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Title: MS 029 - Mummy Cave Collection, 1962-2010

Creator: Husted, Wilfred M. (October 27, 1928 - August 11, 2015)

Extent: 6.0 Boxes

Arrangement:

Contents of collection have been reorganized and condensed from document boxes into cubic feet-sized boxes. The contents of Box 1 comprise the old boxes 1-4 and are now labeled as series 1-4. Similarly, Box 2 comprises the old boxes 5-7 & 14 and are now labeled as series 5-9. Old photo boxes 9, 12 & 13 are now housed in Box 3. Photo boxes 10 & 14 are now in Box 4.

All excavation profiles from series 5 & 7 are unnumbered and mostly unscanned. Series 8, the Les Davis papers, is unscanned.

Date Acquired: 01/01/1981

Languages: English [eng]

Research, publications, photos, reports and notes of both scientific and personal nature concerning the Mummy Cave archaeological site near Cody, Wyoming, located at 44°27′38.448″N, 109°44′9.6″W on the North Fork Highway between Wapiti and the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The content spans from the early 1960s to the mid 2000s, but is mainly from the 1960s with some materials dating to the 1980s. Most of the materials in this collection were created by Harold McCracken, Wilfred Husted, Leslie Davis, Waldo Wedel, Susan Hughes, George HorseCapture and Robert Edward.

For current finding guide please visit: https://mccrackenatcenterofthewest.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/455

Wilfred Husted (October 27, 1928 - August 11, 2015): was an officer with the National Park Service and led the investigation of Mummy Cave in 1966.

Accruals: 2014.05.29 Les Davis Materials, 11 folders

Access Restrictions: McCracken Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials. Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation or publication. Contact McCracken Research Library for more information.

Acquisition Source: Harold McCracken & Jack Richard

Acquisition Method: Donation

Separated Materials: Vertical File - Mummy Cave

Related Publications:

Husted, Wilfred M., and Robert Edgar. The Archaeology of Mummy Cave, Wyoming: An Introduction to Shoshonean Prehistory. Lincoln, Nebraska, United States Department of the Interior, 2002.

E99 .S39 H87 2002 c.2

McCracken, Harold, et al. The Mummy Cave Project in Northwestern Wyoming. Cody, Wyoming, The Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1978.

E78 .W95 M85 1978

Hughes, Susan. "Mummy Cave Revisited." Annals of Wyoming, 1988, pp. 44-53, archive.org/details/annalsofwyom60121988wyom/page/44.

F756 .A67 v.60 1988

Preferred Citation: Mummy Cave Collection, MS 29, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West