MS 7030 Letter to John Wesley Powell transmitting archaeological specimens and sketches of petroglyphs
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7030
label: Variant Title
content: Letter to John Wesley Powell
name: label: Addressee
content: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
label: Creator
content: Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Colorado
label: Place
content: Kansas
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Petroglyphs
creator: label: Addressee
content: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
label: Creator
content: Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918) was an American geologist. He joined the Powell Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region in 1874, becoming Powell's primary assistant, and stayed with the survey until 1879.  After the creation of the United States Geological Survey in 1879, he was appointed to the position of Senior Geologist and worked for the USGS until his death.

John Wesley Powell (1835-1902) was the first Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1879-1902) and the second Director of the USGS (1881–1894).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Folder (15 pages)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896 March 24
container: label: Container
content: Folder 7031
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7030
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a letter dated March 24, 1896 from Grove Karl Gilbert to John Wesley Powell.  The letter transmits archeological specimens (now held in the Department of Anthropology object collections) together with sketches of petroglyphs collected during work for the United States Geological Survey in the Arkansas River Valley from Colorado to Kansas.  Included are sketches of petroglyphs and notes on specimens.

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separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The artifacts described in the letter are held by the Department of Anthropology object collections in Accession 31683.