Collection
P 055:
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Years this material
was created: circa 1930-1990
Quantity: estimated 1,400 photographs,
in 5 letter-size document case and and two oversize flat lidded boxes.
© 2004 by Fort
Lewis College Foundation, Center of Southwest Studies account
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Introduction/ Scope and contents
Hundreds of photoprints of archaeology of the Southwestern United States, Central Mexico and other areas, many of them photographed by Robert Lister. The Listers used some of these images as illustrations in their books.
Robert Lister and his widow Florence Lister were distinguished archaeologists of the Southwest region, with a long association with Mesa Verde and other Four Corners region sites.
Administrative information
About the organization of this collection: The photographs are arranged by subject, in the same order in which the Listers placed them.
Acquisition information: Mrs. Lister donated the collection to the Center of Southwest Studies by deed of gift on April 4, 2003 (accession 2003:04004.2). Acquisition of this collection was approved by the Southwest Accession/ Deaccession Committee on April 2, 2003. The collection was appraised by Gary Matlock, as documented by his letter dated June 18, 2003 to the Director of the Southwest Studies Center.
Processing information: This collection was arranged and described by Fort Lewis College student archival worker and anthropology major Andrew Hayes, with Todd Ellison, Certified Archivist, Center of Southwest Studies, in October of 2004. Gretchen Gray numbered the photographic images and updated the webpage in November of 2007.
Related collection: Collection M 214: Robert and Florence Lister papers. In 7 document cases.
Added entry terms:
Archaeology--Colorado--Pictorial works
Archaeologists--Colorado--Pictorial works
Folder inventory
Box 1
Folder 1: Gran Quivira National Monument (N.M.)
Folder 2: Artwork for
Behind Painted Walls, Florence
Lister, 2000
Folder 3:
Behind Painted Walls artwork, Chapter 1
Folder 4:
Behind Painted Walls artwork, Chapter 2
Folder 5:
Behind Painted Walls artwork, Chapter 3
Folder 6:
Behind Painted Walls artwork, Chapter 4
Folder 7:
Behind Painted Walls artwork, Chapter 5
Folder 8: Behind Painted Walls illustration proofs
Folder 9: Behind Painted Walls artwork (35mm film negatives)
Folder 10: Photographs from A. V. Kidder; Babicora Ranch,
Chihuahua (Mex.)
Folder 11: Sonora-Chihuahua archaeology circa 1953(35mm film negatives)
Folder 12: Sonora-Chihuahua archaeology, Cave Valley, circa 1952 (35mm film positives)
Folder 13: Sonora-Chihuahua archaeology, Casas Grandes, circa 1952 (35mm film positives)
Folder 14:
Sonora-Chihuahua photographs, miscellaneous
Folder 15:
Sonora-Chihuahua photographs
Folder 16:
Sonora-Chihuahua prints, circa 1952
Folder 17:
Sonora-Chihuahua prints, circa 1953
Folder 18:
Wetherill Mesa survey pottery, circa 1968
Folder 19: Fewkes Collection of pottery from Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.), circa 1969 (photo negatives)
Box 2
Folder 1:
Site 875 in the Far View Group, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.),
circa 1969
Folder 2:
Pottery excavated 1891 from Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.); from the National
Museum of Finland, Helsinki (Finland)
Folder 3:
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Folder 4:
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Folder 5:
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Folder 6:
Excavations at Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Folder 7:
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Folder 8:
Pottery from Mesa Verde National Park
Folder 9:
Chaco Culture National Park
Box 3
Folder 1:
Unidentified archaeological sites/ ruins
Folder 2:
Miscellaneous American Southwest photographs
Folder 3:
Miscellaneous American Southwest photograph
Folder 4:
Miscellaneous American Southwest photographs
Folder 5:
Pecos National Historical Park
Folder 6:
Pecos National Historical Park
Folder 7:
Pottery from Wetherill Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Folder 8: Pottery from Wetherill Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) (9 sets of 35mm film negatives)
Folder 9:
Ancestral Pueblo pottery design motifs
Box 4
Folder 1:
Positives- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) archaeological sites
Folder 2:
Negatives- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) archaeological sites
Folder 3:
Negatives- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) sites 875, 866, and 1088
Folder 4: Negatives- Excavation at Hell’s Midden, Dinosaur
National Monument (Colo.)
Folder 5:
Rural Chihuahua (Mexico) mid 1950s
Folder 6: Artwork for
Prehistory in Peril, 1997
Folder 7:
Homer Root collection at Fort Lewis College, 1994
Folder 8:
Rural Chihuahua (Mexico) mid-1950s
Folder 9:
Pottery and engravings from Genoa (Italy)
Folder 10:
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Folder 11: Photoprints from Mexico and Central America (photos 803-829)
Folder 12: Photos of Chimney Rock and pottery recovered from Chimney Rock (photos 830-851)
Folder 13: Artwork for Potluck: Adventures in Archaeological Ceramics, circa 1997 (photos 852-911)
Folder 14: Artwork for In the Shadow of the Rocks: Archaeology of the Chimney Rock District, circa 1977 (photos 912-917)
Folder 14: Artwork for Prehistory in Peril: the Worst and Best in Durango Archaeology, circa 1997 (photos 918-923)
Box 5
Folder 1: African photographs from University of Colorado Nubian expedition, circa 1963 (photos 1-11)
Folder 2:
Meroitic Nubian Pottery (Sudan)
Folder 3:
Artwork for
The Chinese of Early Tucson,
circa 1989
Folder 4:
Artifacts from Chinese boarding house, Tucson (Ariz.)
Folder 5:
Artwork for
The Chinese of Early Tucson, circa 1989
Folder 6:
Negatives from the Tucson Urban Renewal project
Folder 7: Artwork for The Chinese of Early Tucson, circa 1989 (slides)
Folder 8:
Artwork for
The Chinese of Early Tucson,
circa 1989
Folder 9:
Deleted images from
The Chinese of Early Tucson,
circa 1989
Folder 10:
Box 6:
Oversize images
Folder 1: Photoprints of Mesa Verde National Park artifacts--oversize
Folder 2: Pecos Site (N.M.), circa August 1965--oversize
Folder 3: Figures from Lister's book on the Chinese of Tucson, illustrations--oversize
Folder 4: Mounted photos (proofs?) of artifacts from Mesa Verde National Park--oversize (not in folder)
Box 7:
Oversize images
Folder 1: Photoprints of archaeological sites of southern Mexico--oversize
Folder 2: Photoprints of the carvings of Los Danzantes (the dancers) Monte Alban; Oaxaca, Mexico, circa 1953--oversize (even larger prints of the same outside folder)
Folder 3: Artwork for: Chaco Canyon Archaeologists and Archaeology, circa 1981--some oversize, majority are 8x10" or smaller but were retained together here to preserve the original order
Folder 4: "Bob Lister and Al Schroeder at Arkansas Monument in 1970s, 1 mounted photoprint; not in folder--oversize
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