Historic Background Research (Investigation Type)

These are investigations of the past using written records and other documents. Evidence from the records are compared, judged for veracity, placed in chronological or topical sequence, and interpreted in light of preceding, contemporary, and subsequent events.

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1980 Historic American Building Survey, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
PROJECT Kathryn A. Burns. Sally Kress Tompkins.

The detailed survey of eighteen (18) architecturally representative structures at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, was undertaken in 1980 by the National Architectural and Engineering Record (NAER) after a comprehensive inventory of the Post was conducted. Funding for the project was made possible through the cooperative efforts of the Department of the Army, Fort Sam Houston and the San Antonio Conservation Society. This project was under the general supervision of Kenneth Anderson, Chief...


1980 Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Inventories, Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis
PROJECT Kenneth Anderson. Sally Kress Tompkins.

This project contains Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Inventory forms and pictures for historic buildings at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis, which are now part of Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The data and information were collected as part of a project undertaken by the National Park Service, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP). The collection comprises data pertaining to historic structures located at both Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis. This project...


1981 Additional Studies of the Architecture of the Casa Grande and Its Interpretation
PROJECT Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This project contains architectural documentation prepared by David Wilcox and Charles for the National Park Service. The sheets and images are also available in Wilcox and Sternberg's "Additional Studies of the Architecture of the Casa Grande and Its Interpretation.


1990's Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Great House Architectural Documentation - University of Pennsylvania
PROJECT Uploaded by: alycia hayes

This project contains documents created during the University of Pennsylvania's conservation assessment program at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Resources within this project include: condition assessments, reports, architectural drawings, images, and other related documents. Project work began in 1996 and continued through 2000. This project was funded by the National Park Service under a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Pennsylvania #144CA125097001 and 7029-2-0001.


The 1992 Archeological Survey of Long Island, Lake Superior, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Vergil E. Noble.

For two weeks during the summer of 1992, archeologists from the Midwest Archeological Center carried out a cultural resource survey of Long Island, the most recent addition to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. This report summarizes the methods and results of that effort to inventory the significant sites on that island for future management.


1996-07-19, Letter from Robert J. Hard to Dr. Gregory Fox, Lackland Housing Expansion Project, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Signed (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert J. Hard.

This letter of correspondence was written on behalf of the Center for Archaeological Research (UTSA) to the Western Archaeological and Conservation Center with concerns over a pending project. The Lackland Housing Expansion Project was awarded to the Western Archaeological and Conservation Center in July 1996. The items of concern focus on an evolving project plan that was originally submitted in June 1995, but has since then taken on numerous and continuing changes in the scope of work. This...


1999 Archeological Geophysical Survey Tests at Monroe School, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert K. Nickel. William J. Hunt, Jr..

In 1999, the Midwest Archeological Center undertook historical research and geophysical survey at Monroe School, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas. Monroe was a segregated school within a historic African American community. It was the focus of a 1951 lawsuit against the Topeka Board of Education to end public school segregation. The suit played an important role in the Supreme Court's 1954 ruling that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal and...


1999-2000 Nederland Historic Buildings Survey (Shf 99-02-034) (2000)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Cathleen Norman.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


2000 Historic American Building Survey, Fort Sam Houston
PROJECT Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

The detailed survey of eighteen (11) architecturally representative structures at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, was undertaken in 2000. This project was under the general supervision of Joe C. Freeman, Architect. Project Historian was Daron Duke. Photographic records were provided by Joseph Murphey.


2002 and 2004 Artifacts (2004)
IMAGE Brock Giordano. John Lacko.

Professional photographs of diagnostic or unusual artifacts excavated during the 2002 and 2004 field seasons from the site of Fort St. Joseph and vicinity.


2002 Phase I Archaeological Survey, Phase II Archaeological Testing, and Intensive Architectural Survey of the New Jersey Route 179 Bridge over Alexauken Creek Project Area and Architectural Reconnaissance and Historic Road Survey of a Portion of ……Final (2002)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Timothy G. Zinn. Martin T. Fuess. Kathryn M. Lombardi. Carol J. Peterson. Christian Peterson. Edward J. III Siemon.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


2005 Condition Studies for Various Properties, Fort Sam Houston
PROJECT Uploaded by: Jodi Reeves Eyre

Architectural and structural condition studies prepared for various historic properties at Fort Sam Houston. Copies of these reports have also been forwarded to the Fort Worth District. The submittal of these documents is in partial fulfillment of the contractual obligations of Geo-Marine, Inc., under contract number GS-10F-0207J.


2006 and 2007 Artifacts (2007)
IMAGE John Lacko. Stephanie Barrante.

Photographs of diagnostic or unusual artifacts excavated during the 2006 and 2007 field seasons from the site of Fort St. Joseph and vicinity.


2008 and 2009 Artifacts (2009)
IMAGE Victoria Hawley. John Lacko.

Photographs of diagnostic or unusual artifacts excavated during the 2008 and 2009 field seasons from the site of Fort St. Joseph and vicinity.


2010 Artifacts (2010)
IMAGE Jessica Hughes.

Photographs of diagnostic or unusual artifacts excavated during the 2010 field season from the site of Fort St. Joseph and vicinity.


2010 Field Season Photograph Log (2010)
DATASET Jessica Hughes.

Provides description of all photographs taken during the 2010 field season, including provenience information for photographs of artifacts.


2016 Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed North-South Runway Expansion, United States Air Force Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund P. Gaines.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), has proposed to extend the northern end of the existing north-south runway. As the proposed project is an undertaking on federal lands with federal funds, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (Public Law 89-665; 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.) requires a cultural resources survey to identify and assess potential impacts to National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)-eligible historic properties within the project’s Area of Potential...


20th-Century Building Materials and Suitable Substitutes for Exterior Finishes and Roofs (Legacy 15-707)
PROJECT Uploaded by: McKenna McMahon

This project investigated problem areas associated with repair or in-kind replacement of exterior materials and addresses possible suitable substitute materials.


20th-Century Building Materials and Suitable Substitutes for Exterior Finishes and Roofs - Report (Legacy 15-707) (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Samantha Driscoll. Pamela Anderson. Heather McDonald Robbins.

This report describes a project that investigated problem areas associated with repair or in-kind replacement of exterior materials and addresses possible suitable substitute materials. This report also presents the history of each material, identifying its unique characteristics and special circumstances that led to its development. When an adverse effect cannot be avoided, it is the intent of this report to utilize the history presented to prepare mitigation documentation. The aim of this...


20th-Century Building Materials and Suitable Substitutes for Exterior Finishes and Roofs - Tech Note (Legacy 15-707) (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Samantha Driscoll. Pamela Anderson. Heather McDonald Robbins.

This technical note resulted from a project that investigated problem areas associated with repair or in-kind replacement of exterior materials and addresses possible suitable substitute materials.


28th & B Commercial Building Caroline Apartments / Welton Apartments 2801-13 B Street / 1149-51 28th Street San Diego, California 92102 (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathleen Flanigan.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


2nd Supplemental Historic Property Survey - 11-SD-5, P. M. R29. 51 (1987)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Martin Rosen.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


3500 Years on One City Block (1975)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Roberta Greenwood.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


3505 28th Street, South Park (2000)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Uploaded by: system user

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


45th Space Wing Cultural Resource Management Plan, Patrick Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral Air Station Brevard County, Florida (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles H. Cantley.

The Plan includes a brief overview of the prehistory and history of the region; an inventory of all known National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligible or potentially eligible archaeological sites and historic buildings and structures; recommended treatment for known cultural resources; strategies for compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures; and standards for cultural resource documentation. It also identifies the likely presence of other cultural...