William S. Webb photographs of excavations in Norris basin
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 73-17
name: label: Creator
content: Webb, William S. (William Snyder), 1882-1964
place: label: Place
content: Tennessee -- Antiquities
topic: label: Topic
content: Excavations (Archaeology)
creator: label: Creator
content: Webb, William S. (William Snyder), 1882-1964
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: William S. Webb (1882-1964) was Head of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology as well as the Department of Physics at the University of Kentucky. During the 1930s he coordinated archeological excavations in Tennessee, northern Alabama, and western Kentucky for the Tennessee Valley Authority. He documented these excavations in BAE Bulletins 118, 122, and 129.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The photographs were given by Webb to Col. John P. Simpson, who then donated them to the St. Mary's City Commission. Alexander H. Morrison II of the St. Mary's City Commission gave them to the National Anthropological Archives, 1973.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.73-17
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Photographs published in "An Archaeological Survey of the Norris basin in Eastern Tennessee," BAE Bulletin 118, 1938.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting temple and mound excavations in Norris basin, Tennessee.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Correspondence from Webb can be found in other collections within the National Anthropological Archives, including the records of the Bureau of Ethnology, the records of the River Basin Surveys, and collections of personal papers.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds MS 3435-d, James Bennet Griffin and William Webb's manuscript on Tennessee Valley Archeology.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs relating to Webb's archaeological work may be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24.