Mound State Monument Museum Construction
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1986.8.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Research Council (U.S.)
label: Collection Creator
content: United States. National Park Service
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content: Alabama Museum films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (5 minutes, black-and-white silent; 100 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage documenting the construction of the Jones Archaeological Museum at the Moundville State Park in central Alabama. Previously known as the Mound State Monument, the museum was opened and dedicated in 1939. Workers were provided by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Film records the stages of construction of the monument and images of the surrounding park. Visible are the platform mounds built by the Mississippian culture between AD 1200 and AD 1500.