Southwest Society Institutional Archives, 1903-1917

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Summary

Title:
Southwest Society Institutional Archives
Dates:
1903-1917
Creators:
Archaeological Institute of America. Southwest Society
Abstract:
The Southwest Society was an active branch of the Archaeological Institute of America from 1903-1917. The Society was founded by Charles F. Lummis with the intent of eventually opening a museum of artifacts of the Southwest. Southwest Society Institutional Archives includes administrative records, materials related to Southwest Society expeditions, and documentation regarding the dispute between Frank M. Palmer and Charles Fletcher Lummis. This collection also includes all Southwest Society bulletins, publication drafts, scrapbooks, correspondence, and ephemera. The dates of the material range from 1903-1917.
Extent:
12 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Southwest Society Institutional Archives, 1903-1917, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.2,[folder number][folder title][date].

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of material from 1903-1917, which also reflect the active years of the Southwest Society. Included are all administrative records, which contain financial records, reports, meeting minutes, constitution, form letters, correspondence, membership records, documentation of the merger into the Southwest Museum, two Southwest Society expeditions, and documentation regarding the dispute between Frank M. Palmer and Charles Fletcher Lummis. This collection also includes all Southwest Society bulletins, publication drafts, scrapbooks, correspondence, and ephemera.

Biographical / historical:

The Southwest Society was an active branch of the Archaeological Institute of America from 1903-1917. The Society was founded by Charles F. Lummis with the intent of eventually opening a museum of artifacts of the Southwest. The Society succeeded in this goal in 1907, when the Southwest Museum was founded. At that point, the mission of the Southwest Society was entirely geared towards supporting the museum. The Society separated from the Archaeological Institute of America in 1914. Once the Southwest Museum established a staff of its own, the Southwest Society was dissolved in 1917. Lummis was still adamant that some sort of society needed to exist separate from the Museum, so he founded the Institute of the West in 1917, which then dissolved in 1918.

Acquisition information:
Materials in this collection were deposited to the Southwest Museum Library, presently known as the Braun Research Library, as institutional records. Deposit was made circa 1907.
Processing information:

Rehousing by Betty Burnham and William Thrall. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2011, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Arrangement:

  • MS.2.1 Administrative records, 1903-1917
  • MS.2.2 Bulletins, 1904-1911
  • MS.2.3 Scrapbooks, 1903-1910

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Holly Rose Larson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-19 18:21:33 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Southwest Society Institutional Archives, 1903-1917, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.2,[folder number][folder title][date].

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448
rroom@theautry.org
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