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South America -- Antiquities

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ancient America speaks / Brigham Young University ; produced by W.O. Whitaker ; directed by Scott Whitaker ; written by Millie Foster Cheesman, 1972

 Sub-Series — Reel 33: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233634341]
Identifier: UA 5625 Series 2 Sub-Series 20
Scope and Contents

Film was released in 1972, and was produced by Brigham Young University Motion Picture Department. It focuses on archaeological evidence in Central America that supports the Book of Mormon. The collection has one copy on a film reel.

Dates: 1972

Joel Ricks photographs of Book of Mormon lands

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2646
Scope and Contents

Fifty-eight 10 x 10 cm. prints, forty 9.5 x 12 cm. prints, seventeen 4 x 5 original negatives with prints, thirty-two 13.5 x 15.5 cm. mounted prints, and a newspaper from Colombia. Fifteen photographs of Central and South America of buildings, lands, and mummies. Also, three postcards purchased by Joel Ricks, Jr. in Colombia about 1903.

Dates: circa 1900

John L. Sorenson correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2836
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten correspondence. The materials are to and from various archaeologists at numerous universities and colleges in the United States. Sorenson corresponds about issues relating to the Indians of South and Central America and the archaeolgy of those regions.

Dates: 1953-1975

Ruth Verrill archaeology papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1392
Abstract

Photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence, research notes, and drafts for publications. The collection relates to the archaeology and history of Central and South America and how the cultures of these areas compare with other regions of the world.

Dates: 1950-1970