US Army Corps of Engineers

In May 1976, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, contracted with the University of Alabama Office of Archaeological Research to conduct extensive archaeological investigations within the Gainesville Lake (present day Gainesville Reservoir) area of West- Central Alabama. The lake area is a “run of the river” reservoir that is part of the Tennessee- Tombigbee Waterway project located in Sumter, Greene, and Pickens Counties. The Craigs Landing Site (1GR2) is located on the east bank...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Augusta laboratory in April of 2014. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which was staffed through New South Associates, Inc. (NSA), an archaeological contract firm located in Stone Mountain, Georgia between April of 2014 and April of 2015....

In May 1976, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, contracted with the University of Alabama Office of Archaeological Research to conduct extensive archaeological investigations within the Gainesville Lake (present day Gainesville Reservoir) area of West- Central Alabama. The lake area is a “run of the river” reservoir that is part of the Tennessee- Tombigbee Waterway project located in Sumter, Greene, and Pickens Counties. The Craigs Landing Site (1GR2) is located on the east bank...

Adelphi inventory spreadsheet of all documents contained within the ADI collection. Includes the scanned asset number, filename, date range, and short description.

Adelphi (ADI) Oversized Document Inventory Spreadsheet.

This document contains information on the resources contained in the Adelphi, Maryland archaeological investigations including; General Adelphi Project Collections notes, Maryland Archaeological Conservation (MAC) Lab Collection, and Adelphi Lab Collections.

Inventory list of cultural objects during the Adelphi Research Laboratory Phase I Investigation at Adelphi, Maryland.

Inventory list of cultural objects found during the Adelphi Research Laboratory, Phase I Investigation during Summer/Fall 1992.

Photograph of Phase I investigation diagnostic artifacts.

Photograph of Phase I investigation diagnostic artifacts.

Photograph of 3 lithic artifacts and 1 ceramic artifact.

Email from Clara Bennett to Tom Bower discussing admin building and parking lot (Adelphi) "Site W" Parcel of land at NSWC to be transferred to the Army.

Email with comments made on an Environmental Baseline Survey (EBS) for Utilities Privatization. Attached to the email are the EBS and Environmental Condition of Property (ECOP) dated 1997.

A fax to the US Army Research Laboratory Risk Management Division includes the fax cover sheet, a message to Clara Bennet in reference to the finances of the acquisition of five acres of land, and the need to obtain information on the archaeological survey for the area of interest.

A fax from the ALC DFE Real Estate Office to the Army Research Laboratory, Capital Assets with remarks regarding additional information and comments from the Maryland State Historical Preservation Office.

Fax from Adelphi Laboratory Center, Facility Engineering to the Maryland Historic Trust Office in regards to the US Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District's Phase I Research Design.

Fax sheet with enclosed installation maps for information regarding bridge on the property.

Fax transmittal from the Adelphi Research Laboratory and a forwarded memorandum from the Fort Worth District, Corps of Engineers regarding comments on the Phase II Cultural Resource Investigations at the proposed Scale Model Test Facility, Army Research Laboratory draft report.

Faxes regarding sending access list for Hunter Research personnel and comments on the 500 Area report from the Maryland State Historic Preservation Office.

A fax referring to the area of land that will have a Phase II conducted on it. Also, it emphasizes the need for an environmental baseline study being completed.

A fax sent from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District in reference to comments produced about the Scope of Work sent to the Corps, as well as map corrections over the survey of where the proposed parking lot is in process of being constructed.

Fax header sheet from Clara Bennett to Major Westberg the Commander of US Army Adelphi Laboratory Center regarding the H.E.A.R.T.S. site Section 106 process.

Two Fax header sheets from US Army Adelphi Laboratory Center to both the US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District and the US Army Materiel Command. The faxes are in regards to the comments about the 500 and 400 Areas of Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi Maryland.

Fax transmittal header sheet from US Army Research Laboratory to US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. Regards to working with Tom Bower and continuation of work.

Fax of a memorandum in regards to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District's Fiscal Year 1994 for Phase II.

Fax regarding comments from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District on the review of Phase I Cultural Resource Survey at Adelphi Laboratory Center.

Fax of a Memorandum from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District's review of Phase II Cultural Resource Investigations (Preliminary Site Investigations) at the Proposed Scale Model Test Facility, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi Prince George's County, Maryland. The original fax in the enclosure was from the Fort Worth District to the US Army Adelphi Laboratory Center.

A fax transmittal header sheet from the US Army Adelphi Laboratory Center to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District in regards to the Site W Historic Site.

A fax transmittal header sheet from US Army Adelphi Laboratory Center to US Army Research Laboratory copy of the MD SHPO's letter signing the MOA for the disassembly and deactivation of the AURORA simulator. Enclosures include: Letter for Memorandum of Agreement Dismantlement of the Aurora; Memorandum of Agreement between the United States Army Research Laboratory and the Maryland State Historic Preservation Officer regarding the Dismantlement of the Aurora pulsed Radiation Simulator...

A fax sent to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District from the US Army Research Laboratory. Enclosed is a cover sheet, and a letter from from Clara Bennett to Bill Metz. Further is another fax cover letter from the Military Section of the Environmental Resources Branch Planning Division, Baltimore District as well as a letter referring to the Phase II Cultural Investigations at the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi Maryland.

Hand written inventory list of objects found during shovel test pits for the Phase I Adelphi Investigation at Location I, 400 Area, Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Maryland.

Harry Diamond Laboratories (HDL) is the largest laboratory in the US Army Laboratory Command (LABCOM), which is a major subordinate command of the US Army Materiel Command (AMC). HDL serves as the lead facility for the study of fluidics, nuclear-effects technology research, and the development of electronic fuzing for projectiles and missiles. The Adelphi Laboratory Center, comprising 136.68 acres, is located in Adelphi, Maryland, a northeast suburb of Washington, DC. Adelphi serves as the...

Proposed Section 106 consultation letter regarding review of a Phase I Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Adelphi Laboratory Center.

Letters regarding a Phase I archaeological investigation for a proposed Army research laboratory. Material types and a site description is also mentioned in the letter.

This letter summarizes the preliminary results of Garrow & Associates' archaeological fieldwork for the project, contract # DACW31-95-D-0028 and provides initial recommendations concerning archaeological sites. Preparing a complete report and a Phase I/II letter report of the prehistoric site will be submitted prior to September 15, 1995 as specified in the delivery order. Notice to proceed was received on August 2,1995.

Letter containing a map of site 18PR466, which is part of Site W in the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Prince George's County, Maryland.

Letter from Hunter Research Inc. to Army Research Laboratory in regards to archaeological reports for the Adelphi Investigation. There is also a memorandum from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District for the Commander of the US Army Research Laboratory at Adelphi, Maryland in regards to the enclosure about the preliminary findings at the end of the field investigations.

Letter from Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development to Environmental Coordinator, US Army Research Laboratory in regards to utilities privatization at Adelphi Laboratory Center. The letter is a response to a letter from US Army Research Laboratory to Maryland Historical Trust and enclosed map.

Letter regarding review and comments on the Phase II Cultural Resources Investigations (Preliminary Site Investigations) at the Proposed Scale Model Test Facility, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Prince George's County, Maryland: 18-Pr-438.

Letter in regards to the project of construction of an administrative office facility for Adelphi's Army Research Laboratory. This review references to completing Phase II archaeological investigations at two sites.

Letter regarding Phase II Cultural Investigations at Locus I [18MO396] Army Research Laboratory.

Letter regarding Phase II Cultural Resources Investigations at the proposed Adelphi Microwave Facility.

Reply letter from the Maryland Historical Trust Office in regards to the revised report of Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of the Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Maryland Investigation.

Correspondence regarding Phase II Cultural Investigations at Locus I Army Research Laboratory. The letter includes information on types of artifacts recovered, the historical and prehistorical periods they are from, and various recommended edits to the report. In addition, site information is discussed in the letter.

A letter from the Maryland Historical Trust Office to the Chief of Division of Public Works, US Army Research Laboratory in regards to the second draft of the Phase I/II Archaeology, Site W - US Naval Surface Warfare Center, in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Letter regarding a previous review of a Phase I Archaeological Investigations Composite Report for the proposed US Army Material Command Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. The letter contains comments on various edits that should be done to the volume.

A letter from the Maryland Historical Trust with comments from the scope of work that was forwarded to the Historical Trust for comments on 25 May 1994.

A letter of response in reference to the proposed Child Development Center in Adelphi Maryland stating that there is not historical assets that would be effected, and that further archaeological studies are unwarrented.

Response letter to the Chief, Division of Public Works at the US Army Research Laboratory in reference to the proposed parking lot expansion for the Naval Reserve Training Center.

Response letter in reference to the 7 March 1996 letter for the proposal of the construction for the Child Development Center. The letter clarifies that the sites of interest have no historical properties that will be effected by the construction of the Child Development Center.

A letter from the Maryland Historical Trust Office to the Chief of Division of Public Works, US Army Research Laboratory in regards to the draft Phase I/II Archaeology, Site W - US Naval Surface Warfare Center, Prince George's County, Maryland (September 1995) prepared by Garrow & Associates, Inc.

Letter in response to a request for review of Relocation of Radar Mission, Site W, Naval Surface Warfare Center.

Response to the review of the HEARTS program with respect to effects on historic properties.

A letter in response to the draft of the Phase I Archeological Survey of the Army Research Laboratory Facility at the Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Maryland. The letter includes comments of the review of the draft report.

A letter from the US Army Research Laboratory to the Director of the Historical and Cultural Programs of the Department of Housing and Community Development introducing a construction proposal plan of a Child Development Center at the Adelphi Maryland site. Enclosed are two copies of the letter and six maps detailing the proposed site for the child development center.

Letter from the US Army Research Laboratory to the Department of Housing and Community Development in response to the proposal to the construction of a temporary parking lot at the US Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. Included is another letter from the Maryland Historical Trust in building a new parking structure/lot for the Naval Reserve Training Center. Included are aerial photographs, parking lot plan revisions, and Naval Reserve Training Center recommended expansion plans.

A letter to the Director of the Historical and Cultural Programs Department of Housing and Community Development from the US Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi in reference to the correspondence sent to the Director of the State Historic Preservation Office regarding the historical site that has no historic properties within it, in accordance to a Phase I archaeological investigation for the proposed US Army Material Command, Army Research Laboratory Center Adelphi, Maryland.

A letter from the US Army Research Laboratory to Maryland Historical Trust concerning the enclosure of the Phase I Archeological Survey of the Army Research Laboratory Facility at the Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Maryland.

Letter regarding comments on a draft report of Phase II Cultural Investigations at Locus I [18MO396].

Letter from US Army Corps of Engineers to Facilities Engineering at the Army Research Laboratory in regards to Area W Research Design methodology.

Letter in regards to Administration Building and Parking Lot, US Army Adelphi Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Maryland.

Letter for an enclosed draft copy of the Phase II archaeological investigation that was conducted at Site 18-PR-438.

Letter to Hunter Research, Inc. in regards to a request for utility drawings of Adelphi Laboratory Center for the 500 Area site.

Fax transmittal and letters regarding Phase II Cultural Investigations at Locus I [18MO396] Army Research Laboratory.

Letter regarding review and comments for the Phase II Cultural Resource Investigations (Preliminary Site Investigations) at the Proposed Scale Model Test Facility, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Prince Georges County, Maryland and review of the letter from the Maryland Historic Trust to the US Army Research Laboratory.

This Scope of Work (SOW) presents the requirements for the Contractor to perform Phase II archeological field investigations for the proposed site of a parking area at the Army Research Laboratory Adelphi Laboratory Center (ARL ALC).

A letter from US Army Research Laboratory to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Programs, Maryland Archaeological Site Survey: Basic Data Form.

Letter from the US Army Research Laboratory to the Maryland Historical Trust stamped and signed in regards to proposed Riprap Project at the Adelphi Laboratory Center. Email and maps are also enclosed.

Letter requesting review and comments by the State Historic Preservation Office on the Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of the Adelphi Laboratory Center.

This letter report summarizes field investigations at the site designated 18MO396, otherwise known as Locus I within Area 400 at the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. Phase II investigations involved the excavations of 20 one meter square units, as well as, two additional smaller units and soil samples. The majority of artifacts were found in the silt loam level. Artifacts were historic (late 19th century/early 20th century) and prehistoric (Late Archaic-Transitional), and...

This letter report summarizes field investigations at site 18PR438 (the 500 Area Site) at the Adelphi Army Research Laboratory, and presents a preliminary assessment of the site. Site 18PR438 is a prehistoric scatter site that yielded mostly quartz and quartzite flakes from 85 shovel tests.

This report summarizes field investigations at the site designated 18-MO-396, otherwise known as Locus I within Area 400 at the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. This report supplants the initial letter report dated October 20, 1994. A preliminary assessment of the site and recommendation pertaining to National Register eligibility will be presented herein. The line between Montgomery County and Prince Georges County actually bifurcates the site area; a Montgomery County number was...

Letter from the Chief of the Division of Public Works, US Army Research Laboratory to Archeological Services, Maryland State Historic Preservation Office. The letter is in regards to the Floral Drive Timber Bridge inspection. The inspection was prepared by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District and sent for review. A reply letter from the Archeological Services, Maryland State Historic Preservation Office to the US Army Research Laboratory is also part of this resource.

Map of the Adelphi Laboratory Center with special areas of high potential marked.

Map of the Blossom Point prehistoric archaeological sites at the Blossom Point Research Facility.

A draft map of the cultural resources constraints of the Adelphi Laboratory Center in Maryland. Includes letter sent from Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation to US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.

Naval Ordnance Laboratory Real Estate Summary Map from 1962 with an encircled area for a project site. The map is part of the Phase I archeological investigation at the Adelphi Laboratory Center.

Map of the historic sites at the US Army Adelphi Research Laboratory.

An archeological site survey basic date report for site 18MO395 (Hillendale Ridgetop Site). This was a Phase I/ Reconnaissance Survey and the site was a prehistoric lithic scatter

A basic data report for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Archeological Site Survey at site 18MO393. At the mouth of Hillendale Run, located to the east, is at the Fall Line, at the interface of the Eastern Piedmont and the Coastal Plain. A low, narrow terrace lies north of the left bank of Hillendale Run near the top of a steep slope. The terrace measures 125' long by 40' wide and is bounded by a slope on the north, a drainage channel to the east, and Hillendale Run on the...

Archeological site survey basic data report for site 18MO394 (Hillendale Run Site No. 2). The site includes both a prehistoric lithic scatter and late 18th-early 19th century artifact scatter. A total of 4 shovel test pits were excavated and 11 prehistoric artifacts were collected. Quartz flakes total eight of the finds. The remaining prehistoric artifacts include one quartzite flake (core fragment?) and two worked quartz flakes. A total of 7 historic artifacts were collected. Five were...

A basic data report for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Archeological Site Survey at site 18PR436. The site consists of a historic structure and was likely demolished in the early 1940s. House foundation #1 is located due east of Building 205 on a wooded ridge. The site is located southwest of Paint Branch Creek. A large portion of the rubble is from the 20th century and mixed with Military period of the 1970's construction debris.

A basic data report for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Archeological Site Survey at site 18PR437, an early 20th century house foundation. The historic site is located in a wooded area on a small terrace in the southeast corner of Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), east of the main entrance gate. The stone foundation and historic refuse are found on an inside bend of the gravel perimeter road and is aligned with a standing structure dwelling lying east of the ALC property. The...

Minutes transcript from the 7 December 1994 meeting discussing 400 Area, Adelphi. The meeting took place at the offices of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.

Memorandum for all employees outlining the HEARTS Program training program that is in regards to a partnership with the Saturn Corporation. The memorandum outlines an interview process for 18 trainers, what the criteria is expected for the trainer applications, and what the Train-the-Trainer program entails.

Memorandum requesting review and comments of the draft HEARTS environmental assessment at the Adelphi Laboratory Center.

Memorandum regarding review of the Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of the Adelphi Laboratory Center by the Maryland State Historic Preservation Office.

Identification of special circumstances for design of Floral Drive Bridge repairs and Timber Bridge replacement.

Memorandum for the transmittal of archaeological site forms from the Maryland Historical Trust, along with a copy of the Determination of Eligibility form for the Aurora Pulsed Radiation Simulator.

Transmittal Slip and Memorandum for the Draft "Phase II Cultural Resources Investigations (Preliminary Site Investigations) at the Proposed Scale Model Test Facility, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Prince Georges County, Maryland."

Memorandum for the Commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, from Program Manager of the US Army Research Laboratory. The memorandum is in regards the Official property transfer of "Site W" to the Army Research Laboratory. The information was enclosed on a floppy disk (not included as a tDAR resource).

Memorandum regarding funds in preparation for Phase II archaeological documentation.

A memorandum regarding a Phase I investigation for a proposed US Army Material Command. Included is a coordination letter for transmittal to the State Historic Preservation Office. The coordination letter contains minor information on the site of the proposed facility.

Memorandum concerning the draft Phase II cultural resource investigation report conducted at the 500 Area of the US Army Adelphi Laboratory Center. Enclosure includes list of comments, suggestions, and changes to the plan.

Preliminary Survey Worksheet of the Adelphi Naval Research Laboratory.

A two part Electrical Map of a portion of the Adelphi Research Laboratory.

Two maps of the Waste Water system of the Adelphi Laboratory Center.

Two part map of the water components for the Adelphi Research Laboratory.

Cultural resource maps of the US Army Adelphi Laboratory Center.

The Chesapeake Farm Buildings Survey was organized in the Fall of 1980 as a long-term effort to record seriously threatened agricultural buildings in the Tidewater region. The initial group of eight participants has expanded to roughly fifteen architectural historians, folklorists, and social historians. Bi-monthly meetings are held in Annapolis, Williamsburg, and Richmond. Buildings are identified and recorded by participants according to significance, likelihood of destruction, and...