Ron,
That is the case with many sites. The one I wrote up had the original field
notebooks, including detailed sketches of burials, feature forms, plan views
of units (what we would probably call blocks now...those guys moved a lot of
dirt), photographs of units, even photographs of some of the crew. I was
truly amazed at the amount of data available...the copies I made filled a
banker's box, and that was one relatively small site. Sadly, some
information has been lost over time, or else misplaced, but there are
literally hundreds of theses/disserations/papers/books just waiting for
someone who has time and funds to do the research.
Anna
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> But what always proves to be a fascinating study is the records the WPA
> kept
> during their work. Several years ago, the U.S. Navy went to the National
> Archives at Laguna Niguel and found neat little reports of WPA work
> performed at
> U.S. Army, Fort Rosecrans in 1938-1940 with crisp and clear photos of how
> the
> buildings appeared at that time. This led to the discovery that the WPA
> created the cobblestone drainage ditches, wall revetments, and other
> features in
> the course of their work. What remains a mystery are the geometric symbols
> created in one of those revetments holding up a 15-foot high hill at the
> back
> of an underground artillery bunker. I should think the operational
> records,
> reports, and photos of WPA work at archaeology sites could be just as
> rich.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
> In a message dated 3/27/2009 7:52:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Before the original question gets lost in the shouting: Jason, the WPA
> work
> was done through a variety of museums and academic institutions across the
> country, and the collections have -- for the most part at least --
> remained
> with those institutions. A decade or so ago when I was working with the
> U.S.
> General Services Administration, a question arose about whether GSA was
> really
> the "owner" of the collections, but as I recall, we concluded that it was
> a
> question to which the answer would be (a) messy and (b) probably not very
> relevant to anything, and the sleeping dog was left to lie.
>
> Tom King
>
>
> In a message dated 3/27/2009 10:45:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> What an uncalled for and unnecessarily rude response to a sincere inquiry.
> If you don't know, then just refrain from answering.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 8:21 AM
> To: Jason Schmerer; ACRA-L; ARCH-L; HISTARCH
> Subject: Re: ACRA-L - WPA Era Artifacts
>
>
> Jason - Please take an introductory course on North
> American Archaeology. You may also want to read the
> standard textbooks used in such courses. It is amazing
> what you can learn that way.
>
> Tom Padgett
>
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:45:45 -0400
> Jason Schmerer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > This is something that I have been interested in finding
> >out and am hoping
> > that you all can tell me more about this.
> >
> > Does anybody now what happened to all the WPA Era
> >artifacts?
> >
> > I am sure that there are still many many MA and PhD
> >thesis work that can be
> > done with these artifacts in analysis alone. I would be
> >happy to get a
> > chance to analyze these artifacts, or some of these
> >artifacts, for my MA or
> > PhD thesis.
> >
> > Thank you all again.
> >
> > Jason Schmerer
>
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