Finding Aid to the Odd S. Halseth Manuscript Collection MS.717
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 November 14
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Odd S. Halseth Manuscript Collection
Creator:
Halseth, Odd S.
Identifier/Call Number: MS.717
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(3 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1924-1936
Abstract: The Odd S. Halseth Manuscript Collection contains typed documents recording the pueblo pottery collection of the San Diego
Museum in 1924 June and an account of attending the Congress of Poets and the International Congress of Archaeology in Oslo
in 1936 July and August.
Language of Material:
English
.
The Odd S. Halseth Manuscript Collection contains a typed 9-page manuscript "Catalog and Description of the Collection of
Modern Pueblo Pottery of the San Diego Museum," typed 15-page manuscript entitled "Report of Odd S. Halseth, Attending the
Congress of Poets and the International Congress of Archaeology, Oslo, July and August, 1936," and typed 5-page manuscript
entitled "The Hohokam, Pueblo Grande Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona."
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Odd S. Halseth Manuscript Collection, 1924-1936, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.717.
Processed by Library staff after 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 November
14, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC). Document
addition made, collection retitled, and finding aid revised by Mallory Furnier, 2015 July 7.
Donated by Odd S. Halseth, 1937 March.
Odd Sigurd Halseth, anthropologist and founder of the Pueblo Grande Museum, was born to Johannes and Marit (Kaasbo) Halseth
in Moss, Norway on May 19, 1893. After pursuing childhood interests in archaeological excavations in Europe, Halseth spent
his teenage years travelling and finally settled in the United States in 1916. He served overseas during World War I and later
established his career working at the San Diego Museum and as Curator of Archaeology at the Museum of New Mexico at Santa
Fe.
Halseth came to Phoenix in 1927 and as Phoenix City Archaeologist initiated the excavation of the Pueblo Grande prehistoric
Indian ruins in 1929. He founded the Pueblo Grande Museum and served as its first director. In 1944 he was appointed Superintendent
of Parks and Recreation for the City of Phoenix and also served as City Manager for eight months during 1946. Halseth retired
as director of the Pueblo Grande Museum in 1960 and died in July of 1966.
SOURCE: "Odd S. Halseth, Archaeologist, Dies", Arizona Republic, July 16, 1966, p. 31.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Archaeology
Reports
Typescripts
Pueblo Indians
International Congress of Anthropology and Prehistoric Archaeology