Department of Defense and US Army Corps of Engineers Curation Options Project, Western and Mid-Atlantic States

Summary

At the request of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Quality) and the Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Corps’ St. Louis District performed a study of curation institutions in 20 western and two mid-Atlantic states. The goal of the project, called the Curation Options project, was to identify one institution in each state that has the capability and the interest to potentially partner with the federal government for the purpose of curating archaeological materials and associated documentation recovered from lands managed by the Army, Navy and Marines, Air Force, and Corps. For the project, between July 1996 and October 1997, the St. Louis District contacted 311 institutions and visited 50 to perform on-site evaluations. A standardized evaluation process was used to determine which institutions to visit, and to collect information during the on-site visit. Twenty-five of the 50 institutions are considered to be potential partners. Twenty-four institutions constitute the Individual State Option, which is comprised of one partner in each state and two each in California and Texas. Two additional curation options are presented for consideration: the Mixed State Option and the Regional Option, consisting of 18 and 10 partner institutions, respectively.

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Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Landowner(s): Department of Defense; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sponsor(s): Office of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Quality)

Repository(s): Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK; University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK; Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ; Arizona State University, Archaeological Research Institute, Dept. of Anthropology, Tempe, AZ; Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ; Western Archeological and Conservation Center; Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, CA; Haines Hall, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Joshua Tree National Park, CA; San Diego Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA; Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA; Watkins Hall, University of California Riverside Department of Anthropology, Riverside, CA; Curation Facility, Humanities Building, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, Co; Hunter Building, University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO; Henderson Building, University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO; Bishop Hall, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI; Polynesian Hall, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI; Hawaiian Hall, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI; Konia Hall, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI; Castle Hall, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI; Old Assay Building, Idaho Archaeological Survey, Idaho Historical Society, Boise, ID; Idaho Museum of Natural History, Idaho State University, Poctello, ID; Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, Phinney Hall, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; Cellblock 3, Territorial Prison, Idaho Archaeological Survey, Idaho Historical Society, Boise, ID; Museum of Anthropology, Spooner Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Room 10, Museum of Anthropology, Fraser Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Museum of Anthropology, Caruth-O’Leary Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Curation Facility, Louisiana Division of Archaeology, Baton Rouge, LA; Garrett Building, Spring Grove State Mental Hospital, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, Catonville, MD; Museum Resource Center, National Park Service, Glenn Dale, MD; Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT; Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE; Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE; Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE; Mail Distribution Services building, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE; Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV; Indian Hills Annex, Nevada State Museum, Carson City, NV; Warehouse, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM; Car Wash Building, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; Room 59, North Dakota Heritage Center, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND; Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK; Oregon Museum of Natural History/Museum of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD; Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Corpus Christi, TX; Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; Heroy Building, Southern Methodist University Department of Anthropology, Dallas, TX; Building 5, Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin, TX; Building 33, Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin, TX; George Thomas Building, Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Archaeological Research Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; 221 Governor Street, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA; Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA; 2000 East Cary Street, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA; Virginia Historical Society – Addition, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA; Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; College Hall, Washington State University Museum of Anthropology, Pullman, WA; Warehouse, Washington State University Museum of Anthropology, Pullman, WA; AG-A Building, University of Wyoming, Department of Anthropology, Laramie

Prepared By(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Submitted To(s): Department of Defense Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Record Identifiers

Legacy Resource Management Program(s): Project Number 97-0376

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