Thomas Dale Stewart photographs of Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 81-59
name: label: Creator
content: Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
place: label: Place
content: Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)
label: Place
content: Uxmal Site (Mexico)
label: Place
content: Peru
label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Guatemala
creator: label: Creator
content: Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
culture: label: Culture
content: Mayas
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: In 1947, Smithsonian physical anthropologist T. Dale Stewart began a program of cooperation with anthropologists of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and scientists in Guatemala. In part, the project was designed to promote relations between scientists of the Americas and was sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Stewartʹs activities involved a study of the highland and lowland Mayans and the study of remains at highland archeological sites.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 40 Prints (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 40 Negatives (acetate)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1945-1949
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by T. Dale Stewart, 1981.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.81-59
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Much of the collection consists of photographs depicting structures at Uxmal and Chichen Itza. Also included are photographs of T. Dale Stewart and his family, excavations, and modern buildings. There are also lists of captions for a 1949 trip to Peru, though the photographs are not included in the collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Notes from Stewart's work in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7357.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds Thomas Dale Stewart's papers.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Department of Anthropology holds artifacts and specimens donated by Stewart.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds oral histories with Stewart (SIA RU009521).