ROBERT S. PEABODY MUSEUM   Papers of Richard S. "Scotty" MacNeish
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The Richard S. "Scotty" MacNeish (1918 - 2001) Papers
1937 - 2000 (with gaps)

Accession Number: 99.38
Extent: 64 banker's boxes (56 linear feet)
Finding Aid: Mary P. "Pat" Perreault, January 2001.
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Chronology of the Life of
Richard S. ("Scotty") MacNeish:
    Richard Stockton ("Scotty") MacNeish
    Born: April 29, 1918, New York City, NY
    Died: Belize, January 17, 2001
Degrees:
    B.A., University of Chicago, 1940
    Major: Anthropology
    Minor: Vertebrate Paleontology
    M.A., University of Chicago, 1940
    Major: Archaeology, Physical Anthropology and Ethnology
    Minor: Linquisitcs and Social Anthropology
    Title of Thesis: The Establishment of the Lewis Focus.
    Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1949
    Major: Anthropology
    Minor: Ethnology and Physical Anthropology
    Title of Thesis: Prehistoric Relationships between the Cultures of the Southeastern United States and Mexico
    in Light of an Archaeological Survey of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
    LL.D., honoris causa, Simon Fraser University, 1980

     Convocation Address: The Interdisciplinary Method and University Education.
Honors:
    Golden Gloves Boxing Championship, Binghampton, NY, 1938.
    Sigma Psi, University of Chicago, 1944.
    Huesped Distinguido y Amigo Predilecto de Tehuacan, 1963.
    Spinden Medal for Archaeology, 1964.
    Lucy Wharton Drexel Medal for Archaeological Research, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 1965.
    Addison Emery Verrill Medal of the Peabody Museum, Yale, 1966.
    Honorary Distinguished Professor Award, Unmiversidad Nacional de San Cristobal de Huamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, 1970.
    Alfred Vincent Kidder Award, American Anthropological Association, 1971.
    British Academy, 1973.
    National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 1974.
    Cornplanter Medal for Iroquois Research, Auburn, NY, 1977.
    50th Anniversary Award for Outstanding Contributions of American Archaeology by the Society for American Archaeology, 1985.
    Homenaje de Estado de Puebla, Mexico, 1987.
    Delegato of Sociedad de Historiadores Mexicanistas, Espana, 1989.
    Homenaje de Estado de San Luis Potosi, 1991.
    Homenaje de Cuidad de Tehuacan, Mexico, 1992.
    Fryxell Award, Society for American Archaeology, 2000.
Work Experience:
    Head, Department of Archaeology, University of Calgary, September 1964 - 1968.
    Director, Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology, Andover, Massachusetts, September 1969-1983 (retired).
    1962-1964 Southern Puebla, Mexico
    1966 Highland Peru
    1969-1970 Ayacucho, Peru
    1970 Tehuacan, Mexico
    1971 Ayacucho, Peru
    1972 Lima, Peru
    1973 Tehuacan, Mexico
    1974 South American Survey
    1974 Tehuacan, Mexico
    1976 La Jolla, California
    1977 Tehuacan, Mexico
    1978 Merrimack River, Massachusetts
    1978 Tlacolutla, Mexico
    1978 Tehuacan, Mexico
    1979-1983 Belize, Central America
Professor, Department of Archaeology, Boston University, September 1982-1986.
    1984 Southwest, New Mexico
    Director, Andover Foundation for Archaeological Research (AFAR), September 1, 1984-2001.
    1985-1986 Las Cruces, New Mexico
    1986 Cochabamba, Boliva
    1987-1988 Las Cruces, New Mexico
    1988 Cochabamba, Boliva
    1988 Belize, Central America
    1989 Las Cruces, New Mexico
    1990-1991 Orogrande (Ft. Bliss, New Mexico)
    1991 Chihuahua, Mexico
    1991 China
    1992 Orogrande (Ft. Bliss, New Mexico)
    1992 Chichuhua, Mexico
    1992 China
    1993 Orogrande, (Ft. Bliss, New Mexico)
    1993-1994 Jiangxi Province, China
    1995 Orogrande, New Mexico
    1996 Hidalgo Co., New Mexico
 Fellowships and Lectureships:
    Aboriginal North American Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1946.
    Guggenheim Fellowship, in part Harvard, 1956.
    Whidden Lecturer at McMaster University, 1974.
    Distinquished Visiting Professor, University of Washington, 1975. Unable to fulfill commitment due to health.
    Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, University of New Mexico, 1976.
    Bumpass Lecturer, Texas Tech, 1979.
    Rufus Wood Leigh Lecturer, University of Utah, 1980.
Areas of Specialization:
    Archaeology
    The Origin of Agriculture and Civilization in Mexico (Tehuacan)
    Early Man in the Americas
    Mesoamerican Archaeology
    Iroquois Archaeology
    Archaeology of Northeastern Mexico
    Archaeology of the Plains of Canada
    Archaeology of the Canadian Northwest and Alaska
    The Origin of Agriculture and Civilization in Highland Peru
    The Origins of Agriculture in the U. S. Southwest
    The Origin of Rice Agriculture in China
    Ethnology
    Western Eskimo
    Athabascans
    Physical Anthropology of American Indians
Acquisitions:
    The Richard S. MacNeish Papers were donated to the Robert S. Peabody Archives by Richard S. MacNeish in eleven
    installments beginning February 11, 2000.

Scope and Content:

    The records are in the order received, based loosely on geographic area. An inventory of 44 of the 75 bankers boxes has been completed to the folder level producing container lists. Based on the inventory completed to date, it appears the boxes contain published, and non-published material relating to various excavations and surveys (Tehuacan, Belize, Ayacucho, Mexico, New Mexico and China), that MacNeish has conducted over the years, for the museum and the Andover Foundation for Archaeological Research (AFAR). A more comprehensive summary will not be available until the collection is processed.

    The amount of published material contained in the MacNeish Papers has made it necessary to store them off-site. The container list will indicate where the material is located.

Series Description:

    From a preliminary inventory it appears that the Richard S. MacNeish Papers can be organized into five main record series.: I. Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, II. Andover Foundation for Archaeology (AFAR), III. Boston University, IV. Library and V. Miscellaneous Correspondence.
    Series I contains correspondence, field notes, site maps, photographs, slides and working notes for published manuscripts created by MacNeish in the performance of his duties as director of the museum. This series also contains correspondence files that have not as yet been examined to determine the series to which they belong.
    Series II contains correspondence, field notes, site maps, photographs, slides and working notes for published manuscripts created by MacNeish in the performance of his duties as founder and director of AFAR.
    Series III contains correspondence, and various materials relating to MacNeish's position at Boston University, September 1982-1986.
    Series IV contains various correspondence and documents created by MacNeish. At the present time, it is unclear to which series these documents relate. This will not be determined until each box and folder can be examined thoroughly, until then the documents will be filed by box number and folder number keeping the order intact.
    Series V contains books, professional journals, off-prints, reprints, manuscripts, dissertations and theses. Many of these documents are signed by the respective author and include personal messages to MacNeish.
Container Lists:
  1. Midwest
  2. Midwest
  3. Plains / Prairie
  4. Plains / Prairie
  5. Northwest Coast
  6. Northwest Coast
  7. Canadian Prairie (Alberta, etc.)
  8. Canadian Prairie / Boreal Forest
  9. Boreal Forest
  10. Boreal Forest
  11. Las Cruces
  12. Tehuacan
  13. Tehuacan
  14. AFAR
  15. Correspondence
  16. Correspondence (a & b) American Anthropologist
  17. BU Papers
  18. Correspondence
  19. N-Z Correspondence Pre-1990
  20. AFAR
  21. Canada / North
  22. End Canada / Beginning Arctic
  23. Arctic (Alaska and Canada)
  24. End Arctic / Begin Southwest
  25. Southeast
  26. End Southeast / Beginning Atlantic Southeast
  27. Atlantic Southeast
  28. Correspondence
  29. (a & b) The Plains
  30. Great Basin
  31. Great Basin / Northeast
  32. Northeast
  33. AFAR
  34. Correspondence
  35. (a & b) Correspondence
  36. Correspondence
  37. Correspondence
  38. (a & b) Correspondence
  39. Correspondence
  40. Various Field Notes and Articles
  41. Adena, Chippawa, Iroquois
  42. Arctic / Northeast
  43. Journals of the Arctic Institute of America
  44. Arctic
  45. Miscellaneous
  46. Historical Archaeology
  47. Historical Archaeology and Russian Archaeology
  48. Russian and Asian Archaeology
  49. Japanese Archaeology
  50. California
  51. Northwest Mexico
  52. Northwest Mexico / New Mexico / Texas
  53. North Mexico / Texas
  54. Files / Canadian Stuff (Old Photos, Newspaper articles, etc.)
  55. Boston University Publications / South America
  56. South America
  57. South America
  58. South America
  59. South America
  60. South America / Central America
  61. Correspondence
  62. South America
  63. South America
  64. South America
  65. South and Central America
  66. Central America
  67. Central America
  68. Central America
  69. Central America
  70. Central America
  71. Central America
  72. Central America
  73. Central America
  74. Central America
  75. South America / HAMAI
  76. Central America
  77. Correspondence
  78. Correspondence
  79. Correspondence
  80. Correspondence
  81. AFAR Correspondence
  82. Correspondence
  83. Correspondence
  84. Various Field Notes / Articles
  85. AFAR
  86. Boston University / Books and Off-prints
  87. AFAR
Terms of Use:

    Access restricted until processing is completed.
Contact: Malinda Blustain
Last Update: Sept. 12, 2001
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