Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology
- Abstract:
- Prior to the Glenn A. Black Lab of Archeology, the Indiana Historical Society was the only institution in Indiana assuming the responsibility for local prehistory including: an active program of site survey, excavation, preservation, basic research, publication, and student training. In the 1960s, the Indiana Historical Society proposed transferring their material holdings to Indiana University, which included a monetary grant to construct and equip an archeological laboratory on the Bloomington campus. Materials included in the transfer from the Indiana Historical Society to the Glenn A. Black Lab of Archeology included: state archeological survey files, the Society's artifact collection, library, physical equipment, and the Angel Mounds State Memorial. The archeological lab was named in honor of Indiana's Historical Society archeologist, Glenn A. Black and dedicated in 1971.
- Extent:
- 2.5 linear feet
- Language:
- Materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
[item],Institutional History Mss, Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Archives, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Proposals, legislation, correspondence, and publications produced by the Glenn A. Black Lab, Indiana University, and the Indiana Historical Society.
- Scope and Content:
This collection documents the planning of the Glenn A. Black Archeology Lab, including related documents to Angel Mounds, legislation, and publications. It also contains correspondence between Glenn A. and Ida Black, James H. Kellar, George and Francis Martin, and other individuals involved in the establishment of the lab.
- Processing information:
Processing of the collection by Haley Suby, February 2017.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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This collection is open for research. Advanced notice is required.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[item],Institutional History Mss, Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Archives, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Reading Room and Archive416 North Indiana AvenueBloomington, Indiana 47408, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-9544gbl@indiana.edu