Warren W. Caldwell, Anthropology
Papers
Title: Warren W. Caldwell,
Anthropology Papers
Creator: Caldwell, Warren W. (Warren Wendell),
1925-
Dates: 1933-1982 bulk 1949-1963
Quantity: 10 boxes (4.5 linear
feet)
Collection Number: RG 12-05-12
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Warren W. Caldwell, Anthropology Papers (RG 12-05-12). Archives & Special
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Biography:
Warren W. Caldwell was born on December 28, 1925 in Davenport, Iowa. He received an
associate's degree from San Mateo Junior College in 1945. He then attended Stanford
University where he completed his bachelor's degree in 1949 and his master's degree
in 1950. He went on to the University of Washington where he completed his Ph.D. in
anthropology in 1956. Prior to completing his doctorate, Caldwell served as Curator
of the Seattle Museum of History and Industry and as Curator of Anthropology at
Washington State Museum. Caldwell joined the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin
Surveys in 1956. He became Chief of the Missouri River Basin Project in 1963 and was
named Director of the River Basin Surveys in 1966. The University of
Nebraska-Lincoln appointed Caldwell to the faculty on a part-time basis in 1960.
Caldwell left the Smithsonian in 1969 to become Chairman of the Department of
Anthropology at the University of Nebraska. Caldwell took part in many archeological
excavations in the Northwest and Midwest. He contributed to various anthropological
journals and served as an editor of the Plains
Anthropologist. He was a Fellow of the American Anthropological
Association as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Caldwell was also a member of the Plains Conference, the Society for American
Archeology, the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, and the Society of the Sigma Xi.
Scope and Content:
This collection consists of Warren Caldwell's professional papers. The majority of
materials relate to Caldwell's articles and publications, including his notes,
manuscripts, and typescipts. Additional items include Caldwell's survey material for
the Missouri River Basin Project. There are memoranda, reports, and publications
that were created through the project. The majority outline the work performed at
specific sites, objects that were found, and provide recommendations for the future
of the site based on evidence found or potential discoveries.
Subjects:
Caldwell, Warren W. (Warren Wendell)
Missouri River Watershed
Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.)
Flood dams and reservoirs
Water resources development -- Missouri River valley
Series Description:
Series 1: Missouri River Basin Project, Publications Box 1-Box 2This series of materials includes published appraisals and surveys created as
a part of the Missouri River Basin Survey, a project coordinated between the
Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service. The materials are
most often titled "appraisal of archeological and paleontological resources"
within the specific area identified in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.
Series 2: Research and Publications Box 3-Box 7This series includes selected publications that Caldwell authored or
co-authored, including manuscript, typescript, and published copies of the
articles. There are often handwritten notes relating to the publications.
Field surveys, reports, and notes associated with Caldwell's work on the
Missouri River Basin Project are included in these materials. Additional
items include those materials relating to the University of Nebraska or
supporting Caldwell's interests in a specific research area.
Series 3: Appraisals and Surveys, United States Box 8-Box 10These publications are those created for surveys and appraisals completed
outside of the Missouri River Basin Project.
Container List:
Series 1: Missouri River Basin ProjectBox 1. Folder 1. River Basin Surveys, Ad Hoc Advisory Board, 1968
Box 1. Folder 2. Alzada Reservoir, Wyoming, 1952
Box 1. Folder 3. Ashland Reservoir Area, Nebraska, 1972
Box 1. Folder 4. Badwater Reservoir, Wyoming, 1952
Box 1. Folder 5. Baldhill Reservoir, North Dakota, 1948
Box 1. Folder 6. Bixby Reservoir, South Dakota, 1949
Box 1. Folder 7. Bull Creek Reservoir, Wyoming, 1952
Box 1. Folder 8. Cannonball Reservoir, North Dakota, 1949
Box 1. Folder 9. Cherry Creek Reservoir, Colorado, 1947
Box 1. Folder 10. Davis Creek Reservoir, Nebraska, 1949
Box 1. Folder 11. Diablo Reservoir, Texas, 1958
Box 1. Folder 12. Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota, 1953
Box 1. Folder 13. Gavins Point Reservoir, Nebraska, South Dakota, 1953
Box 1. Folder 14. Glen Elder Reservoir, Kansas, 1952
Box 1. Folder 15. Jamestown Reservoir, North Dakota, 1953
Box 1. Folder 16. Jefferson River Basin, Montana, 1951
Box 1. Folder 17. John Redmond Reservoir, Kansas, 1961
Box 1. Folder 18. Six reservoir areas, Kansas, Nebraska, 1964
Box 1. Folder 19. Keyhole Reservoir, Wyoming, 1951
Box 1. Folder 20. Kirwin Reservoir, Kansas, 1952
Box 1. Folder 21. Kortes Reservoir, Wyoming, 1947
Box 1. Folder 22. Lovewell Reservoir, Kansas, 1951
Box 1. Folder 23. Four reservoir areas, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota,
Wyoming, 1956
Box 1. Folder 24. Middle Fork Reservoir, Wyoming, 1953
Box 1. Folder 25. Missouri River Basin, preliminary appraisal, 1948
Box 1. Folder 26. Missouri River Basin, supplementary appraisal, 1956
Box 2. Folder 1. Moorhead Reservoir, Montana, Wyoming, 1949, 1951
Box 2. Folder 2. Narrows Reservoir, Colorado, 1951
Box 2. Folder 3. Niobrara River Basin, Nebraska, 1951
Box 2. Folder 4. Oahe Reservoir, South Dakota, North Dakota, 1953
Box 2. Folder 5. Oahe Reservoir, South Dakota, North Dakota, 1965
Box 2. Folder 6. Onion Flat, Soral Creek, Raft Lake Reservoir,
Wyoming, 1949
Box 2. Folder 7. Lower Platte Basin, Nebraska, 1952, 1953
Box 2. Folder 8. Rathbun Reservoir, Iowa, 1965
Box 2. Folder 9. Rathbun Reservoir Drainage, Iowa, 1962
Box 2. Folder 10. Republican River Sub-Basin, Colorado, Kansas,
Nebraska, 1947
Box 2. Folder 11. Red Gulch Reservoir, Wyoming, 1952
Box 2. Folder 12. Rockford Reservoir, South Dakota, 1949
Box 2. Folder 13. Saylorville Reservoir, Iowa, 1966
Box 2. Folder 14. Sheyenne Reservoir, North Dakota, 1946
Box 2. Folder 15. Smoky Hill Sub-Basin, Kansas, 1948
Box 2. Folder 16. Sun River Basin, Montana, 1951
Box 2. Folder 17. Toronto Reservoir, Kansas, 1957
Box 2. Folder 18. Webster Reservoir, Kansas, 1952
Box 2. Folder 19. Wilson Reservoir, Kansas, 1952
Box 2. Folder 20. Yellowtail Reservoir, Montana, Wyoming, 1952
Series 2: Research and PublicationsBox 3. Folder 1. Animal bone indentification, South Dakota, 1962
Box 3. Folder 2. "Anthropmetry for the Dragon"
guided missile system, 1967
Box 3. Folder 3. "Archeological
Newsletter," 1966
Box 3. Folder 4. Archeological standards, Society for American
Archaeology, 1961
Box 3. Folder 5. Big Horn-Pryor survey, Stuart W. Conner, 1967
Box 3. Folder 6. Proposal, "Archeological Investigations
in the Blue Mountains of Northeastern Oregon and adjacent
Washington," 1968
Box 3. Folder 7-10. Field records, Campbell Creek
Box 3. Folder 11. By-laws, Center for Great Plains Studies, 1982
Box 3. Folder 12. Field records, notes, Dardanelle Reservoir
Box 4. Folder 1. Manuscript, "Archeological
Investigations in the Dardenelle Reservoir, West-Central
Arkansas"
Box 4. Folder 2. Typescript, "Archeological
Investigations in the Dardenelle Reservoir, West-Central
Arkansas"
Box 4. Folder 3. Plates, "Archeological Investigations
in the Dardenelle Reservoir, West-Central
Arkansas"
Box 4. Folder 4. Typescript, "Dendrochronology in Plains
Prehistory: An Assessment," Caldwell and Lynn M.
Snyder
Box 4. Folder 5. Data map review, Depthson Bulkhead, 1968
Box 4. Folder 6. Reports, surveys, Fort Eidelweiss, 1959-1960
Box 4. Folder 7. Typescript, "Fortified Villages of the
Dakotas," Smithsonian Institution
Box 4. Folder 8. Soil sample records, Gastropod, 1968
Box 4. Folder 9. Newletter, "The
Geochronicle," 1966
Box 4. Folder 10. Notes, Grand Detour Phase
Box 4. Folder 11. Typescript draft, plates, "Grand Detour
Phase: Early Village Sites in the Big Bend Reservoir, South
Dakota" Caldwell and Richard E. Jensen, 1966
Box 4. Folder 12. Typescript, chapter 1-4, "Grand Detour
Phase: Early Village Sites in the Big Bend Reservoir, South
Dakota" Caldwell and Richard E. Jensen, 1966
Box 4. Folder 13. Typescript, chapter 5, plates, "Grand
Detour Phase: Early Village Sites in the Big Bend Reservoir, South
Dakota" Caldwell and Richard E. Jensen, 1966
Box 4. Folder 14. Manuscript draft, "Archeological
Salvage Investigations in the Hell's Canyon Area, Snake River,
Oregon and Idaho," 1960-1961
Box 5. Folder 1. Typescript draft, "Archeological
Salvage Investigations in the Hell's Canyon Area, Snake River,
Oregon and Idaho," 1960-1961
Box 5. Folder 2. Typescripts, "Horizon and Tradition in
the Northern Plains" Donald J. Lehmer and
Caldwell, 1965
Box 5. Folder 3. Conference papers, "Images of the
Plains," 1973
Box 5. Folder 4. "Loess and Related Eolian Deposits of
the World" International Association for Quaternary
Research, 1965
Box 5. Folder 5. MASCA Newsletters, 1968
Box 5. Folder 6-7. Notes, "The Middle Missouri Tradition
Re-Appraised"
Box 5. Folder 8. Research, "The Middle Missouri
Tradition Re-Appraised"
Box 5. Folder 9. Manuscript, typescript, "The Middle
Missouri Tradition Re-Appraised"
Box 5. Folder 10. Correspondence, Missouri River Basin Project (MRBP), 1956-1964
Box 5. Folder 11. Field memoranda, speciment catalogue, MRBP
Box 5. Folder 12. River basin surveys, MRBP, 1949, 1958
Box 6. Folder 1. River basin surveys, MRBP, 1956
Box 6. Folder 2. River basin surveys, MRBP, 1957
Box 6. Folder 3. River basin surveys, MRBP, 1957, 1963
Box 6. Folder 4. River basin surveys, MRBP, 1960
Box 6. Folder 5. River basin map, Oahe, MRBP, 1957, 1963
Box 6. Folder 6. Field notes, MRBP, 1958
Box 6. Folder 7. Field notes, MRBP, 1959
Box 6. Folder 8. Field season reports, MRBP, 1957-1958
Box 6. Folder 9. Weekly progress reports, MRBP, 1958-1959
Box 6. Folder 10. Chronology report, MRBP, 1964
Box 6. Folder 11. Archaeological appraisal, Missouri Breaks Region,
Montana, 1963
Box 6. Folder 12. Typescript draft, maps, "Nebraska
Phase: An Archeological Assessment" (please see oversize box 1)
Box 7. Folder 1. Photos and plates, "Nebraska Phase: An
Archeological Assessment"
Box 7. Folder 2. Typescript, notes, "Nebraska Ceramics:
A Review and Proposal," Donald Blakeslee and
Caldwell
Box 7. Folder 3. Proposal, National Science Foundation, 1960
Box 7. Folder 4. By-laws, Plains
Anthropologist, 1968
Box 7. Folder 5. Plains Conference, 1964, 1968
Box 7. Folder 6. Survey forms, Rygh Site, Mobridge, South Dakota
Box 7. Folder 7. Typescript, Salvage Archeology,
Caldwell, 1970
Box 7. Folder 8. Lecture notes
Box 7. Folder 9. Notes, black partizan plates
Box 7. Folder 10. Notes, guns
Box 7. Folder 11. Notes, pottery descriptions, Huscher
Box 7. Folder 12. Notes, tomahawks
Box 7. Folder 13-17. Notes, unidentified
Box 7. Folder 18. Student papers RESTRICTED
Box 8. Folder 1. "The Black Partizan Site,"Publications in Salvage Archeology, No.
2
Box 8. Folder 2. "Hells Canyon Archeology,"Publications in Salvage Archeology, No.
6
Box 8. Folder 3. "The Grand Detour Phase,"Publications in Salvage Archeology, No.
13
Box 8. Folder 4. "Fort Randall Reservoir,"
Missouri River Project, Smithsonian Institution
Box 8. Folder 5. "Garrison Reservoir," Missouri
River Project, Smithsonian Institution
Box 8. Folder 6. "Oahe Reservoir," Missouri River
Project, Smithsonian Institution
Box 8. Folder 7. "Lake Sharpe: Big Bend Dam, Missouri
River Project," Smithsonian Institution
Box 8. Folder 8. "Archeological Investigations at the
Coralville Reservoir, Iowa,"Bureau of American Ethnology, No.
22
Box 8. Folder 9. "Archeological Investigations at the
Hickey Brothers Site, Big Bend Reservoir, Lyman County, South
Dakota,"Bureau of American Ethnology, No.
36
Box 8. Folder 10. "Archeological Investigations at the
McKensey Village, Oahe Reservoir, Central South Dakota" Plains Anthropologist, 1966
Box 8. Folder 11. "The Middle Missouri Tradition
Reappraised" Plains Anthropologist, 1966
Box 8. Folder 12. "Tree-Ring Dating in the Missouri Basin
Chronology Program" Tree-Ring Bulletin, 1960
Series 3: Appaisals and SurveysBox 8. Folder 13. Albeni Falls Reservoir, Idaho
Box 8. Folder 14. Barkley Reservoir, Kentucky, Tennesse
Box 8. Folder 15. Benbrook Reservoir, Texas
Box 8. Folder 16. Big Sandy Reservoir, Wyoming
Box 8. Folder 17. Black Butte Reservoir, California
Box 8. Folder 18. Blue Ridge Project, Virginia, North Carolina
Box 8. Folder 19. Blue River-South Platte Project, Colorado
Box 8. Folder 20. Blue Stone Reservoir, West Virgnia
Box 9. Folder 1. Bosque and Hill Counties, Texas
Box 9. Folder 2. BuckHorn Reservoir, Kentucky
Box 9. Folder 3. Buford Reservoir, Georgia
Box 9. Folder 4. Cascade, Smith's Ferry, Scriver Creek, Garden Valley Reservoirs,
Upper Payette River Basin, Idaho
Box 9. Folder 5. Cheatam Lock and Dam Reservoirs, Tennessee
Box 9. Folder 6. Colorado City Reservoir, Borden and Scurry Counties,
Texas
Box 9. Folder 7. Colorado City Reservoir, Texas
Box 9. Folder 8. Columbia Dam and Lock Area, Chattahoochee River, Alabama,
Georgia
Box 9. Folder 9. Cooper Reservoir, Texas
Box 9. Folder 10. Dam "B" Reservoir, Texas
Box 9. Folder 11. Dardanelle Reservoir, Arkansas
Box 9. Folder 12. Falcon Reservoir, Texas
Box 9. Folder 13. Folsom Reservoir, California
Box 9. Folder 14. Fort Griffin, California
Box 9. Folder 15. Ferrell's Bridge Reservoir, Texas
Box 9. Folder 16. Garza-Little Elm Reservoir, Texas
Box 9. Folder 17. Grapevine Reservoir, Texas
Box 9. Folder 18. Gunnison-Arkansas Project, Colorado
Box 9. Folder 19. Homme, Pembina, and Tongue River Reservoir, North
Dakota
Box 9. Folder 20. Indian Valley, Park, and Dry Creek Reservoir,
California
Box 9. Folder 21. Isabella Reservoir, California
Box 9. Folder 22. Kelsey Creek Reservoir, California
Box 9. Folder 23. Lavon Reservoir, Texas
Box 9. Folder 24. Leon River, Texas
Box 9. Folder 25. Lost Valley and Horse Flat Reservoir, Idaho
Box 9. Folder 26. Lucky Peak Reservoir, Idaho
Box 9. Folder 27. Mason, Ryan Creek, and Bully Creek Reservoir, Oregon
Box 9. Folder 28. McGee Bend Reservoir, Texas
Box 10. Folder 1. McNary Reservoir, Oregon, Washington
Box 10. Folder 2. Monticello Reservoir, California
Box 10. Folder 3. New Melones Reservoir, California
Box 10. Folder 4. Oak Creek Reservoir, Texas
Box 10. Folder 5. Oliver Basin Chattahoochee River, Alabama, Georgia
Box 10. Folder 6. Orwell Reservoir, Minnesota
Box 10. Folder 7. Paint Creek Reservoir, Texas
Box 10. Folder 8. Pine Flat Reservoir, California
Box 10. Folder 9. Pomona and Melvern Reservoirs, Kansas
Box 10. Folder 10. Prineville Reservoir, Oregon
Box 10. Folder 11. Rathbun Reservoir Chariton River Basin, Iowa
Box 10. Folder 12. Rough River Basin, Kentucky
Box 10. Folder 13. San Angelo Reservoir, Texas
Box 10. Folder 14. Site 35-UM-5 McNary Reservoir, Oregon
Box 10. Folder 15. Site 35-WS-5 Columbia River, Oregon
Box 10. Folder 16. Site 45-WW-6 on Columbia River, Washington
Box 10. Folder 17. Success Reservoir, California
Box 10. Folder 18. Texarkana Reservoir, Texas
Box 10. Folder 19. Toronto Reservoir, Kansas
Box 10. Folder 20. Walter F. George Reservoir Area, Chattahoochee River, Alabama,
Georgia
Box 10. Folder 21. West Fork Reservoir, West Virginia
Box 10. Folder 22. Wilkesboro Reservoir, North Carolina
Box 10. Folder 23. Wilson Valley Reservoir, Lake County, California
Related Material and Resources: Caldwell, Warren W. (Warren Wendell). Archeological investigations at the Coralville
Reservoir, Iowa. Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1961. [E78.I6C33 1961] ____________________________________. Archeological investigations at the Hickey
Brothers site (39LM4), Big Bend Reservoir, Lyman County, South Dakota. Washington :
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. [E78.S63C34 1964] ____________________________________. The Black Partizan Site. Lincoln, Neb., River
Basin Surveys, 1966. [E78.S63 C3]____________________________________ and G. Hubert Smith. Garrison reservoir :
geology, paleontology, archeology, history / [prepared by the Missouri Basin Project
of the Smithsonian Institution ; in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and the U.S. National Park Service. [United States : s.n.], 1962 (Omaha,
Neb. : Corps of Engineers) [E78.N75 C3 1962]. ____________________________________ and Richard E. Jensen. Editor: Jerome E.
Petsche. The Grand Detour Phase. Lincoln, Neb., River Basin Surveys, 1969. [F657.L37
C3]____________________________________ and Oscar L. Mallory, Editor: Jerome E. Petsche.
Hells Canyon Archeology. Lincoln, Neb., 1967. [E78.N77 C29]____________________________________. Indian Trade Guns. Union City, Tenn. : Pioneer
Press, c1982. [TS535 .I5 1982]____________________________________ and G. Hubert Smith. Oahe Reservoir :
archeology, geology, history. Omaha : Corps of Engineers, 1963. [ E78.S63 R56
1963x]____________________________________. C. Bertrand Schultz, T. Mylan Stout, Editors. A
Symposium--man and the changing environments in the Great Plains. Lincoln, Neb. :
Nebraska Academy of Sciences, [1983] [GF27.5.N2 S96 1983] |