Professor & Reference and Instruction Librarian Coordinator
St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228-8608
USA
dduesterhoeft@stmarytx.edu
National Park Service
Here is a list of National Park Service websites that pertain most closely to archeology and anthropology.
- National Park Service (NPS)NPS homepage with links to parks, travel itineraries, historic places, etc.
- Discover History (NPS)The history behind national parks, monuments, and landmarks, as well as preservation information and collections of historical materials. Includes a large number of historical photos.
- National Register of Historic Places (NPS)Official list of historic places worthy of preservation, including over 80,000 individual places.
- Publications (NPS)Browseable list of cultural and natural resources publications produced by the National Park Service.
The Library has some of the National Park Service's publications in these areas, especially if they pertain to sites in Texas or the Southwest. Here are some NPS series (note that Library has substantial holdings only in the Handbooks series):
- General publications (I 29.2: ). Scattered throughout this general classification number are publications of various types, some of which deal with specific sites, mostly in Texas.
- Handbooks (I 29.9/5: ). Each booklet gives detailed information on events and persons associated with a park or site; include national parks, national historic sites and parks and national monuments.
- Historical Handbooks (I 29.58: ). Earlier series which includes detailed information on different historic sites and national monuments.
- Archeology Publications (I 29.59: )
- Park Management Plans (I 29:88: )
- Anthropology Publications (I 29.92: )
Some of these items may have online versions. If so, there will be links to these digital documents in the Library Catalog, or you can search for them on the National Park Service website.
Smithsonian
Here is a list of Smithsonian Institution's websites that pertain most closely to archeology and anthropology.
- Smithsonian InstitutionMain portal to the Smithsonian's many collections. Includes information about museums, research, and the National Zoo.
- Anthropology: Smithsonian ResourcesLinks to major anthropology websites and collections.
- Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reportsimportant agency for anthropology whose Annual Reports contain substantive research work; collection is from 1879-1930. Digitized by the National Library of France.
- Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural HeritageResearch unit of the Smithsonian that includes videos, music, publications, online digital exhibitions, educational material, and finding aids for physical collections at the center.
- Smithsonian Digital LibraryOnline access to many Smithsonian publications.
The Library only has selected items in print from these Smithsonian series, but there are links to digital versions in the Library Catalog:
- Contributions to Anthropology (SI 3.11: ), (SI 1.33: )
- Folklife Studies (SI 1.43: )
- General Publications (SI 1.2: )
Library of Congress, etc.
There are other agencies that provide access to materials. Some selected websites include:
- govInfo.govgovinfo is the portal to GPO hosted material. It provides access to U.S. government publications from the three branches of the federal government.
- Library of Congress Digital Collections: Search"A gateway to the Library of Congress’s vast resources of digitized American historical materials." This portal includes the content from the old American Memory site and additional digital sources. LOC.
- Annotated Bibliography of Native American History from United States Federal DocumentsPDF. Major government references sources about the history of Native Americans. Published in 2012 by GODORT.
- Historical Topographic Maps: Preserving the Past (USGS)200,000 extremely detailed maps back to the 1880's are being digitized in this project; more added to the collection all the time
- Official Land Records (BLM)Provides access to over two million Federal land title records, issued between 1820 and 1908. Records can be used for geneology research by connecting people and locations.
The library owns other historic information produced by the Congress, the Library of Congress, and various federal agencies. Some examples include the following:
- America Preserved; a checklist of historical buildings, structures and sites. LC 1.2:H 62/7. 1994. Catalog of sites listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey and the Historic American Engineering Record; includes some photographs and other illustrations.
- Historic America: buildings, structures, sites. LC 1.2:H 62/5. 1983. Contains essays on the work of the Historic American Buildings Survey and a comprehensive list of the sites recorded by the survey.
The Library has several books detailing the history of important government buildings in Washington. These sets are also available via govinfo.gov.
- History of the United States Capitol: a chronicle of design, construction, and politics. Y 1.1/2:14620.
- Capitol Builder : the shorthand journals of Montgomery C. Meigs, 1853-1859, 1861: a project to commemorate the United States Capitol bicentennial, 1800-2000. Y 1.1/2:14612.
- Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol. Y 1.1/2:14909.
- A Botanic Garden for the Nation: the United States Botanic Garden. Y 1.1/2:15000.
Other Agencies
- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Y 3. H 62:)
- U.S. Capitol Historical Society (Y 3.H 62/2:)
- U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society (Y 3. H 62/3:)
- White House Historical Society (Y 3. H 62/4:)