Katharine Bartlett
Katharine Bartlett | |
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Denver, Colorado | |
Died | May 22, 2001 | (aged 93)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | physical anthropologist, museum curator |
Years active | 1930–1981 |
Known for | organizing the holdings of the Museum of Northern Arizona |
Katharine Bartlett (1907–2001) was an American
Biography
Katharine Bartlett was born on November 30, 1907, in Denver, Colorado, to Louise Erina (née Leedom) and George Frederick Bartlett.[1] Unable to afford her first choice of Smith College, Bartlett obtained her master's degree in physical anthropology from the University of Denver, studying under Etienne Bernardeau Renaud.[2] In 1930, she took a summer position to assist with the Hopi Craftsman Exhibition of the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA).[3] At the invitation of Harold Sellers Colton, who at the time was the preeminent expert in Southwestern US archaeological and ethnological research, Bartlett stayed on in Arizona to organize the two-year-old MNA, which Colton and his wife had founded.[4]
Bartlett organized, cataloged, and preserved the museum's anthropology collection,
Beginning in 1928, Bartlett published numerous articles on the Native people and cultures of Arizona.[7] Her scientific papers included such topics as ancient mines, artifacts, foods, history, prehistoric tools, as well as crafts of the Hopi, Navajo, and other Arizona tribes.[8] Her article Pueblo Milling Stones of the Flagstaff Region and Their Relation to Others in the Southwest: A Study in Progressive Efficiency "has become a standard reference on groundstone food-processing technology," according to the Society for American Archaeology. From 1953 until 1974, she served as the Librarian of the MNA and collected thousands of volumes to create a comprehensive research facility in northern Arizona.[5] From 1974 until her retirement in 1981, she filled the role of museum archivist.
Bartlett was a charter member of the Arizona Academy of Science and the Arizona Association of University Women. She was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the American Anthropological Association, and the first Fellow of the MNA. She was honored by an exhibit that appeared at the
Bartlett died on May 22, 2001, in Sedona, Arizona,[3] and was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 2008.[7]
References
- ^ VanOtterloo, Melissa (5 September 2012). "Katharine Bartlett collection" (PDF). Flagstaff, Arizona: The Museum of Northern Arizona. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ a b Browman 2013, p. 118.
- ^ a b c "MNA founder Katharine Bartlett dies at age 93". Flagstaff, Arizona: Arizona Daily Sun. 3 June 2001. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d Ghioto, Gary (5 June 2001). "Anthropologist blazed trail in Southwest". Flagstaff, Arizona: Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam: Katherine Bartlett" (PDF). SAA Archaeological Record. 1 (5): 32. November 2001. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ Banks & Czaplicki 2014, p. 197.
- ^ a b c "Katharine Bartlett (1907-2001)". Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona's Women Hall of Fame. 2008. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ Bartlett, Katharine (1962). A Bibliography of Articles in Museum Notes and Plateau Through Volume 31 (PDF). Northern Arizona Society of Science and Art. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
Sources
- Banks, Kimball M; Czaplicki, Jon S (2014). Dam Projects and the Growth of American Archaeology: The River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press. ISBN 978-1-61132-174-6.
- Browman, David L. (2013). Cultural Negotiations: The Role of Women in the Founding of Americanist Archaeology. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-4547-1.