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Robert Eliot Smith Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt609nf3vq No online items Guide to the Robert Eliot Smith Papers Finding Aid Authors: Bill Payne. © Copyright 2008 Special Collections & University Archives. All rights reserved. 2008-04-08 5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050 San Diego, CA, 92182-8050 URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua Email: [email protected] Phone: 619-594-6791 Guide to the Robert Eliot Smith MS-0011 1 Papers Guide to the Robert Eliot Smith Papers 1929/1983 Special Collections & University Archives Overview of the Collection Collection Title: Robert Eliot Smith Papers Dates: 1929-1983 Identification: MS-0011 Creator: Smith, Robert Eliot, 1899- Physical Description: 16.67 linear ft Language of Materials: EnglishSpanish;Castilian Repository: Special Collections & University Archives 5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050 San Diego, CA, 92182-8050 URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua Email: [email protected] Phone: 619-594-6791 Biographical Information: Robert Eliot Smith was born in Arcahan, France, on May 24, 1899. He received his primary and secondary education while living in Switzerland and Massauchusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1922 with a degree in history and romance languages. Smith became involved in archaeology in 1929 when he accompanied his brother Ledyard, who was doing fieldwork at Uaxtactun, Guatemala. Smith returned to Harvard and began taking graduate courses in archaeology. He accepted a position with the Carnegie Institution of Washington and spent the next twenty years as the Carnegie's Guatemala City representative. Smith was a member of the Carnegie Institution from 1932-1960, associate archaeologist for the Instituto Nacional de Antropoligia e Historia de Mexico from 1960-1962, and helped establish the National Museum of Antropologia in Guatemala City. Smith ended his career as a research associate of Middle American ceramics at Harvard University's Peabody Museum from 1965-1968, and as an honorary research associate of that institution until his death in 1983. Access Terms This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms. Genre/Form of Material: Personal Papers Geographic Name: Central America -- Antiquities Mexico -- Antiquities Personal Name: Smith, Robert Eliot, 1899- -- Archives Smith, Robert Eliot, 1899- -- Correspondence Topical Term: Archaeologists -- Correspondence Archaeology -- Central America -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Archaeology -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Indian pottery -- Central America Indian pottery -- Mexico Conditions Governing Use: The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to Guide to the Robert Eliot Smith MS-0011 2 Papers publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Conditions Governing Access: This collection is open for research. Preferred Citation: Identification of item, folder title, box number, Robert Eliot Smith Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University. Scope and Contents The collection includes Smith's notes and working drafts used for the preparation of his publications, a record of his professional activities as the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Guatemala City representative, photographs of Mesoamerican pottery, and correspondence between Smith and other Mesoamericanists of his time. The collection provides important biographical and collaborative information about Smith, as well as the history of Mesoamerican archaeology. The majority of documents in the collection are not dated, thus (ca.) is used for approximate date. Series I: Correspondence: Includes letters, filed alphabetically, to and from many Mesoamerican archaeologists of the first two-thirds of the twentieth century. Also includes circulated and informational correspondence about and between these archaeologists. Series II: Notes and Drafts: Includes notes and drafts that Smith compiled for research and publication. The majority are written in pencil and some are not discernable as to the exact site or subject, and a number are very detailed or extensive in ceramic data and nomenclature. Folders are separated into four sections by site: Pyramid of the Sun: 1-54; Mayapan: 55-57; Uaxactun: 58-64; and miscellaneous notes and drafts: 65-94 Series III: Professional Activities: Includes material relating to Smith's work with the Carnegie Institute of Washington, Institute Nacional de Antropologia, conferences, and societies. Series IV: Smith's Publications: Includes Smith's monographs and published articles. Series V: Publications by Smith's Contemporaries: Alphabetical listing of published articles and monographs in the collection written by Smith's contemporaries. Also included are one folder of Spanish language monographs of various authors and subjects; six folders of miscellaneous scholarly published monographs covering a number of topics, and two folders of newspaper clippings and articles written about various archaeological subjects. Series VI: Miscellany: Includes items that were not identifiable for other sections in the collection, such as Central American maps, and guide booklets to ruins. Series VII: Photographs: Includes many photographs, some negatives and slides of Mesoamerican pottery, figurines, and sherds. Each folder is identified by site in alphabetical order, and many of the photographs have written descriptions on the back. One folder, labeled miscellaneous photos, contains a number of unidentified photographs. Series VIII: Note and Bibliographic Cards: Includes approximately three hundred 3x5, 5x7, and 5x11 index cards describing ceramics. Some have extensive information on particular ceramic pieces. There are also four boxes of bibliographic information cards on a number of Mesoamerican ceramic publications. Series IX: Oversize: Includes graphic display material, and a site settlement map of Litio de Coba, Quintana Roo. Correspondence Box 1, Folder 1 Acosta, Jorge R. 1963 - 65 Box 1, Folder 2 Abreu, Raul Pavan 1948 - 49 Box 1, Folder 3 Adams, Richard E. W. 1964 - 67 Box 1, Folder 4 Adams, Robert M. 1957 Box 1, Folder 5 Andrews, E. Wyllys IV 1956 - 68 Box 1, Folder 6 Andrews, E. Wyllys V 1969 - 77 Box 1, Folder 7 Armillas, Pedro 1945 Box 1, Folder 8 Barbachano, Fernando Peon 1959 Box 1, Folder 9 Bennyhoff, Jame A. 1950 - 79 Box 1, Folder 10 Berlin, Henry ca. 1949 - 80 Guide to the Robert Eliot Smith MS-0011 3 Papers Correspondence Box 1, Folder 11 Bernal, Ignacio ca. 1950 - 71 Box 1, Folder 12 Biese, Leo P. 1977 - 78 Box 1, Folder 13 Blom, Frans 1934 - 63 Box 1, Folder 14 Blucher, Darlena K. 1975 Box 1, Folder 15 Boggs, Stanley H. ca. 1942 - 81 Box 1, Folder 16 Borghegyi, Stephen F. de ca. 1951 - 65 Box 1, Folder 17 Brainerd, George 1975 Box 1, Folder 18 Brew, J. O. ca. 1962 - 67 Box 1, Folder 19 Broman, Vivian 1950 Box 1, Folder 20 Brunhouse, Robert L. 1967 Box 1, Folder 21 Bullard, William 1956 - 67 Box 1, Folder 22 Campa Soler, Raul ca. 1961 - 62 Box 1, Folder 23 Christensen, Bodil ca. 1950 - 76 Box 1, Folder 24 Coe, Michael D. ca. 1962 - 64 Box 1, Folder 25 Coe, William R. 1956 - 58 Box 1, Folder 26 Collier, Donald 1963 Box 1, Folder 27 Condon, Lorna 1981 - 82 Box 1, Folder 28 Cowgill, George L. 1959 - 65 Box 1, Folder 29 Culbert, T. Patrick ca. 1964 - 68 Box 1, Folder 30 Davalos Hurtado, Eusebio ca. 1954 - 61 Box 1, Folder 31 Delgado, Austin 1959 - 60 Box 1, Folder 32 Dieseldorff, Erwin P. 1914 - 71 Box 1, Folder 33 Dimick, John Box 1, Folder 34 Dixon, Keith 1958 - 62 Box 1, Folder 35 Dozy, J. J. 1982 Box 1, Folder 36 Dunham, Peter S. 1950 Box 1, Folder 37 Dutton, Bertha P. 1942 Box 1, Folder 38 Ekholm, Gordon 1941 - 45 Box 1, Folder 39 Farrington, Charles A. 1966 - 67 Box 1, Folder 40 Forsyth, Donald W. 1981 Box 1, Folder 41 Foshag, William F. 1949 - 50 Box 1, Folder 42 Garcia Payon, Jose 1950 - 57 Box 1, Folder 43 Gifford, James C. ca. 1961 - 73 Box 1, Folder 44 Goggin, John 1956 Box 1, Folder 45 Golden, Bernard 1961 Box 1, Folder 46 Griffin, James B. 1951 Box 1, Folder 47 Guthe, Carl E. ca. 1941 - 79 Box 1, Folder 48 Harrison, Mrs. Linforth ca. 1951 - 65 Box 1, Folder 49 Healey, Giles 1941 - 69 Box 1, Folder 50 Heyden, Doris 1962 - 79 Box 1, Folder 51 Hicks, Frederic 1961 Box 1, Folder 52 Jongh, Osborne Lilly de ca. 1959 - 63 Box 1, Folder 53 Kelly, Isabel T. 1948 Box 1, Folder 54 Kubler, George 1966 Box 1, Folder 55 LaFarge, Oliver 1966 Box 1, Folder 56 Lawrence, Lillian E. 1950 - 58 Box 1, Folder 57 Leonard, Carmen Cook de 1965 Box 1, Folder 58 Lewis, Mrs. Clifford III 1950 Box 1, Folder 59 Lister, Robert H. 1960 Box 1, Folder 60 Lopez Valdes, Pablo 1965 Box 1, Folder 61 Lorenzo, Jose Luis 1964 - 65 Box 1, Folder 62 Lothrop, S. K. 1932 - 58 Box 1, Folder 63 MacNeish, Richard S 1950 Box 1, Folder 64 Marti, Samuel 1957 Box 1, Folder 65 Mason, Gregory 1938 - 62 Box 1, Folder 66 Mayer-Oakes, William J. 1960 - 61 Box 1, Folder 67 Merriam, John C. ca. 1941 Box 1, Folder 68 Millon, Rene ca. 1963 - 72 Guide to the Robert Eliot Smith MS-0011 4 Papers Correspondence Box 1, Folder 69 Molina Orantes, Adolfo 1957 - 61 Box 1, Folder 70 Morley, Sylvanus G.
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