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Cody, WY 82414 3428
Phone: 307-578-4138
Email: hmrl [at] centerofthewest.org
Created by: Husted, Wilfred M. (October 27, 1928 - August 11, 2015), Davis, Leslie B (December 7, 1936 - October 7, 2014), Edgar, Robert (July 27, 1939 - April 20, 2012), Horse Capture, George P. (October 20, 1937 - April 16, 2013), Hughes, Susan S. (1949 -), McCracken, Harold (August 31, 1894 - March 12, 1983), Wedel, Waldo Rudolf (September 10, 1908 - August 12, 1996)
Volume: 6.0 Boxes
Acquired:
01/01/1981. 2014.05.29 Les Davis Materials, 11 folders
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.
Biographical Note for Husted, Wilfred M. (October 27, 1928 - August 11, 2015) : 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.
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.
Subject Index
Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Clovis culture
Mummy Cave (Wyo.)
Shoshone National Forest (Wyo.)
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Acquisition Notes:
Harold McCracken & Jack Richard Donation
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
PreferredCitation: Mummy Cave Collection, MS 29, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West