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Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-01
1930-1972
(Bulk: 1930-1931)
Creator:
Schmidt, Erich Friedrich, 1897-1964
Extent: 1.95 linear feet
Excavation at Fara, initiated by German excavators between 1902 and 1903, was resumed in 1931 by Erich Schmidt, an archaeologist
working under the aegis of the University Museum. Since the Museum’s participation was limited to one season which took place
between February 15 and May 19, the records pertaining to this excavation are not numerous. The textual records at Fara include
general correspondence, field notes, indexes and catalogues, and publications. Where possible, a chronological order was imposed
on the records.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-01
1928-1964
(Bulk: 1928-1933)
Creator:
Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942
Extent: 5.2 linear feet ( )
Located approximately 12 miles west of Jerusalem, this site was originally excavated in 1911 and 1912 by Duncan Mackenzie
for the Palestine Exploration Fund. Under the sponsorship of Haverford College, Haverford professor Elihu Grant undertook
excavation at this mound from 1928 to 1931 and again in 1933. When the Bet Shemesh (Ain Shems) artifacts, known as the Haverford
Collection, were purchased by the University Museum in 1962, the field notes, notes on pottery, plans, drawings, photographs,
and correspondence relating to these finds were also acquired.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-01
1949-1972
(Bulk: 1949-1953)
Creator:
Satterthwaite, Linton, 1897-1978
Extent: 1.2 linear foot
The Benque Viejo (Xunantunich), Cahal Pech expedition, conducted by Dr. Linton Satterthwaite, was an extension of his expedition
to Caracol, British Honduras (Belize). It was conceived as a "Housemound Project" and continued for two seasons from 1950
to 1953. The area of Benque Viejo, Cahal Pech contained seventeen structures and five stelae for investigation. Much of the
collection relates to the Ball Court and East Plaza sites, as well as Structure A6 first and A6 second. The expedition produced
objects and numerous photographs of the area. The Benque Viejo, Cahal Pech expedition records consist of twenty-nine folders
in three archival boxes. Materials relate to the proposal for the expedition, preliminary data, budget and financial records,
maps, notebooks, field notes, diaries, bag study sheets, progress and summary reports, press and publication materials, and
photographs.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-01
1954-1970
Creator:
Coe, William R., 1926-
Sharer, Robert J., 1940- Extent: 5 linear feet
The records of the excavations at Chalchuapa, El Salvador include correspondence, administrative records, field notes, photographs,
manuscripts and reports. The bulk of these materials originate from the 1954 excavation by William R. Coe and the 1966 analysis
by Robert J. Sharer, as well as the 1969-1970 re-excavations.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-01
1948-1973
(Bulk: 1950-1953)
Creator:
Satterthwaite, Linton, 1897-1978
Extent: 8 linear feet (the records are contained in sixteen archival boxes, six of which contain photographs, three small file boxes
of card records, and some oversized drawings)
Linton Satterthwaite, a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator of the American
Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, conducted three trips to Caracol, Belize
in the 1950s to investigate a previously unknown site of Maya culture. While his primary interest was in Maya inscriptions
and chronology, his journeys to Caracol yielded artifacts for the Museum, including twenty-six vessels of the early classic
period, nine vessels of the late period, Stela 11, a new "giant glyph" altar, and the bottom portion of Stela 3. The Caracol
expedition collection consists of 16 boxes of correspondence, field notes and notes on individual stela, altars, and stones,
glyph decipherment and chronology data, information for publication, and photographs and drawings including contact sheets
and photographs from Caracol, Benque Viejo, and Cayo X. Satterthwaite organized and catalogued the photographs according to
the type of film used, field numbers, and monument number. The collection also contains three file boxes of card notes to
the photographs and a few pieces of oversized material. Satterthwaite's "The Monuments and Inscriptions of Caracol, Belize"
with co-author Carl Beetz, was published after his death. The publication materials relate to his instructions and notes for
publication and Beetz' collection of Satterthwaite's monument notes for the book.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-02
1947-2008
Creator:
DeVries, Keith, 1937-2006
Kohler, Ellen L., 1916-2008 Sams, G. Kenneth (Gilbert Kenneth) Young, Rodney S. (Rodney Stuart), 1907-1974 Extent: 7 linear feet
The Gordion Project collection documents the University of Pennsylvania survey and excavation of the ancient site of Gordion
in central Turkey from 1947 until 2008. Collection series include excavation and conservation records under the authority
of project directors Rodney S. Young (1950-1974), Keith R. DeVries (1975-1987) and G. Kenneth Sams (1988-2008) as well as
fundraising and publication records during this period. Significant gaps and omissions in documentation occur after about
1990. The textual records are followed by photographs from the excavation site taken mostly between 1950 and 1975. Additional
graphic material and field notebooks remain to be added to this collection.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-02
1931-1950
(Bulk: 1932-1938)
Creator:
Jayne, Horace Howard Furness, 1898-1975
Speiser, E. A. (Ephraim Avigdor), 1902-1965 Extent: 6.25 linear foot
Tepe Gawra is an ancient Mesopotamian settlement in northern Iraq, near the ancient site of Nineveh and fifteen miles northeast
of the modern city of Mosul. It was excavated by archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania, led by E.A. Speiser,
who first discovered the site in 1927, and later, C. Bache. The excavations showed that the Tepe Gawra site was occupied from
approximately 5000 B.C. to 1500 B.C. The textual records from Tepe Gawra consist of 11.85 linear feet of General Correspondence,
Field Notes, Indexes and Catalogues, Field Registers, and Publications, plus Maps and Drawings. Where possible, a chronological
order was imposed on the Near East records.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-02
1930-1973
(Bulk: 1931-1939)
Creator:
Jayne, Horace Howard Furness, 1898-1975
Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 Satterthwaite, Linton, 1897-1978 Extent: 10 linear feet
Piedras Negras is a Maya site in Guatemala particularly noted for the beautifully sculpted stelae and hieroglyphic inscriptions
it has yielded. Between 1931 and 1939 the University of Pennsylvania Museum conducted extensive excavations at this site.
John Allen Mason led the first two seasons of work at the site (1931–1932), and Linton Satterthwaite directed the remaining
six seasons (1933–1939, excluding 1938). Most of the monuments at the Museum borrowed from Guatemala were returned in 1947;
only Stela 14 and one leg from Altar 4 remain on display in the Museum today. The textual records from the excavations of
Piedras Negras consist of 11 linear feet of correspondence, financial records, field notes and diaries, catalogs, and reports
and publication materials. The arrangement of the records reflects the original order insofar as could be detected, and portions
that had been separated over time were re-integrated into this scheme.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-02
1928-1971
(Bulk: 1931-1935)
Creator:
Petrullo, Vincenzo, 1906-1991
Extent: 1.8 linear feet
Vincenzo M. Petrullo was born in Italy in 1906, entered the United States in 1913, and eventually became a citizen in 1930.
Petrullo represented the Penn Museum as the anthropologist for the Matto Grosso Expedition from late 1930 until 1931. Petrullo
did archaeological excavations at the expedition headquarters at Descalvados, while waiting five months for governmental permission
to conduct research in the Brazilian interior. In 1933 Petrullo returned to South America, his purpose to establish a Latin
American Research Institute in Venezuela, with support from that government and the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Petrullo
visited South America once again in 1935 in a joint Columbia University-University of Pennsylvania Museum expedition.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-02
1914-1960
(Bulk: 1914-1915)
Creator:
Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967
Extent: 0.3 linear foot
J. Alden Mason, noted archaeological anthropologist and linguist and curator of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology, conducted ethnographic and archaeological research in Puerto Rico from 1914 to 1915. Holdings include field
notebooks, most notably phonetic recordings of Puerto Rican folklore from Utuado, San German, Loiza, Copa, and Coamo. Notable
items include a draft of the manuscript "Painted Cave Petroglyphs in Puerto Rico" from 1939 and correspondence regarding wax
cylinder recordings. Included also are letters from Mason to his daughter, Kathy, and several translated tales sent to her.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-02
1929-1970
(Bulk: 1939-1942)
Creator:
Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967
Extent: 1.5 linear feet
At the turn of the century, the Río Grande de Coclé changed course, revealing the site of a pre-Columbian cemetery when pottery
and gold ornaments were washed out of the river banks. In 1940 the University of Pennsylvania Museum began to excavate Sitio
Conte, which belonged to a private landowner, located in the province of Coclé. A very small portion of the pre-Columbian
cemetery, estimated to cover four or five acres in its entirety, was selected for excavation. The expedition yielded 6,600
pounds of pottery and stone. The textual records consist of 1.5 linear feet of field notes, diaries, and object cards; correspondence;
administrative records concerning contracts, expenses, transportation, and equipment; and unpublished and published reports
and articles concerning findings. The arrangement of the records became apparent after some research, for the original order
had been lost. Most of the original folder titles, however, have been maintained.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-02
1956-1964
Creator:
Pritchard, James B. (James Bennett), 1909-1997
Extent: 6 linear feet
James Pritchard, first Curator of Biblical Archaeology, Professor of Religious Thought, Associate Director (1967-1976), and
Director (1976-1977) at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, conducted his primary fieldwork in three sites in the Near
East. Of these, locating the site of Ancient Gibeon (El-Jib) in Jordan was perhaps Pritchard’s most notable accomplishment.
He and his team conducted five seasons of fieldwork here, discovering three prominent architectural features: a tunnel, pool,
and the city wall. The archival records for these excavations consist six linear feet of field notes, reports, a field diary,
correspondence, object catalogues, drawings, photographs and a photographic catalogue, an annotated map, publication notes,
and financial records.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-02
1893-1956
(Bulk: 1893-1924)
Creator:
Gordon, G. B. (George Byron), 1870-1927
Extent: 0.35 linear foot
George Byron Gordon led expeditions to Copan at the end of the nineteenth century and, with his brother MacLaren Gordon, to
Alaska in 1905 and 1907. As Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and as Director of the Museum, Gordon was first to
conduct regular lectures to undergraduate and graduate students in Anthropology and oversaw one of the the largest periods
of Museum growth. The G.B. Gordon Central America collection includes diaries, surveying notes, reports and stories from the
Copan Expeditions and the Yucatan Expedition in 1910, original stories, articles, and book reviews written by Dr. Gordon,
communication with The British Museum about Maya site excavation, Gordon's introductions composed for speakers for the Saturday
Afternoon Lecture Series, speeches to professional organizations, and class lectures.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-02
1930-1967
(Bulk: 1930-1932)
Creator:
Jayne, Horace Howard Furness, 1898-1975
Wulsin, Frederick R. (Frederick Roelker), 1891-1961 Extent: 2.3 linear feet
Tureng Tepe, a site dating from approximately 3100-2900 B.C. through 1900 B.C. in northeast Iran was excavated by Frederick
R. Wulsin during two short field seasons in 1931. Although the expedition was directed by Wulsin, a University of Pennsylvania
Museum staff member who was a curator of Anthropology during 1930-1932, the expedition was sponsored by the Atkins Museum
of Fine Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. Records relating to the excavation at Tureng Tepe are limited, and consist of 2.3 linear
feet of correspondence, field notes, and indexes and catalogues.
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-03
1935-1950
Creator:
Roop, Wendell Prescott, b. 1887, Creator
Extent: 0.3 linear feet (collection consists of one manuscript box containing 12 folders and one card file box)
Penn Museum Archives [Contact Us]
Date added: 2017-03-03
1938-2005
(Bulk: 1963-1992)
Creator:
Davenport, William H., 1922-2004
Extent: 10 linear feet
The William H. Davenport collection includes records from field research in the Santa Cruz Islands, Guadalcanal and San Cristobal
Islands, and other Solomon Islands; the Moluccas and Sulawesi in Indonesia; and Sarawak in Malaysia, among other locations.
Materials span the period from 1952-2002 and contain records primarily related to Davenport's field research, professional
activities, student mentoring, and articles and publications.
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