OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9765

Metadata
Title:		Dickson Mound (Lewistown, Ill.) Memorabilia
Contributor:		Dickson, Donald F
		Dickson, Marion H.
		Smith, Murphy D.
Date:		1940-1945
Description:		This collection of memorabilia includes clippings, postcards (one from Marion H. Dickson), a brochure, and an arrow-head (a gift from the site to Murphy D. Smith, who deposited these materials at the APS). Images from a 1945 article in the Peoria Morning Star on the establishment of the new historical state park at the site include several striking photos of an excavated burial site (described as containing 230 skeletons of Mound-builders who died in a devastating epidemic), including one with of a school group at the burial site and another highlighting Dr. Don F. Dickson's method of leaving the dead in situ; a photo of the Dickson family farmstead (on which the Dickson mounds were located) before the establishment of the state park; and a photo of reconstructed pottery displayed in the museum. There is also a brochure about the site as a tourist and educational attraction with information on the history of the mounts, the Dickson Mound Museum, the work of the Dickson family (primarily Dr. Don F. Dickson, Marion H. Dickson, and Thomas M. Dickson), and the neighboring Payne Collection of artifacts. Several images of the excavated mass burial indicate that it was expected to be the main attraction to visitors, and it is called the "greatest display of stone age man in the world...230 skeletons left in original positions." Views of the burial site are also featured on the two postcards. The Dickson Mounds Museum is still a branch of the Illinois State Museum, and the Dickson Mounds are now understood to be a Mississippian cemetery complex associated with nearby village sites and a ceremonial center.
Extent:		.1 linear feet
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9765
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Spatial Coverage:		Dickson Mound
Subject:		Archaeology
		Mounds
		Funeral rites and ceremonies
		Human remains
		Pottery
		Museums
		Illinois--History
Type:		Newspaper clippings
		Postcards
		Brochures
		Specimens
Type (DCMI):		StillImage
		Text
		PhysicalObject
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9765
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Dickson, Donald F; Dickson, Marion H.; Smith, Murphy D. 1940-1945. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
Terms:		area_Europe country_GB dcmi_PhysicalObject dcmi_StillImage dcmi_Text iso639_eng