.htm , and July –Aug. 1969: http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/images/M124/M1245100.htm

M 082 and P 028: Mesa Verde printed materials and photos: http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/MesaVerdePrinted.htm

M 194: Nina Heald Webber S.W. Colorado collection: http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/PostcardsInv.htm .  Includes nearly 3,000 postcards of Southwest Colorado (hundreds, of Mesa Verde) -- all digitally available and described online.

M 214: Robert and Florence Lister papers: http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/ListerPapers.htm
P 055: Robert and Florence Lister photographs: http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/ListerPhotos.htm

M 222 and P 058: Robert and Gigi York Southwestern cultural collection and slides. Papers and printed materials re: Robert York’s archaeological career (Cultural Resources Manager/ Archaeologist/ Historian, San Juan National Forest, and similar position with the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation.  http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/inventory/YorkPapers.htm

Please note that while some archaeological records are maintained at the Delaney Library, certain information is retained by the Fort Lewis College Anthropology Department, and occasionally records are transferred to other agencies.  In addition, the Delaney Southwest Research Library at the Center of Southwest Studies is a fabulous resource for books and periodicals pertaining to archaeology in the Southwest.  To search for items, use the Talon database. 

This inventory was prepared by J. Todd Ellison.  Last revised July 31, 2006.

Doing your own research:  This description of a portion of the collections at the Fort Lewis College Center of Southwest Studies is provided to inform interested parties about the nature and depth of the repository's collections.  It cannot serve as a substitute for a visit to the repository for those with substantial research interests in the collections.

These collections are located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College.  Interested researchers should phone the archivist at 970/247-7126 or send electronic mail to the archivist at: archives@fortlewis.edu .   Click here to use our E-mail Reference Request Form.  The Center does not have a budget for outgoing long-distance phone calls to answer reference requests, so please provide an email address if you wish to receive a response from the Center.

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