Archaeology Society of South Carolina Records 

 The following two paragraphs are shamelessly copied from the ASSC web page:                

                                                Mission Statement 

The Archaeological Society of South Carolina is an association of professional and avocational archaeologists and concerned citizens uniting together in a cooperative effort to understand the prehistory and history of South Carolina. It is a Society of dedicated members exerting their combined efforts toward the interpretation and preservation of South Carolina's rich cultural heritage.

The Archaeological Society of South Carolina has been in operation since 1968. Our goal is to share information about South Carolina's archaeological heritage. We do this through our annual conference, which is held in the Spring, a Fall Field Day event, a quarterly newsletter, and via the internet with this web site, a blog, and a Facebook page.
                              
                                                                         Creating a Finding Aid:

The Archaeology Society of South Carolina (ASSC)  is now in it's 47th year. For many years society records were kept at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) but not catalogued. Anthropologist and society archivist, Meg Gaillard began the process of  organizing the society's records in 2008. In the Archivist Report to the ASSC board, she reported on the "Current state of ASSC Archives, What Needs to be done, and What Should be Archived in the Future." Meg's recommendations and work, served as a template for current society archivist Brent Burgin to complete the processing of ASSC records.

The early years of the society are documented very well in these holdings. There are holes in the records however, especially in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Hopefully our membership may be able to assist in this area. 

ASSC Finding Aid as of 7/31/2015: 

Please note that this is not yet a finished document. I'm still hoping to find additional materials before we add box and folder numbers. Our missing copies of Features and Profiles are also highlighted. 

ASSC FINDING AID                7/31/2015

I.  CONSTITUTION/CHARTERS (includes drafts and revisions)

II. MEETING MINUTES

Dec 1969-1991, 1994-2005, 2007-2009, 2012

III. CORRESPONDENCE

       1968-2008   

IV.  FINANCIAL

Grant-In-Aid Fund, 1993-2008, includes correspondence and statements

Life time members saving account, 1971-1982, includes passbook and statements

Treasurer’s Reports, 1971-1994, 1997-2000, 2005-2009       

Trust Fund Statements, 1988-1991, 1993-1997  

V.   MEMBERSHIP

Ephemera, applications and decals

Roster, 1971-1990, 1993, 2000, 2003-2007

VI. PROGRAMMING/EVENTS

ASSC Annual Conference, 1975-

        Flyers and Ephemera, 1975-1998, 2008-2009, 2011, 2013

ASSC Fall Field Day, 1988-

        Flyers and Ephemera, 1988-2001, 2003-2006, 2010, 2012

VII. CHAPTERS

Abbeville Chapter, Correspondence, 1994

Aiken Chapter, Correspondence, 1993

Allendale Chapter, Correspondence, 1987-1991

Anderson Chapter, Correspondence,1985-1992

Beaufort Chapter, Correspondence, 1994, 1997

Charleston Chapter, Correspondence, 1981-1982, 1987, 1990-1991, 2000, n.d.

Foothills Chapter

      Correspondence, 1998-2004, ps.

      Newsletters, 1998-2002, 2004-2014

Hilton Head

      Correspondence, 1993-1994, 2002-2013

      Newsletters, 2004-2005, 2010-

Lowcountry

      Correspondence, 1979-1987, 1994

      Financial, 1980-1996

Lower Pee Dee Chapter, Correspondence, 1990

Midlands Chapter

     Correspondence, 1995-2001

     Newsletters, 1995-2004, 2006 

York Chapter

     Correspondence and Miscellaneous, 1990-1992

     Newsletter, 1991-1998

VIII. PUBLICATIONS

1. SC Antiquities

    Vol. 01-45, 1969-2014  

    Occasional Papers, 1 (1981), 2 (1990), 3 (1995)  

    Working Files – contain drafts, edits, photographs some unpublished and correspondence

    1978-1980, 1982-1984, 1986-1996,      

2.  Features and Profiles

     1972, 1974-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2006, 2009-2015

     Missing –    

     1973, 1974 Feb, Oct, Nov, 1975 Jan, 1982 Jan, Apr, 1984 Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec     

     1986 Mar, Apr, Jun, 1991 March/Apr issue, 1993 Nov/Dec issue, 1995 Jan/Feb, Jul/Aug,

      Nov/Dec , 1996 Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, 1997  Nov/Dec, 1998, 1999,

      Sep/Oct, 2000 Jul/Sep, Oct/Nov, 2001 Apr/Jun, Oct/Dec, 2005 Jan/Mar, Apr/Jun,

      Jul/Sep, 2006, Sep/Dec?, 2007 Missing, 2008 Missing, 2009 Jan/Mar?, 2010-2,3,4, 2011-1

   

IX. PHOTOGRAPHS and SLIDES

1. Annual ASSC Conference, 1978, 1988-1998, 2001-2003, 2005-2006

    1978, Apr. 15 (45 contact print sheet)

    1988, Mar. 26 (31 slides)

    1989, Apr. 22 (19)

    1990, Apr. (63 photos, 11 slides of Doug Scott Visit

    1991, Apr. 13 (6 photos,10 slides)

    1992, Mar. 28, (7 photos, 36 contact sheet)

    1993, Apr.   3, (32)

    1994 (6)

    1995, Apr. 1 (5 photos, 29 contact sheet)

    1996, Apr. 20, (49)

    1997 (33)

    1998, Feb. 21, (35)

    2001, Apr. 17, (25)

    2002, Feb. 23, (26)

    2003, Feb. 22, (37)

    2005, Feb. 19, (21)

    2006, Feb. 18, (11)

    Unidentified, 3 different conferences, (28)

2. Annual ASSC Fall Field Day, 1988-1995, 1997, 2001, 2004-2005

    1988, (1 photo, 71 slides)

    1989, Oct. 2 (65 photos, 51 slides)

    1990, Sep. 29 (18 photos, 94 slides)

    1991, Sep. 28 (18 photos, 41 slides)

    1992, (19)

    1993, (78 photos, 160 slides)

    1994, Oct. 1, (32 photos, 104 slides)

    1995, Oct. 7, (24 photos, 195 slides)

    1996, (291 slides)

    1997, Oct. 3-4, (72) Sadlers Creek State Park, (Anderson County)

    2001, Oct. 5-6, (68) Charlestown Landing State Park (Charleston County)

    2004, (22)

    2005, (33) Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site (Kershaw County)

    Unidentified, (26)  Catawba Indian Nation Drum and Dance Team, 1998, 1999, or 2000

    Unidentified, (64), 2003 or 2006

    Unidentified, (22)

3. Archaeology Week Kick Off, 1993, 1995

     1993, (72) Statehouse Grounds, Columbia, SC (Richland County)

     1995, Oct. 2, (35)

4. ASSC Anderson Chapter, 1991, (9)

5. Congaree Creek Canoe Trip, 1999, Sep. 26, (7)  

6. ASSC/NCAS Joint Meeting, Town Creek Mound, NC, 1995 Apr. 29 (12, 36 contact sheet)

7. Annual Picnic

    1980, Oct. 19 Ft. Watson (38 contact print sheet)

9. Photos for Fall Field Day Brochure (5 photos, 5 slides)

10. Unidentified (20)

X. South Carolina Archaeology Society (SCAS) Precursor to ASSC, 1958 -?

1. Clippings and Miscellaneous

2. Constitution and Certificate of Incorporation

3. Correspondence, 1957-1959, 1961-1964

4. Financial, 1959-1964

5. Meeting Minutes, 1958-1959, 1961-1964

6. Membership, 1959-1962

7. Newsletter, 1962

8. Clippings – includes 10 photographs from a Jan 1961 dig in Lexington County

XI. MISCELLANEOUS

Extra Ephemera, Newsletters (from other archaeological organizations), clippings

The Native American Studies Archive

Genealogical Materials

The following published works and archival material folders represent various genealogical resources available at the Native American Studies Archive. It should also be noted the archive contains several other texts devoted solely to identifying and researching one’s Native American ancestry.

Catawba Indians:  

I. Print Resources

Blumer, Thomas John. Bibliography of the Catawba. Meutchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1987.

Head/Bentley Family: two cultures joined together to form one great family. [1995].

Martin, Judy Canty. Genealogy of the Western Catawba: Genealogy of the 5 Families and those who joined them in the west. Cortez, CO.  J Martin, [2002?].

Martin, Judy Canty. It's about time : the complete genealogy of the Catawba Indians early, 1700-1961 : (including both western and eastern families. Cortez, CO. J. Martin, [2000?].

Martin, Judy Canty. My Father’s People: A Complete Genealogy of the Catawba Nation.

        Cortez, CO.  J Martin, 2002.

Watson, Ian. Catawba Indian Genealogy. Geneseo Foundation: Dept of Anthropology, SUNY at Geneseo, 1995. Print.  This excellent resource is also available online at:

http://www.ianwatson.org/genealogy_downloads.html

II. Archival Resources

The following resources are all located in the TJ Blumer Collection on the Catawba Nation.

http://usclancaster.sc.edu/NASarchive/blumer/index.html

Census Information:

Analyses and Commentary

1820 (Hugh White Accounts)

1840s (Hutchinson Papers)

1849

1862 (J. R. Patton, Catawba Indian Agent)

1872 (Fairmount, Ga. – Oklahoma Removal)

1880 (United States Census)

1900 (United States Census)

1900 (Sanford, Co.)

1908 (Eastern Band Cherokee Indians of N.C.)

1910 (United States Census)

1930 (United States Census)

Genealogy Information:

Ballard/Harris Families (Western Catawba)

Beck Family

Blue Family – from Florence I. Speck trip of 22 Jan. 1942                  

Blue/Sanders Family – Records kept by Mohave Sanders Bryson and Arzada Sanders

Catawba Funeral Records kept by Garfield Harris (1950-1989) 

Cherokee Intermarriage          

Harris Family (1843-1979) Record kept by Bertha Mae George Harris

Harris Family (1872-1951) Record kept by Fannie Canty George

Harris Family (1756-1966) Georgia Harris family chronology

Harris Family Records compiled by Garfield Harris

Head Family Records kept by Harry and Beverly Head

Information from the Catawba Indian Plat and Account Book (c. 1805-1844)

Marsh/Mush Family (Pamunkey/Catawba)

Marsh/Mush Family includes Garcia, Patterson and White (Western Catawba)

Miscellaneous

Mormon Records

Olin Plyler Family Records (1867-1965)

Price Family                   

Scots-Irish Intermarriages – Smith, Pat and Dwight A. Radford (1999) – “The Scots-Irish

        as Catawba”

Walsh Family Records kept by Cynthia Walsh (primarily Western Catawba)

Biographical Files:

The TJ Blumer Collection on the Catawba Indian contains over 200 individual biographical files. These folders contain clippings, death certificates, and various ephemera.

Clippings Files:

Catawba Indian newspaper Clippings begins in 1875 and continue to present day.  

Cherokee Indians:

Print Resources:

Blankenship, Bob. Cherokee Roots. B Blankenship, 1978.

Jerry Wright Jordan Comp. Cherokee by blood : records of Eastern Cherokee ancestry in the US Court of Claims, 1906-1910. 3 vols. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1987-1988. Print.

Starr, Emmett. History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends and folklore. 1921. Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint Co., 1977.

Starr, Emmett. Old Cherokee Families: Notes of Dr. Emmett Starr. 2 vols. Oklahoma City: Baker Publishing Co., 1988. 

South Carolina Indians: 

I. Print Resources

Haithcock, Richard L and Vicki L Haithcock. Occaneechie Saponi and Tutelo of the Saponi nation, aka Piedmont Catawba : southeastern Indian refugees from Virginia, the Carolinas and Tennessee in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Haithcock, 1995.  

South Carolina Indians, Indian traders, and other ethnic connection: beginning in 1670.

Theresa M. Hicks ed. Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Co., 1998. 

II. Archival Resources:

The Wesley Taukchiray Collection contains genealogical information on several different South Carolina Tribes. Many of these folders contain extensive family documentation along with family trees created by Mr. Taukchiray.

Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina  

http://usclancaster.sc.edu/nasarchive/taukchiray/Edisto-Natchez-Kusso.pdf

Taukchiray, Wes. Some of the Written Memory of the Natchez-Kusso Indians of Edisto River.

Ridgeville, SC: Natchez-Kusso Indian Tribe and Nation, 1980.

Santee Indian Organization

http://usclancaster.sc.edu/nasarchive/taukchiray/Santee.pdf

Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians

Benenhaley, Dr. Eleazer. An Analysis of Neophytes and Would Be Historians

Taukchiray, Wes. A History of the Turks who Live in Sumter, South Carolina from 1810 to 1972.

Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Man, Smithsonian Institution, 1975.

Wassamassaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians

http://usclancaster.sc.edu/nasarchive/taukchiray/Varnertown.pdf

Virginia:

I. Print Resources:

Monocan Indian Nation:

I. Print Resource:

Whitlock, Rosemary. The Monocan Indian Nation of Virginia. Tuscaloosa, U of Al Press: 2008. 

II Archival Resource:

The Rosemary Clark Whitlock Collection at USC Lancaster contains additional information.  

Pamunkey Indian Nation: 

From the TJB Collection on the Catawba Nation:

Censuses

1820 (United States Census)

1830 (United States Census)

1840 (United States Census)

1850 (United States Census)

1860 (United States Census)

1880 (United States Census, incomplete)

1900 (United States Census, includes some Mattaponi)

1910 (United States Census, includes some Mattaponi)  

Clippings (1884-2001) See also Virginia clippings file

The Native American Studies Archives at USC Lancaster

         The  Native American Studies Archive in 2015 

11 Collections

200+ Linear Feet of Material

5500 Letters

6500 Slides

4000 Photographs

170+ hours of oral history recordings

600+ Monographs 

Extensive historical documentation on the:

Catawba Indian Nation

Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina 

Natchez Indian Tribe

Beaver Creek Indians 

Pee Dee Indian Tribe of SC

Pee Dee Indian Nation of Upper SC

Santee Indian Organization 

Sumter Tribe of the Cheraw Indians 

Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians 

The Native American Studies Archive is the largest grouping of Native American materials within the state of South Carolina. The Archive was founded with the acquisition of the Thomas John Blumer Collection in 2003. In the following decade strong efforts have been made to collect the archival papers of Native Americans, scholars and interested researchers  working with Native Americans. Our main collection area focus is South Carolina and surrounding areas. 

Holdings: 

Steven Guy Baker Collection (1.25 Linear Feet) 

Archaeologist Steve Baker made substantial published contributions to the ethnohistory and archaeology of Colorado’s Ute Indians and the Catawba Indians of South Carolina. As a graduate student he is credited with having accurately ordered the early ethnographic landscape of SC and identifying the location of the famed province of Cofitachique of the 1540 de Soto narratives. This work still stands at the root of much ongoing research in the Carolinas. He was also instrumental in planning the 1973 Columbia (SC) Museum of Art exhibit that helped revitalize and possibly save the ancient Catawba Indian Nation pottery tradition. 

Acquired April 2009. 

Dr. Thomas John Blumer Collection (101.5 Linear Feet): 

The T. J. Blumer Catawba Research Collection contains a wide variety of materials amassed and created by the donor over a 40-year period as he conducted his research on the Catawba and other Native American peoples, with a focus on the pottery of the Catawba Indians. The collection provides the best existing documentation on the life, work, techniques, and products of the Catawba potters; artists who have maintained the oldest existing continuous pottery tradition in the United States.  

James LaMont "Monty" Hawk Branham Collection (1.0 Linear Feet): 

Catawba Monty Branham is representative of the Catawba Cultural Renaissance that began in the 1990s. In 1996 he travelled to Oklahoma, visiting the Creek Nation and studying their rites and rituals. In 1997 along with Nola Campbell and former wife Anna, he travelled to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Clad in tribal regalia, the trio demonstrated Catawba arts and crafts and were very successful. Monty's journals of these trips chronicle his experiences and provide valuable insights into the everyday life experiences of a modern day Native American. Acquired September 2006.

Gene Joseph Crediford Collection (3.75 Linear Feet): 

Long time University of South Carolina anthropologist and noted photographer Gene Crediford was one of the first modern-day academic researchers to work with Native American tribes and tribal groups in South Carolina. For over twenty-five years he interviewed, photographed and worked with South Carolina’s Native People. This collection contains numerous photographs and slides. . 

Acquired June 2012. 

Alice Bee Kasakoff Collection (1.25 Linear Feet) 

Dr. Kasakoff was one of the first modern day academic researchers to work with non-Catawba Native American tribes and tribal groups in South Carolina. A long time professor of anthropology at the University of South Carolina, Alice is perhaps best known as a historical demographer and has taught graduate and undergraduate course on Native Americans, anthropology, migration history, gender and theory. Acquired February 2010. 

David Livingston Pittman Collection (1.25 Linear Feet) 

David Pittman, a resident of Kershaw, SC,  has long been interested in the Catawba Indians. In 1993 he began videotaping the annual Yap Ye Iswa (Day of the Catawba) Festival. This collection contains important documentary video of important tribal personages and elders. Acquired August 2008.

Early Fred Sanders Collection (18.75 Linear Feet) 

Fred Sanders was Vice-Chief of the Catawba Nation for nearly twenty years and a large part of the Catawba Indian Nation's struggle to regain federal recognition. He was a fierce advocate for Native American rights and a consummate politician. This collection was created and amassed by Fred over a forty year period and is South Carolina's largest collection  of archival materials created by a Native American.  Acquired August 2007. 

Wesley Durant Taukchiray Collection (4.25 Linear Feet) 

A contract researcher, compiler and genealogist, Wesley Taukchiray has endeavoured to identify the historical predecessors of present day Indian groups in both South and North Carolina. His research efforts began wit the Four Holes Indian Community in Dorchester County, SC in 1969. This collection contains historical information from three South Carolina State Recognized Tribes.

Acquired February 2010, addition May 2012. 

Rosemary Clark Whitlock Collection (2.5 Linear Feet) 

Researcher, author, poet and independent scholar. At the age of 19, Rosemary Whitlock discovered her mother was a Monacan Indian. Virginia's Native Americans suffered greatly during the time of the state's Racial Integrity Law and often moved far away, hoping to pass for white and start over. Later in life, Rosemary reconnected with the Monacan Indian Nation, and published a series of oral-history interviews with her people. Her auto-ethnography, The Drums of Life: The Monocan Indian Nation of Virginia is an important source book for the Monocan people. Acquired April 2010. 

David Lindsay Pettus Collection (4.25 Linear Feet) Long time local historian, conservationist and founder of the Katawba Valley Land Trust. Anyone seeking historical information in Lancaster is usually referred to Lindsay. This collection contains the contents of the "Indian Drawer" a grouping of clippings, photographs, Native American land leases, and other materials. The donation also includes featured a 40 year run of the Lancaster News (1921-1922, 1925, 1928, 1930-1966, June 1970-1972). There are many clippings about the Catawbas in these newspapers that were not published elsewhere. Acquired February 2013. 

Claude Whitford Chavis Jr. Collection (6 Linear Feet - estimated)

Historian, educator and author of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pee Dee After Contact. This collection contains extensive documentation on the Pee Dee Indian Nations of South Carolina. Clippings, articles, writings, genealogical materials, and digital documents comprise the majority of these materials. Acquired February 2015.