Bringing the Past Alive: Conversations Between Bill Haag and George Quimby on WPA Archeology in Louisiana
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1990.12.1
name: label: Creator
content: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
label: Creator
content: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: Haag, William George, 1910-2000
label: Names
content: Quimby, George I. (George Irving), 1913-2003
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Southern States
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeologists
label: Topic
content: Archaeology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the National Anthropological Archives in 1990.
creator: label: Creator
content: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
label: Creator
content: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Video recording (2 hours, sound color, 1/2 inch VHS)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1990.12
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Television broadcast produced by the Geology and Anthropology Department, Louisiana State University, in association with Louisiana Public Broadcasting is a video oral history of archeologists George Quimby and Bill Haag shot at Louisiana State Univeristy. The general area of discussion centers on the history of Works Progress Administration archeology in southeastern United States. Dr. Ed Lyon, from the Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, begins the discussion with an historical overview. Specific topics and people discussed include: Marksville, Lousiana; Wheeler and Pickwick Basin; how each became involved in archeology and, specifically, WPA archeology; regional and horizontal chronological charts based on stratification; Dr. Hinsdale; WPA crews; C.B. Moore; WPA quarterly reports; work performed in the laboratory Quimby headed; the Kentucky laboratory; Major Webb; James Ford; Stew Nitesel; field forms; Southeastern Archeological Conference; and the ceramic repository.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Complete filmed oral history is available at the Human Studies Film Archives.