MS 2417 Gilbert Thompson drawings of pictographs in New Mexico
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2417
name: label: Creator
content: Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: New Mexico
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Petroglyphs
creator: label: Creator
content: Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Gilbert Thompson (1839-1909) was a Union soldier and topographical engineer.   He joined the Union army as a private in 1862 and became a corporal in the Regular Battalion of Engineers, serving until May 1865.  After the war,  he became involved with the U.S. Geographical Survey, and was made head of its Appalachian division in 1884.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Drawings (visual works) (pencil drawings, blueprints)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1881
container: label: Container
content: Box 2417
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated to the Bureau of American Ethnology by Gilbert Thompson in 1903.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2417
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of five small blueprints, a large tracing of the blueprints, a annotated drawing, and a letter of transmittal from Gilbert Thompson.  The drawings were made in October 1881 and depict petroglyphs near Fort Wingate, New Mexico.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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.