University of Colorado (University of Colorado Museum of Natural History)

The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History will organize, inventory, catalog, and rehouse an archival collection created by Dr. Joe Ben Wheat, Curator of Anthropology and Curator Emeritus from 1952–1997. The archive includes historical, ethnographic, and archaeological site materials of particular interest to researchers of Southwest and Plains archaeology, the museum’s curators, and Navajo weavers. The museum will hire an archivist and graduate assistants to facilitate project activities. The project team will digitize a portion of the archive based on priorities previously established by subject matter experts and reflecting data from past research requests. The museums will publish database records, digitized items, and finding aids and make them accessible through the museum’s online database for researchers, Tribal nations, artists, and the public.