Wetherill
A History of Discovery
Anasazi Heritage Center
The Anasazi Heritage Center is a federal museum, research center, and curation facility that introduces visitors to Four Corners prehistory. Approximately three million records, samples, and artifacts from public lands throughout southwestern Colorado form the Center's collection. The Center is also the curation facility for the Wetherill Family archives. Since initiation by the family approximately 15,000 documents and artifacts of historical significance in 15 accessioned collections have been donated by family members and other individuals interested in preserving information about the early years of archaeology in the Four Corners. The Wren and Tom Wetherill Donation contained a photo album by Fredrick H.Chapin. He was Among the people who stayed with the Wetherills during 1889 and 1890 and explored the cliff-dwellings was a mountaineer, photographer, and author. He described the landscape and ruins in an 1890 article and later in a 1892 book, The Land of the Cliff-Dwellers, which he illustrated with hand drawn maps and personal photographs.
Click here to view pictures from the Chapin Photo Album.
WETHERILL ARCHIVES
Box Labels and Inventories
2000.14- Mason Family Donation
2000.15-Pat Chouinard Donation
2000.19-Wren and Tom Wetherill Donation
2001.02- Wetherill-Eaton Donation
2001.18-William Wetherill Donation
2002.01- Ann Owen Donation
20003.22- Wetherill Symposium 1998
2003.23-Ken Douthett Donation
2003.35-William Wetherill Donation
2004.01-Harvey Leake Donation
2004.09-Fred Blackburn Donation
2004.84-Jimmy Shaffner Donation
2005.38-Jefferson County Open School Donation
2005.32-Gloria Kent Donation
2006.07-Celia E. Wetherill Donation
2007.06-Julia Johnson [Wetherill/Grand Gulch] Donation
Notice to Wetherill Family Members!
Wetherill family members may view items in the Wetherill Family Archives at any time although it will be necessary to contact the Supervisory Museum Curator to make arrangements. Please don't show up and expect to be given a tour of the archive with no notice to the Anasazi Heritage Center. If you have specific items you would like to see please let them know. You may contact:
Carolyn S. Landes
Supervisory Museum Curator
BLM-Anasazi Heritage Center
27501 Highway 184
Dolores, CO 81323
phone: 970-882-5622
fax: 970-882-7035
email:
Carolyn_Landes@blm.gov
Wetherill Archives
Arrow Quiver collected by the Wetherill's at Cliff Palace Mesa Verde, CO abt. 1888. Al Wetherill Collection.
Marietta Eaton is the Director of
the Anasazi Heritage Center and Manager of Canyons of the Ancients
National
Monument. She is the great granddaughter of Richard and
Marietta Wetherill
Victoria Atkins Supervisory Interpretive Specialist, Anasazi Heritage Center. Victoria is a published author and an editor for various publications. She has hosted many Wetherill functions at her home.
Lynn Robertson Wetherill family Genealogists and and Archivist for the Anasazi Heritage Center. Lynn has been very active in interpreting Wetherill donations since the Archives formation in 2000
