Society for American Archaeology records
odd: label: List of acronyms commonly referenced
content: Includes acronyms used throughout the Society for American Archaeology's records.

AAA - American Anthropological Association

AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAM - American Alliance of Museums

AAQ - American Antiquity

ACHP - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

AEC - Archaeology Education Clearinghouse

AFFA - Association for Field Archaeology

AFTP - Archaeology for the Public

AIA - Archaeological Institute of America

AIRFA - American Indian Religious Freedom Act

AM - Annual Meeting

A&PE - Archaeology and Public Education

ARPA - Archaeological Resources Protection Act

ASCA - American Society for Conservation Archaeology 

BLM - Bureau of Land Management

BOR - Bureau of Reclamation

CCONAS - Coordinating Council of National Archaeological Societies

CEHP - Centre for Environment, Heritage and Policy

CoAS - Council of Affiliated Societies

COPA - Committee on Public Archaeology

COSSA - Consortium of Social Science Associations 

COSWA - Committee on the Status of Women in Archaeology

CPIA - Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act

CRAR - Committee for the Recovery of Archaeological Remains 

CRM - Cultural Resource Management

DCA - Departmental Consulting Archaeologist

DOA - Department of Agriculture

DOI - Department of the Interior

EXCOM - Executive Committee (see also EX COM, EXCOMM, XCOM, XCOMM, Exec. Comm.)

FAA - Foundation for American Archaeology

FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service

GAC - Government Affairs Committee

ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and Sites

LAQ - Latin American Antiquity

NAS - National Academy of Sciences

NAS - Native American Scholarship

NCPTT - National Center for Preservation Technology and Training

NCSHPO - National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities

NHPA - National Historic Preservation Act

NPCC -National Preservation Coordinating Council

NPS - National Park Service

NCSS - National Council for the Social Studies

NRC - National Research Council

NSF - National Science Foundation

OSM - Office of Surface Mining

PAIG - Public Archaeology Interest Group 

PEC - Public Education Committee

PMOA - Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement

RFP - Request for Proposal 

ROPA/RPA - Register of Professional Archaeologists

SAA - Society for American Archaeology

SHA - Society for Historical Archaeology

SOPA - Society of Professional Archaeologists

USACOE - United States Army Corps of Engineers (see also ACOE)
label: Chronology
content: Includes a concise chronology of SAA events related to the content of this collection.

1920: Committee on State Archaeological Surveys created by the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences

1934: Society for American Archaeology formally established

1935: First issue of  -- American Antiquity

1935: First Annual Meeting of the SAA

1937: Committee on State Archaeological Surveys disbanded

1939: First issue of the  -- SAA Notebook --  distributed to membership

1942: Last issue of  -- SAA Notebook

1942: Revised and amended constitution, which split the Secretary-Treasurer into two separate roles and eliminated the Fellow/Affiliate distinction (among other changes), was approved and took effect

1943: No Annual Meeting; executive business conducted by mail

1969: Membership applications now handled through the AAA business office rather SAA Secretary

1970: Major revision to constitution

1972: Incorporated in D.C.

1974: The Archeological and Historic Preservation Act (APHA) and "Moss-Bennett Act" passed, with goal of providing federal funding to mitigate destruction of archeological sites in specific circumstances

1974: Airlie House Seminars held ("Six Seminars on the Future Directions of Archaeology")

1983: Resolved against merger with AAA (aka "the break with AAA")

1983: Changed from AAA to Bostrom firm to manage business activities

1983: First issue of  -- SAA Bulletin

1985: SAA and SOPA co-host the Conference on Reburial Issues

1988: Evans Report on Management announced

1989: Changes to Articles of Incorporation

1989: New Bylaws adopted that changed the organizational structure of SAA 

1989: SAA hosted Anti-Looting Conference in Taos

1990: First issue of  -- Latin American Antiquity

1990: Executive Board approved plan to establish in-house admin/operations office 

1992: Transitioned to "independent home office" and hiring of full-time Executive Director

1993: Last year of last term in which Editor of  -- American Antiquity --  was an Officer

1997: SAA, SOPA, and SHA approved the formation of ROPA, which began work in 1998

1998: Executive Board name change to Board of Directors

2000: Last issue of  -- SAA Bulletin

2001: Began publishing  -- The Archaeological Record
name: label: Correspondent
content: Adams, Richard E.W.
label: Correspondent
content: Adovasio, J. M.
label: Correspondent
content: Amsden, Charles
label: Correspondent
content: Anderson, Duane
label: Correspondent
content: Angus, John A.
label: Correspondent
content: Antle, H.R.
label: Correspondent
content: Ayres, J.E.
label: Correspondent
content: Babcock, Willoughby M.
label: Correspondent
content: Baerreis, David A., 1916-1989
label: Correspondent
content: Bailey, John H.
label: Correspondent
content: Barka, Norman F.
label: Creator
content: Barnett, Clifford
label: Correspondent
content: Barnett, Homer Garner, 1908-
label: Correspondent
content: Bartel, Brad
label: Correspondent
content: Bartlett, Katherine
label: Correspondent
content: Bass, George F.
label: Correspondent
content: Basto, Arthur
label: Correspondent
content: Bauxar (Finkelstein), J. Joe
label: Correspondent
content: Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon), 1901-1985
label: Correspondent
content: Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King), 1918-1978
label: Correspondent
content: Bell, Earl H.
label: Correspondent
content: Bell, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1914-2006
label: Correspondent
content: Bennett, John William
label: Correspondent
content: Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953
label: Correspondent
content: Berlin, Heinrich
label: Correspondent
content: Bernal, Ignacio
label: Correspondent
content: Berry, J. Brewton
label: Correspondent
content: Birdsell, Joseph B.
label: Correspondent
content: Black, Glenn A. (Glenn Albert), 1900-1964
label: Correspondent
content: Bliss, Robert Woods
label: Correspondent
content: Blom, Frans
label: Correspondent
content: Blossom, F.H.
label: Correspondent
content: Boudeman, Donald O.
label: Correspondent
content: Brand, Donald Dilworth
label: Correspondent
content: Bray, Warwick
label: Correspondent
content: Breternitz, Donald A.
label: Correspondent
content: Brew, J. O. (John Otis), 1906-1988
label: Correspondent
content: Broadbent, Sylvia M.
label: Correspondent
content: Buckner, John L.
label: Correspondent
content: Buikstra, Jane E.
label: Correspondent
content: Burrill, A.C.
label: Correspondent
content: Butler, Mary
label: Correspondent
content: Byers, Douglas S., 1903-1978
label: Correspondent
content: Cahill, Edgar D.
label: Correspondent
content: Campbell, Elizabeth W.C.
label: Correspondent
content: Cate, William
label: Correspondent
content: Chambers, Moreau Browne Congleton
label: Correspondent
content: Champe, John L. (John Leland), 1895-
label: Correspondent
content: Chapman, Carl H. (Carl Haley), 1915-1987
label: Correspondent
content: Cheek, Anetta L.
label: Correspondent
content: Clark, M. Margaret
label: Correspondent
content: Clements, Forrest Edward
label: Correspondent
content: Coggins, Clemency
label: Correspondent
content: Cole, Fay-Cooper
label: Correspondent
content: Collier, Donald, 1911-1995
label: Correspondent
content: Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987
label: Correspondent
content: Colton, Harold Sellers, 1881-1970
label: Correspondent
content: Conner, Stuart W.
label: Correspondent
content: Cook, Persifor M.
label: Correspondent
content: Cooper, Paul L. (Paul Lemen), 1909-1961
label: Correspondent
content: Corbyn, Ronald C.
label: Correspondent
content: Cordell, Linda S.
label: Correspondent
content: Cross, Dale R.
label: Correspondent
content: Culbert, T. Patrick
label: Correspondent
content: Cummings, Calvin R.
label: Correspondent
content: Daniels, Helen Sloan
label: Correspondent
content: Daugherty, Richard D.
label: Correspondent
content: Davidson, D. S.
label: Correspondent
content: Davis, Edward Mott
label: Correspondent
content: Davis, Hester A., 1930-
label: Correspondent
content: Day, H. Summerfield
label: Correspondent
content: Dean, Jeffrey S.
label: Correspondent
content: DeJarnette, David Lloyd
label: Correspondent
content: Dellinger, Samuel Claudius
label: Correspondent
content: Deuel, Thorne, 1890-
label: Creator
content: Di Peso, Charles Corradino
label: Correspondent
content: Dickson, Don F.
label: Correspondent
content: Dincauze, Dena F.
label: Correspondent
content: Dixon, Keith A.
label: Correspondent
content: Dorrance, Frances
label: Correspondent
content: Downer, Alan
label: Correspondent
content: Dumand, Don E.
label: Correspondent
content: Dworsky, Don
label: Correspondent
content: Dyck, Ian
label: Correspondent
content: Dyson, Robert H.
label: Creator
content: Eaton, Jack
label: Correspondent
content: Edwards, Robert Q.
label: Correspondent
content: Eggan, Fred, 1906-1991
label: Correspondent
content: Ellis, H. Holmes
label: Correspondent
content: Ezell, Paul Howard
label: Correspondent
content: Fagan, Brian M.
label: Correspondent
content: Fairbanks, Charles H. (Charles Herron), 1913-1985
label: Correspondent
content: Farrand, William R.
label: Correspondent
content: Fejos, Paul, 1897-1963
label: Correspondent
content: Fewkes, Vladimir Jarolslav
label: Correspondent
content: Fisher, Reginald G.
label: Correspondent
content: Fitting, James E.
label: Correspondent
content: Fitzhugh, William W., 1943-
label: Correspondent
content: Flannery, Kent Vaughn
label: Correspondent
content: Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968
label: Correspondent
content: Ford, Richard I.
label: Correspondent
content: Fowler, Don D.
label: Correspondent
content: Fox, George R.
label: Correspondent
content: Frison, George C.
label: Correspondent
content: Frost, Everett
label: Correspondent
content: Frost, Janet A.
label: Correspondent
content: Gaines, Sylvia W.
label: Correspondent
content: Garvey, Robert R.
label: Correspondent
content: Gerald, Rex E.
label: Correspondent
content: Gilbert, William Harlen, 1904-1988
label: Correspondent
content: Gladfelter, Bruce G.
label: Correspondent
content: Gladwin, Harold Sterling
label: Correspondent
content: Goldschmidt, Walter, 1913-2010
label: Creator
content: Goldstein, Lynne
label: Correspondent
content: Goodyear, Albert C.
label: Correspondent
content: Grayson, Donald K.
label: Correspondent
content: Green, Ernestene
label: Correspondent
content: Greywacz, Kathryn B.
label: Creator
content: Lipe, William D.
label: Creator
content: McGimsey, Charles R.
label: Creator
content: Rippeteau, Bruce D.
label: Creator
content: Schwartz, Douglas W., 1929-
label: Creator
content: Smith, Bruce David
label: Creator
content: Society for American Archaeology
label: Creator
content: Steponaitis, Vincas P.
label: Creator
content: Wendorf, Fred
topic: label: Topic
content: Scholarly periodicals
label: Topic
content: Professional associations
label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Public Education
label: Topic
content: Cultural property -- Repatriation
label: Topic
content: Cultural resources management
label: Topic
content: Historic preservation
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content: Adams, Richard E.W.
label: Correspondent
content: Adovasio, J. M.
label: Correspondent
content: Amsden, Charles
label: Correspondent
content: Anderson, Duane
label: Correspondent
content: Angus, John A.
label: Correspondent
content: Antle, H.R.
label: Correspondent
content: Ayres, J.E.
label: Correspondent
content: Babcock, Willoughby M.
label: Correspondent
content: Baerreis, David A., 1916-1989
label: Correspondent
content: Bailey, John H.
label: Correspondent
content: Barka, Norman F.
label: Creator
content: Barnett, Clifford
label: Correspondent
content: Barnett, Homer Garner, 1908-
label: Correspondent
content: Bartel, Brad
label: Correspondent
content: Bartlett, Katherine
label: Correspondent
content: Bass, George F.
label: Correspondent
content: Basto, Arthur
label: Correspondent
content: Bauxar (Finkelstein), J. Joe
label: Correspondent
content: Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon), 1901-1985
label: Correspondent
content: Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King), 1918-1978
label: Correspondent
content: Bell, Earl H.
label: Correspondent
content: Bell, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1914-2006
label: Correspondent
content: Bennett, John William
label: Correspondent
content: Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953
label: Correspondent
content: Berlin, Heinrich
label: Correspondent
content: Bernal, Ignacio
label: Correspondent
content: Berry, J. Brewton
label: Correspondent
content: Birdsell, Joseph B.
label: Correspondent
content: Black, Glenn A. (Glenn Albert), 1900-1964
label: Correspondent
content: Bliss, Robert Woods
label: Correspondent
content: Blom, Frans
label: Correspondent
content: Blossom, F.H.
label: Correspondent
content: Boudeman, Donald O.
label: Correspondent
content: Brand, Donald Dilworth
label: Correspondent
content: Bray, Warwick
label: Correspondent
content: Breternitz, Donald A.
label: Correspondent
content: Brew, J. O. (John Otis), 1906-1988
label: Correspondent
content: Broadbent, Sylvia M.
label: Correspondent
content: Buckner, John L.
label: Correspondent
content: Buikstra, Jane E.
label: Correspondent
content: Burrill, A.C.
label: Correspondent
content: Butler, Mary
label: Correspondent
content: Byers, Douglas S., 1903-1978
label: Correspondent
content: Cahill, Edgar D.
label: Correspondent
content: Campbell, Elizabeth W.C.
label: Correspondent
content: Cate, William
label: Correspondent
content: Chambers, Moreau Browne Congleton
label: Correspondent
content: Champe, John L. (John Leland), 1895-
label: Correspondent
content: Chapman, Carl H. (Carl Haley), 1915-1987
label: Correspondent
content: Cheek, Anetta L.
label: Correspondent
content: Clark, M. Margaret
label: Correspondent
content: Clements, Forrest Edward
label: Correspondent
content: Coggins, Clemency
label: Correspondent
content: Cole, Fay-Cooper
label: Correspondent
content: Collier, Donald, 1911-1995
label: Correspondent
content: Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987
label: Correspondent
content: Colton, Harold Sellers, 1881-1970
label: Correspondent
content: Conner, Stuart W.
label: Correspondent
content: Cook, Persifor M.
label: Correspondent
content: Cooper, Paul L. (Paul Lemen), 1909-1961
label: Correspondent
content: Corbyn, Ronald C.
label: Correspondent
content: Cordell, Linda S.
label: Correspondent
content: Cross, Dale R.
label: Correspondent
content: Culbert, T. Patrick
label: Correspondent
content: Cummings, Calvin R.
label: Correspondent
content: Daniels, Helen Sloan
label: Correspondent
content: Daugherty, Richard D.
label: Correspondent
content: Davidson, D. S.
label: Correspondent
content: Davis, Edward Mott
label: Correspondent
content: Davis, Hester A., 1930-
label: Correspondent
content: Day, H. Summerfield
label: Correspondent
content: Dean, Jeffrey S.
label: Correspondent
content: DeJarnette, David Lloyd
label: Correspondent
content: Dellinger, Samuel Claudius
label: Correspondent
content: Deuel, Thorne, 1890-
label: Creator
content: Di Peso, Charles Corradino
label: Correspondent
content: Dickson, Don F.
label: Correspondent
content: Dincauze, Dena F.
label: Correspondent
content: Dixon, Keith A.
label: Correspondent
content: Dorrance, Frances
label: Correspondent
content: Downer, Alan
label: Correspondent
content: Dumand, Don E.
label: Correspondent
content: Dworsky, Don
label: Correspondent
content: Dyck, Ian
label: Correspondent
content: Dyson, Robert H.
label: Creator
content: Eaton, Jack
label: Correspondent
content: Edwards, Robert Q.
label: Correspondent
content: Eggan, Fred, 1906-1991
label: Correspondent
content: Ellis, H. Holmes
label: Correspondent
content: Ezell, Paul Howard
label: Correspondent
content: Fagan, Brian M.
label: Correspondent
content: Fairbanks, Charles H. (Charles Herron), 1913-1985
label: Correspondent
content: Farrand, William R.
label: Correspondent
content: Fejos, Paul, 1897-1963
label: Correspondent
content: Fewkes, Vladimir Jarolslav
label: Correspondent
content: Fisher, Reginald G.
label: Correspondent
content: Fitting, James E.
label: Correspondent
content: Fitzhugh, William W., 1943-
label: Correspondent
content: Flannery, Kent Vaughn
label: Correspondent
content: Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968
label: Correspondent
content: Ford, Richard I.
label: Correspondent
content: Fowler, Don D.
label: Correspondent
content: Fox, George R.
label: Correspondent
content: Frison, George C.
label: Correspondent
content: Frost, Everett
label: Correspondent
content: Frost, Janet A.
label: Correspondent
content: Gaines, Sylvia W.
label: Correspondent
content: Garvey, Robert R.
label: Correspondent
content: Gerald, Rex E.
label: Correspondent
content: Gilbert, William Harlen, 1904-1988
label: Correspondent
content: Gladfelter, Bruce G.
label: Correspondent
content: Gladwin, Harold Sterling
label: Correspondent
content: Goldschmidt, Walter, 1913-2010
label: Creator
content: Goldstein, Lynne
label: Correspondent
content: Goodyear, Albert C.
label: Correspondent
content: Grayson, Donald K.
label: Correspondent
content: Green, Ernestene
label: Correspondent
content: Greywacz, Kathryn B.
label: Creator
content: Lipe, William D.
label: Creator
content: McGimsey, Charles R.
label: Creator
content: Rippeteau, Bruce D.
label: Creator
content: Schwartz, Douglas W., 1929-
label: Creator
content: Smith, Bruce David
label: Creator
content: Society for American Archaeology
label: Creator
content: Steponaitis, Vincas P.
label: Creator
content: Wendorf, Fred
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content: Society for American Archaeology records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is an international membership organization founded in 1934 to advance research and training in archaeology and to promote the conservation of archaeological resources of the Americas. It has published American Antiquity, one of the premiere journal of archaeology of North America, since 1935, and has hosted an Annual Meeting since that same year. Other areas of activity include the development of professional standards and ethics, promotion of the public's understanding of archaeology, advocacy for Federal legislation protecting archaeological resources, and encouragement of connections between professional and avocational archaeologists. The Society for American Archaeology records contain materials related to the ongoing administration, management, and interests of the SAA through mainly correspondence, reports, research, mailings, financial records, and program planning documents.
bioghist: label: Historical note
content: The Society for American Archaeology grew out of the Committee on State Archaeological Surveys of the National Research Council's Division of Anthropology and Psychology. Appointed in 1920 to "encourage and assist" eastern and midwestern states in the organization of archaeological surveys, the Committee came to act as a coordinating body and information clearinghouse for archaeologists and government agencies engaged in archaeological field work. The Committee expanded its activities and network through the 1920s but lacked long-term financial support. By 1933 its leaders identified the need for a permanent, independent organization to take up the work of the Committee and address the lack of standards, training, and communication among professional researchers and avocational archaeologists, which they saw as impediments to the preservation of archaeological data. Carl E. Guthe, then Chairman of the Committee, led the work of establishing the new organization. 

In 1934, Guthe drafted a constitution and bylaws for the nascent group and distributed the documents among the Committee's network to solicit comments and generate interest among potential members. The Society for American Archaeology was formally established at an "organizational meeting" on December 28, 1934, when attendees approved Guthe's final version of the constitution and bylaws and elected the first cohort of officers: Arthur C. Parker, President; M. R. Harrington, Vice President; Carl E. Guthe, Secretary-Treasurer; W. C. McKern, Editor. In keeping with its goal of bridging the divide between professional and non-professional archaeologists, anyone with an interest in "furthering the objects of the Society" could apply for membership, regardless of professional affiliation. 

The SAA is governed by a constitution and bylaws which are voted on by members and implemented by an Executive Committee, referred to as the Council in the early years. The Executive Committee composition has varied through the years. Until the 1960s, most administrative duties were carried out by the Secretary, who assembled the minutes of Executive Committee meetings, circulated background materials among its members, and collected reports from SAA committees. The Secretary's office also acted as a "clearinghouse and advisory center on archaeological matters" for SAA members and the public. Without a true business headquarters, the Secretary's office essentially served as the SAA's central office, with the outgoing Secretaries passing on their files to the incoming Secretaries at the end of their terms.  

In the 1960s, SAA began contracting with the business office of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to manage its business operations. That arrangement lasted until the early 1980s, when AAA stopped providing business services to smaller organizations and offered SAA the option to become part of AAA. SAA members voted against merging with AAA, and in 1983 SAA contracted with Bostrom Management to administer its business affairs, an arrangement that included hiring a part-time Executive Director. In 1987, the Executive Committee enlisted a management consultant to conduct a business analysis and identify options for improving SAA's finances and administration. The result of this analysis, referred to as "The Evans Report," was circulated the following year, leading to a major reorganization that would occupy the Executive Committee through the early 1990s. Those efforts ultimately resulted in the establishment of a central office in Washington, D.C., and the hiring of SAA's first full-time Executive Director in 1992. It was during this intense period of reorganization that the structure and governance of SAA began to resemble that of the present day.

Works Consulted: 

"Archival Sources Sought." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology 1, no 4 (September 1983): 5. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1983_volume-1/saa-bulletin-1-4_sept.pdf?sfvrsn=d6c0f71a_2

"Articles of Incorporation." SAA Records, Acc 1998-85, Box 4, folder: 1972 (mimeograph from Lehman/AAA) - Final box/folder location TBD. Society for American Archaeology records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

"The Constitution of the Society for American Archaeology." American Antiquity 1, no. 2 (1935): 146–48. http://www.jstor.org/stable/276027.

"Constitution and By-Laws of the Society for American Archaeology." American Antiquity 13, no. 2 (1947): 198–200. http://www.jstor.org/stable/275700.

Dincauze, Dena F. "Office of the President: 52nd Annual Meeting." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology. 5, no. 3 (July 1987): 1-2. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1987/saa-bulletin-5-3.pdf?sfvrsn=30b9179d_4

Fowler, Don D, and Green, Dee. "Change in SAA Management Announced." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology 1, no 4 (September 1983): 1-4. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1983_volume-1/saa-bulletin-1-4_sept.pdf?sfvrsn=d6c0f71a_2

Goldstein, Lynne. "The Structure of the SAA." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology. 9, no. 8 (June 1988): 8. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1991/saa-bulletin-9-3_june.pdf?sfvrsn=b101aaac_2

Guthe, Carl E. "Prospectus." Department of Anthropology Records. Division of Archaeology. Office Files. Box 14, Museum-Misc. Lists - O. Folder: National Research Council [ca. 1932-1945], folder 2 of 2. Society for American Archaeology records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Guthe, Carl E. "Reflections on the Founding of the Society for American Archaeology." American Antiquity 32, no. 4 (1967): 433–40. https://doi.org/10.2307/2694072.

O'Brien, Michael J. and Lyman, R. Lee. "Gentle Persuasion: The National Research Council and Southeastern Archaeology." Journal of Alabama Archaeology 46, no. 1 (2000): 1-42. [https://cladistics.coas.missouri.edu/assets/pdf_articles/AlaA46.pdf]

Wendorf, Fred, and Raymond H. Thompson. "The Committee for the Recovery of Archaeological Remains: Three Decades of Service to the Archaeological Profession." American Antiquity 67, no. 2 (2002): 317–30. https://doi.org/10.2307/2694569.

"Society for American Archaeology." American Antiquity 34, no. 4 (1969): 499–506. http://www.jstor.org/stable/277764.

"The Society for American Archaeology Organization Meeting." American Antiquity 1, no. 2 (1935): 141–46. http://www.jstor.org/stable/276026.

"Organization of the Society for American Archaeology." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology 9, no. 2 (March 1991): 6. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1991/saa-bulletin-9-2_march.pdf?sfvrsn=75834181_2

Rice, Prudence M. "Surveying the Field." Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology 10, no. 1 (January 1992): 3-4. https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/saa-bulletin/1992/saa-bulletin-10-1.pdf?sfvrsn=d095e8fd_2
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 144.08 Linear feet (133 record storage boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-2022
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1980-55
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The Society for American Archaeology records are arranged into 13 series: 1) Records of the Secretary-Treasurer and Secretary, 1934-1962; 2) Records of the Treasurer, 1935-1950; 3) President's correspondence, 1947-1948; 4) Executive Committee Meeting minutes, 1945-2003; 5) Records of Officers, 1950-2000; 6) Administrative records, 1934-2022; 7) Annual conference, 1935-2020; 8) Public and professional program committees, 1966-2016; 9) Government affairs, 1968-2021; 10)Affiliated and allied organizations, 1968-2005; 11) Special conferences, workshops, and projects, 1974-2006; 12) Published materials, 1983-2007; and 13) Photographs, 1985-2018
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The Society for American Archaeology records were originally acquired by the National Anthropological Archives in 1980, following which multiple accretions were made to the collection, most recently in the summer of 2022. Records from each addition to the collection had varying degrees of processing and inventories but were mainly unprocessed. Some rearrangement was made by NAA archivists at various points in time but documentation of this processing is limited. All materials are now housed in 135 acid free record storage boxes and contain a mix of acid free and original folders. Most folders are letter size, however some files were kept in their legal sized folders as originally housed. Almost all original file titles were retained, however some titles were created or added to for clarity by the archivist and are marked by square brackets. Additionally, folder titles with bracketed names refer to the original owner of those files. Some abbreviations on folder titles have been expanded in the finding aid; a full list of common abbreviations used throughout the SAA records can be found in the finding aid as well. Files not originally housed in folders, such as those housed in binders, have been removed and placed into folders. As the SAA records arrived in multiple accretions, files have mainly been reorganized and integrated together into new series with varying arrangements. Files found after processing or that are future additions to the collection are located at the end of their related series and do not necessarily follow the same arrangement as the previous files in that series. Some material was removed from the SAA records in accordance with the SAA Scope of Collection Statement, including article drafts, draft article and book reviews, scholarship applications, non-SAA authored reference material, and back issues of American Antiquity and Latin American Antiquity. The SAA Scope of Collection Statement can be found at http://www.saa.org/quick-nav/about-saa/saa-archive. Some files are stored on CDs, USBs, and floppy disks which are currently housed in folders; please contact the NAA for information on accessing these materials. 

Processed by Lea Sellon, April 2024
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) records contain administrative and professional correspondence, reports, surveys, publication records, journals, books, member and grant applications, programs, memorandums, contracts, ballots, mailings, research, notes, planning materials, certificates and awards, press releases, financial records, meeting minutes, teaching materials, sound recordings, video recordings, and photographs. These materials relate to a wide range of the SAA's activities including administration and management, finances, publishing, membership, awards, the Annual Meeting, public education, public archaeology, professional standards, government affairs and cultural property law, work with allied organizations, ethics, and special workshops.

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.