Robert B. Cumming papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cumming, Robert B., 1915-2005
label: Names
content: River Basin Surveys
place: label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Cumming gave these materials to Waldo R. Wedel, who in turn placed them in the archives.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cumming, Robert B., 1915-2005
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Robert B. Cumming studied at Wesleyan University (A.B., 1938) and pursued graduate studies in anthropology under William Duncan Strong at Columbia University. In 1940, he became the supervisor of the archaeology laboratory at the Nebraska State Historical Society, and in 1941-1942, he was a supervisor with the Nebraska Work Projects Administration archaeology. Following several nonarchaeological jobs, he became the laboratory supervisor of the River Basin Surveys Missouri Basin Project in Lincoln, Nebraska, 1946-1950. In 1950-1954, he was a Missouri Basin Project field archaeologist.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1939 - circa 1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0309
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection is unprocessed.  Contact the repository for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of a miscellany of Cumming's and other archaeologists' materials relating to River Basin Surveys (RBS) work. Materials include diaries (1939-1950), site photographs, site forms, site maps, specimen forms, manuscripts, and card files. Some are duplicates of files in the RBS records. 

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds additional materials related to the the River Basin Surveys in the the River Basin Surveys records, Donald Jayne Lehmer papers, Paul Lemen Cooper papers, Frank Harold Hanna Roberts, Jr. papers and photographs, Waldo Rudolph Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel papers and Photo Lot 87-3.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Two motion picture films that came with Cumming's papers, one concerning the Hidatsa Indians and the other showing River Basin Surveys work, are at the Human Studies Film Archives.