Richard E. Stearns photographs of archeological sites and artifacts
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: USNM ACC 160002, USNM ACC 187165, USNM ACC 188274, USNM ACC 191329, USNM ACC 247561, USNM ACC 308221, NAA Photo Lot 73-40
name: label: Creator
content: Stearns, Richard E. (Archaeologist)
place: label: Place
content: Horry County (S.C.) -- Antiquities
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content: Virginia -- Antiquities
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content: Maryland -- Antiquities
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content: Glynn County (Ga.) -- Antiquities
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content: Florida -- Antiquities
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content: Washington (D.C.) -- Antiquities
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content: Sussex County (Del.) -- Antiquities
topic: label: Topic
content: Excavations (Archaeology)
creator: label: Creator
content: Stearns, Richard E. (Archaeologist)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Richard E. Stearns (1902-1969) was a commercial photographer and amateur archeologist of Maryland's prehistory. He was known for his photographic documentation, particularly of sites and specimens, most notably at Conowingo, a large village site on the Susquehanna River. In the 1930s, he became a curator for the Department of Archeology of the Natural History Society of Maryland, a position he held for over thirty years. In the 1940s, Stearns published Nicholas Yinger's investigations of the Hughes site, as well as his own investigations of sites in Maryland.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 26 Color prints
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content: 22 Sketches
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content: 600 Prints (circa, silver gelatin and contact prints (including stereographic images))
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content: 325 Negatives (circa)
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content: 3 Maps
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930-1960
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The photographs in this collection accompanied Stearns' donations of artifacts to United States National Museum, specifically accessions 160003, 187165, 188274, 191329, 247561, and 308221. The photographs were transferred from the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1973.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.73-40
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Color prints
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content: Sketches
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content: Prints
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content: Negatives
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content: Maps
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content: Drawings
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content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
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content: Drawings
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content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection includes photographs of excavations and artifacts relating to Stearns' archeological work in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. There are also some sketches of artifacts and excavation sites, as well as notes on pictured artifacts. One photo album relates to Stearns' work in Florida, while the other contains photographs of various sites in Maryland, including Conowingo.

The collection relates to work in Sussex County in Delaware; the District of Columbia; Bay, Collier, Flagler, Franklin, St. Johnʹs, St. Lucie, and Volusia counties in Florida, Glynn County in Georgia; Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince Georges, Queen Anneʹs, and St. Maryʹs counties in Maryland; Horry County in South Carolina; and Loudon and Page counties in Virginia.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Museum of Natural History's Department of Anthropology holds artifacts donated by Stearns, in accessions 163264, 176236, 182055, 183968, 186144, 188274, 200211, 202602, 247561, and 308221.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photos by Stearns can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4524.