Museum of Northern Arizona
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Biographical Note
Albert H. Schroeder was born in 1914 in Brooklyn, N.Y. As an undergraduate at the University of Arizona, he began his career in archaeology. He worked for a time as an assistant archaeologist for the National Museum in New Mexico and for the U.S. Forrest service as a ranger and naturalist. Eventually, he settled in Santa Fe where he worked as an archaeologist. In 1979 he became the president of the Historical Society of New Mexico. Throughout his career Schroeder was a prolific author and editor of works on Southwestern archaeology.
Scope and Content
Collection contains some 28 manuscripts of books, articles, book reviews and lectures written by Albert H. Schroeder, 36 maps and illustrations, 13 site photographs, and a small amount of biographical information.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series:
Unpublished and published manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Albert H. Schroeder collection, MS-139 [Box Number]. Museum of Northern Arizona. Flagstaff, Arizona.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated by Albert Schroeder in 1969 (Accession #MS-139)
Processing Information
Processed in March of 2010.
Bibliography
Schroeder, Albert H. (1950). The Archaeological Excavations at Willow Beach, Arizona, 1950. Boulder, CO: Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
…(1954). Review of The Sobaipuri Indians of the Upper San Pedro Valley, Southeastern, Arizona. American Anthropologist,….
…(1961). An Archaeological Survey of the Painted Rock Reservoir, Arizona. Kiva, 27 (1).
…(1963). An Archeological Survey Adjacent to Hovenweep National Monument. Southwestern Lore, 33(3), 4.
…(1963). A Colony on the Move: Gaspar Castano de Sosa’s Journal 1590-1591. School of American Research.
…(1964). Salvage Excavations at Natural Bridges National Monument. University of Utah Anthropological Papers. Salt Lake City: University of Utah.
…(1967). Comments on ‘Salvage Archaeology in the Painted Rocks Reservoir, Western Arizona. Arizona Archaeologist, 1(1).
…(1968). Birds and Feathers in Documents Relating to Indians of the Southwest. Papers of the Archaeological Society of New Mexico, 1.
…(1968). Birds and Feathers in Documents Relating to Indians of the Southwest. Papers of the Archaeological Society of New Mexico, 1.
…(1968). Shifting for Survival in the Spanish Southwest. New Mexico Historical Review, 43(4).
…(1968). Tentative Ecological and Cultural Factors and Their Effects on Southwestern Indian Farmers. Eastern New Mexico University contributions in Anthropology, 1(1).
Series contains 28 manuscripts including: The Archaeological Excavation at Willow Beach, Arizona, An Archaeological Survey of the Painted Rock Reservoir, Book Review: The Sobaipuri Indians of the Upper San Pedro Valley, Southeastern Arizona, An Archaeological Survey Adjacent to Hovenweep National Monument, Salvage Excavations at Natural Bridges Monument, A Southwestern Chronicle: Gaspar Castano de Sosa’s Entry into New Mexico and Tentative Ecological and Cultural Factors and Their Effects of Southwestern Indian Farmers.
Assorted Manuscripts from 1967 include: Comments on Salvage Archaeology in the Painted Rocks Reservoir, Western Arizona; Book Review: Father Kino in Arizona; Indian Resources and Trade, Book Review: Indian Slave Trade in the Southwest; a talk given the Historical Society of Santa Fe, Aug. 15 1967; National Park Service Areas and Archaeological Themes; Book Review: Excavations in Southwest Utah; Archaeology, Vegetation and Man; Policies and Principles of Ruins Stabilization in the National Park Service; and Book Review: The Rediscovery of New Mexico: 1580-1594.
Assorted Manuscripts from 1968 include: A preface for Collected Papers in Honor of Lyndon lane Hargrave, Birds and Feathers in Documents Relating to Indians of the Southwest, A Brief Review of Southwestern Archaeology, Book Review: My Adventures at Zuni, and Cultural Conflicts and Population Shifts in the Spanish Southwest.
Assorted Manuscripts from 1969 include: Book Review: Historical Atlas of New Mexico, a lecture given at a meeting of U.S. Scientists at Los Alamos Inn Apr. 10, 1969, and a talk given to the Historical Society of New Mexico in Albuquerque Apr. 12, 1969.
Box
Folder
1
1-2
The Archaeological Excavation at Willow Beach, Arizona, 1952
1
3
An Archaeological Survey of the Painted Rock Reservoir, 1954
1
4
Book Review: the Sobaipuri Indians of the Upper San Pedro Valley, Southeastern Arizona, 1954
1
5
An Archaeological Survey Adjacent to Hovenweep National Monument, 1963
1
6
Salvage Excavations at Natural Bridges Monument, 1964
1
7
A Southwestern Chronicle: Gaspar Castano de Sosa’s Entry into New Mexico, 1965
1
8
Tentative Ecological and Cultural Factors and Their Effects of Southwestern Indian Farmers, 1965
All items in the Site Maps file are all associated with an NA site number (1273, 1274, 2806, 4605, 4607-4609, 4611, 4613, 4616-4617, 4621-4622, 4626-4630, 4638, 4640, 4645). There are eight maps and one illustration of petroglyphs.
The general report maps include 27 maps that appear to be associated with specific Schroeder publications, including articles written for American Antiquity (1965, 1966) and New Mexico Historical Review (1968). Maps show mostly prehistoric distribution and migration of various cultural groups in Arizona and New Mexico.
Series contains 13 photographs of petroglyphs, architectural structures, rock alignment and features taken at NA sites 1275, 3209, 4609, 4628, 4631, and 4638.
