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A Guide to the John M. Goggin Papers

Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2005


Descriptive Summary

Provenance: Goggin, John M. (John Mann), 1916-1963
Title: John M. Goggin Papers
Dates: 1948-1963
Abstract: Correspondence and notes on archaeology and archaeological investigations in Florida, elsewhere in the southeastern United States, and the Caribbean.
Extent: 4 linear feet.
Identification: Ms 44


Biographical/Historical Note

Archeologist and University of Florida faculty member. Born in Chicago and moved to Miami as a boy. Educated at the University of Florida, University of New Mexico, and Yale University. Goggin became Professor of Anthroplogy at the University of Florida in 1948.


Scope and Content

Correspondence and notes on archeology and archeological investigations in Florida, elsewhere in the southeastern United States and the Caribbean. In addition to Goggin's regular files, there are nine card files on subjects such as Seminole and Creek Ethnology, archeology sites, lecture notes, and general notes on culture and customs.


Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John M. Goggin Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dr. Margaret Knox Goggin (Mrs. John M. Goggin).


Contents List

General Files


Box 1

Publications and Research; A - O

Box 2

Publications and Research; P - Z

Box 3

Sites: Florida
Sites: Bahamas
Sites: Colombia
Sites: Venezuela
Sites: Student Research

Box 4

Miscellaneous Topics: Ancient Coins
Miscellaneous Topics: Club of Exploration
Miscellaneous Topics: Collection Survey
Miscellaneous Topics: Everglades National Park
Miscellaneous Topics: Conference Grants
Miscellaneous Topics: Indians Pottery
Miscellaneous Topics: Research Projects
Miscellaneous Topics: Seminoles Shells
Miscellaneous Topics: Spanish Colonial Art
Miscellaneous Topics: University of New Mexico

Box 5

Correspondence: Swanton, John
Correspondence: Rouse, Irving
Correspondence: Sturtevant, William
Correspondence: Fairbanks, Charles
Correspondence: True, David
Correspondence: Miscellaneous: 1955 -1969 Personal and Family

Box 6

Clippings; Seminoles

Box 7

Clippings, Bahamas
Clippings, Santo Domingo
Clippings, Misc. 1944-1949
Clippings, Misc. 1950-1959
Clippings, Misc. 1960-1964
Manuscript: Space and Time Perspective in Northern St. Johns Archeology. Florida, (New Haven: Published for the Dept. Of Anthropology, Yale University, by the Yale University Press; London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1951)

Box 8

Photographs: Choctaw material culture
Photographs: Dominican Republic
Photographs: Southeast material culture (belts)
Photographs: Seminole artifacts
Photographs: Choctaw Fair; 1961
Photographs: Choctaw; notes
Photographs: Eslabones
Photographs: Cherokee
Photographs: Creek photographs; Oklahoma
Photographs: Underwater archaeology

Box 9

Field Notebooks: Florida (22)

Box 10

Field Notebooks: Undated: Mexican Songs
Field Notebooks: 1936: Mexico, Chihuahua, biology
Field Notebooks: 1936: Mexico, Chihuahua, biology - Surface collecting notes
Field Notebooks: 1936: Mexico, Chihuahua, biology - Excavation notes
Field Notebooks: 1939: Mexico, Michoacan and Guerrraro - three notebooks
Field Notebooks: 1940-41: Travelogue; trip to Chihuahua - mileages
Field Notebooks: 1941: Travelogue, Mexico
Field Notebooks: 1941: Museum notes, Mexico
Field Notebooks: 1941: Field notes, Mexico
Field Notebooks: 1949: Miscellaneous pages, Mexico
Field Notebooks: 1956: Miscellaneous pages, Mexico, Yucatan
Field Notebooks: 1957: Excavation and Field Notes, Mexico
Field Notebooks: 1941: Santo Domingo pueblo, with 1 page of notes re: fishing
Field Notebooks: 1952: Cuba and Jamaica: travel journal, miscellaneous notes
Field Notebooks: 1954: West Indies and Cuidad Trujillo; travel journal; extensive notes re: making of Zamia
Field Notebooks: 1954: notes re: excavations over Christmas season
Field Notebooks: 1951: Bahamas Government
Field Notebooks: 1941: New Mexico, Kuava ruins; 1 map
Field Notebooks: 1941: New Mexico; Jamez pueblo notes
Field Notebooks: 1936: Chihuahua City (sic); Tarahumare weaving; belt designs, descriptions, and sketch
Field Notebooks: 1940: Southwest art and Pueblo material
Field Notebooks: 1952: Bahamas expedition
Field Notebooks: 1960: Bahamas expedition
Field Notebooks: 1937: Bahamas expedition
Field Notebooks: 1937: Bahamas and Andros Island

Box 11

Miscellaneous Photographs, Negatives, and Slides

Box 12

Scrapbooks and Photographs: Florida; potsherds; Andros Island; archaeology survey, Florida; camping and biological photos, Mexico, 1939
Miscellaneous photographs: Florida Majolica
Shell heaps, Mexico

Box 13

Miscellaneous Photos, Negatives and Slides

Box 14

Class and Work notes and photostats
Goggin, John M:; curriculum vitae
Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 15

Notecards and bibliography

Box 16

Vocabulary of the Seminole language Photocopy of envelope
Misc. Corresp., notes, copies; 1928-1962
Friends of the Seminoles in Florida, corresp. and minutes; 1932-1933
Miccosukee reservation rights; 1970-1975
Simmons family of Tulsa, OK - desc. from Seminole leader "Cowkeeper"(?) Seminole clippings and corresp.; 1950s-1960s
Simmons family of Tulsa, OK - desc. from Seminole leader "Cowkeeper"(?) Seminole clippings and corresp.; ca. 1949-1963
Indians of Florida, misc. corresp. ca. 1833-1858
Color postal cards, Choctaw Indian scenes, ca. 1960
Florida Indian topics, misc. clippings; ca. 1959-1961
Seminole Tribe / South Florida, language translation key; 1881

Box 17

Stanley Smith papers
Hitchiti text w/ interlinear English; Willie Haney (two folders)
Various stories; Hitchiti text w/interlinear English (two folders)
"Rabbit and Wildcat," Hitchiti text w/ interlinear English; longhand Hitchiti text w/interlinear translation (two folders)
"Muskhogee or Creek vocabulary, as spoken by the Florida Indians or Seminoles (1836) 1972 reprint from American Anthropologist, by John H. Peterson, Jr.
Choctaw History chronology
"Anthropology: Outline of Ethnographical Material (no date)
Source materials for the study of the Florida Seminole Indians; Aug. 1959
A Choctaw Approach to self-determination; 1971-1975
John R. Swanton, "A Sketch of the Hitchiti Language;" 1921-1922



Card Files


Box 1

Seminole Ethnology

Box 2

Seminole Ethnology

Box 3

Seminole; Florida Miscellaneous

Box 4

Creek Ethnology

Box 5

Sites

Box 6

Sites; Customs

Box 7

History and Culture, Lecture Notes; Choctaw

Box 8

Lecture Notes

Box 9

Lecture Notes, Bibliography



Selected Subjects and Access Points

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog:
Subject Terms:
Archaeology -- Caribbean Area.
Archaeology -- Florida.
Seminole Indians.


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