Roscoe H. Wilmeth papers relating to Navajo land claim work
name: label: Creator
content: Wilmeth, R.
label: Correspondent
content: Van Valkenburgh, Richard F.
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Wilmeth's daughter, Frances Wilmeth, in 2017 and 2019.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wilmeth, R.
label: Correspondent
content: Van Valkenburgh, Richard F.
culture: label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Roscoe Hall Wilmeth (1922-1981) was an archaeologist whose research included work in the American Southwest, Kansas, and on Athabascan cultures. During his his graduate school years, Wilmeth worked for the Navajo Inter-Tribal Council documenting sites for land claim cases against the United States Federal Government.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.75 Linear feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2017-17
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection includes correspondence between Roscoe Wilmeth and various people regarding archaeological work for Navajo land claims, and diaries from the years he was carrying out this work. The bulk of the letters are with Richard F. Van Valkenburgh who oversaw Wilmeth's work.