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Richard S. Macneish Papers, 1929-2001: a Finding Aid Richard S. MacNeish papers, 1929-2001: A Finding Aid Descriptive summary Repository: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Collection number: 101.12 Title and dates: Richard S. MacNeish papers, 1929-2001 Creator: Richard S. MacNeish Size: 86 linear feet (70 record cartons, 18 document cases, 6 flat boxes) Language(s) of materials: The materials are predominantly in English, though some project fieldwork records are in Spanish and Chinese. A limited number of reference materials are in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese. Abstract: This collection is comprised primarily of papers documenting Richard S. MacNeish’s archaeological and anthropological research, scholarship, and other professional activities. Provenance These papers were donated to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology by Richard MacNeish in 2000, with the exception of the slides comprising Series XI, which were donated to the museum by MacNeish in 1994. Processing information This collection was inventoried at the item level by various staff members and students over the course of fifteen years, 2001-2016. Additional work during this period consisted of rehousing (some folders were replaced and some photographs were sleeved), separation of some of the photographic material, separation of some of MacNeish’s personal library from his papers, and identification and description of materials by Jane Libby (MacNeish’s associate and partner at the end of his life). In 2016-2017, archivist Irene Gates completed the separation of the photographic material and MacNeish’s personal library, intellectually and physically reorganized materials into series, foldered loose items, rehoused materials into new acid-free boxes, and created this finding aid. Information in the finding aid in brackets was supplied by the archivist; all non-bracketed information was transcribed directly from the materials. Museum records indicate that the bulk of the papers came to the museum in eleven installments, but which materials came when and exactly how they were boxed up when the transfer to the museum occurred was not documented. Therefore, how these papers were originally organized by MacNeish is unclear, and for ease of research access the archivist grouped similar materials topically or chronologically into series. The only exception is MacNeish’s reference material (Series VIII). According to a former museum staff member, MacNeish kept folders of papers, loose papers, journals and books interspersed on shelves, organized by geographic region or topic, and this order was preserved to the greatest extent possible. Conditions governing access This collection is open for research, though documents containing personal, financial and/or medical information may be restricted. Preferred citation Richard S. MacNeish papers, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. 1 Related material Richard S. MacNeish records, 1933-1990 (bulk 1968-1983) Tehuacán Archaeological-Botanical Project records, circa 1959-1970 Ayacucho Archaeological-Botanical Project records, circa 1969-1985 Biographical note Richard Stockton "Scotty" MacNeish (1918-2001) was a significant figure in American Archaeology in the second half of the 20th century. His style of interdisciplinary team archaeology focused on the origins of agriculture in the New World and resulted in major excavations in Mexico, Peru, and Belize. The projects in the Tehuacán Valley in Mexico and the Ayacucho Valley in Peru established deep cultural sequences and provided crucial insight into the process of plant and animal domestication. These oft-cited works are considered some of the most important interdisciplinary studies of 20th-century American archaeology. MacNeish's contributions to archaeology were acknowledged through more than a dozen medals and honors, including election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1974. MacNeish was born in New York City to parents Harris Franklin and Elizabeth Stockton MacNeish. He grew up in Eastchester, NY, and received his BA (1940), MA (1944) and PhD (1949) from the University of Chicago. He was married, first to June Helm, 1945-1958, then to Diana Walter in 1963, with whom he raised two sons, Richard Roderick and Alexander Stockton. He was Senior/Chief Archaeologist at the National Museum of Canada, 1949-1962, and headed the University of Calgary's Department of Archaeology, 1964-1968. In 1969, he was appointed the fifth director of the Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology, staying there until 1983. From 1982-1986 he taught in the Department of Archaeology at Boston University. In 1984 he established the Andover Foundation for Archaeological Research (AFAR), a non-profit organization that served to fund his excavation projects. He died at age 82 in Belize. Series outline Series I. Andover Foundation for Archaeology (AFAR), 1958-2001 (bulk 1983-2000) Series II. Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology, 1939-1990 (bulk 1968-1983) Series III. Graduate school (University of Chicago) and early career (United States, Canada and Mexico), 1937-1963 Series IV. Boston University, circa 1976-1987 Series V. Correspondence, 1965-2001 Series VI. Writings and publications, circa 1925-2000 Series VII. Biographical and genealogical material, 1929-2000 Series VIII. Reference material, circa 1931-2000 Series IX. Personal/financial/medical, 1951-2000 Series X. Maps, circa 1950-2000 Series XI. Slides, circa 1949-1990 Scope and content These papers document Richard MacNeish’s scholarly and professional life, from his graduate studies and early career up until his death. They contain fieldwork and project administration records, correspondence, photographs and slides, manuscript drafts and final publications, reference materials, and to a small extent, lecture and course materials, and family, financial and medical information. Particularly well documented are the administration of the Andover Foundation for Archaeology (AFAR) and the fieldwork projects carried out under its auspices in New Mexico in the 1980s (Las Cruces and 2 Orogrande (Ft. Bliss)), in China in the 1990s, and to a lesser extent, in Belize in the 1980s; MacNeish’s correspondence; reference materials on a variety of topics relevant to his research; early career fieldwork records from Tamaulipas, Mexico, on which MacNeish wrote his doctoral dissertation and additional later publications, and photographs and field notes from his surveys in the Yukon (Canada) in the 1950s. Also documented are the administration of the Ayacucho Archaeological-Botanical Project (Peru), MacNeish’s directorship of the Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology, other early career fieldwork projects, MacNeish’s professorship at Boston University, and biographical information about MacNeish and his family. These papers do not include the correspondence and museum records left at the Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology when MacNeish’s directorship of the foundation ended in 1983 – those records have been processed as a separate collection, the Richard S. MacNeish records. Container list Series I. Andover Foundation for Archaeology (AFAR), 1958-2001 (bulk 1983-2000) Scope and content: These records document the administration of AFAR and fieldwork carried out under its auspices. Administrative material includes correspondence, flyers, annual reports and membership information for AFAR. Fieldwork records include project journals, data sheets and numerous photographs for excavations and surveys in New Mexico, China and to a lesser extent, Belize. Box 01, folder 01 [AFAR publications], 1983-1987 Box 01, folder 02 [AFAR publications], 1988-1990 Box 01, folder 03 [AFAR publications], 1991-1993 Box 01, folder 04 [AFAR publications], 1993-1997 Box 01, folder 05 [AFAR publications], 1998 Box 01, folder 06 [AFAR certificate of registration], 1986 Box 01, folder 07 [AFAR Annual Report mockups], 1989 Box 01, folder 08 [AFAR Annual Report mockups] (1/2), 1991 Box 01, folder 09 [AFAR Annual Report mockups] (2/2), 1991-1992 Box 01, folder 10 [AFAR Annual Report (inc.)], 1989 Box 01, folder 11 [AFAR reports and brochures], 1988-1991 Box 70, folder 02 Stat of drawing (sloth), circa 1980-2000 Box 67, folder 01 Membership forms, 1991-1992 Box 01, folder 12 Membership, 1991-1992 Box 01, folder 13 [Bush], 1991 Box 01, folder 14 NASA, 1991-1992 Box 01, folder 15 Cholula, Cacaxtua, 1991-1992 Box 01, folder 16 [Newspaper clippings, from AFAR period and before], circa 1972-1993 Box 01, folder 17 [Various newsletters], 1990-1992 Box 67, folder 02 Drawing by Michelle, 1991-1992 Box 01, folder 18 1991 Annual Report, 1991 Box 01, folder 19 1993 Annual report, 1993-1994 Box 01, folder 20 Friends, 1994-1995 Box 01, folder 21 Marquesas, 1996 Box 01, folder 22 Marquesas – Rollet, 1995 Box 01, folder 23 Ayacucho burials, 1990 Box 01, folder 24 1992 Annual Report, 1992-1993 Box 01, folder 25 Bolivia, 1985-1989 3 Box 01, folder 26 [Bolivia project] (1/2), 1986-1987 Box 01, folder 27 [Bolivia project] (2/2), 1986-1987 Box 01, folder 28 Bolivia proposal Heinz (1/2), 1986-1987 Box 72, folder 01 Bolivia proposal Heinz [12 photographs] (2/2), 1986-1987 Box 72, folder 02 La Mizque, Bolivia, circa 1986 [26 slides] Box 72, folder 03 [Bolivia?], circa 1986 [21 slides] Box 01, folder 29 Students - Orogrande – 1991, 1990 Box 01, folder 30 [Bolivia], 1988-1989 Box 01, folder 31 Students 1990, 1989 Box 01, folder 32 Aquarium speech, 1988 Box 67, folder 03 [Marquesas expedition flyers], circa 1996 Box 02, folder 01 Belize (1/2), 1995-1996 Box 67, folder 04 Belize (2/2), 1995-1996 Box 02, folder 02 [AFAR
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