James B. Richardson photographs and correspondence relating to River Basin Surveys work on the Lower Brule Reservation
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 2013-09
name: label: Creator
content: Richardson, James B. (James Bushnell), 1936-
label: Names
content: River Basin Surveys
place: label: Place
content: Lower Brule Indian Reservation (S.D.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Excavations (Archaeology)
creator: label: Creator
content: Richardson, James B. (James Bushnell), 1936-
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: James Bushnell Richardson (b. 1936) was a crew member on the excavations of sites on the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation in South Dakota in 1957.  He received a BA from Saint Lawrence University (1960), MA from Syracuse University (1963), and PhD fro the University of Illinois (1969).  After his appointment as Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh in 1967, he was promoted to Professor of Anthropology and eventually Chair of the Anthropology Department.  In 1980, Richardson became Chief Curator for the Section of Anthropology at the university's Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 letters and postcards
label: Extent
content: 252 Color slides
label: Extent
content: 3 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by James B. Richardson, 2013.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.2013-09
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs relating to archeological excavations at sites on the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation, including Warren Caldwell's work at the Black Partizan site and Hubert Smith's work at another historic site.  The collection includes images of the excavations and their surroundings; artifacts and remains in situ and after excavation; a rodeo in Pierre, South Dakota; and cities in South Dakota and Nebraska.  The collection also includes correspondence from James B. Richardson to his parents, describing the excavations and camp life.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Surveys and reports by James B. Richardson held in the National Anthropological Archives include "Ohio River Environmental Assessment," "A Cultural Resource Survey of the Erie National Wildlife Refuge," and Analysis of Archaeological, Geological and Historical Artifacts and Documents, Pertaining to the Midden Excavation at 'Woodville.'"
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the River Basin Surveys records.