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Guide to Serpent Mound
Object Number 87-60-10/100471.2.1.1
Display Title Guide to Serpent Mound
Descriptions
Object Description Field correspondence, field notes, pamphlet, article on Serpent Mound, Alligator Mound, postcards, sections copied (typed) from deeds, land bought of Jacob F. Weaver and boundary of land bought of John T. Wilson.
Department Archival, Paper
Archives Archival Collection - Item
Date 1939
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Adams County / <City> / Serpent Mound
Materials Paper , Ink , Graphite ,
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 in.)
Quantity 1

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Fieldnotes, pamphlet, postcards, correspondence pertaining to Serpent Mound and Turner Group.
87-60-10/100471.2 Fieldnotes, pamphlet, postcards, correspondence pertaining to Serpent Mound and Turner Group.
Serpent Mound
Postcard "The Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio"
87-60-10/100471.2.2.1 Postcard "The Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio"
Serpent Mound
Boundary of land bought by John T. Wilson. Copied from Deed
87-60-10/100471.2.2.2 Boundary of land bought by John T. Wilson. Copied from Deed
Serpent Mound
Image Not Available for Ricketson, Oliver G. Jr. Papers 1919-1946 - subset
999-33 Ricketson, Oliver G. Jr. Papers 1919-1946 - subset
Documentary
United States
Image Not Available for Lorna Marshall research papers
2018.9.1 Lorna Marshall research papers
Paper
South Africa
Namibia
Botswana
Image Not Available for Field notes, correspondence, Peabody Museum Expedition, Hahn's Field, Madisonville, Turpin's Field.
85-55-10/100462.2.1 Field notes, correspondence, Peabody Museum Expedition, Hahn's Field, Madisonville, Turpin's Field.
Ohio
Image Not Available for Turner, Bullock Mounds, Ft. Ancient records
89-15-00/1 Turner, Bullock Mounds, Ft. Ancient records
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Image Not Available for J. Malcolm Forbes papers
2013.6.1 J. Malcolm Forbes papers
Paper
Africa
J. Malcolm Forbes passport
2013.6.1.1.6.1 J. Malcolm Forbes passport
Paper
United States
Media Restricted
 		2004.29.2260 Serpent Mound Park, sections of 2 skeletons which were intrusive burials
Serpent Mound Park
Example of common Huichol thatched hut at Vallecita in the Tuxpan section
40-88-20/76388.1.39 Example of common Huichol thatched hut at Vallecita in the Tuxpan section
Jalisco
Group of men standing with Laurence Marshall and Edward Hartley (the expedition interpreter and guide), looking at a Polaroid print of themselves
2001.29.1021 Group of men standing with Laurence Marshall and Edward Hartley (the expedition interpreter and guide), looking at a Polaroid print of themselves
Kunene