Object Details
Collection Creator
Harris, Robert King, 1912-1980
Collection Citation
Robert King Harris films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Outtakes from a Television broadcast produced by the Jamieson Film Company of Dallas, Texas for "Texas in Review," a series sponsored by Humble Oil. Footage documents the work of amateur archeologist Robert King Harris, an engineer with the Texas and Pacific Railroad and President of the Dallas Archeological Society. Shown is an archeological site being excavated, pottery pieces being matched, a pot being reconstructed using plaster of paris, and cataloging using the "map and plot" method. This film forms part of the Robert King Harris Papers in the National Anthropological Archives.
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Local Number
HSFA 1992.7.2
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Robert King Harris films
Extent
1 Film reel (black-and-white silent; 350 feet, 16mm)
Date
circa 1955
Archival Repository
Human Studies Film Archives
Type
Archival materials
Film reels
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Record ID
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