Edgar L. Hewett Photograph Collection

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Content type

Collection

Collection(s)

Palace of the Governors Photo Archives

Edgar L. Hewett Collection

Title

Edgar L. Hewett Photograph Collection

Resource Type

Collection

Description

Photograph collection of Edgar L. Hewett. The collection includes portraits of Edgar and his family, as well as many photographs taken during his travels around the American Southwest, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South America. Many of the photographs from his travels are from archaeological excursions or visits to historic sites, as well as various Pueblos of New Mexico. Photographs in this collection were taken from around 1850 - 1946.

Local Identifier

PAAC.056

Persons

Creator (cre):

Origin Information

Date Created	1850 to 1946

Note

Note Type

biographical/historical

Note

Edgar Hewett traveled the world visiting archaeological sites, as well as conducting research and excavations across the American Southwest, Mexico, and Guatemala. In addition to his own field work, he also trained many prominent archaeologists, including Sylvanus Griswold Morley, Alfred Kidder, J.P. Harrington, and John Fletcher. Additionally, Hewett’s education was open to women, the first archaeology program to allow their admission, among them Bertha Dutton, Francis Watkins, and Barbara Freire-Marrecco. His wife, Donizetta, a suffragist and active member of the community herself, frequently traveled with him.

Edgar Hewett continued working tirelessly in the field of archaeology, working with both the Museum of New Mexico and the School of American Research, both of which he served as each institutions first directors, until August of 1946, mere months before his death, December 31, 1946.