US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District VCP

Photographs of Ceramic artifacts collected during the Russell County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1969 and N.D. archaeological investigation in the Walter F. George Lake area in Russell County, Alabama.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Russell County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1969 and N.D.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is two-tenths (0.2) linear inch. There were...

Photographs of Lithic artifacts collected during the, Russell County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1969 and N.D. archaeological investigation in the Walter F. George lake area in Russell County, Alabama.

Photographs of Metal artifacts collected during the Russell County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1969 and N.D. archaeological investigation in the Walter F. George Lake area in Russell County, Alabama.

This is the scanned asset key for the Russell County Arbitrary (Multiple) 1969 and N.D. collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

The Shell Bluff document collection was obtained from the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, University of Mississippi. The original housing of this collection consisted of 66 linear inches of acid-free tri-tab folders contained within five acid-free boxes, plus a half-box of photographs. Document boxes were labeled 0192 to 0196 by the Cobb Institute. A majority of the folders were housed according to provenience rather than by record type. Also, although folders were numbered sequentially, there...

The Shell Bluff document collection was obtained from the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, University of Mississippi. The original housing of this collection consisted of 66 linear inches of acid-free tri-tab folders contained within five acid-free boxes, plus a half-box of photographs. Document boxes were labelled 0192 to 0196 by the Cobb Institute. A majority of the folders were housed according to provenience rather than by record type. Also, although folders were numbered sequentially, there...

This is the oversized material spreadsheet for the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 collection.

This is the Photographic Material Spreadsheet for the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 collection.

This is the scanned asset key for the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 collection stored at Mississippi State University, Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Starkville, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, frame 8, view of burial 28 as located by scraper in North-South trench; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph for Bulldozer Cut 4, Feature 74; July 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Feature record for Grader Cut 1, Feature 1-10 with sketch on grid paper and photograph; August 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Feature Record for Grader Cut 2, Feature 2-2 with sketch on grid paper and photograph; August 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Feature record for grader cut 3, Feature 3-1 with sketch on grid paper and photograph; August 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Feature record for grader cut 3, feature 3-15 with sketch on grid paper and photograph; August 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Feature record for grader cut 4, feature 4-19 with sketch on grid paper and photograph; August 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Feature record for grader cut 4, feature 4-23 with sketch on grid paper and photograph; August 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, roll 11, frame 19, profile view of bulldozer cut 3, West end of North wall; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, roll 11, frame 13, profile view of grader cut 1, south end of East wall; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, roll 11, frame 10, profile view of grader cut 1, North end of East wall; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, roll 11, frame 14, profile view of grader cut 1, middle of East wall; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, roll 11, frame 12, profile view of grader cut 2, West end of South wall; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, roll 11, frame 15, profile view of grader cut 3, East end of North wall; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, roll 11, frame 16, profile view of grader cut 7, North end of East wall; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, roll 11, frame 17, profile view of grader cut 7, North end; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, roll 11, frame 11, profile view of grader cut 8, middle of East wall; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Contact sheet for roll 1, frames 1 to 37; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Contact sheet for roll 1, frames 1 to 37; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 1, view of archaeologist filling wheelbarrow; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 2, view of river from water screen; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 3, view of water screen; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 4, roll record; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 5, view of North-South trench, scraped; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 6, view of grader cut 7 trench; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 7, view of burial, possibly burial 28; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 9, view of burial 28 as located by scraper in North-South trench; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 10, view of West side of North-South trench, grader cut 8; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 11, view of grader cut 7 with postmolds flagged; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 12, view of grader cut 7 with postmolds flagged; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 13, view of grader cut 7 with postmolds flagged; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 14, view of grader cut 7 with postmolds; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 15, view of grader cut 7 with profile in foreground; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 16, view of grader cut 7 with profile in foreground; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 17, view of profile stratigraphy at North end of grader cut 7; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, roll 1, frame 18, view of profile stratigraphy in West wall of grader cut 7; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 19, view of Feature 31 showing pot and bone in West wall of Grader Cut 7; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 20, view of Grader Cut 7, Feature 31 showing pot and bone in West wall of Grader Cut 7; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 21, view of Grader Cut 7, Feature 31, Burial 22, orientation of burial in Grader Cut 7; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes, County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 22, View of Grader Cut 7, Feature 31, Burial 22, orientation of burial in Grader Cut 7; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 23, overhead view of Grader Cut 7, Feature 31, Burial 22; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 24, overhead view of Grader Cut 7, Feature 31, Burial 22; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 25, overhead view of Grader Cut 7, Feature 39 showing pottery in situ; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 26, overhead view of Grader Cut 7, Feature 39 showing pottery in situ; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 27, overhead view of Grader Cut 7, Feature 39 showing pottery in situ; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 28, overhead view of Grader Cut 7, Feature 39 showing pottery in situ; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 29, overhead view of Grader Cut 7, Feature 39 showing pottery in situ; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 30, view of Grader Cut 8; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white negative, Roll 1, Frame 31, view of Grader Cut 8; October 1979 during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Black and white photograph, view of Shell Bluff historic pit; N.D. during the Shell Bluff Site (22LO530) 1979-1986 archaeological investigation in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

No documentation is present for the investigations that comprise the Stewart County Arbitrary 1969-1978 Investigations. Some of dates of the investigations are unknown, but based on the dates that are present it appears that the investigations took place from 1969 to 1978. Despite the lack of documentation pertaining to these investigations, some information on the sites could be found in an older report. Harold Huscher investigated some of the sites in 1958 and published a report in 1959...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections project, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. After 22 September 2011, the collection was...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections project, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. After 22 September 2011, the collection was...

Ceramic Artifact Photographs collected during the Stewart County Arbitrary 1969-1978 Investigations in the Walter F. George Reservoir area in Stewart County, Georgia.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as “Stewart County Arbitrary 1969 and 1978 Investigations.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is 0.2 linear inch. There were two box...

Lithic Artifact Photographs collected during the Stewart County Arbitrary 1969-1978 Investigations in the Walter F. George Reservoir area in Stewart County, Georgia.

This is the scanned asset key for the Stewart County Arbitrary 1969-1978 Investigations collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

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., an archaeological contract firm located in Stone Mountain, Georgia between April of 2014 and April of 2015. Between...

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., an archaeological contract firm located in Stone Mountain, Georgia between April of 2014 and April of 2015. Between...

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., an archaeological contract firm located in Stone Mountain, Georgia between April of 2014 and April of 2015. Between...

Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the Tishomingo County Type Collection N.D. in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

Photograph of a Faunal artifact collected during the Tishomingo County Type Collection N.D. in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

Photographs of Lithic artifacts collected during the Tishomingo County Type Collection N.D. in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

The only information present with the Tyrone Mims Arbitrary (1BR?) 1988 investigation was the information written on the bags and the paper tags that arrived with the collection. No report was present for this collection and as a result who Tyrone Mims is, or was, has not been established. It is highly likely that Tyrone Mims was a local man residing around the Walter F. George Lake property and in August of 1988 collected a group of prehistoric ceramics from a wildlife refuge in Barbour County,...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections project, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. After 22 September 2011, the collection was...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) Augusta, Georgia laboratory in the fall of 2009. The Augusta VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections project, which is staffed through Brockington and Associates, an archaeological contract firm located in Norcross, Georgia. After 22 September 2011, the collection was...

Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the Tyrone Mims Arbitrary (1BR?) 1988 archaeological investigation in the Walter F. George Lake area, in Barbour County, Alabama.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as “Tyrone Mims Arbitrary (1Br?) 1988.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is two-tenths (0.2) of a linear inch. The artifact box was...

This is the scanned asset key for the Tyrone Mims Arbitrary (1BR?) 1988 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

This collection is referred to as the “Walter F. George River Basin Survey 1960-1971 investigation.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter (0.25) of a linear inch. The majority of the documents from this collection date from 1960 to 1971, which explains the date range in the investigation name. However, there is one document that has a date range from 1960 to 1976, which is an oversized map that...

This collection is referred to as the “Walter F. George River Basin Survey 1960-1971 investigation.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a quarter (0.25) of a linear inch. The majority of the documents from this collection date from 1960 to 1971, which explains the date range in the investigation name. However, there is one document that has a date range from 1960 to1976, which is an oversized map that...

This is the oversized materials spreadsheet for the Walter F. George River Basin Survey 1960-1976.

This is the photographic materials spreadsheet for the Walter F. George River Basin Survey 1960-1976 collection.

This is the scanned asset key for the Walter F. George River Basin Survey 1960-1971 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

Black and white print, aerial view of sites in the Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge; November 1968, during the Walter F. George River Basin Survey 1960-1971 archaeological investigation in the Walter F. George River Basin area, in Barbour County, Alabama and Georgia.

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is six (6) linear inches. The Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962...

The Veterans Curation Program utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. The purpose of this practice is to avoid redundant and confusing collection names commonly found with archaeological investigations. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is six (6) linear inches. The Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962...

This is the oversized material spreadsheet for the Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962 collection.

This is the photographic material spreadsheet for the Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

This is the scanned asset key for the Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

Photograph of Six Lithics during the Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area, in Barbour County and Stewart County, Alabama and Georgia.

Photograph of Ceramic Effigy Fragment during the Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area, in Barbour County and Stewart County, Alabama and Georgia.

Photograph of Two Lithics, Photograph Cut, during the Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area, in Barbour County and Stewart County, Alabama and Georgia.

Photograph of Artifacts with Numerous Artifacts Cut from Photograph, during the Walter F. George Sites 1957-1962 archaeological investigation in the Chattahoochee River area, in Barbour County and Stewart County, Alabama and Georgia.

The Veterans’ Curation Project utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Warrior River Photograph 1922.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a half of a linear inch. The Augusta Georgia Veterans’ Curation Project (VCP) received the photographs from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri during the...

The Veterans’ Curation Project utilizes the standard archival practice of unique naming of collections. Therefore, this collection is referred to as "Warrior River Photograph 1922.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is a half of a linear inch. The Augusta Georgia Veterans’ Curation Project (VCP) received the photographs from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri during the...

This is the Photographic Material Database for the Warrior River Photograph 1922.

This is the Scanned Asset Key Warrior River Photograph 1922 collection stored at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, Georgia.

Photograph of The towboat "Montgomery" of the U.S. - Mississippi Warrior Service; 1922 in Demopolis, Alabama.

This collection is referred to as, "White Springs Site (22IT537) 1979-1986.” This name is consistent throughout the finding aid, the file folders, and the box labels. The extent of this collection is five (5) linear inches. The White Springs Site (22IT537) 1979-1986 archival collection was contained within acid-free boxes and in acid-free folders within the larger Shell Bluff collection. These collections are permanently housed at the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, University of Mississippi....