J. Louis Giddings Collection

Series I: Subject Files
10.0 Linear feet

These papers include files and correspondence of J.L. Giddings, including those from his early work in Arctic archaeology in the 1930s, post-war employment a the University of Pennsylvania and its University Museum, appointment as Director/Curator of the Haffenreffer Museum of the American Indian on its donation to Brown in 1955, employment at Brown University in the Sociology/Anthropology department, professional and personal correspondence 1956-1964, Museum records of the same period, administrative and academic files relating to Brown University and its Anthropology Department, correspondence and clippings relating to his death.

Arrangement: Colleagues' correspondence are filed under their names. However, additional correspondence with those individuals may be found in the alphabetical files, for example letters to/from J. Van Stone also occur in the "V" file. Other correspondence has been maintained in the files and file headings that Giddings maintained, such as "Expeditions" or "Danish Year Correspondence."

Box 1 A
35.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	File A (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1956-1965
	A (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Ackerman, Robert 1.0 folder	1954-1966
	Alaska Correspondence 2.0 folders	1966-1967
	Alaska Grocery Orders (and Supplies) 1.0 folder	1965
	Alaska Personnel 1.0 folder	1965
	Alaska Expenses 1.0 folder	1964
	Research Annual Reports to C.E. Bunnell (then president, University of Alaska) 1.0 folder	1938-1946
	1948-50 & 1955 Progress Report Cape Denbigh 1.0 folder	1948-1955
	Field Trip 1.0 folder	1949
	Receipts, etc. Field trip 1.0 folder	1952
	Alaska trip 1.0 folder	1958
	Alaska trip 1.0 folder	1959
	Alaska trip 1.0 folder	1960
	Alaska trip 1.0 folder	1961
	Alaska trip, expenses 1.0 folder	1963
	Alaska Expedition Budget 3824-4 (NSF GS 447) 1.0 folder	1964-1965
	Alaska Expenditures 1.0 folder	1965
	Expedition Purchase Requisitions and Invoices 1.0 folder	1967
	Expedition Purchase Orders, completed Alaska Grant 1.0 folder	1966-1968
	AAA 1.0 folder
	American Antiquity correspondence 1.0 folder
	American Philosophical Society--JLG 1.0 folder
	American Philosophical Society-- RWG 1.0 folder
	AAM 1.0 folder
	Ancient Men of the Arctic, Orders 1.0 folder
	Anderson, Douglas (JLG, RWG to DDA) 1.0 folder	1959-1965
	Applications for Field Work 1.0 folder
	Archaeological Societies 1.0 folder
	Arctic Institute of North America 1.0 folder	1948-1956
	Arctic Institute of North America 1.0 folder	1957-1963
	Arctic Research Laboratory 1.0 folder
	Arizona Trip--Tree Ring Conference 1.0 folder	1960
	Art Services 1.0 folder

Box 1 B
33.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	File B (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1965
	B (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Bandi, Hans George 1.0 folder	1959-1965
	Bank, Theodore P. 1.0 folder	1952-1964
	Beaver, Master 1.0 folder
	Bibliography 1.0 folder
	Biographical Notes JLG 1.0 folder
	Bobbs-Merrill Index 1.0 folder
	Bone Sheets 1.0 folder
	Book Review Manuscripts 1.0 folder
	Brew, J.O. (PM/H) 1.0 folder	1960-1962
	Brown, Jerry (CRREL) 1.0 folder	1960-1966
	Brown University Anthropology Department Applicants 1.0 folder
	Brown University Anthropology Department Correspondence 1.0 folder
	Brown University Anthropology Department Courses, Grades, Students 1.0 folder
	Brown University Anthropology Department Examinations 1.0 folder
	Brown University Anthropology Department Matters 1.0 folder
	Brown University Anthropology Department Syllabuses, JL Giddings 1.0 folder
	Brown University Anthropology Department Syllabuses, General 1.0 folder
	Brown University Anthropology Department Curriculum, Classes, Grades, etc. 1.0 folder
	Brown University Anthropology Department Ethnohistory (1961 meeting at JCB and HMA) 1.0 folder
	Brown Examination 1.0 folder
	Brown Faculty Bulletins, Memos, Information 1.0 folder
	Brown Interdepartmental Correspondence 1.0 folder
	Brown Lectures 1.0 folder
	Brown Library Books, etc. 1.0 folder
	Brown University Budget 1960-61 1.0 folder	1960-1961
	Brown University Budget 1962-63 1.0 folder	1962-1963
	Brown University Budget 1963-64 1.0 folder	1963-1964
	Brown Budget, Research E859 1.0 folder	1963-1964
	Brown Budget NSF G 17473 1.0 folder
	Brown Budget Insurance Fund 1.0 folder
	Brown Human Biology 1.0 folder

Box 1 C
24.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	Brown Interdepartmental Correspondence 1.0 folder	1957-1965
	Brown Keeney 1.0 folder	1957-1966
	Brown Memos and Directives 1.0 folder
	Brown Pembroke 1.0 folder
	Brown Smiley (director of Observatory) 1.0 folder
	Brown Sociology Department 1.0 folder
	Brown Sociology Department 1.0 folder
	E-873 (documents related to shipment of artifacts from Thailand DDA) 1.0 folder	1963-1964
	Budgets Misc. 1-259 etc. 1.0 folder
	Bunnell, C.E. 1.0 folder	1940-1950
	Business Services 1.0 folder
	Byers, Douglas S. 1.0 folder	1943-1960
	File C (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Cameron, Angus (Knopf)--about Ancient Men... 1.0 folder
	Cameron--Knopf 1.0 folder
	Canadian Correspondence 1.0 folder	1946-1954
	Chard, Chester (Arctic Anthropology) 1.0 folder	1958-1965
	Clippings, General 1.0 folder	1953-1965
	Clippings, General 1.0 folder
	Colinvaux, Paul 1.0 folder	1962-1965
	Collins, Henry B. 1.0 folder	1946-1966
	Corbett, John M. 1.0 folder	1957-1964
	Committee on the Recovery of Archaeological Remains 1.0 folder
	Committee on Archaeological Terminology 1.0 folder	1950-1956

Box 1 D
31.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	Cotter, John L. 1.0 folder	1959-1962
	Crackpots 1.0 folder
	Current Anthropology, Sol Tax. ed. 1.0 folder
	File D (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1961
	D (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Denbigh Report Correspondence 1.0 folder
	Dighton Rock 1.0 folder
	Douglas, A. E. 1.0 folder	1938-1962
	Duplicating Requisitions 1.0 folder	1957-1965
	Duplicating Requisitions 1.0 folder	1966
	File E (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1958-1966
	E (Miscellaneous)
	Eiseley Publications 1.0 folder
	Employment 1.0 folder	1957-1962
	English Correspondents 1.0 folder
	Epstein, Jeremiah 1.0 folder	1958-1962
	Eskimos, Correspondence, etc. 1.0 folder
	File F (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1958-1965
	F (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Flora 1.0 folder
	Florin, Sten 1.0 folder	1964-1967
	Ford, James A. 1.0 folder	1949-1964
	Frick, Childs 1.0 folder	1937-1964
	File G (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1966
	G (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Geist, Otto Wm. 1.0 folder	1938
	JLG Personal Correspondence 1.0 folder	1951-1954
	Personal JLG 1.0 folder	1956-1962
	Travel--Denmark 1.0 folder
	Giddings (death) --newspaper accts of accident, etc. 1.0 folder
	L, B Giddings Assorted Correspondence 1.0 folder

Box 1 E
46.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	Grants and Fellowships: General 1.0 folder
	Grants, Fellowships etc. 1.0 folder
	Grants, Fellowships etc. JLG 1.0 folder
	$3000 Purchase and Requisitions 3912-4 (NSF GU 976) 1.0 folder
	$1500 Research Budget 3940-4 (NSF GU 468) 1.0 folder
	$1050 Phosphate Analysis, etc. 3947-4 (NSF GU 468) Florin 1.0 folder
	E-3896 Budget ($700) GU-448 3904-4 1964-65 1.0 folder
	Budget NSF E-167 1.0 folder
	$2000 Purchase and Requisitions 3964-4 (NSF GU 1934) 1.0 folder
	Griffin, James B. 1.0 folder	1949-1966
	Guarantees and Instructions 1.0 folder
	Guthe, Alfred K. 1.0 folder	1948-1966
	File H (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1965
	H (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Haffenreffer Family Correspondence 1.0 folder	1956-1966
	Haffs wanted HMA to publish a journal/publication, also brochure/leaflet 1.0 folder
	Haffenreffer Family Correspondence--Bets 1.0 folder	1967
	Haley, J. W. 1.0 folder
	Harp, Elmer 1.0 folder	1951-1966
	Haury, Emil W. 1.0 folder	1938-1966
	History, local 1.0 folder
	Hoffman, Hans 1.0 folder	1954-1962
	Holtved, Erik 1.0 folder	1948-1964
	Hopkins, David 1.0 folder	1950-1966
	Huntsman, Judith Misc. Notes 1.0 folder
	File I (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1966
	I (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	INQUA 1.0 folder
	Interior Dept. (and National Park Service) 1.0 folder
	Interior Dept. US 1.0 folder
	Interior Dept. (Ms Alaska Aboriginal Culture) 1.0 folder
	Irving, William (see also I file) 1.0 folder	1950-1966
	File J (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1964
	J (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Japanese letters 1.0 folder	1960
	Johnson, Fred 1.0 folder	1949-1958
	Journal of a Bidarka Expedition 1838 1.0 folder
	File K (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1966
	K (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Kevhok--a departmental newsletter of the 1960s 1.0 folder
	Keys 1.0 folder
	Knuth, Count Eigil 1.0 folder	1964-1966
	Koehler, Arthur--Forest Products Lab 1.0 folder
	Krusenstern marker 1.0 folder
	File L (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1958-1966
	L (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder

Box 1 F
34.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	deLaguna, Frederica 1.0 folder	1942-1965
	Larsen, Helge 1.0 folder	1939-1966
	Laughlin, William 1.0 folder	1950-1966
	Lectures 1.0 folder
	Libby, W.F. 1.0 folder	1953-1962
	Livingstone, D.A. 1.0 folder	1957-1960
	Lowther, Gordon 1.0 folder	1959-1962
	File M (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1966
	M (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	MacNeish, Richard S. 1.0 folder	1952-1961
	MSS--abstracts etc. JLG 1.0 folder
	Maps 1.0 folder
	MAT Program (Summer School Indian Course for teachers) 1.0 folder
	Meldgaard, Jorgen 1.0 folder	1951-1964
	Mexico (notes, exhibit materials) 1.0 folder
	Michael, H.N. 1.0 folder	1958-1964
	Miscellaneous (includes an acct book: DDA ?) 1.0 folder
	Moore, George W. 1.0 folder	1959-1962
	Moore, Terris 1.0 folder	1949-1964
	Murray, Fr. R.W. 1.0 folder	1949
	Museum. Acquisitions, Property, Inventory 1.0 folder
	Applications for jobs (museum) 2.0 folders
	Museum Budget 1.0 folder	1956-1957
	Museum Budget 1.0 folder	1957-1958
	Museum Budget 1.0 folder	1958-1959
	Museum Budget 1.0 folder	1961-1962
	Museum Budget 1.0 folder	1964-1965
	Museum Budget 1.0 folder	1965-1966
	Museum Budget 1.0 folder	1966-1967
	Museum Publicity, Clippings 1.0 folder	1955-1965
	Museum Displays and Labels 1.0 folder

Box 1 G
34.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	Museum Employees 1.0 folder
	Museum Equipment (Office Equipment) 1.0 folder	1966-1967
	Museum Equipment: Inventory 1.0 folder
	Typewriter IBM 3970-4 1.0 folder
	Museum Exhibit Cases 1.0 folder
	Exhibitions 1.0 folder
	Exhibitions 1.0 folder	1956-1964
	Exhibitions Expansion Plans 1.0 folder
	Friends of the Museum 1.0 folder
	Gifts to Museum (non-artifacts) 1.0 folder
	Gifts for Photos Projects (from Moore, RWG, Memorial) 1.0 folder
	(Notes on Exhibits, Ed Programs) 1.0 folder
	Inquiries about Museum etc. 1.0 folder
	Inquiries 1.0 folder
	Museum Insurance Matters 1.0 folder
	Museum Loans--Incoming (to Museum) 1.0 folder
	Museum Maintenance and Procedures 1.0 folder
	Brown Haffenreffer Mt. Hope Farm Motorized Patrol 1.0 folder
	Petty Cash 1.0 folder
	Museum Petty Cash 1.0 folder
	Museum Plans and Ideas 1.0 folder
	Museum Plans and Regulations 1.0 folder
	Museum Property Junked or Sold 1.0 folder
	Public Relations 1.0 folder
	Publications to Order (Lists for Library) 1.0 folder
	Museum Publicity etc. 1.0 folder
	Public Relations 1.0 folder	1957-1960
	Public Relations 1.0 folder	1961-1962
	Public Relations 1.0 folder	1963-1966
	Purchase Orders Completed 1.0 folder
	Purchase Requisitions and Invoices Sales 1.0 folder
	Purchase Requisitions and Invoices Museum 1.0 folder
	Resources 1.0 folder
	Museum Sales (University Museum Reproductions) 1.0 folder

Box 1 H
22.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	Sales Desk Bank Deposits 1.0 folder
	Sales Desk Cost of Goods Sold 1.0 folder
	Sales Desk Purchase 1.0 folder
	Museum Sales Desk (University Museum Reproductions, Inventory Sheets) 1.0 folder
	Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service, etc. 1.0 folder
	Bibliography SW Mexico 1.0 folder
	Stock Issues Brown University 1.0 folder
	Student payments 1.0 folder
	Student payments Brown University 1.0 folder
	Museum Summer Personnel and Procedures 1.0 folder
	University Museum and University Pennsylvania 1.0 folder
	Visitors--Group Appointments 2.0 folders
	Visitors--Registered 1.0 folder
	Wooden Indians 1.0 folder
	Work Orders 1.0 folder
	Work Orders Brown University 1.0 folder
	Museums 1.0 folder
	N file (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1958-1965
	National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences) 1.0 folder
	National Science Foundation 1.0 folder
	National Science Foundation Brown Grants 1.0 folder

Box 1 I
44.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	National Science Foundation: Proposal Recommendations 1.0 folder
	Natural History 1.0 folder
	Office of Naval Research 1.0 folder
	Newcomb, Simon J. 1.0 folder	1946-1948
	New York Academy of Science 1.0 folder
	Nike 1.0 folder
	File O (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1958-1964
	O (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Obsidian Dating 1.0 folder
	Oschinsky, Lawrence 1.0 folder	1960-1962
	File P (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1958-1966
	P (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Park Service Publications 1.0 folder
	Pewe, Troy L. (also Hopkins, David M.) 1.0 folder	1964
	Photographs etc. 1.0 folder
	Photos, Aerial, etc. 1.0 folder	1957-1960
	Postage Rates 1.0 folder
	Press Release 1.0 folder
	Printing 1.0 folder
	Project Eye Opener 1.0 folder	1968
	Project Eye Opener 1.0 folder
	Projectors 1.0 folder	1959
	Q (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	File R (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1966
	Rainey, Froelich 1.0 folder	1940-1966
	Readers Digest 1.0 folder
	Recommendations 1.0 folder
	Recommendations 1.0 folder	1957-1958
	References (Book Lists) 1.0 folder
	Reference Materials 1.0 folder
	Reprint Requests 2.0 folders
	Rhode Island Historical Society 1.0 folder
	Robbins, Maurice (Massachusetts Archaeological Society) 1.0 folder
	Rouse, Irving 1.0 folder	1952-1965
	File S (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1942-1966
	S (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Schaefer, J. P. 1.0 folder	1957-1962
	Schumacher, Paul J.P. 1.0 folder	1959-1966
	Schulman, Edmund 1.0 folder	1941-1960
	Schuster, Carl 1.0 folder	1962
	Science and Science Service 1.0 folder
	Science Information Exchange 1.0 folder
	Simmons, William 1.0 folder	1960-1965

Box 1 J
39.0 folders

Container	Description	Date
	Skarland, Ivar 1.0 folder	1940-1964
	Slides, Kodachromes, etc. 1.0 folder
	Smith, Arthur George 1.0 folder	1950-1960
	Smith, Watson (see also S file) 1.0 folder	1960-1965
	Society for American Archaeology 2.0 folders
	SAA Abstracts 1.0 folder
	Solecki, Ralph 1.0 folder	1949-1961
	Staehle, Henry C. 1.0 folder	1958-1964
	Stefansson, Vilhjalmur 1.0 folder	1947-1960
	Stephenson, R.L. 1.0 folder	1958-1962
	Stovall, J. Willis (Univ. of Oklahoma) 1.0 folder	1948-1949
	Subscriptions etc. and books 1.0 folder
	Subscriptions and books 1.0 folder
	Swindler, Daris 1.0 folder	1960-1962
	File T (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1958-1966
	T (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Talks, speeches 1.0 folder
	Taylor, William 1.0 folder	1960-1966
	Textbooks 1.0 folder
	Thermofax 3M 1.0 folder
	Travel 1.0 folder
	Travel Payments Brown University 1.0 folder
	Tree Ring Matters 1.0 folder
	File 0 (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1966
	UNESCO 1.0 folder
	Unident 1.0 folder
	University of Arizona 1.0 folder
	File V (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1962-1966
	V (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Van Stone, James W. (see also File V) 1.0 folder	1951-1962
	File W (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1957-1966
	W (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder
	Wenner-Gren 1.0 folder
	West, Frederick-Hadleigh (see also File W) 1.0 folder	1958-1960
	Wien, Alaska Airways 1.0 folder
	Witthoft, John 1.0 folder	1954-1960
	Wormington, H. M. 1.0 folder	1949-1966
	File X,Y,Z (Miscellaneous) 1.0 folder	1948-1965

Series II: Newspaper Clippings
72.0 items

Contains newspaper clippings related to J. Louis Giddings’ professional work appearing in the press.

Container	Description	Date
	(1948, May 9). Arctic expeditions set for summer. New York Times. n.p. 1.0 page	1948
	(1955, December 21). Brown gets 350 acres of Haffenreffer estate. Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. pp. 1, 30.	1955
	(1956, September 18). Warns of museum removal. Bristol Phoenix. Bristol, Rhode Island. p. 1-2.	1956
	(1956, October 8). Indians still produce shiny new arrowheads.Bristol Evening Bulletin. Bristol, Rhode Island. n.p.	1956
	(1956, October 16). Museum future outlined by director.Bristol Phoenix. Bristol, Rhode Island. p. 1.	1956
	(1956, October 19). Giddings discovers ancient Eskimo dwellings in Alaska. Brown Daily Herald. Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. pp. 1, 6.	1956
	(1956, October 21). Ancient ‘house’ found in Arctic.New York Times. n.p.	1956
	(1956, October 21). Lost Alaskan culture found by Brown anthropologist.Sunday Standard-Times. New Bedford, Massachusetts. n.p.	1956
	(1956, October 25). Headless hunters. Brown Daily Herald. Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1956
	(1956, October 30). Rare find in the Arctic circle. Bristol Phoenix. Bristol, Rhode Island. n.p.	1956
	(1957, February 10). New bank quarters to show sand murals. Providence Sunday Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1957
	(1957, May 26). Pines may be older than redwoods. Providence Sunday Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1957
	Troy, G. (1957, June 9). Mt. Hope’s tribal treasures.Providence Sunday Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. Section 6. n.p.	1957
	(1957, August 23). List of Indian books compiled.Bristol Phoenix. Bristol, Rhode Island. p. 10.	1957
	(1957, September 18). Portsmouth school pupils visit Indian museum.Herald News. Fall River, Massachusetts. n.p.	1957
	(1957, September 18). Portsmouth students tour Indian museum.The News. Newport, Rhode Island. n.p.	1957
	(1957, October 11). 7,000 have visited museum in year.Bristol Phoenix. Bristol, Rhode Island. n.p.	1957
	(1957, December 17). Brown gets land. Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1957
	(1958, February 16). Massasoit: First politician in Warren?Providence Sunday Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.
	(1958, April 25). Bristol planning board gets Brown request.Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 27.	1958
	(1958, April 29). Prof. J.L. Giddings represents U.S. at Circum-Polar conference.Pembroke Record. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. p. 4.	1958
	(1958, May 12). Brown professor to address conference.Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 2.	1958
	(1958, September 19). Brown sociologist heard news late.Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 20.	1958
	(1958, September 23). Giddings announces lectures on early American Indians.Brown Daily Herald. Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1958
	(1958, September 23). Brown to offer public courses at museum.Bristol Phoenix. Bristol, Rhode Island. n.p.	1958
	(1958, October n.d.). Museum starts Indian lectures. Unknown Newspaper. n.p.	1958
	(1958, October 26). New archeological dating plan.Providence Sunday Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1958
	Charney, L. (1958, December 11). Concept of race is topic for panelists.Brown Daily Herald. Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. pp. 1, 4.	1958
	(1959, February 22). Brown to offer more courses in anthropology.Providence Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1959
	Allen, I. (1959, March 10). Haffenreffer estate lacks development plans.Brown Daily Herald. Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. pp. 1-2.	1959
	(1959, May 5). Professor plans new Alaskan study. Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 23.	1959
	(1959, May 29). Three to comb Alaska ‘ridge beaches.’Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 14.	1959
	McLaughlin, G. (1959, June 14). Eskimo exhibit new collection at Bristol museum. Providence Sunday Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.
	Opper, S. (1960, April 29). Anthropology division adds new courses; Heath to study Brown drinking habits.Brown Daily Herald. Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 10.	1960
	(1960, December) Urheimat der Indianer. Zurich, Switzerland. n.p.	December 1960
	(1961, October 28). Migration theory hit: Alaska findings cited.Seattle Post Intelligencer. Seattle, Washington. n.p.	1961
	Sullivan, W. (1961, October 30). Ancient culture traced in Alaska.New York Times. p. 31.	1961
	(1961, October 30). Arctic area migration theory is challenged.Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. n.p.	1961
	(1961, October 31). Dr. Louis Giddings makes new discoveries; sheds light on origin of man in America.Pembroke Record. Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 3.	1961
	(1961, October 31). Anthropologist wins support for theory.Providence Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1961
	(1961, October 31). People and places.Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 2.	1961
	Born, M. (1961, November 7). Indian culture on record.Special to the Christian Science Monitor. n.p.	1961
	(1961, November 12). Prehistoric shelters. New York Herald Tribune. New York, New York. n.p.	1961
	(1961, November 29). Russerne opdagede Amerika pastar professor i USA.Kristeligt Dagblad. n.p.	1961
	(1962, February 16). Giddings investigates relics of Eskimo, Am. Indian. Brown Daily Herald. Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1962
	(1962, December 2) A neighborly view. Providence Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1962
	Kaull, J.T. (1963, April 8). After 7 years, Brown still seeks to sell Bristol tract.Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 39.	1963
	Hodge, C. (1964, August 11). Giddings sifting soil in Alaska.Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. p. 1.	1964
	(1964, November 4). Brown professor badly hurt in Seekonk highway crash.Providence Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1964
	(1964, December 10). Dr. Giddings dies at 55 after crash.Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1964
	(1964, December 10). Dr. Giddings, Anthropology professor at Brown, dies.Providence Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. p. 28.	1964
	(1964, December 10). J. Louis Giddings, Anthropologist.Special to the New York Times. n.p.	1964
	Sullivan, L.O. (1965, June n.d.) …Journey of mixed emotions.Unknown Newspaper. p. 1-2.	1965
	(1965, October 14). Ancient houses uncovered by expedition in arctic Alaska.Anchorage Daily Times. n.p.	1965
	(1965, October 14). Brown unit uncovers 4,000-year-old house.Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. p.1, 28.	1965
	(1965, October 15). Archaeologists Find Remains in Alaska.Unknown Newspaper. Seattle, Washington. n.p.	1965
	(1965, October 15). Ancient houses are discovered on Alaska Site.Register. New Haven, Connecticut. n.p.
	(1965, October 15). Brown’s Alaskan diggings uncover earliest houses.Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. n.p.
	(1965, October 15). Ancient houses in Alaska discovered.Sun. Westerly, Rhode Island. n.p.
	(1965, October 15). Ancient Alaska houses found by Brown group.Call. Woonsocket, Rhode Island. n.p.
	(1965, October 22). Blades are 4000 years old.News. Springfield, Massachusetts.	1965
	Aarons, R.F. (1965, October 28). Both Lief, Chris are latecomers.Washington Post. Washington, D.C. n.p.	1965
	(1966, May 13). Family outing. Providence Evening Bulletin. Providence, Rhode Island. n.p.	1966
	Undated Newspaper Clippings 6.0 items
	Born, M. Arctic trek questioned.Special to the Christian Science Monitor. n.p.
	Famed Scientist Museum Head.	ca. 1956
	Giddings off to Alaska again. Providence Journal Bulletin.
	Historical Soc. Annual Outing at Mount Hope.
	Indian Museum in Bristol Will Expand Exhibits.Providence Evening Bulletin.	October 16
	Museum Seeks Statue’s Origin. New London, Connecticut. November 11, no year.
	Photograph from the Providence Evening Bulletin of the museum and buildings.	1955 or 1956
	Prehistoric
	Travel Editors Tour

Series III: Correspondence, 1956-1957
11.0 items

Contains various types of correspondence addressed to Giddings.

Container	Description	Date
	from Howard S. Curtis 1.0 letter	April 21, 1956
	from C. Schaefer 1.0 letter	April 27, 1956
	from Anne V. Seymour 1.0 letter	September 28, 1956
	from Juan Lopez-Morillas 1.0 letter	November 28, 1956
	from Gail S. Farago 1.0 letter	December 7, 1956
	from Richard E. Hale 1.0 letter	December 12, 1956
	from Clifford P. Monahon 1.0 letter	June 5, 1957
	from Mrs. Paul C. Rogers 1.0 letter	January 8, 1957
	addressed to Mr. F. Hartwell Swaffield of the Brown Club of Boston. 1.0 postcard	December 4, 1956
	from Roger Williams Park Museum and Planetarium. 1.0 postcard	February 8, 1957
	from the Bristol Historical Society Meeting. 1.0 postcard	May 21, 1957

Series IV: Printed Material
7.0 items

Miscellaneous printed material relating to professional conferences, lectures and news.

Container	Description	Date
	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Program for Section H 1.0 pamphlet/1 page	1957
	Brown Varsity Football Schedule 1.0 card	1956
	Invitation for Lecture entitled ‘Museum Trails: An Illustrated Lecture on Eskimo Origins with a preamble on the Study of Anthropology at Brown’ 1.0 item	December 10, 1956
	Invitation for the Newport Historical Society Quarterly Meeting 1.0 item	March 5, 1957
	The Brown University Weekly Bulletin 1.0 page with envelope	October 8-October 13, 1956
	The Brown University Weekly Bulletin 1.0 page	January 27-February 3, 1957
	The Brown University Weekly Bulletin 1.0 page	October 5-October 11, 1958
	Press Release - University of Pennsylvania News Bureau 1.0 page	October 1953
	Press Release - Brown University 1.0 page	February 1960
	Press Release - Brown University 1.0 page	April 22, 1961
	Press Release - Brown University 1.0 page	April 30, 1961
	Press Release - New York Times 1.0 page	October 30, 1961
	Press Release - U.S. Information Agency Broadcasting Service 1.0 page	November 20, 1961

Series V: Photographs, Slides and Glass Negatives
3.0 Linear feet

Collection of numerous photographs, slides and glass negatives taken during excavations in Alaska from 1941-1964.

Container	Description	Date
	Uncataloged Color Slides 400.0 slides
	41-1 thru 41-15, 41-17	1941
	48-1 thru 48-46	1948
	49-1 thru 40-23	1949
	50-1, 50-2	1950
	51-1 thru 4b	1951
	52-1 thru 52-38 & 52-AR-1 thru 52-AR-25	1952
	EB-1 thru EB-44	1956
	AL-58-1 thru AL-58-118	1958
	AL59-1 thru AL59-66 & 59-HS-67 thru 59-HS-99	1959
	AL-60-1 thru AL-60-258	1960
	AL-61-1 thru AL-61-63 & 61-PD-87 thru 61-PD-151 & 61-DA-66 thru 61-DA-150 & 61-JLG-152 thru 61-JLG-177	1961
	63-JLG-1 thru 63-JLG-13	1963
	64-1 thru 64-321 & Expedition 1964 64-1 thru 64-321	1964
	Boxes of glass negatives 1.6 Linear feet

Series VI: Films
16.0 reels

Collection of films taken during archaeological excavations in the Arctic.

Container	Description	Date
	Untitled 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-7 ¼”
	labeled “O.P. ORIG” “37’” A note inside the can “O.P. orig. Tom H. of A. G5-66 reel 2” is written on an appointment calendar page (Feb. 6+7 1970) 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-7 ¼”
	labeled “F-7028 O.P. 1967 ORIG ” on top, “10-1” on bottom, “F 7028 BROWN UNIV.IR.ORIG EKTA” on side 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-7 ¼”
	labeled “REJECTS–Mr. Giddings I” 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-9 ½”
	labeled “O.P. orig.” 1.0 reel labeled “O.P. orig.” Dimensions: Diameter-10 ½”
	labeled “WORK PRINT REEL 1, pt. 1 65-66” 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-10 ¾”	1965-1966
	labeled “WORK PRINT REEL 1, pt. 2 65-66” “O.P. work print” on side 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-10 ¾”	1965-1966
	labeled “O.P. work print” & “B-W work Print” 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-10 ¾“
	“ORIGINAL COLOR Photo-Lab Brown University Providence, R.I.” on top, “K-4175–BROWN UNIVERSITY–PHOTO LAB–ATT. P.J. LAGOY–IR–KODA-MASTER”, on edge 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-10 ¾”
	labeled “Black +White Work Print” on top, “O.P. Work Print” on edge 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-11 ¼”
	labeled “Mr. Giddings June, 1963” Note inside “Mr. Giddings Film” is taped to the reel with “June, 1963” imprinted on the tape “End of first part” written on the reel 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-12 ¼”	1963
	labeled “Films for Mrs. Giddings Original Films” on note taped to top 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-12 ¼”
	Labeled “O.P. Reel 2 1965-6 WORK PRINT 65-66 REEL 2” 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-12 ½”	1965-1966
	labeled “Mr. Giddings film Time 38 min – silent” 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-14”
	labeled “F5668–BROWN UNIV. (REEL 1-PT-1) (REEL 1–PT2) 2-16 ORIG KODA” 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-15”
	labeled “2 x 750” Taped to lid inside: “Precision Film Labs, Inc. Subject: Brown University 2 reels” “O.P.originals” 1.0 reel Dimensions: Diameter-15”

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