A Guide to the Records of the Florida Anthropological Society
Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
August 2011
Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator: | Florida Anthropological Society | |
| Title: | Records of the Florida Anthropological Society | |
| Dates: | 1947-1990 | |
| Abstract: | Records of the Florida Anthropological Society include minutes of meetings, reports, articles of incorporation and constitution, financial and membership records, correspondence, newsletters, and chapter records. | |
| Extent: | 4 Linear feet. 9 boxes. | |
| Identification: | MS 122 | |
| Language(s): | English | |
Biographical/Historical Note
Established in 1947 and incorporated in 1964, the Florida Anthropological Society promotes anthropological studies, particularly of the Native Americans of Florida, and seeks to conserve archaeological sites in Florida.
Scope and Content
The records of the Florida Anthropological Society include minutes of annual and executive committee meetings, officers' reports, articles of incorporation and constitution, financial and membership records, correspondence, newsletters, and chapter records. Proceedings of some board meetings are on cassette tapes.
Access or Use Restrictions
Access
The collection is open for research.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Records of the Florida Anthropological Society, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Contents List
Society Records |
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| 1 | Minutes, agendas, treasurer's and editor's reports, and other meeting material of Annual and Executive Committee Meetings. Arranged by year. 1947-1985 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Minutes, etc. (continued). 1986-[1990] | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Articles of incorporation, Constitution | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Membership Lists. 1947-1987 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | FAS Ledger. 1947-1950 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Eastern States Archeological Federation Papers | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Upper St. Johns Recreational Development Committee Papers | ||||||||||||
| 2 | U.S. Corporation Income Tax Returns. 1965-1968 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | General Correspondence. 1947-1961 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | President's Correspondence (Fairbanks). 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | President's Correspondence (Lazarus). 1961 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | General Correspondence. 1962-1969 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | General Correspondence. 1970-1988 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Florida Anthropological Society Newsletter, no. 1-113 (missing #3, 8-9, 37-39, 54, 77-78, 105, 107-110). 1947-1988 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | FAS Publications (includes Handbook, Operating Procedures Manual, and Chapter Workshop Newsletter, v.1, no. 1, 1976) | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Publications of Interest to the Society (includes Florida's Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan, 1986, and Rules and Regulation of Historic Sites Designations) | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Survey of FAS Chapter. 1981 | ||||||||||||
Chapter Files |
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| 7 | Apalachee Anthropological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Archaeological Society of the Museum of Science (Dade County) | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Broward County Archaeological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Central Florida Anthropological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Dade County Chapter (Miami-West Indian) | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Indian River Anthropological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Northeast Florida Chapter | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Northwest Florida Chapter | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Ocali Scrub Anthropological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Palm Beach County Archaeological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Pensacola Archaeological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Augustine Archaeological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Johns Anthropological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | South Florida Chapter | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Southeast Volusia Historical Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Southwest Florida Archaeological Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Suncoast Archaeological Society (Tampa Bay/Pinellas County Chapters). 1969-1982 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Tampa Bay Chapter. 1963 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Timesifters Archaeology Society | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Withlacoochee River Archaeology Council | ||||||||||||
Audiovisual Materials |
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| 8 | FAS Board Minutes (cassette tapes). 1974-1989 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Two carousels of slides | ||||||||||||
1989-1990 Files |
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| 9 | Handbook | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Minutes, reports. 1989-1990 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Correspondence. 1989-1990 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | State organizations. 1988-1990 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Operating procedure manual | ||||||||||||
Selected Subjects and Access Terms
Anthropology -- Florida
Anthropology -- Societies, etc
Archaeology -- Florida
Florida -- Antiquities
Indians of North America -- Florida
Indians of North America -- Florida -- Antiquities
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