Miscellaneous documents relating to the excavation of
Tuzigoot and other sites in west central Arizona by Louis R. Caywood and Edward H.
Spicer in the 1930s.
Collection Number:
MS 42
Language:
Materials are in English
Repository:
Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona
Arizona State Museum Library and Archives
PO Box 210026
Tucson, AZ 85721-0026
Phone: 520-621-4695
Email: larc@email.arizona.edu
URL:
http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/visit/collections/library-and-archives
Historical Note
Tuzigoot National Monument lies at the upper end of the Verde Valley in Yavapai
County, Arizona. The monument was established in 1939 and contains the ruins for one
of the largest known pueblos with 110 rooms, including second and third story
structures, built by the Singua Indians during the period 1100-1450 A.D. Comprising of 42
acres, Tuzigoot is now open to public visitors and along with a museum.
Louis R. Caywood (1906-1997) and Edward H. Spicer (1906-1983) were both graduate
students at the University of Arizona in the 1930's when they worked together at
Tuzigoot, King's ruin, Fitzmaurice ruin, and other sites in west central Arizona.
Both archaeologists excavated the Tuzigoot ruins from 1933-1935 with funding from
the federal Civil Works Administration and Works Project Administrations.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of materials documenting Tuzigoot, King’s ruin, Fitzmaurice ruin, and other
sites in west central Arizona as excavated and studied by Louis R. Caywood and
Edward H. Spicer in the 1930s. Included is correspondence, field journals,
photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, manuscripts, and final reports
by Caywood and Spicer.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into files of correspondence, field journals, clippings,
and photographs.
Access to specific information about the nature and location of archaeological
resources may be restricted pursuant to the United States Archaeological Resources
Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA) and Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 39-125. ARPA
includes a specific exemption from the the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
requirements for information about the nature and location of archaeological
resources (16 U.S. Code 470hh: Confidentiality of information concerning the nature
and location of archaeological resources).
Copyright
The Arizona State Museum may not own copyright to all parts of this collection. It is
the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the
copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona,
Arizona State Museum, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all
claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Photographs related to these archives may be housed with the Arizona State Museum
Photographic Collection. Contact the ASM Curator of Photographic Collections for
more information.
Tuzigoot Collection (MS 42).Arizona State Museum Library and Archives.
Provenance
This artificial collection was created by bringing together materials donated by
Rosamond Spicer (ASM ACC 96-183) and from small manuscript collections A-1083,
A-1084, A-1085, and A-1087.
Processing Note
Processed in August of 2014 by A. Ferg and A. Rule, with a final inventory by M.
Burdine.
Container List
box
folder
Box 1
Folder 1
Tuzigoot ruin administrative papers and correspondence, 1933-34
Box 1
Folder 2
Tuzigoot ruin excavation report by Spicer and Caywood
Box 1
Folder 3
Tuzigoot ruin field notebook by E. Spicer
Box 1
Folder 4
Tuzigoot ruin manuscripts and articles about the site
Box 1
Folder 5
Tuzigoot ruin and misc. sites in Northern Arizona
Box 1
Folder 6
Tuzigoot ruin and other Northern Arizona sites, field notebook
Box 1
Folder 7
Tuzigoot, misc. photos
Box 1
Folder 8
Baker Ranch, MNA excavation, 1943 photo
Box 1
Folder 9
Tuzigoot, photos of artifacts, one negative
Box 1
Folder 10
Tuzigoot, photos, inhumations
Box 1
Folder 11
Tuzigoot, photos, rooms
Box 1
Folder 12
Tuzigoot, photos, excavations
Box 1
Folder 13
King’s ruin and Fitzmaurice ruin, photos
Box 1
Folder 14
“Ancient Dwellings of the Rio Verde Valley” by Edger A. Mearns
Box 1
Folder 15
Report, Spicer and Caywood, copy, circa 1930
Box 1
Folder 16
Tuzigoot 1934 report
Box 1
Folder 17
Brochures, postcards, misc.
Box 1
Folder 16
Tuzigoot: Grace Sparks correspondence and bio
box
folder
Box 2
Folder 1
Tuzigoot correspondence, 1933-1990
Box 2
Folder 2
Tuzigoot notecards
Box 2
Folder 3
“Two Pueblo Ruins in West Central America” by Spicer and Caywood, 1936
Box 2
Folder 4
Tuzigoot, newspaper articles, originals
Box 2
Folder 5
Tuzigoot, newspaper clippings, copies
Box 2
Folder 6
“Tuzigoot, Arizona’s New Pueblo” by Spicer and Caywood, Arizona Highways, April 1935
