MS 2011-29 Oral history interview of Waldo R. Wedel
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2011-29
label: General
content: Date on box insert incorrectly listed as July 18, 1996.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Wedel, Waldo R. (Waldo Rudolph), 1908-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Banks, Larry D.
label: Interviewer
content: Givens, Douglas R.
label: Names
content: River Basin Surveys
label: Names
content: Smithsonian Institution
label: Names
content: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
label: Names
content: Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941
label: Names
content: Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981
label: Names
content: Haury, Emil W. (Emil Walter), 1904-1992
label: Names
content: Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
label: Names
content: Lehmer, Donald Jayne, 1918-1975
label: Names
content: Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966
label: Names
content: Stephenson, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd), 1919-
label: Names
content: Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
label: Names
content: Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
label: Names
content: Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1962
label: Names
content: Wedel, Mildred Mott
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Dennis Stanford.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Wedel, Waldo R. (Waldo Rudolph), 1908-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Banks, Larry D.
label: Interviewer
content: Givens, Douglas R.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Waldo R. Wedel was an archaeologist, best known for his contributions to Plains archaeology. He worked at the Smithsonian Institution from 1936 to 1977. He began his career at the Smithsonian as an assistant curator under Neil M. Judd in the Division of Archeology in the United States National Museum. He later became curator of archeology in 1950, and in 1962, he became head curator of the Department of Anthropology. In 1964-1965, he was acting head of the newly organized Smithsonian Office of Anthropology. Wedel also established and directed the Missouri Basin Project (1946-50) of the Bureau of American Ethnology's River Basin Surveys.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (analog)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1996 June 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2011-29
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Waldo R. Wedel conducted by Larry D. Banks and Douglas Givens on June 17, 1996 in Boulder, Colorado. The interview was conducted at Wedel's nursing home, a couple of months before he died.This interview is part of a series of oral histories of archaeologists recorded by Givens. Topics include Wedel's youth, career, fieldwork, colleagues, the Smithsonian Institution, and the River Basin Surveys.
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: See also Waldo R. Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel Papers