Richard B. Woodbury collection of drawings of human and animal figures
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 5
name: label: Creator
content: Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009
topic: label: Topic
content: Petroglyphs
creator: label: Creator
content: Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Richard Benjamin Woodbury (1917-2009) was an archeologist and anthropologist of the Southwest who earned his BS (1939), MA (1942), and PhD (1949) in anthropology from Harvard University. He participated in the 1938 Peabody Museum Awatovi Expedition in Arizona and the University of Arizona Archaeological Field School, and spent two seasons in the Highland Maya site of Zaculeu, Guatemala. Woodbury taught at Kentucky and Columbia Universities before joining the Smithsonian in 1963 as curator of archeology and anthropology and, later, as chair of the department. In 1969, he left the Smithsonian to chair the new department of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he served until his retirement in 1981.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Drawings (mounted drawings)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.5
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection consists of ink drawings probably collected by Richard B. Woodbury, possibly for his 1956 articles on Zuni prehistory.  The drawings depict human and animal figures, probably designs copied from petroglyphs and pottery, and are mounted on boards marked for publication.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives also holds sound recordings of Native American music collected by Woodbury (MS 7231), Richard Benjamin Woodbury's letters in the Department of Anthropology records, and photographs of Woodbury (BAE historical negatives and Photo Lot 83-15.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds Department of Anthropology records (SIA RUNAA005) and agency history (SIA AH00204) relating to Richard B. Woodbury's time as department chair.