Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961-1993 Empty Bags

Summary

The Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961–1993 Empty Bags investigation was created during a project to bring several USACE, Kansas City District collections up to federal curation standards prior to receipt of the collections by the St. Louis VCP. During this project, the original artifact bags were not kept with the associated artifacts. In 2012, the USACE, Kansas City District requested that the St. Louis VCP create a catalog of bag labels. Although all of the investigation’s bags were presumed to be empty by USACE, Kansas City District and St. Louis VCP staff, artifacts were found in several of these bags and necessitated an additional catalog to document the objects (Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961–1993 Empty Bags Artifact catalog).

Investigations within the Harry S. Truman Reservoir area were initiated in advance of construction activities associated with the building of the Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir and continued for almost 15 years beyond the structure’s completion. The Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961–1993 Empty Bags collection consists of multiple investigations. It is important to note that the collection was initially thought to have included data that was collected between 1965 and 1985. Upon closer analysis, it was apparent that the bags’ collection dates extended to 1961, and final reporting protracted through 1993. Therefore, the VCP recorded the name of the collection to be inclusive of the entire range of dates associated with all of the investigations. Although the VCP prefers to process investigations individually, it was not feasible for this collection. The associated documents, empty bags, and artifacts from the investigations were intermixed with numerous investigation dates and contractors complicating a separation. Therefore, it was decided to process the empty bags as a single collection.

The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, artifact report, inventory database, and select artifact photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, box labels, and scans of empty bags.

Cite this Record

Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961-1993 Empty Bags. ( tDAR id: 426324) ; doi:10.6067/XCV89P349G

Keywords

Site Name
23BE120 • 23BE131 • 23BE140 • 23BE185 • 23BE207 • 23BE207-C • 23BE216 • 23BE259-B • 23BE261 • 23BE267 • 23BE270 • 23BE277 • 23BE280 • 23BE289 • 23BE293 • 23BE304 • 23BE325 • 23BE337 • 23BE346 • 23BE367 • 23BE367-C • 23BE383 • 23BE390 • 23BE407 • 23BE408 • 23BE410 • 23BE412 • 23BE415 • 23BE418 • 23BE419 • 23BE424 • 23BE427 • 23BE432 • 23BE442 • 23BE448 • 23BE466 • 23BE467 • 23BE469 • 23BE499 • 23BE579 • 23BE580 • 23BE584 • 23BE6 • 23BE614 • 23BE647 • 23BE653 • 23BE659 • 23BE676 • 23BY523 • 23CE123/138 • 23CE123/39 • 23CE123/66 • 23CE123/69 • 23CE123/74 • 23CE123/75 • 23CE123/80 • 23CE123/86 • 23CP140 • 23DA30 • 23DA31 • 23DA50 • 23HE190 Show More

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Benton (County) • Harry S. Truman Reservoir • Henry (County) • Hickory (County) • Missouri (State / Territory) • St. Clair (County)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -93.418; min lat: 38.227 ; max long: -93.356; max lat: 38.277 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Contributor(s): Commonwealth Associates Inc.; Iroquois Research Institute; University of Missouri, Columbia

Principal Investigator(s): Charles LeeDecker; Donna C. Roper; Richard L. Taylor

Landowner(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District

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

Repository(s): Fort Osage

Prepared By(s): Veterans Curation Program

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District

Record Identifiers

Contract No.(s): DACW41-75-M-1854; DACW41-77-C-0132; DACW41-75-C-0202; DACW41-79-C-0073; DACW41-89-C-0102; DACW41-79-C-0101

Notes

General Note: The digital materials in this collection were processed by the Veterans Curation Program (VCP), and include the artifact database, artifact report, inventory database, and select artifact photographs. Additional digital materials held by the VCP include additional artifact photographs, box labels, and scans of empty bags.

Source Collections

Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961-1993 Empty Bags collection stored at Fort Osage, Missouri.

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-4 of 4)

Documents

  1. Artifact Report, Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961-1993 Empty Bags (2015)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jane Bigham. Ian Fricker.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District archaeological collections were sent to the Veterans Curation Program’s (VCP) St. Louis laboratory in the fall of 2012. The St. Louis VCP laboratory is a USACE, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections program, which is staffed through the archaeological contracting firms, Cogstone-Berger, JV. The procedures employed to re-house the archaeological material and...

Images

  1. Lithic Artifact Photographs, Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961-1993 Empty Bags (2015)
    IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

    Photographs of lithic artifacts collected during the Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961-1993 Empty Bags archaeological investigations in the Harry S. Truman Reservoir area, in Benton, Henry, St. Clair, and Hickory counties, Missouri.

Datasets

  1. Artifact Database, Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961-1993 Empty Bags (2015)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    The Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961–1993 Empty Bags investigation was created during a project to bring several USACE, Kansas City District collections up to federal curation standards prior to receipt of the collections by the St. Louis VCP. During this project, the original artifact bags were not kept with the associated artifacts. In 2012, the USACE, Kansas City District requested that the St. Louis VCP create a catalog of bag labels. Although all of the investigation’s bags were presumed to...

  2. Inventory Database, Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961-1993 Empty Bags (2015)
    DATASET Veterans Curation Program.

    The Harry S. Truman Reservoir 1961–1993 Empty Bags investigation was created during a project to bring several USACE, Kansas City District collections up to federal curation standards prior to receipt of the collections by the St. Louis VCP. During this project, the original artifact bags were not kept with the associated artifacts. In 2012, the USACE, Kansas City District requested that the St. Louis VCP create a catalog of bag labels. Although all of the investigation’s bags were presumed to...