Patty Jo Watson Papers
The Patty Jo Watson Papers consists mainly of published essays and books reviews, teaching material, and graduate schoolwork that help document Watson's archaeological career.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-2003
Creator
- Watson, Patty Jo, 1932- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
3.50 linear feet
4 boxes
Biographical Information
Patty Jo Watson is an American archaeologist renowned for her work on Pre-Columbian Native Americans, especially in the Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky. She is now Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis. Until her retirement in 2004, she was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis. Watson earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1959. In 1988, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and she received the Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement in 1999 from the Archaeological Institute of America.
Method of Acquisition
Accession number 23041. Gift of Patty Jo Watson, August 1, 2004.
Accession number 2014-055. Gift of Patty Jo Watson, July 14, 2014.
Accession number 2014-066. Gift of Patty Jo Watson, July 16, 2014.
Appraisal Information
Accurals are interfiled within the collection.
Processing Information
Processed by Abigail Dunn and Sarah Schnuriger in the summer of 2019.
Creator
- Watson, Patty Jo, 1932- (Person)
- Title
- Patty Jo Watson Papers
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
Revision Statements
- 2021 May 13: Resource record updated in ArchiveSpace by Sarah Schnuriger.
Collecting Area Details
Part of the University Archives Collecting Area
Sonya Rooney
Olin Library, 1 Brookings Drive
MSC 1061-141-B
St. Louis MO 63130 US
(314) 935-5495
spec@wumail.wustl.edu